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| Background removal | 77/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 72/100 1024 × 1024 · PNG | Active task |
| Image upscaling | 88/100 2048×2048 (4.0x Unwatermarked JPG) · Historical description; output not attached | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
| Object removal | 89/100 2048×2048 (Full-Res Unwatermarked PNG) · Historical description; output not attached | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
| Image generation | 90/100 1024 × 1024 · PNG | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
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Browse this task →| Criterion | Adobe Firefly (Express) BG Remover Background removal 77/100 Seven-aspect task score Free full-size export without login opens the Firefly editor; the subject is retained, but gaps between curls need cleanup. Tested export 2048 × 2048 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-16 | remover.work Background removal 72/100 Seven-aspect task score remover.work offers a login-free preview experience for image background removal. Server-side AI processing completed in 31.92s, providing an unwatermarked 1024x1024 transparent PNG preview export (25.0% pixel retention). It achieved 99.86% foreground recall with 0.118% background leak and natural hair transitions; full-resolution 2048x2048 export requires 2 credits (~$0.16-$0.24). Tested export 1024 × 1024 · PNG Historical test · 2026-11-03 |
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| Pricing & rules | ||
| Pricing plans | US individual Firefly web free feature and four monthly subscriptions; excludes student/business, full Creative Cloud and other regions; includes four generative credit add-on subscriptions · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Firefly web background remover2026-10-20 ↗ Free Free Free Official feature page describes free removal; single JPG/PNG/WebP input up to 50MB Count and free export specification are not stated; subsequent generative editing may require separate credits Firefly Standard2026-10-20 ↗ USD 9.99/month — Monthly 2,000 generative credits/month; not removal counts Rules [1] Firefly Pro2026-10-20 ↗ USD 19.99/month — Monthly 4,000 generative credits/month; not removal counts Rules [1] Firefly Pro Plus2026-10-20 ↗ USD 34.97/month — Monthly 10,000 generative credits/month; not removal counts First-year promotion advertised through October 21; regular price USD 49.99/month. Renewal and eligibility follow the offer terms. Rules [1]Firefly Premium2026-10-20 ↗ USD 139.91/month — Monthly 50,000 generative credits/month; not removal counts First-year promotion advertised through October 21; regular price USD 199.99/month. Renewal and eligibility follow the offer terms. Rules [1]2,000 generative credit add-on2026-10-20 ↗ USD 9.99/month — Monthly 2,000 generative credits/month; not removal counts 7,000 generative credit add-on2026-10-20 ↗ USD 29.99/month — Monthly 7,000 generative credits/month; not removal counts 10,000 generative credit add-on2026-10-20 ↗ USD 49.99/month — Monthly 10,000 generative credits/month; not removal counts 50,000 generative credit add-on2026-10-20 ↗ USD 199.99/month — Monthly 50,000 generative credits/month; not removal counts 9 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Four US individual Firefly monthly plans and four credit add-on subscriptions are listed. Pro Plus/Premium first-year promotions end October 21, with regular prices separately shown. Official pages do not quantify daily free removal counts or regional tax amounts. Generative credits concern other AI features and do not establish a payment requirement for free removal. Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred. Cancellation, sources & verification recordSelf-serve cancellation in Adobe Account (monthly plans cancel anytime; annual billed-monthly plans subject to Adobe terms) Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ US individual Firefly subscriptions ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ Official generative credit add-on subscriptions ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ | remover.work credit packs and multimedia cleanup pricing · 2026-11-03 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Starter Pack (40 credits)2026-11-03 ↗ USD 4.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 40 credits (approx. 40 images ≤2MP or 10 min video ≤1080p) HD unwatermarked downloads, commercial use, non-expiring credits；$0.12 per credit, approx. $0.50 per min up to 1080p Rules [1] [2]Creator Pack (180 credits)2026-11-03 ↗ USD 14.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 180 credits (approx. 180 images ≤2MP or 45 min video ≤1080p) HD unwatermarked downloads, commercial use, non-expiring credits；Most popular pack (save 33%), $0.08 per credit, approx. $0.33 per min up to 1080p Rules [1] [2]Studio Pack (800 credits)2026-11-03 ↗ USD 49.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 800 credits (approx. 800 images ≤2MP or 200 min video ≤1080p) HD unwatermarked downloads, commercial use, non-expiring credits；Studio pack (save 50%), $0.06 per credit, approx. $0.25 per min up to 1080p Rules [1] [2]3 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. All tiers are one-time pay-as-you-go credit packages with no subscriptions. Credits never expire and only deduct upon job success (0 cost for failed jobs). Free tier covers 1024px image previews and 5s full-resolution unwatermarked video previews. Cancellation, sources & verification recordCancellation and refund terms unverified remover.work Official Pricing ↗ · 2026-11-03 Capture 1 ↗ |
| Free & trial allowance on the test date | Quick web background removal & full-res download are free without login; generative AI features in Firefly use Generative Credits | Free preview up to 1024px max long edge for image background removal with no hard daily cap; exporting 2048px original consumes 2 credits |
| Cancellation & refunds | Self-serve cancellation in Adobe Account (monthly plans cancel anytime; annual billed-monthly plans subject to Adobe terms) | Not verified |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | File formats (JPG/PNG/WEBP) and 50MB limit are disclosed directly inside the upload dropzone | Not verified |
| Task quality | ||
| Measured fixture results | Edge error MAD: 0.1235 (Lower is better) · Global error SAD(k): 49.851 (Lower is better) · Foreground retention: 99.850% (Higher is better) · Background residue: 0.442% (Lower is better) | Edge error MAD: 0.1122 (Lower is better) · Global error SAD(k): 41.078 (Lower is better) · Foreground retention: 99.860% (Higher is better) · Background residue: 0.118% (Lower is better) |
