A Photoroom API alternative.

Photoroom's Remove Background API costs $0.02 an image, and its Plus plan, at $0.10, adds AI shadows, relighting and generated backgrounds. Verbier costs less per image at both volumes below, includes shadows and colour-matched backgrounds in its paid plans at no extra cost per image, and takes up to 32 images in a call.

Feature	Verbier	Photoroom
Free allowance
Free allowance	50 images a month at full size, no watermark, no card	10 full-size calls, then 1,000 watermarked sandbox calls a month source
Per image, about 1,000 a month
Per image, about 1,000 a month	$0.009 (Starter: $9 for 1,000 a month)	$0.02 ($20 for 1,000 a month) source
Per image, about 10,000 a month
Per image, about 10,000 a month	$0.0049 (Pro: $49 for 10,000 a month)	$0.02 ($200 for 10,000 a month); shadows and AI backgrounds $0.10 source
Largest result
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, 4× on paid plans	6,000 px on the widest side source
Many images per call
Many images per call	Up to 32 images per call	One per call; 60 a minute by default source
Output
Output	Transparent WebP or PNG, or JPEG; flat on a colour or photo on paid plans	PNG, JPEG or WebP; takes HEIC too source
Beyond the cut-out
Beyond the cut-out	Trim and 2× upscale on every plan; paid plans add drop, contact and cast shadows, speck cleanup, marketplace framing presets, 4× upscale and backgrounds with colour matching	Crop, resize, background colour, despill; shadows, relighting and AI backgrounds on the Plus plan source
Your images
Your images	Not kept by us or used for training; our GPU provider deletes its encrypted copies within 7 days	Discarded after the response; self-serve plans train on images unless you opt out source

Photoroom figures from Photoroom's own pages, checked on 23 September 2026. Prices change; follow the source links for today's.

Choose Photoroom if

You need a SOC 2 Type 2 report for a security review
You want generated backgrounds, relighting or expand from one API
You send HEIC photos straight from iPhones

Choose Verbier if

You want a lower price per image
You want shadows without paying more per image
You want up to 32 images in one call, or results over 6,000 px
You'd rather your photos were never used for training

Trying Verbier

Send one request per image, with the photo as a URL or base64 and your key from the dashboard as a Bearer token. The first 50 images each month are free.

curl -X POST "https://api.verbier.dev/v1/cutout?raw=1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERBIER_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"}' -o cutout.webp

Questions

Is Verbier cheaper than Photoroom?

At about 1,000 and about 10,000 images a month, yes (prices checked 23 September 2026). Photoroom's Remove Background plan is $0.02 an image, bought monthly in fixed blocks, and its Plus plan, which adds shadows and AI backgrounds, is $0.10. Verbier's paid plans include shadows and backgrounds at the same price per image.

Does Photoroom train on API images?

Photoroom's security page says self-serve API plans train on images, with an opt-out in settings, and that enterprise contracts don't by default. Verbier never uses your images for training, whatever your plan.

How do I switch from Photoroom to Verbier?

Point your code at POST /v1/cutout with your Verbier key as a Bearer token, and send the photo as image_url or image_b64 in JSON. Add ?raw=1 to get the image file back, or leave it off for JSON with the image base64-encoded. Cropping is an option in the same request, and so are shadows and backgrounds on the paid plans. The first 50 images a month are free.

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