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The best remove bg alternatives for ecommerce sellers are CamClo AI for cutouts that go straight into white-background listings, new scenes and ads, Canva if you want remove.bg's own technology, and Leonardo.ai if your code calls the remove.bg API. remove.bg's standalone site closes on 1 December 2026 at 9:00am CET, according to its official FAQ. For free one-off cutouts, Adobe Firefly and Pixlr cost nothing, and Photoroom's Remove Background API costs $0.02 an image on its Basic plan.
We read every price and limit on the vendor's own site. Here is how we compared them.
What is happening to remove.bg
remove.bg became part of Canva in 2021, and it is now moving its background removal into the Canva platform. The website, accounts, self-service API, Photoshop plugin and other integrations all stop on 1 December 2026.
Leonardo.ai announces that remove.bg's background removal API has joined it.
Monthly subscribers: any final renewal on or after this date is free.
At 9:00am CET the site and accounts close. The self-service API, plugins and integrations also stop on this date, and unused pay-as-you-go credits expire.
Annual subscribers get a pro-rata refund for unused time automatically, and enterprise API contracts continue as normal. remove.bg says you cannot download invoices or your credit usage report after 1 December, so export them now.
Quick picks by use case
0.5 credits a cutout, pure white or transparent, then new scenes, on-model photos and ads.
The official API successor, $0.1047 per image, pay as you go.
Background removal as a core tool from $12.99 a month; API from $0.02 an image.
1 credit a cutout, with upscaling and AI backgrounds from the same credits.
Desktop app, Photoshop and Figma plugins, a WooCommerce plugin and an API.
Remove.bg alternatives compared
| Tool | Best for | Paid plans from | Cost per cutout | Free option | Bulk or API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CamClo AI | Cutouts that become listings, scenes and ads | $49/mo (150 credits) | 0.5 credits, about $0.16 on Creator | 7-day free trial with 20 credits | Up to 500 images per AI Assistant workflow |
| Canva | remove.bg's technology in a design tool | US$144/yr (Pro) | Included in paid plans | Not on the free plan; Pro has a free trial | 50 images per folder |
| Leonardo.ai API | Code that called the remove.bg API | Pay as you go | $0.1047 | None listed | API, 100 images a minute as standard |
| Photoroom | Marketplace listings, low-cost API | $12.99/mo ($89.99/yr) | Core tool on paid plans; API $0.02 | 100 exports a month | Batch editing; API from $20/mo |
| Claid | Catalogs on one credit pool | $15/mo ($9/mo billed yearly) | 1 credit, $0.03 on Essentials | 50 credits, plus 50 API credits | Batch on Pro and Business; API |
| Adobe Firefly | Free one-off cutouts | Free | Free | Free with an Adobe account | Enterprise users, or the Firefly AI Assistant |
| Slazzer | Desktop app and plugins | See vendor site | 1 credit per HD image | 2 credits, free previews | Desktop app, plugins, API |
| Clipping Magic | Edges refined by hand | See vendor site | 1 credit per image | Edit and preview free, watermarked | Bulk Clipping from Standard; API |
| Pixlr | Free batches for social posts | $2.49/mo (Plus) | Free | Free remover | Batch with ZIP download |
From each vendor's official pages, in US dollars, billed monthly unless marked. Cost per cutout assumes the whole plan goes on background removal. Canva's price is the yearly price on its US page. "See vendor site" means the prices shown to us were regional, not US prices. Confirm before you buy.
What replaces each part of remove.bg
Most people used more of remove.bg than the upload box. This is where each piece goes, starting with remove.bg's own answer.
| You used remove.bg for | remove.bg's answer | Other options |
|---|---|---|
| Cutouts in the browser | Canva's Background Remover (paid plans) | CamClo AI, Adobe Firefly, Pixlr |
| White backgrounds for listings | Canva, for single images and bulk | CamClo AI (JPG on pure white), Photoroom, Clipping Magic |
| Bulk runs and the desktop app | Canva bulk removal, on the web or the Canva desktop app; Leonardo.ai for larger volumes | CamClo AI (500 per workflow), Slazzer desktop app, Clipping Magic, Claid |
| The API | Leonardo.ai | Photoroom, Claid, Slazzer |
| The Photoshop plugin | Affinity, with background removal on Canva Pro | Slazzer for Photoshop, Adobe Firefly |
| Figma, Sketch and GIMP plugins, Zapier and Make | Discontinued; Canva's app marketplace instead | Slazzer (Figma plugin, Zapier) |
remove.bg's answers come from its FAQ; its integrations page listed the Photoshop, Figma, GIMP and Sketch plugins, the desktop app, and Shopify through Make.
