How Topaz Labs Products Differ: Photo vs Video vs Gigapixel vs Web and Mobile

Topaz Labs sells four distinct product lines, and the right one depends on your input type and where you want to work. Topaz Photo is for still-image enhancement aimed at on-location photographers, Topaz Video is for video enhancement, Topaz Gigapixel is for image upscaling up to 16x, and Topaz for Web / Topaz for Mobile move the same class of AI models into a browser or an iPhone. If you shoot stills and want to fix them on your own machine, start with Photo or Gigapixel; if you work in motion, look at Video; if you want quick fixes without a desktop install, look at the Web and Mobile apps.

The four product lines at a glance

The site groups the desktop apps under "Powerful AI models. Local and in the cloud," while the Web and Mobile entries sit under "Quick fix and enhance. In the cloud." That split is the clearest signal of how Topaz Labs itself draws the line between the two families.

Topaz Photo vs Topaz Gigapixel: both handle stills, different jobs

These two are the easiest to confuse because both take photos as input.

• Topaz Photo is described as "image enhancement made for on-location photographers." The emphasis is on improving an existing image — the kind of correction you'd want after a shoot.
• Topaz Gigapixel is described as "image upscaling up to 16x pixels." Its defining feature is resolution increase, not general enhancement.

Choose Photo when the problem is the quality of the image at its current size. Choose Gigapixel when the problem is that the image is too small and you need more pixels. If you need both, they are separate purchases rather than one product covering both jobs.

Topaz Video: the only line built for motion

Topaz Video is "video enhancement trusted by creative pros everywhere." It is the only desktop product in the lineup whose input is video rather than stills, so if your source material is footage, the other desktop apps are not substitutes. The Web side mirrors this with Topaz for Web – Video, described as "creative and precision video upscaling and enhancement."

Topaz for Web and Topaz for Mobile: same models, different delivery

The Web and Mobile products are not a separate capability set — they are a different way to reach AI models.

• Topaz for Web – Image: "Powerful image enhancements right in your browser."
• Topaz for Web – Video: video upscaling and enhancement in the browser.
• Topaz for Mobile: "Powerful AI models and workflows. Now on your iPhone."

The site also lists a set of quick cloud tools under Topaz Studio — Unblur, Faces, Lighting, Sharpen, Video Upscale, Bloom — plus a Premiere Panel. These are narrow, task-specific tools rather than full applications, which makes them a reasonable first stop if you only need one specific fix.

How to decide

Work through these in order:

1. Is your source video or stills? Video → Topaz Video or Topaz for Web – Video. Stills → everything else.
2. If stills: is the problem resolution or overall quality? Need more pixels → Gigapixel. Need the image improved → Photo.
3. Do you need to work without a desktop install? Browser → Topaz for Web. iPhone → Topaz for Mobile.
4. Do you only need one specific fix? Check the Topaz Studio cloud tools (Unblur, Faces, Lighting, Sharpen, Bloom) before buying a full app.

A practical example: a photographer shooting on location who wants cleaner, better-looking frames at their existing size is a Topaz Photo case. The same photographer with a small crop that needs to print large is a Gigapixel case. A videographer upscaling client footage is a Topaz Video case, or Topaz for Web – Video if they'd rather not install anything.

Before you buy

Topaz Labs lists a Pricing page and a checkout, and the product pages each carry their own Buy link, so pricing is per product rather than a single blanket plan. The site also references Cloud Credits, which is relevant if you plan to use the cloud-based Web tools rather than local desktop processing. For commercial or production-scale use, there is a separate Enterprise track with API and Starlight options and a "Contact sales" path.

Check the current Pricing page for the products you've narrowed down to, since the lineup above tells you which product fits your job but not what each one costs today.