Hotpot is an AI image generator and photo editor with headshots and photo repair, paid for with credit packs bought once or on a plan.
Hotpot makes finished artwork, portraits and repaired pictures from a typed idea or a photo, with no design software to learn. Panabee, LLC, an independent company, builds and runs it at hotpot.ai. Its aim is to make graphic design and media creation cheaper and simpler for people who would otherwise pay a designer. Every tool sits behind one login and draws on one shared balance of credits. The Image Generator creates pictures from text prompts, and an uploaded style reference steers the look. AI Characters, AI Logos and AI Anime apply the same generation to characters, brand marks and anime art. AI Headshots turns a set of personal photos into portraits in styles such as Corporate Studio, Glamour and Real Estate. The AI Editor changes an image from a written description, while Photo Upscaler, Photo Colorizer, Photo Restorer and Background Remover handle routine fixes. Shape and quality are picked before each creation. Hotpot is built for individuals, creators and small teams who need images now and then rather than every day. A freelancer can produce a headshot, a logo draft and a restored family photo from the same account. Credits come in packs, paid once or renewed monthly or yearly, and images made with credits carry a license for commercial use. Larger teams and developers ask for volume, API and self-hosted pricing directly. Typical jobs include a portrait for a professional profile, artwork for a blog post or a game, and a sharper copy of an old scanned print. Shop owners cut products out of their backgrounds before listing them, and parents colorize black and white family pictures. Developers call the Hotpot API from their own app, website or workflow, passing prompts, negative prompts, seeds and starting images. Companies that want the models on their own servers can ask for the self-hosted API instead.
Pricing
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1,000 credits
$12 one-time
Paid once: $12 (USD) for 1,000 credits, the option shown first
- Monthly option: $10 a month for 1,000 credits a month, 2-payment minimum
- Yearly option: $108 a year, with 1,000 credits added each month
- Credits work in every Hotpot tool; the cost of a creation varies by tool and settings
- AI Editor settings list 7, 15 or 30 credits per creation at low, medium or high quality
- Images made with credits include a commercial-use license, which is not copyright protection
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2,500 credits
$30 one-time
Paid once: $30 (USD) for 2,500 credits
- Monthly option: $25 a month for 2,500 credits a month, 2-payment minimum
- Yearly option: $270 a year, with 2,500 credits added each month
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5,000 credits
$60 one-time
Paid once: $60 (USD) for 5,000 credits, marked Popular
- Monthly option: $50 a month for 5,000 credits a month, 2-payment minimum
- Yearly option: $540 a year, with 5,000 credits added each month
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10,000 credits
$120 one-time
Paid once: $120 (USD) for 10,000 credits
- Monthly option: $100 a month for 10,000 credits a month, 2-payment minimum
- Yearly option: $1,080 a year, with 10,000 credits added each month
Features
- Included: Text-to-image generation
- Included: Image-to-image transformation
- Not included: Inpainting and generative fill
- Not included: Outpainting canvas extension
- Included: Image upscaling and enhancement
- Included: Background removal
- Included: Negative prompt control
- Included: Seed and reproducibility control
- Included: Style presets and reference images
- Not included: Custom model or LoRA training
- Not included: Batch image generation
- Included: Commercial use rights on paid plans
- Included: Content credentials or watermarking
- Included: Aspect ratio and resolution presets
- Included: Image generation API
- Not included: Prompt history and asset gallery
- Not included: Face and character consistency
- Not included: Adult content filtering
Additional Features
- Image Generator from text prompts
- Style reference upload in the generator
- AI Characters generator
- AI Logos generator
- AI Anime generator
- AI Headshots made from your own photos
- Headshot styles such as Corporate Studio, Glamour and Real Estate
- AI Editor that changes an image from a description
Best for
- Occasional users who would rather pay once than subscribe
- Individuals who want headshots and photo fixes without design software
- Small teams drawing on one credit balance across several image tools
- Creators drafting characters, anime art or logo ideas from prompts
- Families restoring and colorizing old photographs
- Developers adding image generation to an app through a paid API
- Businesses that need generated images licensed for commercial use
Use cases
- Generating artwork from a written prompt
- Making a professional headshot from personal photos
- Drafting a logo concept
- Creating anime-style portraits
- Designing characters for stories or games
- Producing art assets for a game
- Upscaling a low-resolution photo
- Restoring a damaged old photograph
- Colorizing a black-and-white photo
- Cutting out a product photo's background
- Editing an image by describing the change
- Generating images from code through the Hotpot API
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