Upscayl vs InvokeAI

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Pricing	Freemium	Free
Category	Photo Editing	Image
Tags	practical-ossopen-sourceself-hostedimage	practical-ossopen-sourceself-hostedimage-generation
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Pros	Completely free and open source, with no watermarks, sign-ups, or upload limits Runs locally on your GPU, so images never leave your computer Batch mode upscales entire folders in one pass Supports extra community-made models beyond the built-in ones, plus GPU selection Native apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux with a simple before/after workflow	Commercially friendly Apache-2.0 license for the application code Unified Canvas with inpainting, outpainting, and brush tools for iterative editing Node-based Workflows for building and sharing repeatable generation pipelines Broad model support including Stable Diffusion, SDXL, SD 3.5, and Flux variants Runs entirely locally with a built-in model manager, gallery, and rich image metadata
Cons	Requires a Vulkan-compatible GPU; many integrated graphics chips and CPUs will not work Cannot deblur or fix out-of-focus images, only enhance low-resolution or pixelated ones AGPL-3.0 license can complicate embedding it in closed commercial products Large images and big batches can be slow or memory-hungry on modest GPUs	Needs a reasonably powerful GPU with enough VRAM for good speed and larger models Model weights carry their own licenses separate from the app, so check usage terms The node/workflow system has a real learning curve for newcomers Local install, updates, and model management take more setup than a hosted service

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