The best remove.bg alternatives, tool by tool
Each entry covers what the tool is, what it costs, how it handles bulk jobs, and when to pick it instead of CamClo AI. If you only want a background remover like remove.bg, Canva and Slazzer are the closest matches; the others add more around the cutout.
1. CamClo AI
Best for: ecommerce sellers who need the cutout and what comes after itCamClo AI is an AI studio for ecommerce product images and ads. Its Remove Background tool gives you the two files remove.bg was used for most, a transparent cutout and a product on pure white, and the same account then takes that product into new scenes, onto models and into ads.
- Remove Background: 0.5 credits per image, with no watermark. Upload a JPG, PNG or WebP of up to 20 MB, then download a transparent PNG, a WebP, or a JPG flattened onto pure white (RGB 255, 255, 255). Failed runs are refunded automatically.
- Edges: a refine brush erases leftover background or restores parts of the product at the image's full resolution, with undo and redo.
- Bulk: the AI Assistant (in beta) runs one workflow over up to 500 product images, JPG, PNG or WebP of up to 10 MB each. It shows the plan and the credit cost before anything runs, and you download the results as one ZIP.
- After the cutout: Change Background places the product in a scene you describe in up to 500 characters, for 0.5 credits on paid plans. Product Photography puts flat lays on a model, Image Ads and Video Ads turn the product into ads, and Ad Autopilot runs Meta and Google Ads campaigns.
- Pricing: plans from $49 per month with 150 credits, enough for 300 cutouts, about 16 cents each. There is a 7-day free trial with 20 credits.
Strengths
- Exact white for marketplace main images, or transparency for layouts
- An erase and restore brush for hair and fine edges
- Up to 500 products in one run, downloaded as one ZIP
- New scenes, on-model photos and ads from the same credits
Limits
- Can seem a little expensive next to a single-purpose remover, but the credits cover more than a raw cutout: the new background, the on-model photo and the ad come from the same pool
See the background remover for white and transparent product photos, or put the cutout in a new setting with the AI background changer for product photos. For a whole catalog, the AI Assistant runs the same steps on every product.
2. Canva
Best for: remove.bg users who want the same technologyCanva is remove.bg's official replacement. remove.bg says Canva's Background Remover uses the same background-removal technology, and that more functionality will be added before 1 December 2026. You can remove a background inside a design, from your uploads, or across a folder.
- Pricing: Background Remover is included with paid plans. On Canva's US pricing page, Pro is US$144 a year for one person and Business is US$250 a year per person.
- Bulk: up to 50 uploaded images in a folder at a time, one folder at a time. When you run a whole folder, Canva writes the results to a new folder whose name ends in "Edited", and leaves the originals unchanged.
- Limits: photos under 9 MB, and uploads above 10 MP come back at 10 MP. Erase and restore brushes refine the edge, and video backgrounds can be removed on videos under 10 minutes.
Strengths
- remove.bg's technology, by remove.bg's own account
- Video background removal on the same plans
Limits
- Paid plans only
- 50 images per bulk run; large photos come back at 10 MP
Pick this instead of CamClo AI if your team already designs in Canva, or you want remove.bg's cutouts without learning a new tool.
3. Leonardo.ai API
Best for: code that calls the remove.bg API todayLeonardo.ai, also part of Canva, now hosts remove.bg's background removal API, and remove.bg says it uses the same technology. Leonardo publishes a migration guide with a parameter mapping: size, type, crop, background color and shadow options keep their remove.bg values.
- Pricing: $0.1047 per image, on pay-as-you-go API credit that does not expire, with up to 10 concurrent generations.
- What changes: a new account and API key, JSON responses only, no ZIP or "auto" output format, and inputs of up to 25 MB. Results are saved to your Leonardo library unless you set ephemeral to true, which returns a 30-minute link instead.
- Limits: PNG output is capped at 10 MP, so use WebP for larger transparent files. The standard rate is 100 images a minute, against 500 on remove.bg, with more on request.
Strengths
- The same options and a mapped migration path
- Upscaling and scene generation on the same account
Limits
- About five times the per-image price of Photoroom's Basic API
- Results are stored by default; check this if you process customer images
Pick this instead of CamClo AI if you have an integration built on the remove.bg API and want the fewest code changes.
4. Photoroom
Best for: marketplace listings and a low-cost APIPhotoroom is a product photo editor with AI backgrounds, shadows, batch editing and an API. Its own roundup of remove.bg alternatives ranks on the first page of Google for this search.
- Pricing: Pro is $12.99/month or $89.99/year, Max $34.99/month or $250/year, and Ultra $99/month or $990/year, from the US prices published in the pricing page's data. Background Remover is a core tool on every paid plan, within monthly export caps of 1,000 on Pro, 3,000 on Max and 10,000 on Ultra. The Shopify integration starts on Max.
