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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
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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
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Bg.Eraser
✓ verifiedFree
Free, no-signup AI tool that removes image backgrounds in batches and outputs transparent PNGs.
271K visits/mo4.7K saves
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
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
No public pricing
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-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
- ✦AI background removal
- ✦Batch processing (up to 20 images)
- ✦Transparent PNG output
- ✦Replace background with a solid color
- ✦No account required
- ✦Auto-deletes uploads within 2 hours
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
- →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
- →Prepare product images for stores
- →Create transparent logos and graphics
- →Clean up portraits and profile photos
- →Batch-edit catalog images
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