# Artguru review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI enhancer and upscaler for photos, video and PDFs Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Artguru is a browser-based AI enhancer. Its main tools sharpen and upscale photos to 4K or 8K, restore old photos, enhance video and PDFs, remove backgrounds, colorize images and remove objects, with an AI image generator listed among its features. Everything draws on one shared credit balance. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** Artguru - **Website:** https://www.artguru.ai - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free, at 2 tries a day with a watermark and personal use only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Artguru has a free plan, and paid plans start at $39.99 per year ($9.99 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free trial plan: 2 free trials per day, with watermarked downloads, limited features and personal use only. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | Read from https://www.artguru.ai/price/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Artguru before buying. ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Upscaling and cleaning up existing photos rather than creating new ones - Restoring family photos on a small budget - People who want to pay per credit rather than per seat ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Artguru is an enhancer and upscaler for photos, video and PDFs, with old-photo restoration, a background remover and batch processing. Annual is $39.99 for 4,000 credits, but video eats credits fast, and the free plan is 2 watermarked tries a day. - **Value for money: A.** Annual 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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 2 free trials a day, with watermarked downloads, limited features and personal use only. - **Features: C.** Enhancement, 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. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. Upload a photo, pick a tool and download; there is nothing to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iOS and Android apps. No desktop app or API is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Artguru's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI image and video generators - Artguru's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 74 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 80 of 89) and worst on features (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $3.33 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 1 of the 65 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Artguru you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 74 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade. It costs $39.99 a year. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Image generation, Video editing ## Alternatives - [Remini](https://toolgpa.com/tools/remini): AI photo enhancer that sharpens old and blurry pictures. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/artguru-vs-remini) - [Topaz Labs](https://toolgpa.com/tools/topaz-labs): AI upscaling and enhancement apps for photos and video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/artguru-vs-topaz-labs) - [Pixelcut](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pixelcut): AI photo and video editor for product images and ads. 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