Source: https://restorebunny.com/guides/budget-photo-restoration-credits/ # Budget Photo Restoration Credits: Photos, Extra Attempts and Kept Results Budget restoration credits with a forty-photo ledger, extra-operation ceiling and cost-per-kept-photo calculation before buying a pack. Family photo projects4 min readUpdated 11 October 2026 ## Try it on your own photo Repair a copy of your photo, then compare faces and details with the original. [Restore my photo]()1 credit per successful photo · Account required[See credit packs]() Quick answer ## The short version Budget for successful processing attempts, not just the number of photographs. Count the first restoration of each selected image, any planned colour or enlargement versions, and a bounded allowance for exceptions. A completed output you reject can still use a credit; a technical failure has different treatment. ## Define this purchase decision A family collection can contain forty photos without being a forty-credit job. You might restore every file once, enlarge six accepted results separately and make alternate versions of two portraits. Write those operations as separate lines before choosing a pack. Otherwise a tidy per-photo estimate hides the spending decisions that happen after the first download. Use a ceiling you can follow. An exception allowance means permission to consider another attempt, not an instruction to use every spare credit. When a damaged face remains uncertain, repeated generation does not establish the missing expression. The useful budget buys a reviewable set of digital viewing copies and leaves originals available. ## Worked decision example Worked example: forty selected images need forty successful restoration attempts. Six later enlargement operations and four permitted successful restoration reruns raise the ceiling to 40 + 6 + 4 = 50 credits. An existing balance of twelve means the planned shortfall is 50 − 12 = 38. Do not count a new-account allowance twice if it is already part of the displayed balance. Suppose the project actually ends after forty restorations, three enlargements and two reruns: 45 credits used. If thirty-six distinct photographs are accepted, 45 ÷ 36 = 1.25 credits per kept photograph. This is a hypothetical ledger, not a measured rejection rate. A second version of the same photograph is an output, but it does not make the unique-photo count thirty-seven. ## Complete the decision worksheet - Inventory: record selected photo IDs, not physical pages or every duplicate copy in the folder. A page containing four pictures needs four prepared files if all four are to be processed separately. - Operations: allocate restoration, optional interpreted-colour alternatives and separate enlargement only where needed. Read the displayed charge before each tool starts. - Reserve: choose a maximum number of extra successful attempts and the reason each would be justified. Stop when the reserve is exhausted or identity checks fail. - Reconciliation: record opening balance, successful jobs, technical failures, accepted photo IDs and closing balance. Resolve an unexplained difference before buying again. ## Resolve the buyer objections A cheaper unit price does not automatically make a bigger purchase sensible. A pack is an upfront payment, and unused credit value is not cash you can recover on demand. RestoreBunny's refund policy describes purchased credits as non-refundable and non-transferable. Read the current policy and checkout rather than treating a rough budget as a guarantee. A technically successful image can fail your own acceptance rules. Keep a separate column for visual rejection so those credits stay visible in the project total. If nothing is accepted, cost per kept result is undefined; calling it zero would hide an unsuccessful purchase. ## Keep a useful decision record Keep pack expenditure and consumed-credit allocation in different columns. If you pay £11 for 100 credits and this project uses fifty, you have paid £11 now and retain fifty credits; you have not received £5.50 cash back. Allocating £0.11 per consumed credit can help compare projects, but label it as an internal allocation. Include separate printing or scanning payments only when actually quoted. This makes the final ledger useful when another family member asks what the project cost and why it still has credits left. Review the allowance again if the destination changes from screen viewing to a large print, because a separately approved enlargement can add another successful operation. ## Choose the next action Check the current pricing page after the pilot, compare the shortfall with eligible pack sizes and buy only for work you intend to complete. Public packs checked on 11 October 2026 were Archive at £11 for 100 credits and Pro at £14 for 150. Account-specific offers may differ. Start with the next small reviewed set, record each successful operation and download its result. Return to this ledger before another purchase. It is more useful to finish thirty-six faithful photographs than to spend the entire allowance trying to make every uncertain source look complete. ## FAQs Does a rejected result use a credit? A successful restoration uses one credit even if you later dislike the appearance. That is different from a technical processing failure. Does a larger pack predict more usable photographs? No. A pack supplies credits. Input quality, settings and your acceptance rules determine which outputs you keep. Should I reserve credits for every image twice? Only when that matches your actual plan. Use a limited exception reserve rather than assuming every source needs another paid attempt. ## Sources Preservation and technical guidance reviewed for this article. - RestoreBunny: [Current credit-pack pricing]() - RestoreBunny: [Credits, outputs and privacy FAQ]() - RestoreBunny: [Credit purchase and technical issue policy]() - RestoreBunny: [Image processing and retention policy]() ## Related - [Restore a Photo Album with RestoreBunny: Credits, Settings and Downloads]() - [How to Evaluate an AI Photo Restoration Tool Before Buying]() - [Review supported photo restoration]() - [Start an eligible restoration trial]() - [Check current credit-pack terms]() - [Use the family archive handoff worksheets]() ## Ready to restore your photos? Upload an image, choose your settings, and preview results with a before/after slider. 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