LassoCut guide: remove.bg alternatives after 1 December 2026
The standalone remove.bg website closes on 1 December 2026 at 09:00 CET, and its self-service API stops accepting requests from that date.
Source: remove.bg FAQ, read on 27 September 2026. The closure was reported in early September 2026. What exactly shuts down?
This page lists tools and APIs you can move to, with a link to the source of every competitor fact and price. It is written by LassoCut, which is one of the options listed, so check the sources and test on your own images before you decide.
Checked on 27 September 2026. Prices and features change often: verify them on each provider's own page before you buy.
Start with what you use remove.bg for
A few photos, or a folder
You upload images in a browser and download the result.
Try LassoCut on one image, with no account, on the home page. For a whole folder, use the batch tool in your browser. The other web tools are in the next section.
Code, plugins or automations
You call the API from your own code, a library, the command line, a plugin or Zapier, Make or n8n.
See the migration guide, the API reference and the guides for curl, Python, Node.js and PHP. APIs are compared in the background removal API guide.
What remove.bg itself points to
According to the remove.bg FAQ, Canva owns both of these:
- Single images and bulk batches: background removal inside Canva.
- Larger volumes and automated use: Leonardo.Ai's APIs.
- Photoshop users: Affinity. The FAQ notes that its background removal runs on Canva AI and needs a Canva Pro subscription.
Leonardo.Ai charges $0.1047 per image for background removal, and its API uses a different endpoint, a Bearer token and JSON-only requests, so existing remove.bg calls have to be rewritten. Source: Leonardo's migration guide, read on 27 September 2026.
If you already work in Canva, staying with Canva is the simplest path: nothing new to learn and no new account.
Web and batch tools for photos
For people who remove backgrounds by hand, in a browser. We have not tested the quality of these tools, so this table only lists what each provider says or what we could check on 27 September 2026.
| Tool | What is on offer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Canva | The replacement the remove.bg FAQ recommends for single images and bulk batches, inside a full design editor. | remove.bg FAQ |
| Photoroom | A batch background remover in the browser, from a company that also sells an API. | photoroom.com |
| Pixelcut | A bulk background remover; it says it handles up to 10,000 images in a single batch. | pixelcut.ai |
| Erase.bg | A web tool, plus a public Photoshop plugin on GitHub. | erase.bg, GitHub |
| Removal.ai | A free web tool on its home page. We did not find its API pricing. | removal.ai |
| PicWish | Its API pricing page says background removal costs 0.5 credit per image and pay-as-you-go credits are permanently valid. | picwish.com |
| Pixian.ai | Credit packs with no subscription; the price per image depends on the image size. | pixian.ai |
| LassoCut | Free preview on one image with no account; a batch tool for whole folders; credit packs with no subscription, sold to businesses only. | Pricing |
AlternativeTo lists user-suggested alternatives, including BG Remover, Adobe Express, PicWish, Pixelcut and PhotoRoom: see its list.
APIs: what 1,000 to 100,000 images cost
Full-size images, at the list prices each provider published. LassoCut sells one-time packs; Photoroom and Poof sell monthly subscriptions, shown here as the smallest monthly plan that covers the volume. Leonardo.Ai is its per-image price multiplied by the number of images.
| Images | LassoCut (one-time pack) | Leonardo.Ai (per image) | Photoroom (monthly) | Poof (monthly) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $39 ($0.039 per image) | $104.70 | $20 a month, Basic plan for 1,000 images ($0.02 per image) | $9 a month, plan for 2,000 images |
| 10,000 | $249 ($0.0249 per image) | $1,047 | Not in our notes: see their pricing | $29 a month, plan for 10,000 images ($0.0029 per image) |
| 100,000 | $1,500 ($0.015 per image) | $10,470 | Enterprise plan above 200,000 images a year: see their pricing | $299 a month, plan for 200,000 images |
Sources, read on 27 September 2026: LassoCut pricing; Leonardo's migration guide; Photoroom's API migration page; Poof's API pricing article (updated 8 September 2026). A subscription is billed every month; a LassoCut pack is paid once.
LassoCut is not the cheapest here. Poof's plans cost less per image than LassoCut's packs at every volume in this table, and Photoroom's Basic plan costs less than LassoCut at 1,000 images a month. LassoCut costs less than Leonardo.Ai's published per-image price at every volume in this table.
Beyond price
| Provider | Subscription? | Works with existing remove.bg API code? | Plugins and integrations |
|---|---|---|---|
| LassoCut | No: one-time packs, credits never expire while the account is open | Yes: same endpoint path and X-Api-Key header; change the base URL and the key (migration guide) | Photoshop, Figma, WordPress and WooCommerce, GIMP 3, Zapier, Make, n8n, a CLI (platforms) |
| Leonardo.Ai | Not covered here | No: different endpoint, Bearer token, JSON only, per its own guide | Not covered here |
| Photoroom | Yes, monthly plans | Its migration page claims the same argument names, so you change the endpoint URL and the key | Used in a public n8n template |
| Poof | Yes, monthly plans | Its article says you switch the API domain to its own | Not covered here |
| Pixian.ai | No: credit packs | Its pricing page does not say | Not covered here |
"Not covered here" means our notes of 27 September 2026 do not say; it does not mean the feature is missing.
When another option fits better
- Lowest price per image: Poof publishes, and FAPIhub states, lower prices per image than LassoCut. See the API guide.
- A bigger free allowance: Poof lists a free plan of 100 images a month. LassoCut gives 50 free previews a month (small images, up to 0.25 megapixel); full-size images need credits.
- A full design editor: Canva and Adobe Express do much more than background removal. LassoCut only removes backgrounds.
- An established brand: Canva and Adobe are well-known brands with large product suites. LassoCut is a new service from a small independent company.
- Buying as an individual: LassoCut sells credits to businesses only. The free preview on the home page is open to everyone.
- Shadows: LassoCut draws a drop shadow, but not the car or 3D shadow styles yet.
Where LassoCut fits
- Existing remove.bg API code: LassoCut is compatible with the remove.bg API. Change the base URL and the key; paths, parameters and response formats stay the same.
- Plugins that stop on 1 December: LassoCut has its own plugins and integrations for Photoshop, Figma, WordPress, GIMP, Zapier, Make (HTTP module until the app is listed in the Make directory) and n8n, on one account and one balance of credits.
- No subscription: you buy a pack when you need it, and purchased credits never expire while your account is open.
- Images not kept: images sent for background removal are processed in memory and discarded.
Our models are not remove.bg's, so edges will not be pixel-identical. Test a sample of your own images first.
Questions
Can I move my remove.bg credits to another service?
Not to LassoCut, and the remove.bg FAQ does not mention moving them anywhere. Unused pay-as-you-go credits expire on 1 December 2026.
Does the remove.bg Enterprise API stop too?
No. The remove.bg FAQ says Enterprise API contracts are not affected. Only the self-service API stops.
Is LassoCut part of remove.bg or Canva?
No. LassoCut is an independent service operated by JAUPIN Design LLC. It implements the publicly documented remove.bg API so existing code keeps working.
How were these prices chosen?
They are the list prices published by each provider, read on 27 September 2026, with a link to each source. They do not include taxes, discounts or custom contracts. We do not show remove.bg's own prices, since its self-service plans end on 1 December 2026.
remove.bg is a trademark of Canva Austria GmbH. Other names are trademarks of their owners. References are for identification and comparison only.