Recraft Crisp Upscale API Pricing: $0.004 per Image

TL;DR

• Recraft Crisp Upscale (recraft/crisp-upscale) has a single tier: $0.004 per image, doubling width and height with content and lettering untouched. No quality tiers, no scale options — the request body is one image_url.
• The batch math: 100 images $0.40, 1,000 images $4.00, 10,000 images $40.00; $10 buys about 2,500. Input size never changes the price.
• Live on HiAPI: upload one image on the model page. New accounts get 200 free credits. Code and parameters are in the API guide.

Price table

Per image	100 images	1,000 images	10,000 images	$10 yields
$0.004	$0.40	$4.00	$40.00	2,500

HiAPI current prices, checked October 22, 2026.

One tier, one rate: no tiers to compare, no options to pick — the bill is images × $0.004. A 500 KB input and a 10 MB input cost the same.

Pay for successful images; failed tasks are not billed.

What one real output costs

A 640×640 watch product shot upscaled to 1280×1280:

Original 640×640	Upscaled 1280×1280

recraft/crisp-upscale, $0.004. The guilloché dial and the AUTOMATIC small print come through untouched.

The total cost of this upscale: $0.004. Five original-vs-2× pairs are in the examples page.

Compared with upscaling alternatives (HiAPI prices)

Model	Per image	Approach
recraft/crisp-upscale (this model)	$0.004	Faithful 2×: content and lettering unchanged
seedream-5.0-lite/image-to-image	$0.035	Generative repaint (2K / 4K at the same price; 2K default)

The same-source test of both approaches is in the comparison: Crisp at $0.004 for faithful upscaling, Seedream at $0.035 for redrawn 2K / 4K detail. Lettered deliverables belong to Crisp — the letterforms don't get repainted.

Monthly budgets

Images / month	All Crisp	Notes
100	$0.40	A small store's full SKU pass
1,000	$4.00	A mid-size catalog refresh
10,000	$40.00	Bulk archive renovation

Five images per SKU, all upscaled = 5 × $0.004 = $0.02. Archive renovation is Crisp's home turf: the price is low enough to run the whole library without budgeting anxiety.

FAQ

Do failures cost anything? No. Failed tasks are not billed; validation rejections never bill.

Does the input size affect the price? No. Billing counts output images — $0.004 each.

Can I pick 4× or a custom scale? No. It's a fixed 2× on both axes with no other options; for higher resolution see generative repainting in the comparison.

How do bulk budgets work? Images × $0.004 — no volume discount, no minimum. 1,000 images cost $4.00; credits top up as needed.

How far does $10 go? About 2,500 images. New accounts get 200 credits (2,000 credits = $1).

Next: take one of your product shots and upscale it on the model page ($0.004) to see the fidelity; batch code and parameters are in the API guide.