AI Image Upscalers & Restorers

Upscalers add real detail rather than just stretching pixels, and restoration models repair scratches, blur and faded color in old photos.

Use them to rescue low-resolution images, sharpen scans or prep assets for print.

50 models for this use case

50 models

  • FLUX 1.1 Pro

    ImageCommunity

    Black Forest Labs' flagship text-to-image model. Faster generation than FLUX.1 Pro at higher prompt adherence, with strong photorealism and reliable spatial composition. Runs as a hosted Replicate model.

    $0.048 / run
    replicatefluxblack-forest-labs
  • Flux 1.1 Pro Ultra

    ImageCommunity

    FLUX 1.1 Pro in ultra mode. Up to 4 megapixel images with raw mode for photorealism.

    $0.072 / run
    high-qualityphotorealistic
  • Flux Dev

    ImageCommunity

    Black Forest Labs' development model. Fast, high-quality image generation with LoRA support.

    $0.038 / run
    popularfastlora
  • Google Imagen 4

    ImageCommunity

    Google DeepMind's Imagen 4 text-to-image model, hosted on Replicate. Sharp detail, accurate text rendering, and strong prompt adherence across photographic and illustrated styles. Outputs up to 2K resolution.

    $0.048 / run
    replicategoogleimagen
  • Icons (SDXL Flat Pop)

    ImageCommunity

    SDXL fine-tune by galleri5 for slick flat icons and pop constructivist graphics with thick edges. Trained on Bing generations, it produces clean single-subject icon art that suits app icons, badges and UI glyphs. Raster output, not true vector.

    $0.0094 / run
    replicateiconlogo
  • Ideogram v3 Quality

    ImageCommunity

    The highest-quality tier of Ideogram v3. Improved photorealism and prompt adherence over v2 while keeping Ideogram's best-in-class text rendering. Supports style references and inline text layout.

    $0.11 / run
    replicateideogramtext-to-image
  • InstantID

    ImageCommunity

    InstantID makes realistic portraits of a real person from a single reference photo without per-user training. Combines a face encoder with an IdentityNet adapter on SDXL to keep identity and pose while following a text prompt, so it is fast and tuning-free.

    $0.084 / run
    avatarportraitinstant-id
  • Turns any single selfie into a clean professional headshot using FLUX Kontext image editing. Keeps the person's face while swapping to business attire, a studio background and even lighting. Aimed at LinkedIn-style profile photos.

    $0.048 / run
    avatarportraitheadshot
  • Recraft 20B SVG

    ImageCommunity

    Recraft's faster, cheaper vector model. Outputs editable SVG paths instead of raster pixels, so logos, icons and flat illustrations scale to any size without blur. Defaults to a vector_illustration style and supports line art and engraving looks. Hosted API only.

    $0.053 / run
    replicaterecraftsvg
  • Recraft Vectorize

    ImageCommunity

    Recraft's raster-to-vector converter. Takes a PNG or JPG and traces it into a clean SVG with precise vector paths, aimed at logos, icons and graphics that need to scale. Image-to-SVG counterpart to Recraft's text-to-SVG models.

    $0.012 / run
    svgvectorrecraft
  • Sticker Maker

    ImageCommunity

    fofr's sticker generator that outputs graphics with transparent backgrounds, so the result drops straight into chat apps or print sheets. Runs an SDXL-based pipeline at high speed (default 17 steps) and returns die-cut style art without manual background removal.

    $0.0055 / run
    replicatestickertransparent
  • Background removal model from 851-Labs that outputs a clean cutout with a transparent alpha channel. One of the most-run background removers on Replicate, handles people, products and objects on busy backgrounds.

    $0.00050 / run
    background-removal851-labscutout
  • Product advertising photo generator. You upload a cut-out product shot and a prompt describing the scene; it places the product on a new generated background with matching lighting and shadows, so a plain packshot becomes an ecommerce or ad-ready hero image without a photo studio.

    $0.067 / run
    productecommerceproduct-photo
  • AuraFlow v0.3

    ImageCommunity

    fal.ai's fully open-source 6.8B flow-based text-to-image model. Up to 1536x1536 resolution.

    $0.065 / run
    auraflowtext-to-imageopen-weights
  • BiRefNet high-resolution dichotomous image segmentation for background removal. Bilateral reference network that produces sharp matting on fine detail like hair, fur and thin structures, often cleaner than older U2Net or rembg models.

    $0.0036 / run
    background-removalbirefnetsegmentation
  • BRIA AI's commercial background removal model trained on fully licensed data. Produces accurate cutouts for e-commerce and design, with attention to clean edges around products and people.

