Topaz Labs review (2026): is it worth $19 a month?
AI upscaling and enhancement apps for photos and video
Black Friday: is there a Topaz Labs sale?
Topaz Labs report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for upscaling photos and video on your own machine
Topaz Labs sells AI apps that upscale, sharpen and denoise photos and video, rendering locally on Windows and macOS. There's no free plan, the desktop apps start at $39 a month each, and using photo, video and web together points to the $79 bundle.
Who Topaz Labs is for
- Fits if you upscale photos or video often and want it rendered locally
- Works for studios that would use photo, video and web together on the one bundle
Who Topaz Labs is not for
- Pricey if you need more than one app, as each is a separate plan and the bundle is $79 a month
- Skip it if you want to try first, because there's no free plan or trial
- Watch out: cloud video credits expire every month and don't roll over
- Watch out: commercial use is limited to orgs under $1M revenue, and full commercial rights need Pro or Studio
- Watch out: the page's structured data lists Studio monthly at $69 while the visible page shows $79
Why Topaz Labs gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$19 a month for the web image plan, but the desktop apps are $39 for Photo and $59 for Video, and the bundle is $79. The category's middle is $10 and its dearest tenth starts at $21.62.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan or trial is listed anywhere on the pages read, so you pay from the first use.
- BFeaturesModels for upscaling, denoising, sharpening, frame interpolation and SDR to HDR, with unlimited local rendering on the desktop apps plus web and iPhone versions.
- BEase of useNo store rating on record. These are install-and-go desktop apps where you load a file and pick a model.
- BPlatforms and integrationsMac, Windows, web and iPhone, but no Android app and no API on the listing.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Topaz Labs's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
Make Topaz Labs? Put this grade on your site
Paste this where you want the badge. It links here and follows the grade if it changes. About badges
<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/topaz-labs#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/topaz-labs.svg" alt="Topaz Labs: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Topaz Labs stands among AI image and video generators
Topaz Labs's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 16 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 13.
It stands best on ease of use (B, above 58 of 89) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 56 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 90 AI image and video generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Topaz Labs’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 89, level with 5
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 89, level with 21
- BFeaturesAbove 42 of 89, level with 45
- BEase of useAbove 58 of 89, level with 25
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 39 of 89, level with 50
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 67 AI image and video generators. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Topaz Labs, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Topaz Labs 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: 60 of the 89 other AI image and video generators grade higher. It costs $228 a year.
What you could not
- An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
- A video editor.
- Apps for macOS, Windows and iOS that stay in step with each other.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Topaz Labs’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Topaz Labs?
Topaz Labs sells AI apps that upscale, sharpen, denoise and restore photos and video. Desktop apps for Windows and macOS render locally, and Topaz for Web and an iPhone app handle cloud image processing. Plans are subscriptions per app, or one bundle covering all of them.
Worth knowing
- Monthly cloud video credits expire at the end of each month and do not roll over.
- Limited commercial use covers organizations under $1M USD annual revenue; full commercial use needs Pro or Studio Pro licenses.
- Plans are per app, so using photo, video and web features together points toward the $79 Studio bundle.
- The page's structured data lists Studio monthly at $69 while the visible page shows $79.
Key features
- Photo enhancement models
- Topaz Photo lists Wonder, Standard Max, Dust & Scratch, Super Focus, Remove, Denoise, Sharpen and Upscale models.
- Video upscaling
- Topaz Video lists upscaling, denoising, frame interpolation, stabilization and SDR to HDR conversion models, including Starlight.
- Cloud and local rendering
- Desktop apps render locally without limit, while web and cloud work draw on monthly video credits that expire each month.
- Topaz for Web and iPhone
- Web workflows include unblur, face enhancer, background remover and colorizer, and an iOS app covers image upscaling.
- Studio bundle
- Topaz Studio covers Video, Photo, Gigapixel, the mobile app and Topaz for Web in one plan.
Topaz Labs pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Topaz Labs is a paid product, starting at $19 per month (Topaz for Web - Image).
- Starts at
- $19 per month (Topaz for Web - Image)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Topaz for Web - Image | $19per month ($199 per year billed annually) | Unlimited cloud image rendering with the web image workflows, 32 MP export limit, limited commercial use. First year $169. |
| Topaz Photo | $39per month, cancel anytime | Desktop photo models with unlimited local and cloud image rendering; limited commercial use. |
| Topaz Video | $59per month, cancel anytime | Desktop video models with unlimited local rendering and 25 monthly cloud video credits. |
| Topaz for Web - Pro | $59per month ($599 per year billed annually) | Image and video workflows, 400 monthly video credits, 256 MP export, full commercial use. First year $199. |
| Topaz Studio | $79per month, cancel anytime | All apps, unlimited local and cloud image rendering, 300 monthly cloud video credits. Yearly $499; first year $299. |
Read from topazlabs.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Topaz Labs before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Other savingsBlack Friday first-year annual prices
A Black Friday sale shows first-year-only annual prices: Studio $299 (regular $499), Web Image $169 (regular $199) and Web Pro $199 (regular $599). No end date is shown.
Stated on topazlabs.com
Topaz Labs alternatives
- Topaz Labs vs Remini
Free plan · from $4.99
- Topaz Labs vs Clipdrop
Free plan · from $15/mo
- Topaz Labs vs Photoroom
Free trial · from $12.99/mo
- Topaz Labs vs Pixelcut
Free plan · from $8/mo
- Topaz Labs vs Pixlr
Free plan · from $1.99/mo
Common questions
Does Topaz Labs have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Topaz Labs is listed for Web, macOS, Windows and iOS.
Does Topaz Labs have a Linux app?
No Linux app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Topaz Labs is listed for Web, macOS, Windows and iOS.
Is Topaz Labs open source?
Topaz Labs is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.