Pixelcut (AI Image Generator) · Image generation
Switching to the free model yields four 1600px clean images with good text and counts; login is required and the default Pro model first triggers a paywall.
US-West (California, AS2914)
No native export attached; page screenshot evidence only
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
Web Free, Pro and all eight Business volumes with monthly/annual selection; API separate · 2026-10-20
19 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Annual charges for Pro and all eight Business volumes were verified separately in Stripe checkout. Unlimited paid removal coexists with batch-export limits. The free tier still says Limited without an exact removal count; it is not treated as unlimited.
Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancel anytime; refund eligibility unverified.
Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗
Annual USD checkout summaries for each volume ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗ · Capture 5 ↗ · Capture 6 ↗ · Capture 7 ↗ · Capture 8 ↗ · Capture 9 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-10-16
Pro $8/mo (billed yearly) or $10/mo (monthly, 600 credits/mo)
Free tier includes 108 credits usable with Muse Image; Pro unlocks Nano Banana 2, ChatGPT Image 2.5, and commercial models
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 1600×1600 (Unwatermarked PNG/JPEG)
- Watermark
- Zero watermark (clean 1600×1600 export)
- Free allowance
- 108 free credits upon sign-in; switching to free Muse Image (Meta) model costs only 12 credits per 4-image batch
- Account requirements
- Free Google / Apple / Email login (grants 108 initial credits)
- Maximum specification record
- 1600×1600 (Unwatermarked Full-Res)
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Generates 4 variations per prompt with one-click Background Removal / Upscale / Retouch integration
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Near-perfect 5-point constraint adherence (64.5/65): exact "REALTEST 2026" text, exact 3 red apples + 2 blue ceramic mugs, and a 5-finger articulated brass hand.
- Fixture
- anchor_t2i_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 19.4 s
- End-to-end reference
- 21.2 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.
No native export is attached. Screenshots show the visible page, but do not independently establish export properties or file validity.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Prompts for free login on Generate; default model displays a Pro padlock icon
- Interaction
- Google sign-in preserves the exact prompt typed on the landing page, though defaulting to a Pro-locked model creates an unnecessary paywall detour before discovering the free model.
- Entity record
- Pixelcut, Inc. (YC S20)
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Domain history record
- 2020–present
- Third-party tracking record
- Not recorded or not verified
- External information
- Not recorded or not verified
- Processing
- Cloud async batch generation of 4× 1600×1600 images (19.4s server inference)
- Retention statement
- Generated assets stored in personal workspace with user deletion controls
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_t2i_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Page screenshot evidence only
Official plans and usage terms (snapshot ↗) · Annual USD checkout summaries for each volume (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 86.8/100
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_t2i_v1
Honesty & reputation · 78/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 23 / 35 | Landing page (01_landing.png) states "Free to try · No watermarks"; clicking Generate prompts for free Google login (granting 108 credits), but defaults to the Pro-locked model "Nano Banana 2 🔒" which triggers an upgrade paywall unless the user manually switches the model selector to the free "Muse Image (Meta)" model (12 credits per 4-image batch). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 23 / 30 | Google sign-in preserves the exact prompt typed on the landing page, though defaulting to a Pro-locked model creates an unnecessary paywall detour before discovering the free model. | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 18 / 20 | Operated by Pixelcut, Inc. (Y Combinator S20, San Francisco, CA), offering a multi-model visual workspace. | Evidence C → |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 | Free Muse Image model generates 4 concurrent 1600×1600 unwatermarked images (assets.pixelcut.ai) in ~19.4s Network-observed server wait. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 90.5/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 64.5 / 65 | Text Rendering (25/25: Exact 2-line stencil "REALTEST 2026" on the wooden sign with 100% spelling accuracy and woodgrain perspective (25/25)) · Count & Color Binding (20/20: Strictly 3 red apples with water droplets on the left + 2 speckled blue ceramic mugs on the right, zero color bleeding (20/20)) · 5-Finger Hand & Structure (19.5/20: Vintage brass robotic right hand displays 4 fingers + 1 thumb (5 distinct articulated digits) gripping the wooden sign (19.5/20)) | Evidence B → |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 | Clean unwatermarked export (8/8); Export & Max deliverable spec: 1600×1600 (Unwatermarked Full-Res) | Evidence B → |
| Processing speed | 6 / 15 | Network-observed server wait: 19.4s (API mode: async_poll; end-to-end 21.2s shown for reference only, never penalized) | Evidence B → |
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 Mode B 5-constraint anchor_t2i_v1 and CDP timing.