Palette.fm's free colourised previews come back with its logo on them and shrunk to 500×500 pixels; a clean full-size copy costs a credit, and you get one free.
PicReviver colourises at full resolution, no watermark, no account.
By ShinobiTools Team · Last updated: 2 October 2026
You get the real result, not a blurry preview. Free means the full-size result, made by the same model the paid pass uses.
Per palette.fm's own pages on 2 October 2026: you need an account, previews are unlimited, and previews of anything larger than a small image are scaled down to 500×500 pixels with the Palette logo in the bottom-right corner. You get one free credit for a clean, full-resolution copy. Beyond that, a year of credits (480) is $72, or a one-time pack of 75 credits is $49; one credit colourises one photo at up to 5000×5000 pixels.
| Palette.fm (checked 2 Oct 2026) | PicReviver | |
|---|---|---|
| Free use | Unlimited previews at 500×500 px; 1 free full-resolution credit | 10 runs a day, up to 5 photos per run (10 after 10 min on site) |
| Account | Required | Not required |
| Watermark on free result | Yes, on previews (logo bottom right) | No |
| Largest output | 5000×5000 px with a paid credit | The photo's own size, up to 45 megapixels |
| Paid | $72/year (480 credits) or $49 one-time (75 credits) | Optional pass: €5 for 30 days or €3 for 24 hours, 1,000 photos in one job |
| Colour control | About 20 named colour filters | One colourise pass, no style choice |
| Runs on | Browser | Browser |
| Files kept | Not stated on the pages we read | Upload deleted after processing, result after 45 minutes |
| Source | palette.fm, filters | Our own server code; pricing |
Best for: Palette.fm if you want to choose a colour mood and pay per photo for a clean copy; PicReviver if you want the full-size colourised file free, without an account.
Upload a black & white or faded photo and the colourise pass predicts natural colour for skin, sky, grass, wood and the like, and hands back the result at your photo's original resolution: no downscale to a fixed size, no watermark stamped on top. Up to 45 megapixels per photo, no account needed, and the file comes back as a PNG.
Colourising isn't restoration in the usual sense: a black-and-white photo never recorded colour, so nothing is being recovered, only predicted. That prediction is convincing for things with a natural, narrow range (skin, sky, grass, wood) and unreliable for anything specific, like the exact shade of a dress or a car. In a small spot check (26 September 2026) we turned 3 colour photos grey and let PicReviver colour them again: the colours landed closer to the real ones than the grey input on all three, but came out flatter than the original on two. See our full breakdown of what the model is guessing, and what it can't know before you trust a colourised photo for anything that matters.
Palette.fm isn't the only colouriser people try. Here is what each one's own page said about its free tier on 2 October 2026, with the link; PicReviver, the tool running on this page, is in the table above.
Yes. Up to five photos at a time and ten runs a day, with no account and no credits to buy. Ads around the tool keep it running.
No. Nothing is stamped on the image.
No. Colourise returns the image at its original resolution, up to 45 megapixels.
No. Upload and download directly. An email is only needed later for a paid pass on bigger batches.
They're a plausible AI guess, not a record: reliable for skin, sky and greenery, unreliable for a specific shade like a car or a uniform. See what the model is guessing for the full picture.
Yes. PicReviver colourises old black & white photos free, at full resolution, with no watermark and no account: Palette.fm's free previews carry its logo and are shrunk to 500x500px, and a clean full-size copy costs a credit after the first free one.
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