Data study · September 2026
Credit tools price per image, subscriptions price per month, AwaCut prices per year. The three models produce wildly different bills for the same folder of photos, so we computed the real numbers from each vendor's own published pricing. No spreadsheet required on your side.
This dataset is maintained by AwaCut, a background-removal product included in the comparison. Competitor pricing is sourced from publicly available pricing pages. Calculations and source data are available below.
Pay-as-you-go credits are the cheapest option only below 167 images per month; from the first real batch, flat pricing wins.
At 500 images per month, a year computes to €961 on the cheapest published credit plan versus $29 flat: roughly 33× apart.
Subscriptions cap the bill, but manual tools make time the real cost. Flat-priced local automation caps both.
| Images per month | Slazzercreditsverified 2026-09-08 | remove.bgcreditsverified 2026-09-08 | Icons8subscriptionverified 2026-09-09 | Removal.aicreditsverified 2026-09-09 | PixCutcreditsverified 2026-09-09 | Evotocreditsverified 2026-09-09 | Cutout.procreditsverified 2026-09-09 | Adobesubscriptionverified 2026-09-08 | Clipdropsubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-09 | Media.iosubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-09 | Fotorsubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-09 | BRIA AIcreditsverified 2026-09-09 | Canvasubscriptionverified 2026-09-09 | VanceAIsubscriptionverified 2026-09-09 | Erase.bgcredit packsverified 2026-09-08 | Picsartsubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-09 | Pixelcutsubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-08 | Pixlrsubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-09 | insMindsubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-09 | Photoroomsubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-08 | rembgfreeverified 2026-09-09 | GIMPfreeverified 2026-09-09 | Photopeafreeverified 2026-09-09 | Leonardo.Aicreditsverified 2026-09-09 | Claid.aisubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-09 | Adobe Expresssubscription, cappedverified 2026-09-09 | Microsoft Designerfreeverified 2026-09-09 | Hostingerfreeverified 2026-09-09 | AwaCutflat licenceverified 2026-09-08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | €140 per year €117 per 1,000 ≈ $163 | €399 per year €333 per 1,000 ≈ $463 | $90 per year $75 per 1,000 ≈ €77 | $312 per year $260 per 1,000 ≈ €269 | $228 per year $190 per 1,000 ≈ €196 | €125 per year €104 per 1,000 ≈ $145 | $119 per year $99 per 1,000 ≈ €102 | €290 per year €242 per 1,000 ≈ $337 | €180 per year €150 per 1,000 ≈ $209 | $96 per year $80 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $40 per year $33 per 1,000 ≈ €34 | $22 per year $18 per 1,000 ≈ €19 | RON 480 per year RON 400 per 1,000 ≈ €91 · $106 | $100 per year $83 per 1,000 ≈ €86 | €28 per year €24 per 1,000 ≈ $33 | €84 per year €70 per 1,000 ≈ $98 | $96 per year $80 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $96 per year $80 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $70 per year $58 per 1,000 ≈ €60 | RON 180 per year RON 150 per 1,000 ≈ €34 · $40 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | not published | not published | €145 per year €121 per 1,000 ≈ $168 | not published | not published | $29 per year $24 per 1,000 |
| 300 | €459 per year €127 per 1,000 ≈ $533 | €961 per year €267 per 1,000 ≈ $1,116 | $720 per year $200 per 1,000 ≈ €620 | $768 per year $213 per 1,000 ≈ €661 | $552 per year $153 per 1,000 ≈ €475 | €224 per year €62 per 1,000 ≈ $260 | $203 per year $56 per 1,000 ≈ €175 | €290 per year €81 per 1,000 ≈ $337 | €180 per year €50 per 1,000 ≈ $209 | $168 per year $47 per 1,000 ≈ €145 | $63 per year $17 per 1,000 ≈ €54 | $65 per year $18 per 1,000 ≈ €56 | RON 480 per year RON 133 per 1,000 ≈ €91 · $106 | $100 per year $28 per 1,000 ≈ €86 | €57 per year €16 per 1,000 ≈ $66 | €84 per year €23 per 1,000 ≈ $98 | $96 per year $27 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $96 per year $27 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $70 per year $19 per 1,000 ≈ €60 | RON 180 per year RON 50 per 1,000 ≈ €34 · $40 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | $29 per year $8 per 1,000 |
