ON1 Portrait AI vs PhotoBoost

ON1 Portrait AI is desktop software for retouching portraits on Windows and macOS. Machine learning detects faces and applies retouching based on user preferences, with independent controls for each face. Tools include skin smoothing, blemish removal, teeth whitening, eye enhancement and face sculpting. Users can batch-process a folder of photos for proofing, and non-destructive edits can be revised later without changing the original image. Mask AI identifies people, animals, skies, mountains, trees, water and ground to create masks. The software supports RAW files, layers and masks, and works as a standalone app or a plugin for Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop Elements, Apple Photos, Affinity Photo, Capture One and PaintShop Pro. An owned Portrait AI license supports two computers; Photo RAW MAX provides access to ON1 apps in one editor. No free plan is listed, but a 30-day trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee are available. Activation requires an active account and high-speed internet.

PhotoBoost is an AI photo enhancer for sharpening blurry images, restoring old photos, improving faces, adjusting color and lighting, and enlarging images by up to 4×. Its listed tools also cover colorization, low-light enhancement, and video upscaling. The web app accepts JPG, JPEG, PNG, WebP, and HEIC images up to 45 MB and corrects orientation automatically. Desktop apps support macOS 11+, Windows 10+, and 64-bit Linux; the desktop page says they export at full resolution without web upload limits. Mobile apps are available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. Its video tool describes 2× frame-by-frame upscaling, audio preservation, and MP4 export. Cloud enhancement uses credits, with the amount depending on the enhancement and output resolution. The free plan costs nothing and includes two introductory credits and cloud output up to 3 MP. Pro costs $39.99 a year and includes 100 credits each week, output up to 20 MP, and video upscaling up to 15 seconds. PhotoBoost says uploaded images are not used to train AI without separate explicit consent, and warns that results may be inaccurate or artificial.