Pinin
Pinin restores damaged, faded, and vintage photos by colorizing, sharpening, and repairing them.
What Pinin is
Pinin restores damaged, faded, and vintage photos by colorizing, sharpening, and repairing them. Its enhancement tools also denoise and upscale low-resolution images. Pinin says its model aims to preserve facial structure, expressions, and distinctive features rather than invent faces. Users can upload multiple photos, including albums, and download the restored images together. The web service also offers API access for integrating restoration and enhancement into applications, websites, and workflows. Photographers, agencies, genealogy services, and archives can access batch processing, commercial licensing, white-label options, and API services. Pinin says photos are not sold or used to train AI, and files are automatically deleted within 30 days. It describes the service as GDPR-compliant and made in Italy. The free plan includes one restoration but no commercial usage rights. Other options include five credits for $5.99, paid once-time purchase and annual plans, including Giotto at $144 a year, billed annually, with 30 monthly restorations.
Good
- Free plan includes one restoration without a watermark.
- Supports batch uploads and album downloads.
- Offers API access and white-label options.
- Says photos are not used to train AI.
- Files are automatically deleted within 30 days.
Watch out
- Free plan excludes commercial usage rights.
- Free plan allows one restoration.
- Paid plans have monthly restoration limits.
Who it suits
Pinin may suit people restoring personal or family photos, as well as photographers, agencies, genealogy services, and archives needing batch processing or API access. Its plans differ in monthly restoration limits, bulk upload limits, and output resolution.
Verdict
Pinin offers individual photo restoration as well as business-oriented batch, licensing, and API options. Review the free plan’s commercial restriction and each paid plan’s restoration limits before deciding.
Plans and prices
From Pinin's own pricing page, checked 19 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 1 free restoration · max quality · low queue priority · personal use · no watermark |
| Credit package | $5.99, paid once | 5 credits · $1.20 per photo · personal use only · credits expire after one year |
| Credit package (5 credits) | $5.99, paid once | 5 credits · one credit equals one photo · no monthly subscription |
| Giotto — Personal | $12 a month | 30 monthly restorations · 30-photo batch limit · high-quality processing · email support (48-hour response) · commercial license · billed annually |
| Botticelli — Professional | $32 a month | 100 monthly restorations · 50-photo batch limit · ultra-high quality · priority support (24-hour response) · commercial license · 10% top-up discount · billed annually |
| Da Vinci — Studio | $72 a month | 400 monthly restorations · 100-photo batch limit · highest processing priority · account manager · commercial license · 10% top-up discount · billed annually |
| Enterprise | $299 a month | 1,000+ monthly credits · unlimited bulk upload · team accounts · webhooks and API support · dedicated account manager · one-month credit rollover · custom invoicing · from |
The facts
Each one read from Pinin's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The REST API exposes POST endpoints for restore, enhance, colorize and batch operations.checked 19 Oct 2026
- API availability
- API and webhook access are restricted to Enterprise customers; Giotto, Botticelli and Da Vinci do not include them.checked 19 Oct 2026
- API operations
- The enhancement endpoint supports up to 8x resolution increase, and the API also supports webhooks and sandbox testing.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Batch processing
- Batch mode accepts folders or ZIP files and processes up to 1,000 images with shared settings and progress tracking.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Batch uploads
- Users can upload multiple photos, including entire albums, and download restored albums together.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Business use
- Pinin offers photographers, agencies, genealogy services, and archives batch processing, commercial licensing, white-label options, and API access.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Pinin describes its service as GDPR-compliant and says it is made in Italy.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Credit expiry
- Subscription credits reset each billing cycle, while refill credits remain valid for 12 months.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Credit model
- One credit is charged per photo per engine, so applying colorization and scratch removal uses two credits.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Data sharing
- The privacy policy names Stripe, Google Analytics, AI-processing, support and OAuth providers as service providers that may process data.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Enhancement
- Its photo enhancement features include sharpening, denoising, and upscaling low-resolution images.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Face preservation
- Pinin says its model is trained to preserve facial structure, expressions, and unique features rather than inventing faces.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Image retention
- Uploaded and processed images are retained for 30 days unless the user deletes them sooner.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Independent review limitation
- The G2, GetApp, Capterra and Software Advice listings provide no user praise or complaint themes because they show zero or no reviews.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Pinin's privacy policy names Stripe for payment processing and Google Analytics for analytics among its third-party service providers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Individual plans have no direct Google Drive, Dropbox or social-media integrations; Enterprise can connect through API and webhooks.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Pinin describes its photo restoration service as built for preserving personal photos, memories, and photos of loved ones who have passed.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The terms reserve ownership of Pinin's models, algorithms, software and documentation to the company, and no open-source licence is published.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Limit: refunds
- Dissatisfaction with an AI result is generally nonrefundable; technical failures, downtime and billing errors may qualify for refunds or credits.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Limit: restoration quality
- Pinin's refund policy says results vary with resolution, damage, compression and lighting, and it does not guarantee perfect restoration, exact colors or historical accuracy.checked 19 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Pinin's press page states that it was founded in 2025 and is headquartered in Italy as a remote-first organization.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Company facts
- The press kit states that Pinin was founded in 2025, is remote-first in Italy, has 5,000-plus users, restored 12,000-plus photos and reaches more than 50 countries.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists Pinin.ai as self-employed with one employee and identifies Umberto Abbatantuono.checked 19 Oct 2026
- Legal maker
- The terms identify the provider as Pinin SRL, a company incorporated under Italian law.checked 19 Oct 2026
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