8 Best AI Photo Colorizers of 2026

Palette.fm does one job: it turns black and white photos into color, and it gives you more say over the result than most rivals. After you upload a photo you pick from more than 21 color filters, then adjust a filter with key words, for example to describe the color of a coat or a wall. Each credit colorizes one photo without a logo at up to 5000x5000 pixels. The free plan offers unlimited previews, resized to 500x500 pixels with a logo, plus one free full resolution credit. The subscription costs $72 a year, or $0.15 a credit for 480 photos, and unused credits roll over up to five times the monthly amount while you stay subscribed. A pay once pack of 75 credits costs $49 and lasts 2 years. There is no scratch or tear repair listed, so badly damaged prints need cleaning elsewhere first. We compared documented features and published prices.

Colorize.cc is aimed squarely at old family photos, with use cases listed for family archives, genealogy, memorial portraits and film negatives. You can try a free preview in simplified quality on the home page without signing up, then spend credits on stronger models. Its newest, V8 High, is described as keeping facial features, age and expression intact, which matters most when the subject is a relative people remember. The same models can remove scratches, stains, tears and noise while they add color, and paid output goes up to 4K. V8 Studio lets you move colors and adjust specific areas, then re-run. Pricing is pay once: $12 buys 50 credits, which the vendor says covers 12 premium photos, $49 buys 250 and $199 buys 1,250, and credits stay valid for 365 days. Model costs range from 1 credit (V2) to 6 credits (V7). Uploads are capped at 5 MB. We compared documented features and published prices.

MyHeritage In Color is the colorizer to pick if your family research already lives on MyHeritage. The company says the technology was licensed from DeOldify and its creators, Jason Antic and Dana Kelley, who enhanced it over two years. You can colorize any photo already in your tree from My Photos, or upload new ones at myheritage.com/incolor. The original stays untouched and the colorized copy is saved separately at the same resolution, usually in 5 to 30 seconds. It also restores faded colors in old color prints. Anyone can colorize several photos for free, with a MyHeritage logo in the corner. Unlimited, logo-free colorization comes with the Complete plan, and the Photo subscription adds Photo Enhancer, Photo Repair, Deep Nostalgia and unlimited photo storage. We could not confirm a US dollar price from the pricing page as served here, so check it before you subscribe. We compared documented features and published prices.

ImageColorizer bundles colorization with the other fixes old photos need: enhancing, retouching portraits, repairing scratches and removing objects. Its free plan gives 50 credits every month for single image processing with ads, which is enough to colorize a handful of family photos without paying. Starter costs $6.9 a month for 500 credits and adds batch processing and an ad-free workflow, Premium costs $9.9 for 1,000 credits, and Business costs $19.9 for unlimited use of its V2 model. Subscription credits can roll over, but they are cleared when a subscription expires. Paid users can upload photos up to 100MB and 4000px on one side. The service also has apps for iOS, iPad, Mac and Android, and offers a 7 day refund window. The pricing page does not describe any color filters or text controls, so you get less say over the result than with Palette.fm. We compared documented features and published prices.

VanceAI is a broader AI photo and video suite, and its colorizer is one tool among an upscaler, sharpener, denoiser and restorer. The vendor says the model identifies sky, foliage, fabric and skin separately and applies a palette to each region, and that a photo is colorized in under five seconds. Each colorization uses 1 to 3 credits based on image size, and the cost is shown before you confirm. Starter costs $15 a month billed annually, or $180 a year, for 260 credits a month, and new users get 10 free credits. Uploads are encrypted and deleted within 24 hours. For damaged prints VanceAI recommends running its restorer first. Windows users can buy a desktop app, $129.90 for a lifetime license on one PC, that processes files locally without credits. It costs more than the dedicated colorizers here if colorization is all you need. We compared documented features and published prices.

Hotpot is a general AI image toolkit, and its colorizer leans toward style. You upload one or more black and white photos, pick Natural, Cinematic, Vintage or Polaroid, and can add written instructions that apply to the whole batch. Results download one by one or together in a ZIP, which is handy for an album. Credits are needed for every result, including the first photo, and the editor shows the cost before you start. Credit packs are a one-time payment from $12 for 1,000 credits, with monthly and yearly plans at a discount. Hotpot is candid about limits: it says AI predicts plausible colors rather than the original ones, that results may not work well with more than two people, and that refreshing the tab loses the queue. For damaged photos it suggests running its Photo Restorer first. Large group photos are better handled by Palette.fm or Colorize.cc. We compared documented features and published prices.

Fotor is an online photo editor and design tool, so its colorizer is most useful when the colorized photo is headed into something else, such as an anniversary card, a collage or a printed frame. You upload a black and white, faded or yellowed photo and choose Standard or Advanced mode, which Fotor describes as basic separate options versus an all-in-one result. Results download as high resolution PNG or JPG files, or move straight into the editor. Fotor lists use cases for family albums, wedding snapshots and old pet portraits, and the same account includes Photo Restoration and an Image Upscaler. The Basic plan is free forever with limited credits, and paid Pro, Pro+ and Max plans are built around a wider set of AI image and video models. We could not confirm a US dollar price on the pricing page as served here. We compared documented features and published prices.

PicWish is a general AI photo editor best known for background removal, with a Colorize Photo tool and a Restore Old Photo tool alongside. The pricing page lists 5 free colorizations on the free plan, up to 450 a month on Pro and up to 2,000 on Max, based on monthly credits. Restoring an old photo costs more, with up to 225 generations on Pro. One-time credit packs never expire and work across all PicWish platforms, while subscription credits refresh weekly or monthly and do not roll over. Uploads can be PNG, JPG, JPEG, JFIF or WEBP. PicWish does not document color filters, text instructions or face preservation for its colorizer, so it is a convenient extra rather than a specialist. We could not confirm a US dollar price on the pricing page as served here, so check it before you subscribe. We compared documented features and published prices.