DepositPhotos Background Remover · Background removal
You can preview first, but registration is demanded at download; roughly 30 seconds end to end adds friction to getting the result.
US-West (California, AS2914)
2048 × 2048 · PNG · Open native file ↗
Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.
One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.
Plans & historical pricing
This web background remover; excludes desktop software and stock subscriptions · 2026-10-20
Inputs up to 30MB; free export size and count not specified
1 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Inputs up to 30MB; free export size and count not specified
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Credit packs remain valid for 1 year; subscriptions can be cancelled anytime in account settings
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-16
Free trial credits upon registration; paid packs start at ~$9.99 / 10 images ($0.99/image)
Credit packs + stock library subscriptions
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048×2048 (labeled '2048 × 2048 px' on result card; S3 backend returns full 2048×2048 Alpha mask, requires login to download)
- Attached file dimensions
- 2048 × 2048 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- None
- Free allowance
- New registered accounts receive free trial download credits, after which Background Remover credit packs apply
- Account requirements
- Guests can preview only; clicking Download requires creating/logging into an account (Google / Facebook / Email)
- Maximum specification record
- 2048×2048 (result panel displays 'Image size: 2048 × 2048 px' and S3 delivers a 2048×2048 alpha mask; clicking Download requires account sign-up)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Single-image web uploader + commercial API Suite
- Manual refinement
- Manual erase / adjustment recorded in the historical flow
Tested result & sample
Server generates a full 2048×2048 Alpha mask (99.68% foreground recall), though outer curly hair transition bands retain noticeable semi-transparent background halos (mad_band=0.1259, SAD(k)=59.26).
- Edge error MAD
- 0.1259 · Lower is better
- Global error SAD(k)
- 59.256 · Lower is better
- Foreground retention
- 99.680% · Higher is better
- Background residue
- 0.143% · Lower is better
These historical measurements describe alpha error at edges (MAD), total alpha error / 1000 (SAD), foreground retention and background residue. Low-resolution outputs are aligned to the reference under the original protocol; this does not imply a full-resolution export.
- Fixture
- anchor_bgremove_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 3.57 s
- End-to-end reference
- 30.41 s
Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Account requirement is disclosed only after processing when clicking Download
- Interaction
- Clean upload and preview experience without ad clutter, but blocks guest download at the final step with a mandatory sign-up modal (Google / Facebook / Email).
- Entity record
- DepositPhotos Inc. (Subsidiary of VistaPrint / Cimpress plc, NASDAQ: CMPR)
- Origin
- New York, USA (Publicly traded Cimpress group)
- Domain history record
- Founded 2009 (17-year track record)
- Third-party tracking record
- Google Analytics · Google Ads · Bing Ads · Pinterest Tag · LinkedIn Insight
- External information
- Major commercial stock photography platform with strong enterprise compliance.
- Processing
- Cloud async inference (uploader.depositphotos.com -> api/bgRemover.processImage -> S3 mask, 3.57s server time)
- Retention statement
- Explicitly stated on page: 'Processed files will be removed automatically after 7 days'
A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.
Verifiable audit trail & evidence
Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.
anchor_bgremove_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 69.1/100
Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.
Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_bgremove_v1
Honesty & reputation · 69/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 20 / 40 | Landing page headlines 'Free online background remover' without disclosing upfront that an account is required; after processing, the card shows 'Image size: 2048 × 2048 px' and clicking Download triggers a 'To download this image, create an account' modal. | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 14 / 20 | Clean upload and preview experience without ad clutter, but blocks guest download at the final step with a mandatory sign-up modal (Google / Facebook / Email). | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 24 / 25 | DepositPhotos Inc. (Founded 2009 in New York, top-5 global stock photography marketplace acquired by public company VistaPrint / Cimpress [NASDAQ: CMPR] in 2021). | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 11 / 15 | Workspace footer explicitly states its retention policy: 'Processed files will be removed automatically after 7 days'; distributes the 2048×2048 mask via AWS S3 (eu-west-1). | Evidence A → |
Capability · 69.2/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 39.2 / 65 | Transition band error mad_band=0.1259 · Global SAD(k)=59.256 · Foreground recall 99.68% / Background leak 0.143% | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 2048×2048 (result panel displays 'Image size: 2048 × 2048 px' and S3 delivers a 2048×2048 alpha mask; clicking Download requires account sign-up) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 10 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 3.57s (API mode: async; network upload 14.95s / end-to-end 30.41s shown for reference only, never penalized) | Evidence A → |
Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.
Revisions & corrections
- 2026-10-16
Initial real-machine evaluation using synthetic ground-truth anchor_bgremove_v1 and CDP network timing isolation.