- Free: 100 exports a month (25 a week). Each image in a batch counts as one export.
- API: the Remove Background API is $20/month for 1,000 images, or $0.02 each, with crop, color backgrounds, green screen despill and uncertainty scoring.
Strengths
- A background removal API at $0.02 an image on Basic
- Product and listing AI tools and batch editing in one app
Limits
- Export caps apply to batches too
- Shopify integration needs Max or higher
Pick this instead of CamClo AI if you mainly need listing-ready cutouts in a phone-friendly app, or a low-cost background removal API.
More detail: our Photoroom pricing guide and the CamClo AI vs Photoroom comparison.
5. Claid
Best for: catalogs that want one credit poolClaid is an AI product photo suite and API for ecommerce brands. Background removal costs 1 credit, and the same credits pay for upscaling, AI backgrounds, shadows and fashion models.
- Pricing: Essentials is $15/month, or $9/month billed yearly, with 500 credits. Pro is $49/month, or $35/month billed yearly, with 2,000 credits. On Essentials billed monthly, a cutout works out to 3 cents.
- Free: 50 credits, plus 50 API credits.
- Bulk: batch processing on Pro and Business, and a separate API plan for developers.
Strengths
- A low cost per cutout, lower still billed yearly
- Cutouts, upscaling and backgrounds from one pool
Limits
- Batch processing needs Pro or Business
- Essentials is standard resolution, up to 2K
Pick this instead of CamClo AI if you process a large catalog through an API and want cutouts and upscaling billed from one credit pool.
6. Adobe Firefly
Best for: free one-off cutoutsAdobe's free background remover runs in Firefly and is one of the top Google results for this search. Upload an image and download a PNG with a transparent background; Adobe says it detects fine details like hair, fur and transparent objects, and you can pull the result into Photoshop to finish it.
- Pricing: free with an Adobe account. Adobe says free users get free daily generations they can use to remove backgrounds.
- Formats: JPG, PNG or WebP of up to 50 MB in, PNG out.
- Bulk: Adobe offers batch removal to enterprise users, or through the Firefly AI Assistant.
If you used remove.bg's Photoshop plugin, remove.bg points you to Affinity instead: Affinity is free, but its background removal runs on Canva AI and needs a Canva Pro subscription.
Strengths
- Free, with large 50 MB uploads
- A route into Photoshop for manual masks
Limits
- PNG is the only download format
- Batch removal only for enterprise users or through the AI Assistant
Pick this instead of CamClo AI if you need a handful of free transparent cutouts, or you already finish images in Photoshop.
7. Slazzer
Best for: replacing remove.bg's desktop app and pluginsSlazzer is a dedicated background remover whose toolkit mirrors remove.bg's most closely: a web tool, an API, a desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux, and plugins. Its tools page lists Slazzer for Photoshop (CC 2018 and above), a Figma plugin, a WooCommerce plugin, Shopify and Google Drive through Zapier, and an on-premise version.
- Pricing: an HD cutout costs 1 credit and a preview of up to 0.25 MP costs 0.20 credits. Subscription credits roll over while you stay subscribed, subscriptions carry a 14-day money-back guarantee, and top-up credits last two years. Its pricing page showed us local currency, so for US prices see vendor site.
- Free: 2 credits, unlimited previews on the site, and the apps and Photoshop extension.
Strengths
- Desktop app and plugins like remove.bg's
- Credits that roll over, and a money-back guarantee
Limits
- Only 2 free credits
- Free previews are capped at 0.25 MP
Pick this instead of CamClo AI if your workflow ran through remove.bg's desktop app, Photoshop plugin or WooCommerce store and you want the same shape of tool.
8. Clipping Magic
Best for: edges you want to refine by handClipping Magic pairs an automatic AI cutout with an editor: keep and remove brushes, a hair tool and a scalpel for low-contrast edges. It also straightens, crops, color-corrects and adds shadows, and exports an alpha mask or a TIFF with a clipping path for Photoshop.
- Pricing: subscriptions only, at 1 credit per image, and downloading the same result again counts once. Unused credits roll over up to a cap, there is no pay-as-you-go option, fees are not refundable, and remaining credits are lost when you cancel. The dollar prices shown to us were regional, so see vendor site.
- Free: upload and edit as many images as you like with a live preview; downloading without the watermark needs a subscription.
- Bulk and limits: Bulk Clipping comes with Standard and up; images of up to 25 MP and 80 MB.
Strengths
- Fine control over every edge
- Clipping path and alpha mask exports
Limits
- No pay-as-you-go; credits end when you cancel
- Hand editing takes time on large batches
Pick this instead of CamClo AI if you need clipping paths for print, or you touch up most edges by hand.