| Fixture findings | Hair and subject are largely retained; some background remains between curls. | On the Mode A curly hair portrait benchmark (anchor_bgremove_v1), remover.work produced a 1024x1024 RGBA transparent PNG with transition band error mad_band=0.1122 and global error SAD(k)=41.08. Foreground hair recall reached 99.86% with minimal 0.118% background leak and zero fake checkerboard artifacts. |
| Original historical observation | Very high foreground hair preservation (fg_recall=99.85%) in a 9.23MB 2048×2048 PNG, though a small patch of bookshelf background remained inside left curly hair gaps (bg_leak=0.442%, mad_band=0.1235, SAD(k)=49.85). | remover.work directly outputs 1024×1024 transparent PNG with intact curly hair (99.86% recall), minimal background leak (0.118%), natural flyaway transitions, and zero checkerboard transparency artifacts. |
| Suitable uses · historical assessment | Designers and everyday users who value Adobe's enterprise privacy standards and want a zero-login 2048×2048 full-res PNG | Creators needing fast, login-free 1024px unwatermarked transparent previews, or pay-as-you-go credits for high-res portraits and videos |
| Result & output evidence | ||
| Delivery capabilities | ||
| Recorded export specifications | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · No watermark in test | 1024 × 1024 · PNG · No watermark in test |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | 2048×2048 (Guests directly download full 2048×2048 PNG without sign-in; supports files up to 50MB) | 1024 × 1024 (25.0% pixel retention) |
| Watermark observation | None | Watermark-free |
| Batch & API | Batch workflows available via Photoshop, Lightroom, or Creative Cloud APIs | Single-image interactive processing with pay-as-you-go credit packs |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | 2048 × 2048 | 1024 × 1024 |
| Attached file dimensions | 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 1024 × 1024 · PNG |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Network-observed server wait: 7.75s · End-to-end reference: 11.98s | Network-observed server wait: 31.92s · End-to-end reference: 32.93s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-16 · anchor_bgremove_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) | 2026-11-03 · anchor_bgremove_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) |
| Repeated tests & reliability | No standardized repetition count, success rate or variability range is recorded. | No standardized repetition count, success rate or variability range is recorded. |
| Interaction experience | ||
| Account requirements | No login in this test | No login in this test |
| Sign-in methods | No login required for background removal and full-res PNG download; Adobe sign-in only needed for Generative Fill in Firefly | Not verified |
| Manual adjustment | Seamlessly opens in Adobe Firefly canvas for Remove brush & Generative Fill | Not verified |
| Interaction observations | Removed the legacy mandatory Adobe ID sign-in wall for downloading! Clicking Download immediately saves the PNG while opening firefly.adobe.com/hub in a new tab (-2 pts) alongside a floating chat bubble (-2 pts). | Not verified |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | The legacy Adobe Express background-remover URL now redirects to the upgraded Adobe Firefly visual pipeline (/products/firefly/features/remove-background.html). | Not verified |
| Operator | Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) | remover.work |
| Recorded origin | San Jose, California, USA | Not verified |
| Domain history record | Domain registered 1986 / Firefly pipeline 2023–2026 | Not verified |
| Background & reputation assessment | Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE, creator of Photoshop, Creative Cloud, and Firefly), global authority in digital imaging. | Not verified |
| External reputation record | Users historically criticized Adobe Express for forcing sign-in before download; our 2026 test confirms the migrated Firefly page now lets guests download full-res PNGs without logging in. | Not verified |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | Uploaded for cloud processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Adobe Experience Platform / Alloy | Google Analytics · Google Ads |
| Engineering & privacy assessment | Backed by Adobe Creative Cloud enterprise blob storage (acp-aep-cs-blobstore-prod-va6-data.adobe.io) with signed temporary URLs and strict enterprise privacy commitments. | Not verified |
| Retention statement | Claims deletion within 4 hours; deletion not independently verified | Explicit retention period unconfirmed; inspect policy record |
| Evaluation basis | ||
| Pricing transparency | 40 / 40 Landing page clearly states 'Remove the background from your image for free' and 'File must be JPEG (JPG), PNG, or WEBP and up to 50MB'; real-machine testing confirms guests download a 2048×2048 full-res PNG (9.23MB) without any sign-in wall. | |
| Interaction restraint | 16 / 20 Removed the legacy mandatory Adobe ID sign-in wall for downloading! Clicking Download immediately saves the PNG while opening firefly.adobe.com/hub in a new tab (-2 pts) alongside a floating chat bubble (-2 pts). | |
| Background & reputation | 25 / 25 Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE, creator of Photoshop, Creative Cloud, and Firefly), global authority in digital imaging. | |
| Engineering & privacy | 15 / 15 Backed by Adobe Creative Cloud enterprise blob storage (acp-aep-cs-blobstore-prod-va6-data.adobe.io) with signed temporary URLs and strict enterprise privacy commitments. | |
| Task quality | 39.1 / 65 Transition band error mad_band=0.1235 · Global SAD(k)=49.851 · Foreground recall 99.85% / Background leak 0.442% | 45 / 65 Transition band error mad_band=0.1122 · Global SAD(k)=41.078 · Foreground recall 99.86% / Background leak 0.118% |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 2048×2048 (Guests directly download full 2048×2048 PNG without sign-in; supports files up to 50MB) | 14 / 20 True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 1024 × 1024 (25.0% pixel retention) |
| Processing speed | 10 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 7.75s (API mode: async; network upload 0.01s / end-to-end 11.98s shown for reference only, never penalized) | 6 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 31.92s (API mode: async_verified; network upload 0s / end-to-end 32.93s shown for reference only, never penalized) |
