# Topaz Labs review (2026): is it worth $19 a month? > AI upscaling and enhancement apps for photos and video Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** Topaz Labs - **Website:** https://www.topazlabs.com - **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you need more than one app, as each is a separate plan and the bundle is $79 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Topaz Labs is a paid product, starting at $19 per month (Topaz for Web - Image). - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Topaz for Web - Image | $19 per 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 | $39 per month, cancel anytime | Desktop photo models with unlimited local and cloud image rendering; limited commercial use. | | Topaz Video | $59 per month, cancel anytime | Desktop video models with unlimited local rendering and 25 monthly cloud video credits. | | Topaz for Web - Pro | $59 per 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 | $79 per month, cancel anytime | All apps, unlimited local and cloud image rendering, 300 monthly cloud video credits. Yearly $499; first year $299. | Read from https://www.topazlabs.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Topaz Labs before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Black Friday first-year annual prices** (Other savings): 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). 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Source: https://www.topazlabs.com/pricing ## 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. ## Good for - Photographers upscaling and restoring existing images - Video editors upscaling older footage on a desktop - Users who want local rendering without per-image fees ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: D.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial is listed anywhere on the pages read, so you pay from the first use. - **Features: B.** Models for upscaling, denoising, sharpening, frame interpolation and SDR to HDR, with unlimited local rendering on the desktop apps plus web and iPhone versions. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. These are install-and-go desktop apps where you load a file and pick a model. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Mac, Windows, web and iPhone, but no Android app and no API on the listing. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, 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. - 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: Apps for macOS, Windows and iOS that stay in step with each other. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pixlr-vs-topaz-labs) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.topazlabs.com/pricing - https://www.topazlabs.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/topaz-labs Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).