Erase.bg · Background removal
Hair quality is good, but the HD signup flow failed to deliver, promotions interrupt the workflow, and prior images remain visible in a shared browser.
US-West (California, AS2914)
1536 × 1536 · 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
Current purchase cards on the Chinese pricing page; dollar pricing · 2026-10-20
5 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
The conflict persists on recheck: purchase cards offer only 10/100/1,000-credit one-time packs, while the FAQ claims unlimited Pro at $15/month or $5/month billed annually without a matching subscription purchase option. These subscriptions are not marked purchasable. Signup grants 3 HD downloads; each removal costs 1 credit; purchased credits expire after one year and are nonrefundable.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Current packs are non-refundable. FAQ subscription cancellation text may describe legacy plans.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Current purchase cards and FAQ conflict recheck ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-15
Billed via PixelBin platform subscriptions or credit packs
Unified PixelBin platform credits and subscriptions
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 1536×1536 (75% dimension / 56.25% pixel area retained, no watermark)
- Attached file dimensions
- 1536 × 1536 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- None
- Free allowance
- Guest tier exports at 75% dimension (1536×1536); registering a PixelBin account grants 3 credits on console.pixelbin.io
- Account requirements
- No login required for 1536×1536 export; HD button prompts Google / GitHub / Email login
- Maximum specification record
- 1536×1536 guest export (75% of input dimension; 'Sign up & Download HD 2048×2048' button redirected to console.pixelbin.io without delivering the image)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Requires switching to PixelBin console for batch & API workflows
- Manual refinement
- Basic background color replacement on Erase.bg; no brush tool
Tested result & sample
Underlying segmentation model is outstanding (mad_band=0.0748, SAD(k)=27.9, #2 in raw hair edge accuracy), which makes its aggressive cross-product redirect dark pattern all the more unfortunate.
- Edge error MAD
- 0.0739 · Lower is better
- Global error SAD(k)
- 27.914 · Lower is better
- Foreground retention
- 99.960% · Higher is better
- Background residue
- 0.036% · 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
- 8.3 s
- End-to-end reference
- 30.64 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
- 1536×1536 downscaling and cross-product redirect to PixelBin are not disclosed before clicking
- Interaction
- Clicking the free download triggers two consecutive overlay modals (sign-up prompt + PostHog PixelBin survey popup), and the HD sign-up flow redirects across products.
- Entity record
- Shopsense Retail Technologies Ltd. (Fynd / PixelBin, Reliance-backed)
- Origin
- Mumbai, India
- Domain history record
- Launched 2021
- Third-party tracking record
- PostHog · Google Analytics
- External information
- Built by Indian retail-tech giant Fynd with an excellent segmentation model, but heavily penalized by our 60.0 hard cap due to unfulfilled HD sign-up redirect to PixelBin.
- Processing
- Cloud async polling API (api.erase.bg, 8.30s server time)
- Retention statement
- Note: Guest page retained and displayed prior session uploads from the same browser profile
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.
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · Current purchase cards and FAQ conflict recheck (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 60/100
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
Tested (2026-10-15 Pass 2): Clicking 'Sign up & Download HD (2048×2048)' and completing Google OAuth registration did not deliver the 2048×2048 download; instead, it redirected to a separate product (console.pixelbin.io general editor with 3 credits) while losing the processed Erase.bg image. Human review confirmed and applied the 60.0 hard cap.
Honesty & reputation · 63/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 25 / 40 | Guest download silently scales 2048×2048 input to 1536×1536 (75% dimension) without stating pixel dimensions on the button; clicking 'Sign up & Download HD (2048×2048)' and completing Google OAuth redirected to console.pixelbin.io instead of downloading the HD image. | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 6 / 20 | Clicking the free download triggers two consecutive overlay modals (sign-up prompt + PostHog PixelBin survey popup), and the HD sign-up flow redirects across products. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 21 / 25 | Shopsense Retail Technologies Ltd. (Fynd / PixelBin, backed by Reliance Industries, Mumbai, India). | Evidence C → |
| Engineering & privacy | 11 / 15 | Supports HTTPS, but in guest mode the page still displayed previous session upload history from the same browser profile. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 89.6/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 59.6 / 65 | Transition band error mad_band=0.0739 · Global SAD(k)=27.914 · Foreground recall 99.96% / Background leak 0.036% | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 1536×1536 guest export (75% of input dimension; 'Sign up & Download HD 2048×2048' button redirected to console.pixelbin.io without delivering the image) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 10 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 8.3s (API mode: async; network upload 15.61s / end-to-end 30.64s 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
- 2026-10-15
Initial real-machine evaluation using synthetic ground-truth anchor_bgremove_v1 and CDP network timing isolation. - 2026-10-16
Human review confirmed and applied the 60.0 hard cap for unfulfilled HD sign-up redirect.