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PDreamwave vs Photoroom
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Dreamwave if…
- you're in its core audience: hr and people teams, professionals and job seekers
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Choose Photoroom if…
- you need an API to build on
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: e-commerce sellers, marketplace merchants
Side by side
Feature Dreamwave Photoroom
Pricing modelPaidFree trial
Starting price—$7.5/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—Yes, unless you opt out
Data retention—Images discarded after each job; operational logs deleted after 15 days
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, GDPR
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, API
CategoryAI HeadshotsPhoto Editing
CompanyDreamwave AI, Inc.Photoroom SAS · France · since 2019
Full feature lists
D Dreamwave
- Headshots generated from a single selfie
- Team-wide consistent styles like Business Formal and White Coats
- 4K print-ready output for badging
- HRIS sync with Workday, ADP, Rippling, Gusto, BambooHR
- Push photos to Slack, Outlook and Okta
- Prompt-based outfit, background and distraction edits
- Branded AI photobooth for live events
- Specialty styles for real estate and clinical staff
P Photoroom
- Background removal with white, transparent or custom backgrounds
- AI-generated studio product shots and backgrounds
- AI shadows, retouching, AI Fill and AI Expand
- AI fashion models and virtual try-on
- Batch editing and resizing for marketplaces
- Brand Kit for colors, logos and fonts
- Shopify integration and marketplace sync
- REST API and MCP access
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Dreamwave · dreamwave.ai
Photoroom · photoroom.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Dreamwave | Photoroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | no published plan | $7.50 Pro |
| 5 people | no published plan | $7.50 Pro |
| 20 people | no published plan | $7.50 Pro |
All plans and prices
Dreamwave
Company headshots$49-59 per person
Event photoboothCustom
Photoroom
Pro$7.50/mo billed yearly ($12.99 billed monthly)
Max$20.99/mo billed yearly ($34.99 billed monthly)
Ultra$82.50/mo billed yearly ($99 billed monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
Price changes we've recorded
We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.
Dreamwave
No changes since we started tracking.
Photoroom
- Nov 5, 2026Starting price: none → $7.50/mo; Pro: Not published on page → $7.50; Max: Not published on page → $20.99; Ultra: Not published on page → $82.50
Strengths and limitations
Dreamwave
- Team plan includes 150 photos per person and a free redo
- 1-2 hour turnaround
- Integrates with major HRIS and workplace apps
- Says it never sells or trains on user data, and data is deletable
- No free plan
- Event photobooth pricing is quote-only
Photoroom
- Available on iOS, Android, web and Shopify
- Paid plans include an API/MCP credit wallet
- Self-serve plans support up to 50 seats
- Enterprise plan offers SOC 2 Type 2, SSO and an SLA
- Pricing page did not show plan prices in a readable form
- Video Generator not included on Pro plan
- 4K output only on Ultra plan
- Adjustable AI Shadows not included on any self-serve plan
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 5, 2026. Editorial policy