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Remove.bg

The fastest AI background remover, 5 seconds flat

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Acquired★4.7ratingPricing · Freemium from $9/moStable

What happened to Remove.bg?

Remove.bg was acquired by Canva in 2021.

Canva bought maker Kaleido in 2021. remove.bg says its standalone site closes on 1 Dec 2026 as the tool moves into Canva, with the API moving to Leonardo.Ai.

Source: remove.bg ↗Its AI Graveyard record →AI products shut down or acquired in 2021 →Everything Canva has bought →

The FalcoScan Intel PanelRemove.bg · Image
Data updated 1 November 2026
Opportunity
Low
Band
Saturation
Crowded
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.7
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Remove.bg does

Remove.bg removes backgrounds from images automatically in under 5 seconds with pixel-perfect precision. Used by millions of e-commerce sellers, marketers, and designers. API available for bulk processing. The original and still the best.

How Remove.bg compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Remove.bg does. Among the 3 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Pixelcut at $8 a month and the median is $13. Remove.bg starts at $9 a month, below that median. 3 of the 5 offer an API, as Remove.bg does. Remove.bg offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Remove.bg was founded in 2017; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2020, 1 of them earlier. Remove.bg is based in Vienna, Austria; none of the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters is in Austria. They are in the United States and France.

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How Remove.bg compares in Image

Remove.bg has low opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 459 live Image tools on FalcoScan. Across Image, the average opportunity score is 49.1 and the average saturation score 52.4. FalcoScan rates Remove.bg's own market position as crowded. 67 of the 459 operating Image tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 16 shutdowns in the category.

Remove.bg compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Remove.bgFounded 2017 · Vienna, AustriaLowCrowdedFreemium$9/moYesYesWeb, APIStable
Erase.bgFounded 2020LowContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIStable
PixelcutFounded 2020 · San Francisco, United StatesLowContestedFreemium$8/moYesNoWeb, MobileStable
Canva AIFounded 2012LowCrowdedFreemium$15/moYesNoWeb, Mobile, DesktopStable
BgRemFounded 2020LowContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIStable
PhotoroomFounded 2019 · Paris, FranceLowContestedFreemium$13/moYesYesWeb, MobileRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Image.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Remove.bg exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Background RemovalImage Editing
Industry Verticals
E CommerceMarketing
Tagged

Remove.bg shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Remove.bg: common questions

Is Remove.bg still running?

Remove.bg was acquired by Canva in 2021. Canva bought maker Kaleido in 2021. remove.bg says its standalone site closes on 1 Dec 2026 as the tool moves into Canva, with the API moving to Leonardo.Ai.

Who acquired Remove.bg?

Canva acquired Remove.bg in 2021 (remove.bg).

Source: remove.bg ↗

Is Remove.bg free?

Remove.bg has a free tier, with paid plans from $9 a month.

What are the best alternatives to Remove.bg?

The closest alternatives to Remove.bg that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Erase.bg, Pixelcut, Canva AI, BgRem, and Photoroom.

Where is Remove.bg based?

Remove.bg is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Does Remove.bg have an API?

Yes. Remove.bg offers an API.

Who is Remove.bg for?

Remove.bg is built for e commerce, designers, and marketers.

How do I sign in to Remove.bg?

Sign in on Remove.bg's own website, remove.bg. FalcoScan reviews Remove.bg but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Remove.bg directly.

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