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Luminar Neo logo
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
SnapEdit logo
SnapEdit
✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser-based all-in-one photo editor for removing objects, backgrounds, and text, and batch-enhancing images with AI.

1.4M visits/mo27K saves
PicWish logo
PicWish
✓ verifiedFreemium

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

3.8M visits/mo
Erase BG logo
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
Imgkits logo
Imgkits
✓ verifiedFreemium

All-in-one online AI image and video editor for background removal, restoration, upscaling and flyer/effect creation.

326K visits/mo2.4K saves
Pricing
Perpetual Desktop License: $119.00 one-time
Perpetual Cross-device License: $159.00 one-time
Perpetual Max License: $179.00 one-time
Free: $0/month (10 credits/month, max 1600px export)
Standard: $6/month billed yearly (4,800 credits/year)
PRO: $12/month billed yearly (18,000 credits/year)

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
Pro: $6/mo (billed yearly, 6,000 credits)
Pay-as-you-go: $5 (10 credits)
Core features
  • 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)
  • One-touch object and unwanted-text removal
  • AI background removal with templates
  • Automatic photo enhancement and upscaling
  • AI skin retouching
  • Batch processing up to 50 photos at once
  • API access for automated workflows
  • 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
  • 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
  • AI background remover and replacer
  • Photo restoration and unblur
  • Black-and-white colorization
  • AI flyer design
  • Photo-to-art effects
  • Image resizing and enhancement
Use cases
  • 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
  • Cleaning up social media photos before posting
  • Preparing ecommerce product photos at scale
  • Removing photobombers or distracting objects from images
  • Restoring and sharpening blurry personal photos
  • 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
  • Remove backgrounds without an account
  • Create transparent product/profile images
  • Batch-process images on paid tiers
  • Convert and resize images
  • Removing or swapping image backgrounds
  • Restoring and enhancing old or blurry photos
  • Designing promotional flyers
  • Applying artistic effects to photos
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