    $0.022 / run
    background-removalbriaecommerce
  • Microsoft Research pipeline by Ziyu Wan et al. that restores scanned old photos, removing scratches, dust and fading and optionally enhancing faces in one pass.

    $0.010 / run
    restoreold-photoscratch-removal
  • Cartoonify

    ImageCommunity

    catacolabs Cartoonify turns a photo into a flat cartoon illustration. Takes a single image and returns a stylized cartoon version with clean shapes and bold outlines. Straightforward one-input model for avatars and profile pictures.

    $0.096 / run
    avatarportraitcartoon
  • Content-Consistent Super-Resolution model. Reduces hallucination compared to typical diffusion-based upscalers while keeping perceptual quality high.

    $0.28 / run
    replicateupscalingimage-restore
  • Clarity Upscaler

    ImageCommunity

    High-resolution image upscaler with creative detail re-imagination via SD-based hallucination. Strong for photography and product shots.

    $0.024 / run
    replicateupscalingcreative
  • CodeFormer

    ImageCommunity

    Robust face-restoration model using a transformer-based codebook prior. Handles severe degradation, occlusion, and old-photo restoration with adjustable fidelity-quality tradeoff.

    $0.0041 / run
    replicateface-restoreupscaling
  • Consistent Character

    ImageCommunity

    fofr's model generates the same character in many poses and angles from one reference image. Useful for building an avatar set or character sheet where the face and design stay consistent across outputs. Can produce a grid or individual images.

    $0.0038 / run
    avatarportraitcharacter
  • ControlNet Canny

    ImageCommunity

    ControlNet conditioned on Canny edge maps. Preserves composition and outlines while restyling with Stable Diffusion 1.5 or SDXL backbones.

    $0.070 / run
    replicatestyle-transferimage-edit
  • ControlNet Depth

    ImageCommunity

    ControlNet conditioned on depth maps. Preserves the 3D scene layout while letting the prompt change style, lighting and content.

    $0.014 / run
    replicatestyle-transferimage-edit
  • DDColor

    ImageCommunity

    DDColor by Xiaoyang Kang et al. colorizes black-and-white photos using dual decoders that jointly learn pixel colors and semantic color queries, giving vivid and natural results on old images.

    $0.0012 / run
    colorizerestoreddcolor
  • DreamGaussian

    ImageCommunity

    Generative Gaussian-splatting model for fast image-to-3D synthesis. Produces textured meshes in two minutes via differentiable rasterization.

    $0.10 / run
    replicate3d-generationimage-to-3d
  • ESRGAN Classic

    ImageCommunity

    Enhanced Super-Resolution GAN, the original 2018 architecture. Produces sharp 4x upscales with strong perceptual quality on natural images.

    $0.047 / run
    replicateupscalingesrgan
  • Face to Many

    ImageCommunity

    fofr's face stylizer converts a face photo into 3D render, emoji, pixel art, video-game character, claymation or toy styles. Uses InstantID plus style LoRAs on SDXL to keep the likeness while applying a chosen art style. Popular for fun avatars.

    $0.011 / run
    avatarportraitstylize
  • Face to Sticker

    ImageCommunity

    fofr's model turns a face photo into a die-cut sticker with a white border and transparent background. Uses InstantID to hold the likeness and outputs a clean PNG suitable for chat stickers or print. Simple single-image input.

    $0.029 / run
    avatarportraitsticker
  • Fibo

    ImageCommunity
    New

    SOTA Open source model trained on licensed data, transforming intent into structured control for precise, high-quality AI image generation in enterprise and agentic workflows.

    $0.048 / run
    replicatebriatext-to-image
  • Google FILM frame interpolation. Synthesizes high-quality intermediate frames between near-duplicate inputs, designed for large motion gaps.

    $0.0016 / run
    replicateupscaleframe-interpolation
  • Flux Fast

    ImageCommunity
    New

    This is the fastest Flux endpoint in the world.

    $0.0060 / run
    replicateprunaaitext-to-image
  • Flux Kontext Max

    ImageCommunity
    New

    A premium text-based image editing model that delivers maximum performance and improved typography generation for transforming images through natural language prompts

    $0.096 / run
    replicateblack-forest-labstext-to-image
  • Flux Kontext Pro

    ImageCommunity
    New

    A state-of-the-art text-based image editing model that delivers high-quality outputs with excellent prompt following and consistent results for transforming images through natural language

    $0.048 / run
    replicateblack-forest-labstext-to-image
  • Flux Krea Dev

    ImageCommunity
    New

    An opinionated text-to-image model from Black Forest Labs in collaboration with Krea that excels in photorealism. Creates images that avoid the oversaturated "AI look".

