Adobe's commercially-safe generative AI (Firefly) plus Express design app, integrated with Creative Cloud.
Topaz Labs
AI Image Generation & DesignTopaz Labs makes AI enhancement software, including Gigapixel (upscaling), Topaz Photo (denoise, sharpen, restore), Topaz Video (upscaling, frame interpolation) and the Bloom creative upscaler, available as desktop apps, a web app and an iPhone app. Much of the processing runs locally on your own GPU, with cloud options for heavy jobs. Photographers, video editors and restoration specialists use it; Adobe announced an agreement to acquire the company in June 2026.
Pricing
Topaz Labs pricing
No free plan; Topaz for Web - Image from $12/mo; Gigapixel $19/mo (annual commitment); Topaz Studio from $45/mo
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on topazlabs.com
Features
What Topaz Labs does
- Gigapixel upscaling up to 16x
- Denoise, sharpen, unblur and face recovery
- Video upscaling, frame interpolation and SDR-to-HDR
- Bloom generative upscaler for AI images
- Background removal and photo restoration
- Plugins for Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere Pro
Pros
- Detail recovery is among the most accurate available
- Desktop apps can process locally without uploading files
- Covers both photo and video enhancement
- Integrates with Adobe apps
Cons
- No free plan, only trials
- Local processing needs a capable GPU and can be slow on older machines
- Subscription changes (from perpetual licences) frustrated long-time users
- Not a text-to-image generator or design tool
Fit
Who Topaz Labs is for
Look elsewhere if: Casual users who only need occasional web upscaling or who want to generate images from prompts will find it expensive and overbuilt.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Enterprise page cites SOC 2-compliant deployment (type not stated), floating/offline licenses and custom Docker on-prem options.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Enterprise plan
- SCIM user provisioning
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- SOC 2
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- ISO 27001
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- HIPAA (BAA available)
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- GDPR DPA
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- Data residency options
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- No training on your data
- Yes
- Audit logs
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- Admin controls
- Enterprise plan
- Deployment
- Desktop, cloud, on-prem
From the vendor's own security documentation. "—" = not confirmed. Verify during your security review. Compare all tools.
| Image & Design feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Text-to-image | No |
| AI editing / inpainting | Limited |
| Background removal | Yes |
| Upscaling / enhancement | Yes |
| Image-to-video | No |
| Commercial use allowed | Yes |
| Design templates | No |
| API | Enterprise |
| Mobile app | iPhone only |
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Buying guides
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