Buying Guide

Not sure which tool to buy?

Choose by what you want to speed up in your AI image workflow: generation, editing, batch mosaics, posting preparation, metadata cleanup, conversion, or video frame extraction.

Choose by Goal

Start with your workflow

Select the workflow closest to what you do. Prices are reference ranges for the main product alone or with the optional add-on shown in the card; always check the product pages for the latest details and trial versions.

Sensitive
AutoMosaic R18 iconAI Paint Cleaner icon

Batch-process sensitive-image mosaics

Use AutoMosaic R18 for automatic sensitive-region detection and batch processing. Add AI Paint Cleaner when you also need review, cleanup, extra corrections, or inpainting.

AutoMosaic R18AI Paint Cleaner if needed
  • Best for handling many images in one workflow.
  • AI Paint Cleaner is for post-processing and finishing, not required for metadata removal alone.
  • If you only need metadata cleanup after AutoMosaic, use the free AI Meta Cleaner.
General
AutoMosaic General iconAI Paint Cleaner icon

Hide faces, people, text, or license plates

Choose AutoMosaic General for general-image anonymization. Add AI Paint Cleaner only if you often need manual cleanup after automatic processing.

AutoMosaic GeneralAI Paint Cleaner if needed
  • Designed for general anonymization rather than sensitive-region detection.
  • Batch-apply mosaic, blur, or fill.
  • Useful for photos, illustrations, comics, and screenshots where specific information must be hidden.
AI editing
AI Paint Cleaner icon

Edit, correct, and organize AI images

AI Paint Cleaner is the central tool for inpainting, cloud AI editing, correction, background removal, tags, and metadata viewing/deletion.

AI Paint Cleaner
  • Works as an AutoMosaic companion or a standalone AI image finishing tool.
  • Includes metadata deletion, so you do not need AI Meta Cleaner for that purpose.
  • Check trial limitations before purchase if saving or batch processing is important.
NovelAI
NAI Smart Studio icon

Speed up NovelAI generation workflows

Choose NAI Smart Studio for NovelAI batch generation, wildcards, tagger features, prompt search, presets, and local history management.

NAI Smart Studio
  • Best for people who use NovelAI frequently.
  • For editing finished images, choose AI Paint Cleaner instead.
  • The product page includes trial and manual links.
FreeBefore posting
AI Meta Cleaner icon

Remove metadata before posting

If you only need to remove image metadata and embedded Stable Diffusion / NovelAI generation info, AI Meta Cleaner is the free choice.

AI Meta Cleaner
  • Useful as a simple posting-preparation tool.
  • If you also need editing, correction, tags, or background removal, choose AI Paint Cleaner.
  • If you already use AI Paint Cleaner, you do not need this for metadata deletion.
Convert
Meta Converter icon

Convert or compress AI images

Use Meta Converter when you want to batch-convert PNG/JPEG/WEBP while preserving metadata where possible.

Meta Converter
  • A standalone utility for image storage, conversion, and optimization.
  • To remove metadata, choose AI Meta Cleaner. To edit images, choose AI Paint Cleaner.
  • Runs on CPU; no GPU required.
Video
Frame Craft icon

Extract frames or create GIF/WEBP animations

Choose Frame Craft for extracting frames from videos and creating GIF/WEBP animations, including Pixiv Ugoira-oriented workflows.

Frame Craft
  • Designed for video and animation inputs.
  • Includes duplicate-frame removal and black-bar cropping features.
  • If you only need image conversion, choose Meta Converter instead.
Differences

Common differences

Quick comparisons for products that may look similar.

AutoMosaic R18 vs General

R18 is for sensitive-region detection. General is for anonymizing faces, people, text, and license plates.

AI Paint Cleaner vs AI Meta Cleaner

AI Paint Cleaner is a full image editing and finishing tool that includes metadata deletion. AI Meta Cleaner is the free metadata-cleaning-only tool.

AI Meta Cleaner vs Meta Converter

AI Meta Cleaner removes metadata. Meta Converter converts and compresses images while preserving metadata where possible.

AI Paint Cleaner vs NAI Smart Studio

AI Paint Cleaner is for editing generated images. NAI Smart Studio is for improving the NovelAI generation workflow itself.

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