Best software for enlarging photos

AI summary

Topaz Gigapixel is the best default for professional detail recovery; choose Upscayl when a free open-source local application is preferred, Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop when working within an existing subscription ecosystem, ON1 Photo RAW or Resize AI when specialized print preparation is required, Let's Enhance when cloud-based batch processing is needed, Aiarty Image Enhancer when maintaining realistic skin and fabric textures is crucial, and Magnific AI when working with AI-generated art and fantasy illustrations.

4 platforms queried7 brands recommended39 citations from 25 domainsAnswers collected Aug 13, 2026

Rankings across AI platforms

Rankings are shown when an answer sets an order; a dot marks an unranked recommendation. Coverage includes both.

Brand	Avg. rank	ChatGPT	Gemini	AI Mode	AI Overviews	Coverage
Topaz Gigapixel	1.0			•	•	100%
Adobe Lightroom	2.0	2	2	•	•	100%
ON1 Photo RAW	3.0	3	—	•	•	75%
Upscayl	3.0	—	3	•	•	75%
Let's Enhance	4.0	—	4	—	—	25%
Aiarty Image Enhancer	—	—	•	•	—	50%

Original AI responses

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What is the best software for enlarging photos?

Collected Aug 13, 2026, 8:50 AM UTC

If your main goal is making photos larger while preserving—or intelligently recreating—detail, my top choice is Topaz Gigapixel.

🥇 Best overall: Topaz Gigapixel

Topaz Labs’s Gigapixel is specifically designed for AI upscaling. It can enlarge images substantially while recovering detail, sharpening, reducing artifacts, and improving faces. It works as a standalone application or with Photoshop/Lightroom. www.topazlabs.com

Topaz Gigapixel

Best for:

Old/low-resolution photos
Making a photo large enough for printing
Cropped photos
Portraits and faces
Very large enlargements
Getting the best possible result from a single image

The current listed price is $99 for Gigapixel, though pricing can change. www.topazlabs.com

🥈 Best if you already use Lightroom: Adobe Lightroom

Lightroom's Super Resolution doubles the width and height—giving you 4× as many pixels—and works with RAW, JPEG and TIFF files. helpx.adobe.com

Adobe Lightroom

It's an excellent choice if you're already paying for Lightroom and don't want another program.

🥉 Best all-in-one alternative: ON1 Photo RAW

ON1 Photo RAW 2026 combines photo organization, editing, AI enhancement and upscaling. Its MAX version includes Resize AI and other restoration tools, and it has the advantage of a perpetual-license option rather than requiring a subscription. www.digitalcameraworld.com

My ranking:

Software	Upscaling	Best for
Topaz Gigapixel	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Best pure enlarger
Lightroom Super Resolution	⭐⭐⭐⭐½	Existing Adobe users
ON1 Photo RAW MAX	⭐⭐⭐⭐	All-in-one editing
Photoshop	⭐⭐⭐⭐	Creative editing + occasional enlargement

If you tell me what kind of photos you're enlarging—e.g. old family photographs, phone pictures, wildlife, portraits, or photos you want to print 20×30 inches or larger—I can tell you which software will give you the best results for that specific situation.

Sources cited by AI platforms

Sources are ordered by the number of platforms that cited them, then by total citations.

Methodology

One prompt, submitted to four AI platforms.

We submitted the prompt “What is the best software for enlarging photos?” to ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode, and AI Overviews. We preserved each answer, its recommendation order, and the sources returned with it.

The summary and comparison are generated from those collected answers. Average rank uses only platforms that assigned the brand a numeric rank. Coverage is the percentage of queried platforms that mentioned the brand.

This report shows what the AI platforms recommended at the time of collection. It is not an independent review, endorsement, or product test.

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