# remove.bg’s website is closing: the alternatives, compared URL: https://dreambench.ai/compare/remove-bg-alternative remove.bg’s standalone website closes on December 1, 2026, at 9:00am CET, and its background removal moves to Canva. Canva is where remove.bg sends its users, Photoroom offers cutouts with batch editing and an API, and DreamBench makes cutouts as part of an AI video platform. Here is what each offers and costs, from each one’s own pages. Written and reviewed by the DreamBench team. Published 2026-10-05; updated 2026-10-22. ## What happens to remove.bg on December 1, 2026 remove.bg became part of Canva in 2021. Its FAQ says the standalone website will no longer be available from December 1, 2026, at 9:00am CET. Background removal moves to Canva, and API access moves to Leonardo.ai, also part of Canva. - remove.bg subscriptions keep working until that day, then end on their own. Unused time on an annual plan is refunded pro rata, and a last monthly renewal on or after November 1 is not charged. - remove.bg’s pay-as-you-go credits expire on December 1, 2026, so use them before then. - The self-service API stops accepting requests on December 1, 2026. Enterprise API contracts continue as normal. - The Photoshop plugin and the other integrations end on the same day. - Accounts close too: export your credit usage report and invoices from the Account page before then. ## remove.bg, Canva, Photoroom and DreamBench compared **What each offers and costs, from each one’s own pages** | | remove.bg | Canva | Photoroom | DreamBench | |---|---|---|---|---| | What it is | A background removal website, closing on December 1, 2026 | A design platform with a background remover in its editor | A photo editor for product photos, on the web, on phones and as an API | An AI video platform whose image tools include a background remover | | Cutouts without paying | Previews up to 0.25 megapixels | See [Canva’s plans](https://www.canva.com/pricing/) | You can start without paying; high-resolution exports need a paid plan | None: every cutout is made with a plan | | Entry plan | Personal: $9 a month for 40 credits, or $8.10 a month billed yearly. Pay as you go from $3 for 3 credits | See [Canva’s plans](https://www.canva.com/pricing/) | Pro: $7.50 a month, billed yearly, with 1,000 exports a month | Starter: $9.99 a month for 1,100 credits, with AI video | | Cutouts on that plan | 40 full-resolution cutouts a month, one credit each | See [Canva’s plans](https://www.canva.com/pricing/) | Up to 1,000 exports a month; Background Remover uses no AI credits | About 157 a month, 7 credits each: about $0.06 a cutout | | Largest cutout | 50 megapixels | See [Canva’s Help Center](https://www.canva.com/help/background-remover/) | 2K exports on Pro and Max, 4K on Ultra | 2048 pixels on the long edge: a larger photo is scaled down first | | Many photos at once | Its FAQ sends bulk users to Canva after December 1, 2026 | Bulk background removal on the web and in Canva’s desktop app, according to remove.bg’s FAQ | Batch editing | No: one photo a run | | API | The self-service API stops on December 1, 2026, and moves to Leonardo.ai | Through Leonardo.ai, also part of Canva, according to remove.bg’s FAQ | A Remove Background API and an Image Editing API | No API | | After the cutout | Download it; the site closes on December 1, 2026 | Keep designing in the same editor | AI backgrounds and shadows, and a video generator from the Max plan | Open it in the composer as a reference for an AI video | Prices are in US dollars, as each pricing page showed them to a visitor in the United States. Plans change: follow the sources at the end of this page for today’s figures. ## What the others do better DreamBench doesn’t do everything remove.bg did. The others are ahead on four things. - Trying before you pay: remove.bg previews cutouts at up to 0.25 megapixels without charge until it closes, and Photoroom lets you start without paying. DreamBench makes every cutout with a plan; only the account costs nothing. - Many photos at once: Canva and Photoroom remove backgrounds in bulk. DreamBench takes one photo a run. - An API: Photoroom sells one, and remove.bg’s moves to Leonardo.ai. DreamBench has no API. - Size: remove.bg returns cutouts up to 50 megapixels. DreamBench works on photos up to 2048 pixels on the long edge. ## What DreamBench does differently - **Model:** BiRefNet, a matting model: the subject’s pixels are kept, not redrawn. - **Upload:** A JPEG, PNG, WebP or another format your browser opens, up to 40 MB. - **Size:** Up to 2048 pixels on the long edge; a larger photo is scaled down first. - **Result:** A PNG on transparency or plain white; PNG, JPEG or WebP after the finishing step in your browser. - **Price:** 7 credits a cutout, shown before you run it; a run that fails is refunded. - **Kept for:** 7 days in the tools’ storage, upload and result alike. - A cutout is the first step of a video: it opens in the composer as a reference image, and DreamBench’s video models turn it into a clip on the same plan. - The price per cutout is plain: a cutout uses 7 credits, so Starter’s 1,100 monthly credits make about 157 cutouts, about $0.06 each, with AI video included. - The [AI background remover](https://dreambench.ai/tools/ai-background-remover) runs