Background removal API alternatives.
The main background removal APIs side by side, with what you get free, what an image costs at 1,000 and 10,000 a month, the largest result and what else each one does. Every figure about another company comes from its own pricing or docs page, checked on 23 September 2026, and links to it.
| Feature |  Verbier | remove.bg | Photoroom | Cloudinary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free allowance | 50 images a month at full size, no watermark, no card | 50 calls a month at preview size (0.25 MP) source | 10 full-size calls, then 1,000 watermarked sandbox calls a month source | Free plan: 25 credits a month, shared with storage and delivery source |
| Per image, about 1,000 a month | $0.009 (Starter: $9 for 1,000 a month) | $0.158 (1,200 a month for $189) source | $0.02 ($20 for 1,000 a month) source | $0.099 on Plus ($99 a month; room for about 2,900 removals if nothing else uses credits) source |
| Per image, about 10,000 a month | $0.0049 (Pro: $49 for 10,000 a month) | $0.099 (10,000 a month for $989) source | $0.02 ($200 for 10,000 a month); shadows and AI backgrounds $0.10 source | $0.055 on Advanced Extra ($549 a month; room for about 17,500 removals) source |
| Largest result | 2,048 px on the long side by default, up to 8,192 px (about 45 MP) with max_side; 2× upscale for small photos | 50 MP as JPG or WebP; transparent PNG up to 10 MP source | 6,000 px on the widest side source | Scaled to fit 6,144 × 6,144 px for removal source |
| Many images per call | Up to 32 images per call | One per call; 500 a minute at 1 MP, fewer for larger images source | One per call; 60 a minute by default source | One per URL; the first request can return 423 while it works source |
| Output | Transparent WebP or PNG, or flat on a colour or photo | PNG, JPG, WebP, or a ZIP of colour and alpha source | PNG, JPEG or WebP; takes HEIC too source | Any format Cloudinary delivers, set in the URL source |
| Beyond the cut-out | Drop, contact and cast shadows, speck cleanup, 2× upscale, trim, backgrounds with colour matching | Drop, 3D and car shadows, background colour or photo, crop, scale and position source | Crop, resize, background colour, despill; shadows, relighting and AI backgrounds on the Plus plan source | Fine edges, drop shadows, backgrounds, AI backgrounds (230 transformations), upscaling, CDN delivery source |
| Your images | Not kept. Only counts and timings are logged | Deleted shortly after; the policy says uploads may be used to train its models source | Discarded after the response; self-serve plans train on images unless you opt out source | Stored in your account until you delete them; in the US unless you're on Enterprise source |
| Feature | Verbier | Pixian.AI | PicWish | Removal.ai | Slazzer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free allowance | 50 images a month at full size, no watermark, no card | Free test calls, watermarked source | 50 credits on sign-up, about 100 images source | 10 preview calls a month (0.25 MP), plus one full-size image source | 2 credits on sign-up source |
| Per image, about 1,000 a month | $0.009 (Starter: $9 for 1,000 a month) | $0.0186 at 25 MP, less for smaller images (1,000 credits for $18.60) source | $0.0100 (500 credits a month for $9.95, at half a credit an image) source | $0.056 (1,150 a month for $63.99) source | $0.094 (1,000 a month for $94) source |
| Per image, about 10,000 a month | $0.0049 (Pro: $49 for 10,000 a month) | $0.0166 at 25 MP, less for smaller images (10,000 credits for $166) source | $0.0045 (5,000 credits a month for $44.95) source | $0.033 (13,500 a month for $439.90) source | $0.052 (10,000 a month for $518) source |
| Largest result | 2,048 px on the long side by default, up to 8,192 px (about 45 MP) with max_side; 2× upscale for small photos | 25 MP; larger photos are scaled down source | Inputs up to 4,096 × 4,096 px source | 25 MP in the API spec; the pricing FAQ says 36 MP source | Transparent PNG up to 10 MP by default; JPG up to 25 MP source |
| Many images per call | Up to 32 images per call | One per call; no hard rate limit source | One per call; 5 a second source | One per call; about 500 a minute at 1 MP, 20 at 25 MP source | One per call; 500 a minute at 1 MP, 20 at 25 MP source |
| Output | Transparent WebP or PNG, or flat on a colour or photo | PNG, JPEG or Delta PNG source | Transparent PNG, or JPG on a colour source | An image URL or base64; takes JPG and PNG source | PNG, JPG, or a ZIP of colour and alpha source |
| Beyond the cut-out | Drop, contact and cast shadows, speck cleanup, 2× upscale, trim, backgrounds with colour matching | Background colour, crop to subject, margins, fixed output size source | Background colour or photo, crop to subject, outline, mask output, async calls source | Crop, and an edge-smoothing mode for products source | Background colour or photo, crop, scale and position, car shadows; AI shadow, upscale and sky replacement cost extra source |
| Your images | Not kept. Only counts and timings are logged | Records tied to an account are kept indefinitely and may be used to improve its algorithms source | Result links expire after an hour source | Deleted within an hour of upload source | Deleted shortly after; not used to improve products source |
Compared one by one.
Canva
Verbier vs remove.bg
The best-known name. Its self-service API stops on 1 December 2026.
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Photoroom
Verbier vs Photoroom
Low price, a big editing suite on its higher plan, and a SOC 2 report.
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Cloudinary
Verbier vs Cloudinary
Removal inside a full hosting and delivery platform, billed in transformations.
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Cedar Lake Ventures
Verbier vs Pixian.AI
Pay as you go, priced by the pixel, with free watermarked testing.
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PicWish
Verbier vs PicWish
Low prices and credits that never expire, with a 4,096 px limit.
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Removal.ai
Verbier vs Removal.ai
A low entry price and a one-hour deletion promise.
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Slazzer
Verbier vs Slazzer
Lots of controls, car shadows and sky replacement, at a higher price.
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How we compare
Prices are the public list prices for each API, in US dollars, on 23 September 2026; per-image figures divide a plan's price by the images it includes, at the cheapest plan that covers the volume. Prices change, so check the linked page before you buy. We don't earn anything from these links. Product names belong to their owners, and Verbier isn't affiliated with any of them.