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PicWish
✓ verifiedFreemium

An AI photo-editing suite for quickly removing backgrounds, enhancing quality and retouching images without design skills.

3.8M visits/mo
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Luminar Neo
✓ verifiedPaid

One-time-purchase AI photo editor for landscape, portrait and general editing, usable standalone or as a Lightroom/Photoshop plugin.

1.3M visits/mo34K saves
EZRemove logo
EZRemove
✓ verifiedFree

Free AI background remover that produces clean transparent PNG cutouts from images in a few seconds.

4.3M visits/mo8.6K saves
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Photiu
✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser-based AI photo suite for background removal, upscaling, object erasing, and image/video generation, aimed at sellers and marketers.

431K visits/mo
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Erase BG
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI background remover with a free tier plus low-cost tiers for ad-free editing, higher limits and bulk processing.

39K visits/mo
Pricing

No public pricing

Perpetual Desktop License: $119.00 one-time
Perpetual Cross-device License: $159.00 one-time
Perpetual Max License: $179.00 one-time

No public pricing

No public pricing

Tier 0 Free: $0 (10 removals/day, ad-supported)
Starter: $4.9/mo (ad-free, higher limits)
Professional: $7.9/mo (priority support)
Premium: $9.9/mo (largest limits)
Desktop lifetime: $49 one-time
Core features
  • Automatic background removal, including hair and complex edges
  • AI photo quality enhancer for blurry or underexposed images
  • Old photo restoration and colorization
  • Object and watermark removal
  • ID photo maker and product retouching tools
  • Referral program to earn free credits
  • AI sky replacement and relighting
  • Generative erase, expand and object-swap tools
  • Portrait tools: skin smoothing, face and body enhancement
  • Noise reduction and AI upscaling
  • Focus stacking and HDR/panorama merging
  • Layers and masking support
  • Raw file support for 1,000+ cameras
  • Cross-device editing between mobile and desktop (higher tiers)
  • Automatic AI background removal
  • Transparent PNG output
  • Modes for general, logo, text and anime images
  • Multiple precision models
  • Batch background removal
  • Runs free in the browser, no signup
  • One-click AI background removal up to 4K resolution
  • Manual erase/restore refinement after automatic background removal
  • AI object remover (magic eraser)
  • AI image upscaler and unblur/enhance tools
  • AI image and video generators
  • Background replacement with a library of preset backdrops or custom images
  • One-click AI background removal
  • Refined edge detection for hair and soft edges
  • Change background color
  • Image converter, cropper and resizer
  • Bulk queue on paid tiers
  • Optional offline desktop app
Use cases
  • Cutting out product photos for e-commerce listings
  • Sharpening and repairing low-quality personal photos
  • Restoring and colorizing old family photographs
  • Removing unwanted objects or watermarks from images
  • Landscape and wildlife photographers replacing skies or enhancing detail
  • Portrait and wedding photographers retouching skin and faces
  • Photographers wanting a non-subscription editor
  • E-commerce and real estate photo cleanup
  • Editing on the go and finishing on desktop
  • Creating transparent product images
  • Cleaning backgrounds for profile pictures
  • Preparing graphics for social media
  • Bulk-removing backgrounds for e-commerce
  • E-commerce sellers producing clean product photos
  • Marketers creating ad creatives quickly
  • Social media creators editing photos without design skills
  • Photographers restoring or upscaling images
  • Remove backgrounds without an account
  • Create transparent product/profile images
  • Batch-process images on paid tiers
  • Convert and resize images
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