A PicWish API alternative.

PicWish is one of the cheapest background removal APIs, at half a credit an image, and its one-off credit packs never expire. At about 10,000 images a month it costs slightly less per image than Verbier. Its inputs stop at 4,096 × 4,096 px and it has no shadows. Verbier goes to 8,192 px, takes up to 32 images in a call, and gives 50 full-size images free every month.

VerbierPicWish
Free allowance
50 images a month at full size, no watermark, no card
50 credits on sign-up, about 100 images source
Per image, about 1,000 a month
$0.009 (Starter: $9 for 1,000 a month)
$0.0100 (500 credits a month for $9.95, at half a credit an image) source
Per image, about 10,000 a month
$0.0049 (Pro: $49 for 10,000 a month)
$0.0045 (5,000 credits a month for $44.95) 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
Inputs up to 4,096 × 4,096 px source
Many images per call
Up to 32 images per call
One per call; 5 a second source
Output
Transparent WebP or PNG, or flat on a colour or photo
Transparent PNG, or JPG on a colour source
Beyond the cut-out
Drop, contact and cast shadows, speck cleanup, 2× upscale, trim, backgrounds with colour matching
Background colour or photo, crop to subject, outline, mask output, async calls source
Your images
Not kept. Only counts and timings are logged
Result links expire after an hour source

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

Choose PicWish if

  • You want the lowest price at about 10,000 images a month
  • You want credits that never expire, bought once
  • You want an outline drawn round the subject

Choose Verbier if

  • You need results larger than 4,096 px
  • You want shadows, or lighting matched to a new background
  • You want up to 32 images in one call
  • You want 50 full-size images free every month, not once

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 PicWish cheaper than Verbier?

At about 10,000 images a month, PicWish's subscription is slightly cheaper per image. At about 1,000, Verbier's is (prices checked 23 September 2026). Verbier includes shadows, backgrounds with colour matching and results up to 8,192 px at that price.

What's the largest image PicWish takes?

Its API docs give 4,096 × 4,096 px. Verbier takes photos up to 20 MB and keeps up to 8,192 px on the long side.

How do I switch from PicWish 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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