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Hotpot AI Photo Colorizer
What it is
Hotpot AI Photo Colorizer is a web tool that creates a color interpretation of black-and-white photos. Users upload JPG, JPEG, PNG, or WebP images, choose a natural, cinematic, vintage, or Polaroid-inspired style, or describe a custom look, then review and download the result. Batch processing is supported. Hotpot explains that its AI predicts plausible colors rather than recovering original colors that are unknown from a monochrome image. Results may vary, and the current tool may work poorly with group photos containing more than two people. For scratches or faded details, Hotpot recommends using Photo Restorer before colorizing. Free access is available, with paid access from $0.02; one-time credits are offered, and commercial use and advanced settings require credits. Team, high-volume, and self-hosted pricing is available by contacting Hotpot. The broader audience includes professionals seeking creative automation and casual users wanting simple content creation. Support is available through the Help page, which includes API help.
For and against
For
- Accepts four common image formats
- Offers four named visual styles
- Supports custom style descriptions
- Includes batch processing
- Free access available
Against
- Colors are interpretations, not recovered originals
- May work poorly for groups over two people
- Commercial use requires credits
- Paid access starts at $0.02
The verdict
Hotpot provides a straightforward browser workflow for experimenting with colorized monochrome images and several style choices. Its color predictions, group-photo limitation, and credit requirements for commercial work should guide expectations.
Who it suits
It suits casual users and professionals who want to add an interpreted color look to old photos. Users needing batch processing, selectable styles, or custom descriptions can work in the browser.
Plans and prices
1,000 credits
credits usable across Hotpot tools · credit costs vary by tool/settings
Read 21 Oct 2026 · hotpot.ai
2,500 credits
credits usable across Hotpot tools · credit costs vary by tool/settings
Read 21 Oct 2026 · hotpot.ai
5,000 credits
credits usable across Hotpot tools · credit costs vary by tool/settings
Read 21 Oct 2026 · hotpot.ai
10,000 credits
credits usable across Hotpot tools · credit costs vary by tool/settings
Read 21 Oct 2026 · hotpot.ai
20,000 credits
credits usable across Hotpot tools · credit costs vary by tool/settings
Read 21 Oct 2026 · hotpot.ai
Free access
Most products offer free access for exploration; product prices vary by settings; commercial use and advanced settings require credits
Read 4 Oct 2026 · hotpot.ai
Credits
Credits required for commercial usage and advanced settings; specific Photo Colorizer price not stated on opened pages
Read 4 Oct 2026 · hotpot.ai
Team, high-volume, or self-hosted
For team, high-volume, or self-hosted use
Read 4 Oct 2026 · hotpot.ai
On the record
- API authentication
- API requests use an Authorization header containing an API key, and remaining credits are reported in X-API-Credits-Left.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- API availability
- Hotpot documents a paid SaaS API and requires users to contact the company for API access.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- API examples
- Hotpot links to a GitHub repository containing API code examples.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- Attribution requirement
- Free or discounted Hotpot use requires prominent attribution, including links or credits in websites, print, social posts, videos, and app listings.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- Color accuracy
- Hotpot says AI predicts plausible colors and cannot know the original colors from a black-and-white photo alone.hotpot.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Colorization control
- Users can select colorization factors including 12, 15, 18, 20, and 25.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- Colorization styles
- The colorizer offers General, Polaroid, Natural, Cinematic, Vintage, modern black-and-white, and custom style options.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- Colorizer API endpoint
- The public API documentation exposes POST /colorize-picture with an image file and renderFactor parameter from 0 to 50, returning a binary edited image.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- Hotpot says commercial usage requires credits; its pricing page does not state a specific Photo Colorizer price.hotpot.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- Business records list Panabee LLC’s principal address in Palo Alto, California.bizprofile.net · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- California business records list the maker as Panabee LLC, an active California limited-liability company filed on December 28, 2011.bizprofile.net · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company manager
- The business record identifies Clarence Hu as a manager of Panabee LLC.bizprofile.net · read 21 Oct 2026
- Company size estimate
- Owler estimates Panabee at 25–100 employees and identifies Palo Alto, California as headquarters.owler.com · read 21 Oct 2026
- Content restrictions
- Terms prohibit unlawful or harmful use, exploitation of minors, and building competing services; legitimate adult-content images may still be filtered.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- Damaged photos
- Hotpot recommends using Photo Restorer to address scratches or faded details before colorizing.hotpot.ai · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data deletion
- The privacy policy says users may request account or personal-data deletion by emailing Hotpot, although some information may be retained for legal, fraud, dispute, or enforcement reasons.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The API documentation covers authentication, base URL, credit headers, HTTP status codes, examples, and per-tool request parameters and responses.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
- Free daily allowance
- The colorizer page shows a daily free limit of two images.hotpot.ai · read 21 Oct 2026
