What Topaz Photo AI does
Topaz Photo AI is image-enhancement software from Topaz Labs for photographers, used as a finishing step after a shoot. Its tools denoise, sharpen and upscale images, recover faces, adjust lighting, balance colour, refocus with Super Focus, remove dust, scratches and objects, and preserve text, running on AI models the company calls Wonder and Standard Max. It runs on Mac and Windows as a standalone app or as a plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Capture One and Apple Photos. It is sold by subscription: a Personal plan is $199 a year, or $25 a month on a 12-month term, for organisations under $1M in annual revenue, and a Pro plan with full commercial use is $599 a year.
How Topaz Photo AI compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan; Topaz Photo AI does not. Among the 4 that list a starting price, the cheapest is VanceAI at $5 a month and the median is $6. Topaz Photo AI starts at $199 a month, above that median. 1 of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Topaz Photo AI. Topaz Photo AI offers a desktop app. Of the alternatives, 4 offer a desktop app. Topaz Photo AI was founded in 2015; the alternatives were founded between 2017 and 2023. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in Hong Kong, Germany and the United States.