Erase.bg
Removes or replaces image backgrounds automatically, with bulk and API for higher volumes.
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Last verified Jun 16, 2026
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- Category
- Image Generation and Editing
- Best for
- AI background remover
- Pricing
- Freemium
- Access
- Free plan available
What is this tool?
Erase.bg is an AI tool that removes or changes the background of an image automatically. It is aimed at ecommerce sellers, marketers, and anyone who needs clean, background-free images without manual editing software. It handles single images in a few clicks and offers bulk processing and an API for volume. It does one job — backgrounds — rather than full image editing.
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You upload an image and it detects the subject and strips the background automatically, returning a clean cutout you can keep transparent or drop onto a new background; it works across common formats and converts between them as needed. For higher volumes, bulk processing handles many images at once and an API folds the same step into another workflow.
The users are ecommerce sellers, marketers, and designers who need product or subject images without backgrounds for listings, ads, and compositions, and don't want to do it by hand in editing software. It works as a single, focused step between a raw image and where it gets used.
The boundary is its scope: it removes and replaces backgrounds well, but composing, retouching, or generating imagery falls to a separate tool.
Is this right for you?
Quick fit check against how you actually work.
Choose this if
- You need clean, background-free product images
- You process many images at listing scale
- You want an API to automate cutouts
- You'd rather avoid manual editing software
Consider alternatives if
- You need full retouching or composition
- You want to generate new imagery, not cut out
- You only edit the occasional single photo by hand
Key features
What you can actually do with this tool.
Automatic background removal
Detects the subject and removes the background in a few clicks, returning a clean transparent cutout without manual masking.
Background replacement
Lets you drop the subject onto a new background instead of leaving it transparent, for composed product or marketing shots.
Bulk processing
Removes backgrounds from many images in one pass, which suits preparing a full product catalogue rather than one photo at a time.
API integration
Exposes an API so the removal step can run inside your own product or content workflow automatically.
Format support
Handles common image formats and converts between them, such as JPG to PNG, as part of removing or changing the background.
Plans & pricing
Pricing tiers and what's included in each.
Erase.bg uses pay-as-you-go credit packs. Check the official pricing page for current prices.
Pricing last checked: Jun 16, 2026Official pricing pagePricing may have changed. Always verify before purchasing.
How to use this tool
A short path to first value.
Upload an image you want the background removed from.
Let it detect the subject and strip the background automatically.
Keep the cutout transparent, or place a new background behind it.
Convert the format if you need to, such as JPG to PNG.
Download the result, or run a batch across a full catalogue.
Use the API to fold cutouts into your own workflow at volume.
Frequently asked
Common questions about this tool, answered.
Can it handle a whole catalogue?
Yes — bulk processing removes backgrounds from many images at once, and an API lets the step run inside your workflow, both aimed at catalogue-scale volume.
Does it only make transparent cutouts?
No — beyond a transparent cutout you can place the subject onto a new background, so it covers both removal and replacement in one tool.
Which formats does it support?
It handles common formats and converts between them, such as JPG to PNG, as part of removing or changing the background.
Does it retouch the subject too?
No — its scope is backgrounds, so retouching, composition, or generating new imagery needs a separate editing or generation tool.
How it compares
Context for choosing between this tool and alternatives.
The decision is a focused background tool versus a broader editor. Erase.bg suits teams that need fast, bulk, or API-driven cutouts and nothing more. For upscaling alongside cutouts, a tool like Upscale.media adds resolution work; for full editing, a general editor does more. Choose by whether backgrounds are the whole job or one part of wider image work.
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