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, has shadows and colour-matched backgrounds on every plan, and takes up to 32 images in a call.

VerbierPhotoroom
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
$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
$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
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
6,000 px on the widest side source
Many images per call
Up to 32 images per call
One per call; 60 a minute by default source
Output
Transparent WebP or PNG, or flat on a colour or photo
PNG, JPEG or WebP; takes HEIC too source
Beyond the cut-out
Drop, contact and cast shadows, speck cleanup, 2× upscale, trim, backgrounds with colour matching
Crop, resize, background colour, despill; shadows, relighting and AI backgrounds on the Plus plan source
Your images
Not kept. Only counts and timings are logged
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 for a higher plan
  • You want up to 32 images in one call, or results over 6,000 px
  • You'd rather your photos weren't kept or trained on

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 shadows and backgrounds are on every plan at the same price.

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 keeps no copy of your images, so there's nothing to train on.

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. Shadows, backgrounds and cropping are options in the same request, and the first 50 images a month are free.

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