| 500 | €1,102 per year €184 per 1,000 ≈ $1,280 | €961 per year €160 per 1,000 ≈ $1,116 | $990 per year $165 per 1,000 ≈ €852 | $768 per year $128 per 1,000 ≈ €661 | $552 per year $92 per 1,000 ≈ €475 | €373 per year* €62 per 1,000 ≈ $434 | $348 per year $58 per 1,000 ≈ €300 | €290 per year €48 per 1,000 ≈ $337 | €180 per year €30 per 1,000 ≈ $209 | $168 per year $28 per 1,000 ≈ €145 | $134 per year $22 per 1,000 ≈ €116 | $108 per year $18 per 1,000 ≈ €93 | RON 480 per year RON 80 per 1,000 ≈ €91 · $106 | $100 per year $17 per 1,000 ≈ €86 | €85 per year €14 per 1,000 ≈ $99 | €84 per year €14 per 1,000 ≈ $98 | $96 per year $16 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $96 per year $16 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $70 per year $12 per 1,000 ≈ €60 | RON 180 per year RON 30 per 1,000 ≈ €34 · $40 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | $29 per year $5 per 1,000 |
| 1,000 | €1,198 per year €100 per 1,000 ≈ $1,391 | €2,041 per year €170 per 1,000 ≈ $2,371 | $990 per year $82 per 1,000 ≈ €852 | $1,451 per year $121 per 1,000 ≈ €1,249 | $1,080 per year $90 per 1,000 ≈ €930 | €747 per year* €62 per 1,000 ≈ $867 | $588 per year $49 per 1,000 ≈ €506 | €290 per year €24 per 1,000 ≈ $337 | €180 per year €15 per 1,000 ≈ $209 | not published | $134 per year $11 per 1,000 ≈ €116 | $216 per year $18 per 1,000 ≈ €186 | RON 480 per year RON 40 per 1,000 ≈ €91 · $106 | $100 per year $8 per 1,000 ≈ €86 | €171 per year €14 per 1,000 ≈ $198 | €630 per year €52 per 1,000 ≈ $731 | $96 per year $8 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $96 per year $8 per 1,000 ≈ €83 | $300 per year $25 per 1,000 ≈ €258 | RON 180 per year RON 15 per 1,000 ≈ €34 · $40 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | $29 per year $2 per 1,000 |
| 5,000 | €4,383 per year €73 per 1,000 ≈ $5,091 | €6,361 per year €106 per 1,000 ≈ $7,388 | $990 per year $16 per 1,000 ≈ €852 | $4,319 per year $72 per 1,000 ≈ €3,719 | $5,399 per year* $90 per 1,000 ≈ €4,649 | €3,733 per year* €62 per 1,000 ≈ $4,336 | $2,798 per year $47 per 1,000 ≈ €2,409 | €290 per year €5 per 1,000 ≈ $337 | €180 per year €3 per 1,000 ≈ $209 | not published | not published | $1,080 per year $18 per 1,000 ≈ €930 | RON 480 per year RON 8 per 1,000 ≈ €91 · $106 | $100 per year $2 per 1,000 ≈ €86 | €853 per year €14 per 1,000 ≈ $990 | not published | $576 per year $10 per 1,000 ≈ €496 | not published | $1,400 per year $23 per 1,000 ≈ €1,205 | RON 4,200 per year RON 70 per 1,000 ≈ €800 · $929 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | $29 per year $0 per 1,000 |
| 10,000 | €6,600 per year €55 per 1,000 ≈ $7,666 | €10,681 per year €89 per 1,000 ≈ $12,405 | $990 per year $8 per 1,000 ≈ €852 | $7,038 per year* $59 per 1,000 ≈ €6,060 | $10,799 per year* $90 per 1,000 ≈ €9,298 | €7,467 per year* €62 per 1,000 ≈ $8,672 | $5,596 per year $47 per 1,000 ≈ €4,818 | €290 per year €2 per 1,000 ≈ $337 | €180 per year €2 per 1,000 ≈ $209 | not published | not published | $2,160 per year $18 per 1,000 ≈ €1,860 | RON 480 per year RON 4 per 1,000 ≈ €91 · $106 | $100 per year $1 per 1,000 ≈ €86 | €1,705 per year €14 per 1,000 ≈ $1,980 | not published | $1,152 per year $10 per 1,000 ≈ €992 | not published | $1,400 per year $12 per 1,000 ≈ €1,205 | RON 4,200 per year RON 35 per 1,000 ≈ €800 · $929 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | $0 per year $0 per 1,000 ≈ €0 | not published | not published | not published | not published | not published | $29 per year $0 per 1,000 |
| One more image costs | €0.037 | €0.065 | nothing | $0.059 | $0.090 | €0.062 | $0.008 | nothing | €0.001 | $0.023 | $0.011 | $0.018 | not published | nothing | €0.014 | €0.014 | $0.008 | $0.008 | $0.008 | RON 0.012 | nothing | nothing | nothing | not published | not published | €0.048 | not published | not published | nothing |
* Above the vendor's largest published tier: extended at that tier's per-image rate, in the vendor's favor.
