Topaz Labs
Tool · this deep dive is built from the official pages of the platform itself and of the tools that support it.
Overview
Topaz Labs is a set of applications for improving photo and video with AI. The composition is from the pricing page: upscaling and enlargement (Gigapixel), photo processing (Topaz Photo), video processing and upscaling (Topaz Video and Astra), the browser-based Topaz Image Web, a mobile application and Bloom. What exactly Bloom does is not described on the pages that were read.
It is sold as the Topaz Studio bundle or separately — a difference that governs prices, limits and rights to the output.
About the input language the source says nothing: the question is not examined at all, and the tools work with an uploaded file, not with a text prompt. That is not a statement that the language does not matter.
Which platforms it works with
Four kinds of entry point are named: desktop applications, the browser-based Topaz Image Web, a mobile application and a corporate API. The list is assembled from the composition of the Topaz Studio bundle — seven items: Video, Photo, Gigapixel, Image Web, Mobile, Astra, Bloom.
What is not in the list: the specific operating systems of the desktop applications. Publishing platforms are not there either — only the tool's own applications and the corporate API.
Pricing
Prices in dollars, from the pricing page. Perpetual licences are not offered there — only subscriptions.
The bundle. Topaz Studio — 69 dollars a month; 45 dollars a month with an annual commitment paid monthly; 399 dollars a year. Topaz Studio Pro — 75 dollars a month with an annual commitment; 799 dollars a year. A monthly price without a commitment is not named for the senior step.
Individual applications. Topaz Photo — 39 dollars a month or 199 a year. Topaz Video — 59 a month or 299 a year. Topaz Gigapixel — 29 a month or 149 a year.
Browser-based Topaz Image Web. Standard — 12 dollars a month, discounted from 19. Pro — 35 dollars a month, discounted from 59.
Astra. Standard — 19 dollars a month or 328 a year. Plus — 99 a month or 832 a year. Pro — 299 a month or 2512 a year.
The minimum paid step is 12 dollars a month, Topaz Image Web Standard at the promotional price; the base price of the same step is 19 dollars a month. Both are given because a promotional price may revert.
What is free
Nothing of what is named. A free plan the pricing page does not name, and a free trial period it does not name either. Everything listed there is subscriptions: to the Topaz Studio bundle, to Topaz Studio Pro, to the individual applications, to the browser-based Image Web and to Astra.
The page has been read in full, and a mention of a free step is not in it. That is not a ban on a trial period — it is the absence of an answer.
Restrictions
The units of accounting differ: for video they are credits, for images megapixels and the number of simultaneous jobs.
Topaz Studio — unlimited local rendering and unlimited cloud rendering of images, 300 cloud video credits a month, 2 simultaneous cloud jobs, a cloud export ceiling of 32 megapixels.
Topaz Studio Pro — 600 video credits a month, 4 simultaneous jobs, a ceiling of 100 megapixels.
Topaz Image Web — Standard: 32 megapixels and 2 jobs; Pro: 256 megapixels and 8 jobs.
Astra — 400, 1400 and 5400 credits a month across the three steps.
The line runs between local and cloud work: local rendering in the bundle is named unlimited, while everything cloud-based is laid out in credits, megapixels and simultaneous jobs. About carrying unspent credits over to the next month nothing is said in what was read.
Rights to the output
The difference by plan is written directly in the pricing table: for Topaz Studio — "limited commercial use", for Topaz Studio Pro and for Topaz Image Web Pro — "Full commercial use". Full is tied to the senior steps, limited to the junior one.
What was lacking: what exactly "limited" means does not follow from the source. Neither the scope of what is permitted nor the boundary between "limited" and "Full" is disclosed in what was read.
Who owns the processed image the terms do not define — the question of ownership is not examined there at all.
Do they train on your data
There is no answer. Neither the terms nor the privacy policy says whether uploaded or processed images are used for training models. The terms are devoted to the site and the software, the policy to general categories of data; both have been read in full, and neither contains a statement about training nor a denial of it.
An opt-out is not described either: a mechanism for refusing training is not in what was read.
How you earn with it
What relates to earning directly is the line between the plans. "Full commercial use" stands with Topaz Studio Pro and with Topaz Image Web Pro. With Topaz Studio stands "limited commercial use", and the scope of that "limited" the source does not disclose.
