# Clarity AI review (2026): is it worth $13 a month, billed yearly? > AI image and video upscaler and enhancer with an API Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Clarity AI upscales and enhances images and video with four upscalers: Crystal for precise results, Clarity for creative detail, Clarity Pro and a Crystal video upscaler. It has a web front end, a pay-as-you-go API and a ComfyUI plugin on higher plans. Outputs can reach 38K for Crystal images, and plans are priced by monthly credits. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** Clarity AI - **Website:** https://clarityai.co - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight on Starter: credits go by output size, so a few 10K or 20K upscales can use a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Clarity AI is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $13 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** $5 in free API credits for new API accounts. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | API Pay-as-you-go | $0 per month, no subscription, billed by use | Pay per upscale, such as $0.005 per megapixel for Clarity and $0.016 per megapixel for Crystal. | | Starter | $13 per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | 1,200 credits a month, all four upscalers, API access, front end and commercial license. | | Pro | $33 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) | 4,000 credits a month; adds ComfyUI plugin, small image and Flux LoRa support, and credit top-ups. | | Business | $199 per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly) | 30,000 credits a month; adds custom features and premium support. | Read from https://clarityai.co/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Clarity AI before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Yearly billing saves about 30%** (Annual discount): The pricing page toggle shows yearly billing about 30% below monthly, for example Starter at $13 instead of $19 a month. Source: https://clarityai.co/pricing ## Key features - **Crystal Upscaler:** A precision upscaler that stays close to the source, with outputs up to 38K; 2K costs 5 credits and 4K costs 20. - **Clarity and Clarity Pro:** Creative upscalers that add detail; Clarity reaches 13K output and Clarity Pro reaches 10K. - **Video upscaling:** The Crystal Video Upscaler outputs 720p, 1080p or 4K in 5-second clips, from 50 credits per clip. - **API and ComfyUI plugin:** Every plan includes API access; the ComfyUI plugin is on Pro and Business. - **Creative controls:** Style transfer, image creation and automatic prompt detection are listed on all paid plans. ## Good for - Designers and photographers enlarging low-resolution images - Developers adding upscaling through a pay-as-you-go API - Agencies with high monthly upscale volume ## Worth knowing - Credits are spent by output size, so a few 10K or 20K upscales can use a month of Starter credits. - Top-up credits, the ComfyUI plugin and small image support are not on Starter. - Custom features and premium support are Business only. - The pricing page shows the yearly-billed prices by default; the vendor says yearly saves about 30%. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Clarity AI upscales images and video with four upscalers, through a web front end, a ComfyUI plugin and a pay-per-use API. Starter is $13 a month billed annually. Credits go by output size, so a few huge upscales can use a month of Starter, and top-ups aren't on that plan. - **Value for money: C.** Starter is $13 a month billed annually ($19 monthly), in the middle of what AI image tools charge. Pay-as-you-go API is about $0.005 per megapixel on Clarity. - **Free plan and trial: C.** New API accounts get $5 of free credit. No card requirement or time limit is stated. - **Features: C.** Four upscalers, video upscaling, creative controls and an API. It does one job fully, which is a smaller job than the whole category. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. The API and ComfyUI plugin need technical setup, and the web front end is simpler. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web, an API and a ComfyUI plugin. No desktop or phone app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Clarity AI's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. The pricing page could not be read in full when we checked, so some grades rest on the listing alone. ## Where it stands among AI image and video generators - Clarity AI's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 31 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 31. - Its paid plans start at $13 a month, against a middle price of $11.88 for the category: 72 of the 120 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 59 tools score higher and cost 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 Clarity AI 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 106 of the 168 other AI image and video generators grade higher. It costs $156 a year. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: It plugs into other products, ComfyUI among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with ComfyUI **Tags:** AI features, Public API, Image generation ## Alternatives - [Topaz Labs](https://toolgpa.com/tools/topaz-labs): AI upscaling and enhancement apps for photos and video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clarity-ai-upscaler-vs-topaz-labs) - [Remini](https://toolgpa.com/tools/remini): AI photo enhancer that sharpens old and blurry pictures. 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