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Upscayl vs Aiarty Image Enhancer: catalog facts
Upscayl	Aiarty Image Enhancer
Free Free and open source under the AGPL. There is no paid tier and no per-image cost.	Paid Commercial desktop software; the research does not list prices.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS
Runs entirely on your own machine, so no images are uploaded anywhere Batch processing for whole folders	Processing runs locally, so images are not uploaded Denoise, deblur, sharpen and upscale in one tool
Needs a Vulkan-compatible GPU; the project warns many integrated chips will not work Slow on weaker hardware, and memory-hungry on large images	Closed-source commercial software No Linux or mobile version
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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