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Bigjpg vs Let's Enhance

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.

The short answer

Entry price
Bigjpg from $6 once, Let's Enhance from $12/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Let's Enhance — 92 vs 78 for Bigjpg
Best fit
Bigjpg: Anime and illustration upscales where line integrity matters · Let's Enhance: Enlarging product or portfolio shots for large-format print

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

BigjpgNeural upscaler for anime art and photos — up to 16x enlargement with noise cleanup, web to APILet's EnhanceUpscales, sharpens and restores photos for print-grade output

Side by side

FactBigjpgLet's Enhance
CategoryImage Upscaling & RestorationImage Upscaling & Restoration
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$6 once$12/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score78 / 10092 / 100
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, APIWeb, API
Company—LetsEnhance, Inc.
Launched—2017
Last verifiedOct 16, 2026Oct 16, 2026

What our research says

Bigjpg

For anime and illustration upscaling it remains a reference tool, and the prepaid bundles are cheap - $22 covers a year. It shows its age against diffusion-based upscalers on photographic detail, and the free plan's 5MB and 4x caps rule it out for print-size work.

Pros

  • Distinct anime-tuned models keep lines and flat colors clean
  • Very low cost: $22 buys twelve months of paid limits
  • Clients on every major platform plus an API
  • Free tier is enough to evaluate output quality

Cons

  • Interpolates rather than reinvents detail - soft results on complex photos
  • Free uploads auto-delete after 24 hours (72 hours on paid)
  • Anonymous operator; processing defaults to mainland-China servers

Let's Enhance

The safe browser-based choice when you need resolution for print and do not want to install Topaz or babysit a local upscaler; it is priced per image, so it punishes high-volume use.

Pros

  • Credit rollover up to six months' worth is more forgiving than the usual use-it-or-lose-it model
  • Distinct tools per job (sharpen, restore, unblur, upscale) instead of one catch-all slider
  • Documented API with separate enhancer and upscaler endpoints for production use
  • Running since 2017, so the model quality has had many iterations behind it

Cons

  • Free tier is 10 signup credits and stamps a watermark on output
  • One credit per image makes bulk catalogue work costly next to a one-off desktop licence
  • Top personal plan is 500 credits at $45/month, which is a low ceiling for agencies
  • Newer generative upscalers produce more dramatic detail on heavily degraded sources

Which one fits

Choose Bigjpg if you need

  • Anime and illustration upscales where line integrity matters
  • Budget users wanting a year of upscaling for the price of one month elsewhere
  • Developers calling a simple upscaling API

Choose Let's Enhance if you need

  • Enlarging product or portfolio shots for large-format print
  • Restoring scanned or damaged family photos without desktop software
  • Teams wiring upscaling into a pipeline through the API instead of a UI

Bigjpg vs Let's Enhance: the questions people ask

Is Bigjpg cheaper than Let's Enhance?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Bigjpg starts at $6 once, Let's Enhance at $12/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Bigjpg or Let's Enhance have a free tier?

Both: Bigjpg has a free tier, and Let's Enhance has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Bigjpg or Let's Enhance?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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