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Aiarty Image Enhancer vs Magnific AI

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Aiarty Image Enhancer starts at $75, Magnific AI at $14.50. Only Magnific AI has a free tier. Only Magnific AI ships a public API.

Aiarty Image EnhancerDesktop denoise, deblur and upscaling up to 32K for Windows and Mac, sold as a licence not creditsMagnific AIDetail-inventing upscaler that became Freepik's entire AI platform

Side by side

FactAiarty Image EnhancerMagnific AI
CategoryImage Upscaling & RestorationImage Upscaling & Restoration
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$75 year$14.50 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWindows, macOSWeb, API
CompanyDigiarty Software, Inc.Freepik Company S.L.U.
Launched20222024
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Aiarty Image Enhancer

A conventional desktop upscaler competing on price and on the fact that it is a licence rather than a credit meter — once bought, batch size is limited by your machine, not by a balance. The lifetime option at $99 undercuts the annual plan within two years, which makes the $75 yearly tier hard to justify. Local processing also means nothing is uploaded, which matters for client work.

Pros

  • Runs locally, so nothing is uploaded and batch size depends on your hardware
  • Upscaling up to 32K with denoise, deblur, sharpen and face restoration in one tool
  • Lifetime licence at $99 with updates for life, covering three machines
  • From Digiarty Software, a Chengdu developer active since 2006 rather than an anonymous brand

Cons

  • Windows and Mac licences are separate purchases with no cross-activation
  • The $75 annual plan auto-renews and is poor value against the $99 lifetime option
  • No API and no web version, so it cannot be scripted into a server pipeline
  • Free download limits exports rather than being a usable free tier

Magnific AI

The upscaler is still the best in its class at inventing plausible detail, but you can no longer buy just the upscaler — since April 2026 the purchase is Freepik's entire creative suite wearing Magnific's name, on one shared credit meter.

Pros

  • Detail synthesis genuinely outperforms conventional upscalers on textured subjects
  • API access with credit-based usage is included on every paid plan
  • Plan credits sit in an annual pool rather than expiring monthly
  • One subscription now covers image, video, audio, 3D and a 250M-asset stock library

Cons

  • Freepik's rebrand means every existing review and listing describes a different product
  • Prices are served in local currency, so the USD figures need confirming per region
  • Month-to-month costs 25% more than the headline annual rate
  • The shared credit balance means video experiments quietly eat your upscaling budget

Which one fits

Choose Aiarty Image Enhancer if you need

  • Photographers batch-processing large sets without wanting a per-image cost
  • People restoring old or low-resolution photos on their own machine
  • Anyone who needs images to stay off a vendor's servers for privacy or client reasons

Choose Magnific AI if you need

  • Retouchers enlarging product, architectural or portrait work where invented detail is acceptable
  • Studios that also want image, video and stock in one subscription
  • Anyone upscaling AI-generated art to print resolution

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