Alternatives to Upscale.media
An online AI upscaler that enlarges images up to 8x and also upscales short videos. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Upscale.media
An online AI upscaler that enlarges images up to 8x and also upscales short videos.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Upscale.media.
Let's Enhance
Online AI tool that upscales, sharpens and restores photos up to 512 megapixels.
Let's Enhance is also a web upscaler but reaches up to 512 megapixels and batches 20 images, while it does not handle video clips like Upscale.media.
Upscayl
Enlarges low-resolution images with AI models running on your own GPU, in a plain drag-and-drop window.
Upscayl runs locally on Windows, macOS and Linux as free AGPL-3.0 software, so nothing is uploaded, but it needs a Vulkan-compatible GPU and has no video support.
Imglarger
An online AI image enlarger that upscales, sharpens and extends photos in the browser.
Imglarger is a browser upscaler that also enlarges up to 8x and adds outpainting to extend backgrounds, though it has no mobile apps or video upscaling.
VanceAI
A suite of AI image and video tools for upscaling, sharpening, denoising, restoring and background removal.
VanceAI offers a wider set of image and video enhancement tools plus an API and desktop app, but most processing consumes paid credits.
Bigjpg
An AI image enlarger that upscales artwork and photos up to 16 times with neural networks.
Bigjpg enlarges up to 16x and is tuned for anime-style illustrations, with web and mobile apps, though large enlargements are slower without a paid plan.
Icons8 Smart Upscaler
An AI image upscaler from Icons8 that enlarges photos up to 8x in the browser or on a Mac.
Icons8 Smart Upscaler enlarges up to 8x with batch processing and adds a Mac app and API, but lacks Android, iOS and video support.
Clarity AI
A web-based AI upscaler for images and video, with precise and creative enhancement models.
Clarity AI upscales images and video on the web with a choice of faithful or creative models, but requires an account and does not list pricing up front.
Topaz Gigapixel
A desktop AI image upscaler that enlarges photos up to 16x while recovering detail and faces.
Topaz Gigapixel moves upscaling to a paid Windows and macOS desktop app with up to 16x enlargement and face recovery, replacing the free browser workflow.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Upscale.media as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
HitPaw
A family of AI desktop and mobile apps for enhancing photos, video and audio, and removing unwanted objects.
Upscale.media upscales photos and short videos in the browser and on mobile without signing up, with restore and colourise tools but no desktop app.
Palette.fm
An online AI tool that adds realistic color to black-and-white photos using selectable color filters.
Upscale.media includes a colourise tool next to its 8x upscaler and deblur features, with Android and iOS apps, though colorizing is a side feature rather than the focus.
Topaz Video
Video enhancement software that uses AI models to upscale, stabilize, sharpen and interpolate frames in footage.
Upscale.media upscales short videos online without sign-up, but video is limited to one minute and files are processed on remote servers.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Real-ESRGAN
Open source AI model for upscaling and restoring images and video.
Deep-Image.ai
An online AI service for upscaling, denoising, sharpening and replacing backgrounds in images, with an API.
Remini
An AI photo enhancer for sharpening faces and restoring old or low-quality photos.
Erase.bg
An online AI background remover for photos and short videos, with Android and iOS apps.
Pixelcut
An AI photo and video editor for product images, with background removal, upscaling and generated scenes.
