Topaz Video AI Alternatives
Generated on PixelDojo with Video Upscaler. Produced by PixelDojo's generation pipeline.
Topaz Video AI is the desktop video enhancer from Topaz Labs, and the line is now sold as Topaz Video with a Video AI Pro tier for professionals. It runs on hardware you own, works offline on any footage you have, and its model set goes well past resolution into deinterlacing, denoise, motion deblur and frame interpolation. The hosted alternative is an upscaler you call instead of install. On August 26, 2026 we sent a 5.04 second, 960 by 960 product clip through it and got a 1440 by 1440 file back in about 152 seconds for 5 credits, at one credit per second of source video.
The same five seconds, before and after the upscale
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Source clip, 960 by 960, 5.04 seconds. Generated from the prompt: Slow cinematic camera orbit around the earbuds case, soft studio lighting shifts, the lid opens gently to reveal the earbuds, product commercial style
WAN 2.7 Image-to-Video (source)
The same clip through the video upscaler at the 1080p target tier, returned at 1440 by 1440, 5 credits, about 152 seconds
Video Upscaler
What the hosted upscaler does, measured on one clip
What the run measurably did
We probed both files. The source was 960 by 960 at about 29.77 frames per second and 5.038 seconds long. The result is 1440 by 1440 at the same frame rate and the same 5.038 second length, and the file grew from 1.82 MB to 5.01 MB. Nothing was retimed, trimmed or reframed.
We asked for the 1080p tier on a square clip
The request set the target to 1080p and the square source came back at 1440 by 1440. Four tiers are available: 720p, 1080p, 2K and 4K. On non square footage the tier maps to the usual frame heights, so check the returned dimensions on your own aspect ratio before you plan around them.
We compared the same frame in both files
At the two second mark the shot is a dim, warm lit pass over the closed case. The framing, the grade and the falloff are identical in both. In the upscaled file the lid seam line and the edge of the hinge pinhole read as clean edges rather than soft ones. This is a resolution pass, not a relight.
Price is per second of source video
One credit per second, read straight from the tool contract, rounded up to the next whole second. Our 5 second clip cost 5 credits. The target tier does not change the price, so a 4K pass on a short clip costs the same as a 720p pass on it.
Nothing to install and nothing to keep warm
There is no download, no local model cache, and no GPU to buy or rent. The limits that matter instead are format and size: MP4 files up to 500 MB.
It sits beside the models that made the clip
The upscaler is on the same balance and in the same session as video generation. A clip you just rendered can go straight into it without exporting, importing, or moving a file between two pieces of software.
One upscale on August 26, 2026. Source 960 by 960 at 1,819,897 bytes in, result 1440 by 1440 at 5,011,756 bytes out, 5 credits, about 152 seconds.
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1 credit per second of video
Rounded up to the whole second and independent of the target tier. Our 5 second clip cost 5 credits.
About 152 seconds for 5 seconds of footage
Timed on August 26, 2026 from submission to the finished file arriving. Queue load moves it, so it is one data point rather than a promise.
No local hardware
Runs on hosted GPUs, so a laptop with a browser is enough. The trade is that the footage has to be uploadable rather than sitting on a local drive.
How It Works
How we ran the upscale, so you can repeat it:
Point it at an MP4
We used a 5.04 second, 960 by 960 product clip already on our CDN. Any MP4 up to 500 MB works, whether it came from a camera or from a generator.
Pick a target tier and state the duration
We chose the 1080p tier and passed a 5 second duration. The duration is what the price is calculated from, at one credit per second.
Collect the larger file
Ours charged 5 credits and returned a 1440 by 1440 MP4 in about 152 seconds, with the frame rate and running time untouched.
The Pixel Dojo Advantage
Topaz is mature desktop software with a deeper model set than one hosted upscaler, and this table is not an argument against it. It compares where the compute lives and what each side is actually built to fix.
| Others | Pixel Dojo |
|---|---|
| Runs locally on hardware you own, so a long job costs time rather than a per clip fee | Runs on hosted GPUs at one credit per second of source video, so a laptop and a browser are enough |
| Model set spanning upscaling, denoise, deinterlacing, motion deblur and frame interpolation | One upscaling path with four target tiers: 720p, 1080p, 2K and 4K, measured at 1440 by 1440 on our square source |
| Built for long footage and batch restoration work on files sitting on a local drive | Built for short clips, capped at MP4 files up to 500 MB, with no upload wait for anything generated on the platform |
| A separate application from wherever the footage came from | The upscaler shares a session and a balance with the models that generated the clip |
| A software licence to keep current, plus the GPU it runs on | The same credit balance that pays for image and video generation, with no hardware in the loop |
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Common Questions
Everything you need to know about Topaz Video AI Alternatives
What is a hosted alternative to Topaz Video AI?
A video upscaler that runs on hosted GPUs and charges per second of source footage instead of per licence. You send an MP4 and a target tier and get a larger file back. Our August 26, 2026 run turned a 960 by 960 clip into a 1440 by 1440 one for 5 credits.
What does upscaling a clip cost?
One credit per second of source video, rounded up to the next whole second. Our 5.04 second clip was billed as 5 seconds, so 5 credits. The target tier does not change the rate.
How much bigger was the output?
One and a half times on each side in our run: 960 by 960 in, 1440 by 1440 out. The file went from 1,819,897 bytes to 5,011,756 bytes, and the frame rate and 5.038 second duration were unchanged.
Does it deinterlace, denoise or interpolate frames?
No. This is a resolution pass with four target tiers and nothing else. Deinterlacing, motion deblur and frame interpolation are exactly the jobs Topaz covers and this does not, so for restoring old or interlaced footage the desktop software is the right tool.
What are the input limits?
MP4 only, up to 500 MB per file. That suits short generated clips and social cuts. Long archival footage is better handled by software running on a machine you control, with no upload in the loop.
Can I call the upscaler from an API?
Yes. POST to /api/v1/models/video-upscaler/run with your key, the video URL, the clip duration in seconds and a target resolution of 720p, 1080p, 2k or 4k. Same key as every other model in the catalog.