Icons8 Background Remover · Background removal
Trial limits are disclosed upfront, with full-size output and batch support without login; only three free trials and a notification prompt limit convenience.
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
Icons8 web background remover: monthly, annual and prepaid, excluding API · 2026-10-20
9 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Prepaid entry confirms a $10 minimum and $50/$100/$200/custom choices. Displayed discounted prices are retained. Reviewed general terms assign applicable taxes to the user but do not specify background-remover subscription refund/cancellation details, which remain unconfirmed.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancellation and refund terms follow official checkout and help policies.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗
Minimum prepaid charge and amount choices ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Relevant official terms excerpts ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-17
First 3 images free at full resolution; Prepaid $0.20/image; Subscription $9/mo (100 images) or $99/mo (unlimited)
3 free guest demos + pay-per-image prepaid packs + monthly/annual subscriptions
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048 × 2048 (Unwatermarked transparent PNG, 3-image demo limit)
- Attached file dimensions
- 2048 × 2048 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- No watermark
- Free allowance
- Anonymous visitors get 3 free demo background removals at full resolution; additional images cost $0.20/image or $9/mo
- Account requirements
- No login required for 3 full-res demo images; supports Email / Google / GitHub sign-in
- Maximum specification record
- 2048×2048 (Unwatermarked 2048×2048 RGBA PNG within 3 free guest demo removals)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Batch upload up to 500 images, REST API, Mac app, and Figma/Photoshop plugins
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Clean main subject and inner curl separation (99.07% foreground recall) with slightly firmer outer flyaway cutoffs (mad_band=0.1653) at full 2048×2048 native resolution.
- Edge error MAD
- 0.1653 · Lower is better
- Global error SAD(k)
- 52.608 · Lower is better
- Foreground retention
- 99.070% · Higher is better
- Background residue
- 0.260% · 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
- 7.4 s
- End-to-end reference
- 10.2 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
- Disclosed upfront in the landing page hero subtitle ("Try it with 3 demo removes")
- Interaction
- Triggers a browser notification permission prompt during upload to alert when background processing completes, but allows direct 2048×2048 unwatermarked export within the 3-image demo quota without forced signup.
- Entity record
- Icons8 LLC
- Origin
- New York, USA (Global Distributed Team)
- Domain history record
- 2012–Present
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud async GPU inference queue (ai-cdn.icons8.com)
- Retention statement
- 30-day storage for paid plans; temporary guest uploads cleared periodically
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 ↗) · Minimum prepaid charge and amount choices (snapshot ↗) · Relevant official terms excerpts (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 73.2/100
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 · 84/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 29 / 35 | The landing page (01_landing.png) explicitly states "Try it with 3 demo removes" in the hero subtitle. Anonymous guests can upload and download full 2048×2048 unwatermarked RGBA PNG cutouts (02_workspace.png) for up to 3 demo images before hitting the "$0.20 per image / $9 per month" paywall (03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 24 / 30 | Triggers a browser notification permission prompt during upload to alert when background processing completes, but allows direct 2048×2048 unwatermarked export within the 3-image demo quota without forced signup. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | Developed by Icons8 LLC (founded in 2012 by Ivan Boyko, creator of Pichon, Lunacy, Smart Upscaler, and Generated Photos). | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 12 / 15 | Supports batch drag-and-drop up to 500 images (JPG/PNG/WebP) via the ai-cdn.icons8.com async pipeline, plus native Mac app, Figma/Photoshop plugins, and REST API. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 68.6/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 38.6 / 65 | Transition band error mad_band=0.1653 · Global SAD(k)=52.608 · Foreground recall 99.07% / Background leak 0.260% | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 2048×2048 (Unwatermarked 2048×2048 RGBA PNG within 3 free guest demo removals) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 10 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 7.4s (API mode: async; network upload 1.6s / end-to-end 10.2s 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
- 2026-10-17
Initial real-machine full-pipeline benchmark on Mode A synthetic Ground-Truth anchor (anchor_bgremove_v1).