AVCLabs Video Enhancer AI pricing, plans and limits

Last updated: 2026-10-07

Released in November 2021, AVCLabs Video Enhancer AI is a Windows and Mac program that upscales footage to 4K or 8K without leaving the user's computer. Windows version 5.3.0, shipped in January 2026, offers six enhancement models, a Premium colorize model and SDR to HDR conversion, and the vendor says no upload is needed.

About AVCLabs Video Enhancer AI

AVCLabs Video Enhancer AI is a desktop program from AVCLabs for repairing and upscaling existing footage on Windows and Mac. Its first release was version 1.0.0 on 10 November 2021, and the Windows build reached version 5.3.0 on 22 January 2026, with the Mac build following on 10 February 2026. HokAI found no founding year, funding round or headcount on the AVCLabs pages it read, and the terms of use name a different company, Anvsoft, in places, so HokAI lists the vendor only as AVCLabs.

It suits people who already hold the footage and have a single quality problem to solve: digitised camcorder tapes, soft phone clips, dark surveillance video or old black-and-white film. The deciding factor against the two usual rivals is how you pay. Topaz Video AI has moved to subscriptions, while HitPaw VikPea is the nearest match in features, and unlike Topaz, both AVCLabs and VikPea still sell a one-time licence.

Treat the quality claims as the vendor's own. AVCLabs publishes no benchmark table, so the 8K output and 120 FPS interpolation figures are vendor-reported, and HokAI ran no upscale tests of its own on this product. The one independent side-by-side we found, by editor Neil Chase, preferred Topaz on sharpness and AVCLabs on speed and ease of use. Test your own worst clip in the trial before paying.

If your footage is a finished edit headed for social, the upscaling built into CapCut may be enough (our piece on what CapCut is actually for weighs it up), and Runway suits people who generate clips as well as fix them. Two HokAI guides split those jobs by category: the editing guide, then the generator guide. Stills belong elsewhere, so read the photo restoration roundup, try Remini on a phone, or look at Topaz Photo AI, the photo-only sibling of Topaz Video AI. The wider AI video tools directory lists the rest.

On data, the vendor's privacy policy cites GDPR Article 6.1.b as the basis for processing order data and routes payments through Paddle. Files sent to AVCLabs' separate online service are deleted from its servers after 3 days, while the desktop app is the local option, and whether processed files feed model training is not stated there.

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Pricing

Checked against AVCLabs' Windows and Mac purchase pages on 7 October 2026, with tax left out. 90, so the price at checkout may be lower. 5 years of the yearly plan.

39. 99, which does not match the purchase page, so trust the purchase page. The vendor says all updates are free on every plan.

Licences are per operating system and per computer.

Key Features

• Six enhancement models: Standard, Ultra, Anime, Standard (Multi-Frame), Ultra (Multi-Frame) and Denoise cover most footage types, and a Detail Balance slider sets how much of the original look survives.
• Multi-Frame processing: The two Multi-Frame models analyse 13 frames at a time to reduce flicker and blur, and they ship only in the Windows build.
• Face Enhancement: A separate face model detects and refines faces in blurry or old footage, frame by frame.
• Three colorize models: Premium, Bright and Soft models add colour to black-and-white video with an adjustable render factor, and Premium is the newest of the three.
• Frame interpolation and slow motion: The vendor says AI frame interpolation lifts low-frame-rate footage to 60 or 120 FPS, and motion compensation uses the synthesized frames to build slow-motion clips.
• SDR to HDR conversion: Widens the dynamic range of standard video for brighter highlights and deeper shadows, a recent addition to the feature list.
• Blur, stabilization and object removal: Video Blur AI tools hide faces, license plates and tracked objects, while stabilization steadies shaky clips and object removal fills in the removed area.
• Batch queue and preview: Several videos can be queued with one Export All click, and a side-by-side preview of the opening frames lets you check settings before you commit to a render.

Pros

• Plan choice is wide: one month, one year or a one-time licence, with free updates on every plan according to the vendor.
• Independent editor Neil Chase rated it easier for beginners than Topaz Video AI and faster to export, in a May 2025 review that carries affiliate links to both products.
• Processing runs on your own machine, so footage stays on your computer in the desktop app according to the vendor, which suits client work and private family video.
• Updates arrive steadily, with six Windows releases between February 2025 and January 2026 listed in the public version history.

Cons

• The free trial watermarks every export and caps it at 30 seconds, even though the product page says you can explore its full range of features.
• Hardware demands are high: the vendor asks for 16 GB of RAM and 20 GB of free disk, the Ultra Multi-Frame model needs an RTX 3060 class card with 8 GB, and its own FAQ says conversions run from 8 to 30 hours depending on output and PC.
• Face Enhancement adds 2 or more seconds to every frame and needs at least 4 GB of GPU memory. A 90-minute film at 24 FPS is 129,600 frames, so face recovery alone would take at least 72 hours.
• In the one independent test we found, Topaz Video AI gave a sharper upscale on the reviewer's own footage, and that review predates the January 2026 release.
• The Mac app has no Multi-Frame models, a Windows licence will not activate it, and each licence covers one computer.
• The preview covers only the first 30 frames, roughly one second of 30 FPS video, so judging a long clip means exporting it.

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