Artguru vs Clipdrop (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Artguru grades higher than Clipdrop: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Artguru grades higher on value for money and platforms. Clipdrop grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Artguru
AI enhancer and upscaler for photos, video and PDFs
Clipdrop
Browser AI photo tools for cutouts, cleanup, upscaling and generation
Which one is for you
Pick Artguru if
- Fits if you restore old family photos or sharpen product shots
- Works for people who will pay $39.99 for a year of occasional use
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, at 2 tries a day with a watermark and personal use only
- Pricey if you process video: 4K costs 40 credits a second, so 25 seconds uses 1,000 credits
- Watch out: extra credits are $10 for 1,000, and only subscribers can buy them
- Skip it if you want image generation as the main job, since enhancement is the focus
Pick Clipdrop if
- Fits if you need a quick cutout, cleanup or upscale and would rather not open an editor
- Works for people who do a few photo fixes a day
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you do more than 20 background removals or cleanups a day on free
- Skip it if you need an app, since every tool runs in the browser
- Pricey if you want a yearly deal, as Pro is month to month at $15 only
- Watch out: free upscaling stops at 2x, and API access is sold apart as the Jasper API
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAArtguruGood | 2.4GPAClipdropFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AAnnual is $39.99 a year, about $3.33 a month, under 60% of the $8 cheaper-quarter start for image tools ($4.80). Monthly is $9.99. | CPro is $15 a month, billed monthly only, which is where the dearer quarter of image tools begins ($15). There is no yearly option. |
| Free plan and trial | C2 free trials a day, with watermarked downloads, limited features and personal use only. | BEvery tool is free, capped at 20 uses a day for background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight, and 50 for text removal. A person doing a few fixes a day can stay free. |
| Features | CEnhancement, upscaling to 8K, restoration, background removal and batch jobs. A focused tool: the image generator is one tool among many, and credit costs run from 1 to 40 per job. | CCutouts, cleanup, upscaling, relight, uncrop, resizing and text to image. Free upscaling stops at 2x, with 16x on Pro. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. Upload a photo, pick a tool and download; there is nothing to set up. | BNo store rating on record. Each tool is a single page: drop a photo, brush or click, download. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iOS and Android apps. No desktop app or API is listed. | CWeb only. There are no mobile or desktop apps, and the API is a separate Jasper API. |
| Best for | photo enhancing and old photo restoring | quick browser photo cleanup and cutouts |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Artguru and Clipdrop. How we grade
Price against what you get
Artguru starts at $3.33 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Clipdrop starts at $15 a month and scores 2.3.
Artguru scores higher and starts $11.67 a month lower. Of the other AI image and video generators on the chart, 1 scores higher than Artguru for less, and 26 score higher than Clipdrop for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Artguru also covers video editing.
At a glance
| Artguru | Clipdrop | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $39.99 per year ($9.99 billed monthly) | $15 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Free trial plan: 2 free trials per day, with watermarked downloads, limited features and personal use only. | Every tool, with 20 uses a day of background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight, and 50 of text removal. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Artguru | InitML |
| Price read from | artguru.ai | clipdrop.co |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Artguru
- Credit cost varies by tool: a standard 4K photo enhancement is 1 credit, an advanced 8K one is 20, and 4K video is 40 credits per second.
- The free trial plan is limited to 2 trials a day, adds a watermark and is for personal use only.
- Extra credits cost $10 for 1,000 and are open to subscribers only.
- Its strength is enhancement and restoration; the image generator is one tool among many rather than the focus.
Clipdrop
- Pro is sold month to month at $15; the pricing page shows no yearly option.
- The free plan caps background removal, upscaling, cleanup and relight at 20 uses a day, and free upscaling stops at 2x.
- There are no mobile or desktop apps on the site; every tool runs in the browser.
- API access is now sold separately as the Jasper API, with usage-based pricing.
Key features
Artguru
- Photo enhancer and upscaler
- Sharpens and denoises photos, with 4K and 8K output and multi-face enhancement for group shots.
- Old photo restoration
- Repairs scratches, creases and faded areas, with a deeper repair mode that costs more credits.
- Video and PDF enhancement
- Upscales video to 1080p or 4K and sharpens text in scanned documents.
- Editing tools
- Background remover, colorizer, object remover, ID photos and batch processing.
Clipdrop
- Text to image
- Generate images from a prompt with 15 style presets such as Photographic, Anime, Pixel Art and Line Art, in five aspect ratios from 21:9 to 9:16.
- Background removal and replacement
- Cut out the main subject of a photo up to 5000 x 5000 pixels, or place it into a new generated scene with Replace background.
- Cleanup and text remover
- Brush over objects, people, text or blemishes and have them filled in, or strip all text from an image.
- Image upscaler
- Enlarge and denoise an image at 2x on the free plan, and at up to 16x on Pro.
- Uncrop and Universal Resizer
- Extend a photo beyond its edges to fit a new format, or resize one image for different social media sizes.
- Relight
- Add new lights to an existing photo to change how it is lit, at high resolution on Pro.
Plans
Artguru
Free trial$0
2 free trials per day
Watermarked downloads, limited features and personal use only.
Monthly$9.99
per month
1,000 credits that reset monthly, full feature access without a watermark, batch processing, commercial use and credit add-ons.
Annual$39.99
per year
4,000 credits for the year, valid 12 months, with the same features as Monthly. The page says this works out to $3.33 a month.
Clipdrop
Free$0
Text to image, uncrop and replace background, plus 20 uses a day of background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight.
Pro$15
per month, billed monthly
1,000 uses a day per tool at high resolution, queue skipping for text to image and uncrop, and upscaling up to 16x.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Artguru or Clipdrop?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Artguru is cheaper to start with: $3.33 a month when paid by the year, against $15 a month for Clipdrop. Artguru starts at $39.99 per year ($9.99 billed monthly), and Clipdrop starts at $15 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Artguru or Clipdrop?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Artguru and Clipdrop have a free plan.
Which platforms do Artguru and Clipdrop run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Artguru lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.