How much does Crystal Video Upscaler cost?

It is billed per megapixel-second of output — frame area multiplied by video length — at a rate set by the frame rate of the result. Both are measured after the job finishes, so a 3.5-second clip at about 2 megapixels and 30fps costs around $0.70, while the same clip in 4K costs roughly four times that. Current rates are shown in the Hormouz dashboard.

Why is more reserved from my balance than I am finally charged?

The request carries only a video and a scale factor, so the output size, length and frame rate are all unknown when the job is accepted. Hormouz reserves an amount covering a typical job and releases the difference once the real figures are reported.

What resolution will I get?

Your input resolution multiplied by the scale factor, capped so the output does not exceed 4K. There is no explicit resolution setting — the scale factor is the only control.

How is this different from a general upscaler?

It is tuned specifically for faces, portraits and products. General upscalers tend to smooth skin into a plastic look and let a face drift between frames; Crystal is built to keep detail and identity stable across the clip.

crystal-video-upscaler: image generation model

High-precision video upscaler tuned for faces, portraits and products — sharp detail and natural skin without identity drift. Served asynchronously through Hormouz from inside Iran.

Pricing:: $0.1000 – $0.3000 / megapixel-sec of output
Type:: video

Crystal Video Upscaler is built by the maker of Clarity AI and aimed squarely at the failure modes that make ordinary video upscaling unusable on people: blurry faces, plastic-looking skin, and faces that drift into someone else across frames.

It takes a video and a scale factor. That is the whole interface — there is no prompt, no resolution picker and no frame-rate setting. Output resolution is your input multiplied by the scale factor, capped so the result does not exceed 4K.

Billing is per megapixel-second of output: the area of each frame multiplied by the length of the video, at a rate that depends on the frame rate. Both figures are measured from the finished result, so cost scales with what was actually produced. For example, a 3.5-second clip upscaled to about 2 megapixels costs around $0.70 at 30fps; the same clip in 4K costs roughly four times that, and 60fps doubles it.

Because none of that can be known from the request, Hormouz reserves an amount covering a typical job and returns the remainder once the real figures arrive. Hormouz provides stable access from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.

Quickstart

# Create the prediction, then poll until succeeded
curl -s https://api.hormouz.net/v1/predictions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"version":"philz1337x/crystal-video-upscaler","input":{"video":"https://example.com/input.mp4"}}'

Specs

Vendor	Philz1337x
Type	Video
Context window	—
Pricing	$0.1000 – $0.3000 / megapixel-sec of output
API	predictions

Code example

cURL

# Create the prediction, then poll until succeeded
curl -s https://api.hormouz.net/v1/predictions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"version":"philz1337x/crystal-video-upscaler","input":{"video":"https://example.com/input.mp4"}}'

Python

import requests
BASE = "https://api.hormouz.net/v1"
H = {"Authorization": "Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"}
r = requests.post(f"{BASE}/predictions", headers=H,
    json={"version": "philz1337x/crystal-video-upscaler", "input": {"video":"https://example.com/input.mp4"}})
print(r.json()["id"])

JavaScript

const BASE = "https://api.hormouz.net/v1";
const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/predictions`, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ version: "philz1337x/crystal-video-upscaler", input: {"video":"https://example.com/input.mp4"} }),
});
const { id } = await res.json();

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FAQ

How much does Crystal Video Upscaler cost?: It is billed per megapixel-second of output — frame area multiplied by video length — at a rate set by the frame rate of the result. Both are measured after the job finishes, so a 3.5-second clip at about 2 megapixels and 30fps costs around $0.70, while the same clip in 4K costs roughly four times that. Current rates are shown in the Hormouz dashboard.
Why is more reserved from my balance than I am finally charged?: The request carries only a video and a scale factor, so the output size, length and frame rate are all unknown when the job is accepted. Hormouz reserves an amount covering a typical job and releases the difference once the real figures are reported.
What resolution will I get?: Your input resolution multiplied by the scale factor, capped so the output does not exceed 4K. There is no explicit resolution setting — the scale factor is the only control.
How is this different from a general upscaler?: It is tuned specifically for faces, portraits and products. General upscalers tend to smooth skin into a plastic look and let a face drift between frames; Crystal is built to keep detail and identity stable across the clip.

Updated 2026-10-13