The individual applications — Photo, Video and Gigapixel — and the Astra steps are not covered by that pair of notes: their commercial status is not named in what was read.
What it will not do
The answer is known in part, and the distinction matters.
The terms of use restrict only material that the user posts in the community section: it must not infringe the rights of third parties and must not be, verbatim, "libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, or obscene".
Those bans relate to comments on the site, not to the processing of images. Restrictions on the content of the processed pictures themselves are not formulated in the terms, and passing one off as the other is not possible.
Whether this means anything at all may be processed does not follow from the source.
Give full commercial use on the junior step of the bundle it is not ready to: with Topaz Studio stands "limited commercial use".
Sell itself without a subscription it will not: perpetual licences are not on the pricing page.
Promise a free trial it will not either: neither a free plan nor a trial period does the pricing page name.
Lift the cloud ceilings it will not allow: local rendering is named unlimited, while cloud work is bounded by megapixels — 32 for Topaz Studio and Image Web Standard, 100 for Studio Pro, 256 for Image Web Pro — by video credits and by the number of simultaneous jobs.
Name the supported operating systems it will not be able to: the desktop applications are in the list, a list of systems on the pages read is not.
Mark the output as processed by AI it does not offer: labelling is not mentioned on the pages that were read at all — neither a watermark, nor metadata, nor C2PA.
Say whether it trains models on your files it will not be able to either: neither the terms nor the policy touch upon this question.
Verified data
The checked data this deep dive rests on.
About the platform
A set of AI photo and video enhancement applications: upscaling and enlargement (Gigapixel), photo processing (Topaz Photo), video processing and upscaling (Topaz Video, Astra), the browser-based Topaz Image Web, a mobile app and Bloom; sold as the Topaz Studio bundle or separately
The contents of the bundle are listed on the official pricing page
source, checked 2026-08-07
Platforms
Desktop applications, the browser-based Topaz Image Web, a mobile app and an enterprise API — matching the composition of the Topaz Studio bundle: Video, Photo, Gigapixel, Image Web, Mobile, Astra, Bloom
The specific operating systems of the desktop applications are not listed on the pages that were read
source, checked 2026-08-07
Pricing
Topaz Studio 69 USD/month, 45 USD/month on a yearly commitment paid monthly, 399 USD a year; Topaz Studio Pro 75 USD/month on a yearly commitment, 799 USD a year; individual applications: Topaz Photo 39 USD/month or 199 USD a year, Topaz Video 59 USD/month or 299 USD a year, Topaz Gigapixel 29 USD/month or 149 USD a year; the browser-based Topaz Image Web: Standard 12 USD/month (discounted from 19 USD), Pro 35 USD/month (discounted from 59 USD); Astra: Standard 19 USD/month or 328 USD a year, Plus 99 USD/month or 832 USD a year, Pro 299 USD/month or 2512 USD a year
All figures come from the official pricing page; no perpetual licences are offered there, only subscriptions
source, checked 2026-08-07
12 USD a month — Topaz Image Web Standard at the promotional price; the base price of the same tier is 19 USD a month
Both figures are given because the promotional price may revert to the base one
source, checked 2026-08-07
Limits and restrictions
Topaz Studio: unlimited local rendering and unlimited cloud rendering of images, 300 cloud video credits a month, 2 concurrent cloud jobs, a cloud export ceiling of 32 megapixels; Studio Pro: 600 video credits, 4 jobs, 100 megapixels; Topaz Image Web Standard: 32 megapixels and 2 jobs, Pro: 256 megapixels and 8 jobs; Astra: 400 / 1400 / 5400 credits a month
source, checked 2026-08-07
Restrictions
The terms restrict only material the user posts in the community section: it must not infringe third-party rights and must not be, verbatim, «libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, or obscene»; no restriction on the content of the images being processed is set out in the terms
The prohibitions concern comments on the site rather than image processing — noted outright so that one is not passed off as the other
source, checked 2026-08-07
Legal
Differs by plan, and it is written straight into the price table: Topaz Studio has «limited commercial use», Topaz Studio Pro and Topaz Image Web Pro have «Full commercial use» (verbatim). Who owns the processed image the terms on docs.topazlabs.com do not define
The difference between plans is confirmed by the pricing page; the terms themselves do not address the question, so the meaning of the word «limited» does not follow from the source
source, checked 2026-08-07
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