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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. Bigjpg starts at $6, Let's Enhance at $12. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

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 month$12 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, APIWeb, API
Company—LetsEnhance, Inc.
Launched—2017
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Bigjpg

For anime and illustration upscaling it remains a reference tool, and the multi-month bundles are cheap — $22 covers a year. It shows its age against diffusion-based upscalers on photographic detail, and free-tier jobs require keeping the browser tab open.

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 jobs fail if you close the browser; images auto-delete after 24 hours
  • 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

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