Recraft AI (Infinite Canvas Background Remover) · Background removal
Full-size export and an ad-free design canvas suit continued editing; login and credits are needed, and some curly-hair detail is lost.
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
All web Basic/Pro/Teams volumes; Teams per seat; API excluded · 2026-10-20
18 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
All 2k/4k/8k/16k Pro/Teams monthly and annual tiers are listed. Top-ups require Basic/Pro/Teams, but the public page does not quote pack prices or quantify free removal counts/per-removal cost. Subscription credits do not roll over; purchased top-ups never expire. Free-plan generated images are public and not licensed for commercial use; this statement is not generalized to rights in uploaded material.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel anytime, effective at period end. Discretionary refunds may be requested within 30 days with no use since payment or under 30 lifetime credits used.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗
All credit volumes and usage rules ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗ · Capture 5 ↗ · Capture 6 ↗ · Capture 7 ↗ · Capture 8 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-16
Free tier includes 50 daily credits; Basic ~$12/mo ($10/mo billed annually)
Freemium + monthly/annual subscription
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 2048×2048 (100.0% area retained, 300 DPI)
- 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 (visible AI label toggle is off by default)
- Free allowance
- Free accounts receive 50 Credits daily; Remove Background costs 1 Credit per image (up to 50 free 2048px cutouts per day)
- Account requirements
- Free login via Google, Discord, Apple, or email
- Maximum specification record
- 2048×2048 (Free account direct 2048×2048 300DPI RGBA PNG export, unwatermarked)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Drop multiple images onto the canvas for sequential processing
- Manual refinement
- Manual erase / adjustment recorded in the historical flow
Tested result & sample
Uses a crisp contour segmentation profile: background removal is ultra-clean (bg_leak=0.076%, fg_recall=99.33%), though fine outer curly hair flyaways are tightly trimmed inward (mad_band=0.147, SAD(k)=58.95).
- Edge error MAD
- 0.147 · Lower is better
- Global error SAD(k)
- 58.952 · Lower is better
- Foreground retention
- 99.330% · Higher is better
- Background residue
- 0.076% · 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
- 3.2 s
- End-to-end reference
- 4.3 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
- Remaining credits (56 -> 55) and per-action cost are shown in the top-right bar
- Interaction
- Professional infinite-canvas workflow; the "Add visible AI label" switch in the Export panel is OFF by default, with zero ad popups.
- Entity record
- Recraft Inc.
- Origin
- London, UK
- Domain history record
- Founded 2022; Recraft V3/V4 leads global design benchmarks
- Third-party tracking record
- Sentry Error Monitoring · Amplitude / First-party Telemetry (t.recraft.ai)
- External information
- Designers praise its non-destructive side-by-side layer creation on the infinite canvas.
- Processing
- Cloud async matting + WebGL infinite canvas layer rendering
- Retention statement
- Saved in user cloud projects until deleted; free tier projects are public by default
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 ↗) · All credit volumes and usage rules (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 75.4/100
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 · 93/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 35 / 40 | Requires free Recraft login (50 free daily credits); clicking "Remove background" on a 2048×2048 image costs 1 Credit, places the transparent cutout non-destructively beside the original, and exports a full 2048×2048 300DPI unwatermarked RGBA PNG (4.10MB). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 20 / 20 | Professional infinite-canvas workflow; the "Add visible AI label" switch in the Export panel is OFF by default, with zero ad popups. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 24 / 25 | Recraft Inc. (London, UK, backed by Khosla Ventures and Madrona), world-renowned #1 text-to-image and vector design platform. | Evidence C → |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 | Uses AWS US-West infrastructure and WebGL infinite canvas layers with customizable export DPI (300 DPI default). | Evidence B → |
Capability · 67.8/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 34.8 / 65 | Transition band error mad_band=0.147 · Global SAD(k)=58.952 · Foreground recall 99.33% / Background leak 0.076% | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 2048×2048 (Free account direct 2048×2048 300DPI RGBA PNG export, unwatermarked) | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 13 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 3.2s (API mode: async; network upload 1.1s / end-to-end 4.3s 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 benchmark using anchor_bgremove_v1 synthetic GT.