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Unscreen

AI video background removal, no green screen needed

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Shut down★4.5ratingPricing · Freemium from $5/moRising

What happened to Unscreen?

Unscreen shut down in 2026, after Canva bought it in 2021.

Canva bought maker Kaleido in 2021. Canva says Unscreen.com closed as of 29 Jun 2026; an earlier Unscreen FAQ had set 1 Dec 2025. The site redirects to Canva.

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The FalcoScan Intel PanelUnscreen · Video
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Unscreen does

Unscreen removes video backgrounds automatically without a green screen — processing any footage online with frame-perfect segmentation for compositing.

How Unscreen compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Unscreen did. Among the 4 that list a starting price, the cheapest is CapCut AI at $8 a month and the median is $11.50. Unscreen started at $5 a month, below that median. 3 of the 5 offer an API, as Unscreen did. Unscreen offered a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Unscreen was founded in 2019; the alternatives were founded between 2013 and 2020, 3 of them earlier. Unscreen was based in Vienna, Austria; none of the 3 alternatives with a known headquarters is in Austria. They are in the United Kingdom and China.

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How Unscreen compares in Video

Unscreen had moderate opportunity before it shut down. Across Video, the average opportunity score is 62.8 and the average saturation score 42.7. FalcoScan rates Unscreen's own market position as open. 82 of the 390 operating Video tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 26 shutdowns in the category.

Unscreen compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
UnscreenFounded 2019 · Vienna, AustriaModerateOpenFreemium$5/moYesYesWeb, APIRising
Clipping MagicFounded 2013ModerateOpenFreemium$9/moYesYesWebRising
Veed IO StudioFounded 2014 · London, United KingdomModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWebRising
Veed.ioFounded 2018 · London, United KingdomModerateCrowdedFreemium$18/moYesYesWebStable
Podcastle VideoFounded 2020ModerateContestedFreemium$14/moYesNoWebDeclining
CapCut AIFounded 2020 · Beijing, ChinaModerateCrowdedFreemium$8/moYesYesWeb, Mobile, DesktopHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

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

AI Capabilities
Background RemovalSegmentation
Industry Verticals
MediaMarketing
Tagged

Unscreen shows up when builders search for these

background-removalno-green-screencompositingsegmentationonline
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Questions

Unscreen: common questions

Is Unscreen still running?

No. Unscreen shut down in 2026, after Canva bought it in 2021, according to canva.com. Canva bought maker Kaleido in 2021. Canva says Unscreen.com closed as of 29 Jun 2026; an earlier Unscreen FAQ had set 1 Dec 2025. The site redirects to Canva.

Source: canva.com ↗

When did Unscreen shut down?

Unscreen shut down in 2026, according to canva.com.

Source: canva.com ↗

Who acquired Unscreen?

Canva acquired Unscreen in 2021. It later shut down in 2026, according to canva.com.

Source: canva.com ↗

What are the best alternatives to Unscreen?

The closest alternatives to Unscreen that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Clipping Magic, Veed IO Studio, Veed.io, Podcastle Video, and CapCut AI.

Where was Unscreen based?

Unscreen was headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

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