Deprecation of Stability AI Creative Upscaler
We recently started getting support requests about the Stability AI creative upscaler returning totally unrelated images. While investigating the issue we also discovered that Stability AI had recently increased the cost by 240% without giving us any notice.
The Stability AI creative upscaler was already very expensive, and we don't think that making it 2.4x more expensive to NightCafe users would still represent good value. As such, we've decided to deprecate it.
We recommend using the Clarity Upscaler as a far cheaper option that yields similar results.
If you were relying on the Stability AI creative upscaler for a specific workflow, please submit a ticket and let us know about it, and we'll do our best to help you.
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