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PClipdrop vs Removal.ai
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Clipdrop if…
- you're in its core audience: marketers, designers
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Choose Removal.ai if…
- you're in its core audience: e-commerce sellers, graphic designers
Side by side
Feature Clipdrop Removal.ai
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$5.99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Cost per processed image—$0.06
Trains AI on your content—No
Data retention—Uploaded and result images deleted within an hour of upload
Security and compliance—GDPR
GitHub stars467—
Background removal—
AI upscaling—
Generative fill/erase—
Relighting—
Batch processing—
Photoshop/Lightroom plugin—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryPhoto EditingBackground Removal
CompanyInitML—
Based in——
Founded2020—
Part ofJasper.ai—
Key features
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- Text-to-image generation
- Background removal and replacement
- Cleanup of objects, people, text and defects
- Image upscaling up to x16 on Pro
- Relight to change image lighting
- Uncrop to extend photos into new formats
- Universal resizer for social media formats
- Photoshop plugins and usage-based API
R Removal.ai
- Automatic subject detection and background removal
- Edge handling for hair and fur
- Transparent, white or custom-color backgrounds
- Batch processing for bulk image uploads
- Manual eraser tool for refining cutouts
- Free photo editor for text and effects
- Marketplace presets and templates
- Developer API with stated 99% uptime
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Clipdrop
Free$0
ProNot listed
APIUsage-based
Removal.ai
FreeFree
Lifetime creditsFrom $1.89 for 3 credits
Monthly subscriptionFrom $5.99/mo for 100 credits
Unlimited API / High-VolumeCustom
Strengths and limitations
Clipdrop
- Free plan includes daily uses of most tools
- Pro raises limits to 1,000 uses per 24 hours per tool
- API and Photoshop plugins available
- Pro price not shown on the pricing page
- Free plan limited to 20 uses per day on several tools
- No mobile apps listed
Removal.ai
- Free low-resolution downloads and unlimited previews
- Subscriptions start at $5.99 for 100 credits
- Lifetime credit packs stay valid for 3 years
- API available, plus custom high-volume plans
- Free downloads are limited to 0.25 MP and personal use
- HD downloads require credits
- Unlimited API pricing is by quote only
- No mobile app listed
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