remove.bg

Freemium

By AI Bookmarks Editorial Team, Directory editors Last reviewed 2026-10-23

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One-click background removal for photos and product shots, free at preview resolution and paid for full size.

Quick facts

Pricing	Freemium
Free tier	Yes — free at reduced resolution, with limited high-resolution credits
Platforms	Web, macOS, Windows, API
Developer	Kaleido AI
Website	https://www.remove.bg

What remove.bg is

remove.bg does one thing: it cuts the subject out of a photo and returns a transparent PNG. You upload an image, the service detects the foreground automatically, and you download the result — no masking, no pen tool, no manual pixel work. It handles people, products, animals and cars, and offers simple manual touch-up for the edges the model gets wrong. Batch upload and an API make it usable for catalogues and marketplaces where hundreds of product shots need the same treatment. The desktop apps and Photoshop plugin cover people who prefer to stay inside an existing editor. The limit is scope: it removes backgrounds, it does not retouch, relight or composite. Fine hair, transparent objects and very low-contrast edges still need manual correction, and free downloads come at reduced resolution. Uploads go to the company servers rather than running locally, so client material should be cleared against its privacy terms first.

Best for

Product photos for marketplaces and catalogues
Cutting people out of portraits for slides and thumbnails
Batch processing hundreds of images through an API

Not ideal for

Retouching, relighting or compositing work
Images with transparent or extremely fine-edged subjects

Pros

Automatic cutouts need no selection work
Batch and API options handle volume
Desktop apps and a Photoshop plugin fit existing workflows

Cons

Free downloads are limited to reduced resolution
Fine hair and transparent objects still need manual fixes
Does nothing beyond background removal

Pricing in detail

The web service is free at preview resolution, with a small monthly allowance of full-resolution credits; beyond that you buy credits in packs, and the per-image price falls as the pack size rises. A subscription covers higher volumes and the desktop apps. API access is billed per image, with volume tiers. Prices are listed in credits rather than currency on the main page, so convert at the current rate before comparing with competitors.