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Pixian.AI
Cuts out backgrounds with no signup, free at a quarter of a megapixel, and charges per image only when you need the full-resolution file.
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Overview
Pixian.AI cuts the background out of an image and hands back the subject on a transparent one, with no account needed to try it. Alongside people it is aimed at objects, artwork, logos and scans. Its API is written as a drop-in replacement for remove.bg: you swap the endpoint and the key rather than rewrite your integration.
It runs in the browser. Free results download at a quarter of a megapixel, from the website only. Full resolution is paid, up to 25 megapixels, and you buy pay-as-you-go credit packs rather than a subscription. An image costs more credits the larger it is.
Key features
✓Automatic cutouts with no signup
✓Works on people, objects, artwork, logos & scans
✓Free downloads at a quarter of a megapixel
✓Pay per image for full resolution, priced by image size
✓Pay-as-you-go credit packs, no subscription
✓Paid output up to 25 megapixels, files up to 30 MB
✓Reads JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF & WebP
✓Drop-in replacement for a remove.bg integration
✓Free API test mode, watermarked result
✓API images not written to permanent storage, per the vendor
When to use
Use Pixian.AI if:
- You need backgrounds removed in bulk and want to pay per image rather than hold a subscription.
- You already use remove.bg through its API and want a cheaper endpoint. It is built to swap in.
- Your subjects are not people. It is aimed at objects, artwork, logos and scans as well as photos.
- You want to check the cutout on your own image first. The free result needs no account and downloads at a quarter of a megapixel.
- You need the full-resolution file only sometimes. You pay for the output, not for a month.
- You want to test the API before buying, since test mode is free, though the test result comes back watermarked.
When NOT to use
Skip Pixian.AI if any of these describe you:
- You want a full-resolution cutout without paying. Free output is a quarter of a megapixel, fine for checking and too small for print or a listing. Compare other background remover tools.
- You want free use through the API. The free tier is website only, and it processes at lower priority.
- You want to fix the edges by hand afterwards. There is no editor here, though the same company sells ClippingMagic for that.
- You want the cutout inside the tools you already use. remove.bg has the plugins and integrations.
- You cannot have your images retained at all. The vendor states it keeps a sample of web uploads and all results for a day.
Frequently asked questions
Trying it is, and the free result is a file you keep rather than a look-only preview. You can remove a background with no account and download the cutout at a quarter of a megapixel. Free use is website only and runs at lower priority. The full-resolution file is paid, up to 25 megapixels, bought per image with pay-as-you-go credit packs rather than a subscription.
Not from the website. The free limit there is resolution, not a mark on the image, so a free cutout is a small version of the paid one. Through the API, the vendor states test images are free to process but come back with a watermark embedded.
The vendor states credits do not expire as long as you have bought at some point in the last two years. An account that tops up occasionally keeps its balance. There are no monthly fees and nothing you have to spend as a minimum, which is the difference from a subscription: nothing runs down while you are not using it.
That is what its API is built for. The vendor states migrating is a matter of changing the endpoint and the API key rather than rewriting your integration. The resolution rules are the same through the API as on the website. Whether the cutouts suit your images is the part to test first.
There is no editor here to brush the edges back in, which is the trade for the price. The same company sells ClippingMagic, which is the tool built for correcting a cutout by hand. Since the small version is free, you can see the problem before paying for the file.
The vendor states that it retains a sample of uploaded images, currently a tenth of them, plus all results, for 24 hours, and permanently deletes them shortly after. It also states that images sent through the API are never written to permanent storage. If none of your images may be retained, the API is the route the vendor describes differently from the website.
Alongside photos of people, it is aimed at objects, artwork, logos and scans. Many background removers are trained mainly on portraits and products, and do less well with flat artwork or a scanned logo. It reads JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF and WebP. Transparent results come back as PNG, and opaque results as JPEG or PNG.
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