Figures in italics are equivalents at the European Central Bank reference rates of 2026-09-08 (1 EUR = 1.1614 USD = 5.25 RON), shown for comparison only; the published price in the vendor's own currency is the authoritative figure. Source: ECB.
remove.bg states on its own site that the standalone service closes on 1 December 2026: unused pay-as-you-go credits expire that day, subscriptions end with a pro-rata refund, and the self-service API moves to Leonardo.Ai. Its prices stay in the index as published until then; Canva's pricing is not a like-for-like row.
Photoshop's subscription is a fixed cost, and it is the only Photoshop cost this table counts. What it does not count is the workflow: how 500 photos get through any tool, by hand or through actions and scripts, is outside this comparison.
The math has exactly one honest crossover: pay-as-you-go credits win below 167 images per month. From the first real batch onwards the flat licence is cheaper, and the gap grows with every image: at 500 images per month, the same year computes to €961 on remove.bg's cheapest published plan and $29 on AwaCut.
Every number is computed from prices read directly off each vendor's own pricing page in September 2026, linked below. Where yearly billing is cheaper, the discount is applied in the competitor's favor. remove.bg publishes EUR prices; AwaCut's $29 is compared at face value, which overstates our side at current exchange rates, so the rounding error always runs against us. Vendors that publish no per-volume prices get no invented numbers.
Photoroom, Evoto and insMind publish plans without a per-volume price we could read, so they get no invented numbers here; the tools that do publish one are all in the table. remove-bg.io and other in-browser tools are free within browser limits. The tool-by-tool detail lives in the comparison pages:
Limits published, price not captured: Hotpot.ai.
AwaCut vs Photoroom →AwaCut vs Slazzer →AwaCut vs Evoto →AwaCut vs Pixelcut →AwaCut vs insMind →AwaCut vs remove-bg.io →AwaCut vs rembg →AwaCut vs Unbagrnd →
Background Removal Pricing Index
Background Removal Pricing Index: every published plan of 30 tools, on every date it was read, and the yearly cost of 100 to 10,000 images a month computed from them. 153 observations so far, two CSV files, rebuilt with the site.
The documentation is in English on every language version; the column names are identifiers.
| provider | Vendor name as the vendor writes it. |
|---|---|
| product / plan | Product family and the plan name as published. |
| pricing_model | per_image_credits · credit_pack · capped_subscription · flat_subscription · flat_licence · free. |
| billing / price / currency | What the pricing page showed for one billing period, in the currency it showed from the EU. |
| included_images / period | Images (credits, exports) the price buys per period; empty = unlimited or not applicable. |
| validity_months / rollover | How long pack credits stay usable; whether unused images carry over (empty = not stated). |
| offline / unlimited | Processing on the buyer's own machine; no published cap on images. |
| yearly_discount | Multiplier applied when billed yearly (0.9 = 10% off); always applied in the vendor's favor. |
| source_url / verified_at | The pricing page the row was read from, and the ISO date it was read. |
| yearly_cost_N_per_month | Computed file: cheapest published way to process N images a month for a year, with the plan and the basis used. |
| marginal_cost_per_image | Computed file: the cost of one more image at the vendor's largest published tier; 0 for unlimited plans. |
Prices are what each page showed from Romania (EU), so vendors mix EUR, USD and RON and some show different prices by country; figures are never converted, and AwaCut's $29 is compared at face value, which overstates our side against EUR vendors. Column order uses rough exchange rates; the numbers themselves do not. Photoroom's page priced in RON. Volumes above a vendor's largest published tier are extended at that tier's rate and marked. Discounts are always applied in the vendor's favor. Photoshop is counted at its subscription price only; workflow and automation costs are outside this comparison.
All prices computed September 2026 from the linked public pricing pages, with discounts applied in the competitor's favor. Published prices change; if you spot an outdated number, write to support@awacut.com
On remove.bg's cheapest published plan it computes to about €160 per 1,000 images at a 500-per-month pace (September 2026, EU prices, yearly billing in their favor). On AwaCut the whole year is $29 flat with unlimited images, so 1,000 images at that same pace cost about $4.83, and less the more you process.
For occasional single images, yes: pay-as-you-go beats any licence below about 167 images per month. At bulk volume the credit model works against you: 500 images a month computes to €961 per year versus $29 flat. The AI quality is not the difference. The pricing model is.
Flat-priced local software. At volume the pricing model becomes the largest part of the bill: per-image credits grow linearly with your catalog, subscriptions cap the money but often meter the images, and a flat licence like AwaCut's $29/year decouples the bill from the volume entirely. Cutout quality is a separate question, and one worth settling on your own photos with each tool's free trial.
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