a matting model, BiRefNet, that decides which pixels belong to the subject. Hair and fine edges are kept, and nothing is redrawn. - It works in the browser: upload a JPEG, PNG, WebP or another format your browser opens, up to 40 MB. A run that fails is refunded. - Presets make a [transparent PNG](https://dreambench.ai/tools/transparent-background-maker) or a cutout on [plain white](https://dreambench.ai/tools/white-background-maker) in one step. - After a cutout, the page finishes it in your browser without using more credits: any background color, the original photo blurred behind the subject, a soft shadow, a square or social-media frame, and PNG, JPEG or WebP. Where DreamBench’s own cutout falls short is where any matting model does: a subject the color of its background, glass and smoke that keep what was behind them, a shadow on the floor that goes with the background, and a busy scene with no clear subject. Crop to the subject first and check the edge at full size on a dark color. When the background should be replaced rather than removed, the [AI background changer](https://dreambench.ai/tools/ai-background-changer) draws a new scene behind the subject on Nano Banana 2; expect the subject’s edges to be redrawn slightly. ## Which remove.bg alternative to choose - You used remove.bg for one-off cutouts: Canva is where remove.bg sends you, and remove.bg says Canva’s Background Remover uses the same technology. Our guide shows how to remove a background in Canva. - You edit product photos in volume or need an API: Photoroom offers batch editing and a Remove Background API. - You relied on the remove.bg API: remove.bg’s FAQ points to Leonardo.ai’s API and its [migration guide](https://docs.leonardo.ai/docs/migrate-from-the-removebg-api-to-leonardoai). - Your cutouts end up in videos: DreamBench makes the cutout and the clip in one place, on one plan. Whatever you choose, keep transparency in mind: a [background removal](https://dreambench.ai/glossary/background-removal) is only useful as a PNG or WebP with a real [transparent background](https://dreambench.ai/glossary/transparent-background). ## Questions - **Is remove.bg shutting down?** Its standalone website is. remove.bg’s FAQ says the site will no longer be available from December 1, 2026, at 9:00am CET. Background removal moves to Canva, and API access to Leonardo.ai, both part of Canva. - **What happens to my remove.bg credits?** remove.bg’s FAQ says unused pay-as-you-go credits expire on December 1, 2026. Subscriptions keep working until that day and then end; unused time on an annual plan is refunded pro rata to the original payment method. - **What can I use instead of remove.bg?** It depends on what you used it for. For one-off cutouts, Canva is remove.bg’s own successor. For product photos in volume or an API, Photoroom offers both. For cutouts that become videos, DreamBench makes the cutout and the clip on one plan. - **Is there a free remove.bg alternative?** Photoroom’s background remover page says you can get started for free, and Canva lists its own plans on its pricing page. DreamBench makes every cutout with a plan, from Starter at $9.99 a month; only the account costs nothing. - **How much does a cutout cost on DreamBench?** A cutout uses 7 credits. Starter costs $9.99 a month and includes 1,100 credits, about 157 cutouts, plus AI video. A run that fails is refunded. - **Does DreamBench have an API or batch background removal?** No. DreamBench’s background remover takes one photo a run in the browser, and there is no public API. Photoroom offers both, and remove.bg’s API moves to Leonardo.ai. - **Which remove.bg alternative costs least per cutout?** Which remove.bg alternative costs least per cutout depends on how many you make. remove.bg’s Personal plan is $9 a month for 40 credits, at one credit a cutout. Photoroom’s Pro is $7.50 a month billed yearly, with 1,000 exports a month and no credit cost on Background Remover. DreamBench’s Starter is $9.99 a month for 1,100 credits, about 157 cutouts at about $0.06 each, with AI video included. Canva lists its own plans on its pricing page. - **What happens to a photo I upload to DreamBench?** A photo you upload to DreamBench stays in your browser until you run the cutout. Then it is used to make that result and nothing else, and the upload and the result leave the tools’ storage after 7 days; a result you keep in your library stays as long as you keep it. Only upload photos you have the right to use. ## Sources - [remove.bg’s FAQ: remove.bg is moving to Canva](https://www.remove.bg/faq), remove.bg: read 2026-10-05 - [remove.bg’s pricing page](https://www.remove.bg/pricing), remove.bg: read 2026-10-05 - [remove.bg Help Center: maximum image resolution and file size](https://www.remove.bg/help/a/what-is-the-maximum-image-resolution-file-size), remove.bg: read 2026-10-05 - [Photoroom’s pricing page](https://www.photoroom.com/pricing), Photoroom: read 2026-10-05 - [Photoroom’s background remover page](https://www.photoroom.com/tools/background-remover), Photoroom: read 2026-10-05 - [Photoroom’s API pricing page](https://www.photoroom.com/api/pricing), Photoroom: read 2026-10-05 DreamBench is an independent platform and isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by the companies named on this page.