9. Pixlr
Best for: free batches for social postsPixlr is an online photo editor whose free Background Remover ranks on the first page for this search. It detects the subject, then saves the result with a transparent, black or white background, and it can process several images at once and save them as one ZIP.
- Pricing: the remover is free. Paid plans start at $2.49/month for Plus, which removes ads and allows unlimited saves, and $9.99/month for Premium.
- Formats: JPEG, PNG and BMP uploads.
Strengths
- Free, with batch runs and a ZIP download
- White, black or transparent output
Limits
- No WebP uploads listed
- A general editor, not built around catalogs
Pick this instead of CamClo AI if you need quick free cutouts for social posts and nothing more.
How to move off remove.bg before 1 December
- Export your records. Download your invoices and credit usage report from your remove.bg account page, and spend any pay-as-you-go credits.
- List what you actually use. Web uploads, the desktop app, the API, plugins or a Zapier or Make automation each need their own replacement, as the table above shows.
- Test your hardest photos. Run ten real product shots through two or three tools: hair or fur, glass, lace, and a white product on white. Check each cutout at 100% on a dark background, where fringes show.
- Match the output to the channel. Marketplace main images want pure white; our Amazon product photography guide covers the rules. Banners and new scenes want a transparent PNG or WebP. CamClo AI's product photo background remover gives you both from one cutout.
- Move the API last. If you switch to Leonardo.ai, create the new key, map your parameters, decide on ephemeral storage, and move PNG outputs above 10 MP to WebP.
Once the background is gone, most listings need a scene or a model next. Our wider comparison of the best AI background removers for product photos covers edge tests in more depth, and the product background changer turns the same cutout into a styled scene.
How we compared them
We pulled the live US Google results for "remove bg alternatives", "remove.bg alternative" and "remove.bg shutting down", and took the tools that rank there, that Google's AI answer names, or that the ranking roundups list, and that suit product photos. We then read remove.bg's FAQ and integrations page, Leonardo.ai's migration guide, and each vendor's official pricing, product and help pages, and saved screenshots.
Prices are in US dollars. Photoroom's visible page showed another currency from our location, so its dollar prices come from the US prices in the page's own data. Slazzer and Clipping Magic showed us regional prices, so they say "see vendor site". A few single-page free removers and the Photopea editor also rank; we left them out to focus on tools with published plans and bulk or API options for store catalogs. We did not run a scored quality test, so there are no quality scores here: test your own hardest products before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best remove.bg alternative?
For ecommerce sellers, CamClo AI: a cutout costs 0.5 credits and downloads as a transparent PNG, a WebP or a JPG on pure white, and the same credits then put the product in new scenes, on models and in ads. If you want remove.bg's own technology, remove.bg points to Canva for the web and to Leonardo.ai for the API. For free one-off cutouts, try Adobe Firefly or Pixlr; for a low-cost API, Photoroom's Basic plan works out to $0.02 an image.
When is remove.bg shutting down?
remove.bg says its standalone website will no longer be available from 1 December 2026 at 9:00am CET. Background removal moves into Canva, the self-service API moves to Leonardo.ai, and the Photoshop plugin and other integrations end on the same day. Enterprise API contracts continue as normal.
What happens to my remove.bg credits and subscription?
Unused pay-as-you-go credits expire on 1 December 2026, so use them before then. Monthly subscriptions keep working until 1 December, and any final renewal on or after 1 November is free. Annual subscribers get a pro-rata refund for unused time without doing anything. Export your invoices and credit usage report first, because remove.bg says you cannot download them afterward.
Is there a free alternative to remove.bg?
Yes. Adobe Firefly removes backgrounds for free with an Adobe account and downloads a transparent PNG, and Pixlr's background remover is free, with batch runs and a ZIP download. Photoroom's free plan allows 100 exports a month. Canva's Background Remover needs a paid plan. CamClo AI has a 7-day free trial with 20 credits.
What replaces the remove.bg API?
remove.bg's own answer is Leonardo.ai, which remove.bg says uses the same technology, at $0.1047 per image, pay as you go. You need a new account and API key, responses are JSON, and results are saved to your Leonardo library unless you set ephemeral to true. Other options include Photoroom's Remove Background API at $0.02 an image on its $20 Basic plan, and the Claid and Slazzer APIs.
Can I still remove backgrounds in bulk without remove.bg?
Yes. CamClo AI's AI Assistant runs one workflow over up to 500 product images and gives you one ZIP. Canva removes backgrounds from up to 50 uploaded images in a folder at a time, Clipping Magic's Bulk Clipping comes with its Standard plan and up, Claid lists batch processing on Pro and Business, Slazzer has a desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux, and Pixlr batches free images into a ZIP.
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