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Topaz Photo (formerly Topaz Photo AI)
Subscription desktop app that uses AI models to denoise, sharpen, upscale and recover faces in photos, as a standalone app or a plugin for common editors.
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Topaz Photo (formerly Topaz Photo AI) is ranked 9 of 10 retouching and AI editing software in 2026, with a score of 5.2/10 (tier Basic).
Vendor tagline: "Every shot has potential. Make good photos great."
Score breakdown
| Skin retouching depth | 6/30 |
| Predictable cost | 20/25 |
| Fits a pro workflow | 15/20 |
| Try before you buy | 0/10 |
| Platforms | 6/10 |
| Kept up to date | 5/5 |
| Total | 5.2/10 |
Facts
- Vendor
- Topaz Labs
- Price model
- subscription
- Entry price
- USD 199/year (Personal, billed annually); USD 39/month without commitment
- Works in
- standalone, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Capture One, Apple Photos, Affinity Photo
- Platforms
- mac, windows
- Founded
- 2006
- Latest update
- Topaz Photo v1.7.1, released 2026-10-22 (source: https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-v1-7-1/105505)
Prices
- Personal (monthly, no commitment): 39 USD / month
- Personal (annual commitment, billed monthly): 25 USD / month
- Personal (billed annually): 199 USD / year
- Pro (annual commitment, billed monthly): 63 USD / month
- Pro (billed annually): 599 USD / year
- Topaz Studio bundle (monthly): 69 USD / month
- Topaz Studio bundle (billed annually): 399 USD / year
Reviews
- Trustpilot: 3.6 from 56681 reviews
Strengths
- Includes a Recover Faces model alongside Denoise, Sharpen and Upscale
- Works as a plugin in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Capture One, Apple Photos and Affinity Photo, or as a standalone app
- Updates ship often; v1.7.1 followed v1.7.0 within about two months
Watch-outs
- Sold only as a subscription; the pricing page lists no perpetual licence
- No skin smoothing or dodge and burn model is listed; the focus is image quality (denoise, sharpen, upscale, face recovery)
- Topaz support describes Photo AI and the other apps with AI in their names as older apps, so older tutorials may not match the current product
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Data verified on 2026-10-30. Re-assessed every two weeks. No payment can change this score. Spotted a mistake? Send a correction.
Sources
- https://www.topazlabs.com/topaz-photo-ai
- https://www.topazlabs.com/pricing
- https://community.topazlabs.com/t/topaz-photo-v1-7-1/105505
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/topazlabs.com
- https://dallasinnovates.com/topaz-labs-is-expanding-its-addison-hq-plans-130-new-tech-jobs/
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