You get the real result, not a blurry preview.Free means the full-size restored photo — the same file a paid tool would sell you.
By ShinobiTools Team · Last updated: August 2026
Palette.fm's free colourised photo comes back with a watermark stamped on it and shrunk to 500×500 pixels. PicReviver colourises at full resolution, no watermark, no account.
As of August 2026, per palette.fm's own site: the free result carries a watermark in the bottom-right corner, and anything larger than a small image gets scaled down to 500×500 pixels regardless of the original size. You also need an account to use it at all, and you get one free credit. Beyond that, a year of credits (480) is $72, or a one-time pack of 75 credits is $49.
| Palette.fm (checked Aug 2026) | PicReviver | |
|---|---|---|
| Free result | Watermarked, capped at 500×500 px | Full resolution, no watermark |
| Account | Required | Not required |
| Free credits | 1 | Up to 5 photos at once (10 after 10 min on site) |
| Paid | $72/year (480 credits) or $49 one-time (75 credits) | €5 pass: 1,000 photos in one job |
Upload a black & white or faded photo and the colourise pass (DDColor) 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.
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. 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.
Yes. Up to five photos at a time, no account, no credit limit. 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.