    $0.030 / run
    replicateblack-forest-labstext-to-image
  • Flux Pro

    ImageCommunity
    New

    State-of-the-art image generation with top of the line prompt following, visual quality, image detail and output diversity.

    $0.066 / run
    replicateblack-forest-labstext-to-image
  • FLUX PuLID

    ImageCommunity

    PuLID identity customization running on FLUX.1-dev. Inserts a face from one reference photo into prompt-driven scenes using contrastive alignment, giving higher likeness and detail than SDXL-era ID adapters. Good for realistic avatars and character portraits.

    $0.018 / run
    avatarportraitpulid
  • FLUX.1 [dev]

    ImageCommunity

    The open-weight 12B rectified-flow transformer from Black Forest Labs. Close to FLUX Pro quality with a guidance-distilled checkpoint released under a non-commercial license. The most widely fine-tuned base in the FLUX family.

    $0.030 / run
    replicatefluxblack-forest-labs
  • FLUX.1 [schnell]

    ImageCommunity

    The fastest FLUX model from Black Forest Labs, distilled to produce images in 1 to 4 steps. Apache 2.0 licensed for commercial use. Built for high-volume generation and real-time previews.

    $0.0036 / run
    replicatefluxblack-forest-labs
  • FLUX.1 Canny

    ImageCommunity

    FLUX structural control via Canny edge maps. Preserve composition while restyling.

    $0.060 / run
    fluxblack-forest-labsimage-edit
  • FLUX.1 Canny [dev]

    ImageCommunity

    Open-weight edge-guided FLUX model from Black Forest Labs. Extracts Canny edges from a control image and regenerates it from your prompt while holding the original composition and outlines, so you can restyle a scene without changing its structure.

    $0.030 / run
    fluxblack-forest-labsimage-edit
  • FLUX.1 Depth

    ImageCommunity

    FLUX structural control via depth maps. Keep 3D scene layout while changing style/content.

    $0.060 / run
    fluxblack-forest-labsimage-edit
  • FLUX.1 Depth [dev]

    ImageCommunity

    Open-weight depth-guided FLUX model from Black Forest Labs. Derives a depth map from the control image and regenerates from your prompt while preserving 3D spatial layout, useful for re-texturing rooms, products, or scenes without moving objects.

    $0.030 / run
    fluxblack-forest-labsimage-edit
  • FLUX.1 Fill

    ImageCommunity

    Black Forest Labs' inpainting/outpainting model for FLUX. Fill masked regions with prompt-guided content.

    $0.060 / run
    fluxblack-forest-labsimage-edit
  • FLUX.1 Fill [dev]

    ImageCommunity

    Black Forest Labs' open-weight inpainting and outpainting model, guidance-distilled from FLUX.1 Fill [pro]. You supply an image plus a mask and a prompt; it fills the masked region or extends the canvas with prompt-guided content that matches lighting and texture.

    $0.048 / run
    fluxblack-forest-labsimage-edit
  • FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]

    ImageCommunity

    Open-weight version of FLUX.1 Kontext by Black Forest Labs. Instruction-based editing: pass an input image and a plain text edit ('change the jacket to red', 'remove the person on the left') and it applies the change while keeping the rest of the scene and identity consistent.

    $0.030 / run
    fluxkontextblack-forest-labs
  • FLUX.1 Redux

    ImageCommunity

    FLUX image-variation adapter. Generate variations and remixes from a reference image.

    $0.0036 / run
    fluxblack-forest-labsimage-edit
  • FLUX.1-dev Inpainting

    ImageCommunity

    FLUX.1-dev inpainting wrapper that fills masked parts of an image from a prompt. Useful when you want FLUX-quality fills with a simple image plus mask plus prompt interface and adjustable mask strength.

    $0.090 / run
    fluximage-editinpainting
  • Gen4 Image

    ImageCommunity
    New

    Runway's Gen-4 Image model with references. Use up to 3 reference images to create the exact image you need. Capture every angle.

    $0.096 / run
    replicaterunwaymltext-to-image
  • GFPGAN v1.4

    ImageCommunity

    Tencent ARC face-restoration GAN. Reconstructs realistic facial detail in low-quality or compressed photos using a pretrained StyleGAN2 prior.

    $0.0027 / run
    replicateface-restoreupscaling

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