LightX AI Background Remover · Background removal
Clearly labelled tiers allow login-free use, but free output is only 480px with limited fine-hair detail; HD requires login.
US-West (California, AS2914)
480 × 480 · 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
USD web monthly/annual subscriptions and 800-credit pack; excludes API · 2026-10-20
Background removal outputs low-resolution JPG; export table lists 512px
PNG and high resolution; export table lists 4096px
PNG and high resolution; export table lists 4096px
Advertised lifetime validity
4 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Monthly $9.99 verified; promotional annual total $59.99 and non-expiring 800-credit pack $9.99. The free card still says 6 daily credits while the table says up to 5. Free removal is low-resolution JPG; Pro provides unlimited high-resolution PNG removal. Earlier INR and current USD observations do not imply identical regional pricing.
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 ↗
Monthly pricing and feature comparison ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-17
Free 480×480 guest export; LightX Pro $5.99/mo (~$3.99/mo billed annually, includes 1,000 AI credits/mo)
Free Standard tier + Pro monthly/annual subscriptions + AI credit packs
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 480 × 480 (Guest Standard tier, 5.5% pixel retention)
- Attached file dimensions
- 480 × 480 · PNG
Read directly from the attached file; this does not establish free download availability at that size.
- Watermark
- No watermark
- Free allowance
- Free guest 480×480 export; registered users receive daily free AI credits for advanced editor tools
- Account requirements
- No login required for 480×480 Standard PNG; Google / Facebook / Email login required for 1920×1920 HD
- Maximum specification record
- 480 × 480 (Guest Standard tier, 5.5% pixel retention)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Commercial API (https://www.lightxeditor.com/api/) + full web editor
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
LightX cleanly segments the portrait silhouette (99.89% foreground recall) and offers instant backdrop color previews on the result page (02_workspace.png), though the 480×480 guest resolution cap pixelates fine flyaway curls.
- Edge error MAD
- 0.228 · Lower is better
- Global error SAD(k)
- 50.793 · Lower is better
- Foreground retention
- 99.890% · Higher is better
- Background residue
- 1.303% · 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
- 5.85 s
- End-to-end reference
- 7.5 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
- Exact resolution limits are displayed right below the Download HD and Download Standard buttons
- Interaction
- Explicitly labels exact pixel limits (480×480 vs 1920×1920) directly beneath the two download buttons with zero hidden watermarks.
- Entity record
- AndOr Communications Pvt. Ltd. (LightX)
- Origin
- New Delhi, India
- Domain history record
- 2017–present
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud AI segmentation + client-side backdrop color preview
- Retention statement
- Temporary session Blob for unauthenticated guests
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 ↗) · Monthly pricing and feature comparison (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 64.2/100
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 · 82/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 28 / 35 | Supports direct unauthenticated image upload on the landing page (01_landing.png) and clearly displays two download buttons side by side: "Download HD (Resolution upto 1920 x 1920 px)" and "Download Standard (Resolution upto 480 x 480 px)" (02_workspace.png). Clicking Download Standard immediately exports a 480×480 unwatermarked RGBA PNG without login, while clicking Download HD opens a "Log In to Continue" modal (03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 25 / 30 | Explicitly labels exact pixel limits (480×480 vs 1920×1920) directly beneath the two download buttons with zero hidden watermarks. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 18 / 20 | Developed by AndOr Communications Pvt. Ltd. (New Delhi, India), creator of the globally popular LightX mobile photo editor with tens of millions of downloads. | Evidence B → |
| Engineering & privacy | 11 / 15 | Performs HTTPS cloud segmentation and triggers direct local download for Standard resolution without intrusive browser permissions. | Evidence B → |
Capability · 56.6/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 34.6 / 65 | Achieves a very high 99.89% foreground recall, but because the free guest export is capped at 480×480 (only 23.4% of the 2048px master width), fine outer hair curls suffer heavy downsampling loss when evaluated against the 2048×2048 Ground-Truth alpha (mad_band = 0.2280, SAD = 50.793k, bg_leak = 1.303%) (34.6/65). | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 10 / 20 | Delivers a clean, unwatermarked RGBA PNG for free without login, but caps guest resolution at 480×480 (retaining 5.5% of original pixels) (10.0/20). | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 12 / 15 | Cloud background removal completed in ~5.85s for the 2048×2048 master (12.0/15). | 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 evaluation using Mode A ground-truth alpha benchmark (anchor_bgremove_v1).