What does Topaz Upscale Video Generative do?

It reconstructs clean, temporally consistent detail from low-resolution or degraded video using Topaz's Starlight model family, while upscaling up to 4x.

Which Starlight model should I use?

Starlight Precise 2.6 (default) is the strongest general choice; Starlight Fast 2 trades some quality for roughly half the cost; HQ, Sharp, and Mini offer other quality/speed trade-offs.

Is Starlight Fast 2 cheaper?

Yes, Starlight Fast 2 is priced at roughly half the rate of the other Starlight models.

What does the softness control do?

`softness` (1-5) is available only on Starlight Precise 2.6 and fine-tunes how soft or sharp the reconstructed detail looks.

How is pricing calculated?

Cost is billed per 10 seconds of output at a 30fps baseline (higher `target_fps` scales cost up proportionally), with a higher rate for 4K than for up to 1080p output.

Can I raise the frame rate?

Yes, set `target_fps` (16-60) to output at a higher frame rate than the source.

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Topaz Upscale Video Generative API Pricing

Upscale video with Topaz Starlight generative models. Reconstruct clean, consistent detail from degraded footage. Try free — pay per generation.

Savings Alert-1900% ↓Cheaper than Fal.ai

About Topaz Upscale Video Generative

Topaz Upscale Video Generative reconstructs clean, temporally consistent detail from low-resolution or heavily degraded footage using Topaz's Starlight model family: Starlight Precise 2.6 (default), Starlight HQ, Starlight Mini, Starlight Sharp, and the faster/cheaper Starlight Fast 2. It upscales up to 4x, can raise frame rate up to 60fps via `target_fps`, and Starlight Precise 2.6 exposes an extra `softness` control for fine-tuning the reconstruction. This is the model family to reach for on old, compressed, or otherwise degraded source video where [Topaz Upscale Video Precision](/playground/topaz-upscale-video-precision) would have too little clean signal to preserve, or [Topaz Upscale Video Creative](/playground/topaz-upscale-video-creative) when a more stylized, generated look is acceptable.

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MuAPI Monthly Cost

$6000.00

$0.60-$2.60+ per 10 seconds of output depending on model/resolution (plus margin), billed dynamically

Fal.ai Cost

$300.00

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Estimated Monthly Savings$-5700.00

Annual Savings$-68400.00

Detailed Pricing Breakdown

Provider	Estimated Rate	Notes
muapiapp	$0.60-$2.60+ per 10 seconds of output depending on model/resolution (plus margin), billed dynamically	Pay-per-use, no subscription. Cost is calculated from the real output resolution/duration at request time.
Fal.ai	Not available	Not offered as a standalone public API by muapiapp's upstream infrastructure partner.
Replicate	Not available	Not currently listed on Replicate.

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