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Each product is scored independently per task edge; switch tasks below while keeping shared products selected| Task edge | Img2Go | Depositphotos | Switch / compare |
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| Background removal | 88/100 2048 × 2048 (4.2 MB full-resolution RGBA PNG) · Historical description; output not attached | 69/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Active task |
| Image compression | 80/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
| Image upscaling | 84/100 1024 × 1024 (2.0x default PNG, 1.1 MB) / custom dimensions · Historical description; output not attached | 81/100 1024×1024 (JPG · 2.0x Unwatermarked) · Historical description; output not attached | |
| Image generation | 87/100 1024 × 1024 · PNG | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
| Photo restoration | 89/100 1024 × 1024 · PNG | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
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Browse this task →| Criterion | Img2Go AI Background Remover Background removal 88/100 Seven-aspect task score Free full-size output without login offers model and mask controls; subject retention is good, with about 11.5 seconds of cloud processing in this run. Tested export 2048 × 2048 (4.2 MB full-resolution RGBA PNG) · Historical description; output not attached Historical test · 2026-10-19 | DepositPhotos Background Remover Background removal 69/100 Seven-aspect task score You can preview first, but registration is demanded at download; roughly 30 seconds end to end adds friction to getting the result. Tested export 2048 × 2048 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-16 |
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| Pricing & rules | ||
| Pricing plans | Website free, monthly, annual and education plans; USD, Business billed per person · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Starter2026-10-20 ↗ USD 8/month USD 77/year Monthly Baseline 1× AI usage; batch processing Annual Baseline 1× AI usage; 64GB files and batch processing Business2026-10-20 ↗ USD 89/month USD 854/year Monthly Per-user billing; 20× Starter AI usage Annual Per-user billing; 20× Starter AI usage Education program2026-10-20 ↗ Free Free Free Paid apps free after student/teacher eligibility verification; non-commercial educational use only 8 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Actual annual amounts are $77/$278/$854. Absolute removal quotas and per-image credit usage are unpublished; 1×/5×/20× cannot be converted into image counts. Cancellation, sources & verification recordPage advertises a 14-day money-back guarantee and cancellation anytime; eligibility is subject to terms. Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ | This web background remover; excludes desktop software and stock subscriptions · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Free web tool2026-10-20 ↗ Free Free Free Officially free background removal with transparent PNG output Inputs up to 30MB; free export size and count not specified 1 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Inputs up to 30MB; free export size and count not specified Cancellation, sources & verification recordCredit packs remain valid for 1 year; subscriptions can be cancelled anytime in account settings Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ |
| Free & trial allowance on the test date | Free visitors can directly upload and export full-resolution 2048×2048 transparent PNGs | New registered accounts receive free trial download credits, after which Background Remover credit packs apply |
| Cancellation & refunds | Page advertises a 14-day money-back guarantee and cancellation anytime; eligibility is subject to terms. | Credit packs remain valid for 1 year; subscriptions can be cancelled anytime in account settings |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | Openly exposes dedicated Humans / Clothes segmentation models and Alpha Matting toggles in the workspace | Account requirement is disclosed only after processing when clicking Download |
| Task quality | ||
| Measured fixture results | Edge error MAD: 0.137 (Lower is better) · Global error SAD(k): 62.545 (Lower is better) · Foreground retention: 99.890% (Higher is better) · Background residue: 0.802% (Lower is better) | Edge error MAD: 0.1259 (Lower is better) · Global error SAD(k): 59.256 (Lower is better) · Foreground retention: 99.680% (Higher is better) · Background residue: 0.143% (Lower is better) |
| Fixture findings | This test offered full-size export without login and a mask option; complex-scene coverage remains limited. | The subject is largely preserved; translucent background halos remain around the curls. |
| Original historical observation | Img2Go exports a full 2048×2048 transparent PNG (4.2 MB) without login, achieving 99.89% foreground recall and 0.80% background leak while uniquely offering free 'Return Mask' and 'Alpha Matting' controls in the browser. | Server generates a full 2048×2048 Alpha mask (99.68% foreground recall), though outer curly hair transition bands retain noticeable semi-transparent background halos (mad_band=0.1259, SAD(k)=59.26). |
| Suitable uses · historical assessment | Designers and developers needing free, no-login 2048×2048 unwatermarked transparent PNGs or direct binary mask exports (Return Mask) | Commercial users already in the DepositPhotos / VistaPrint ecosystem who value an explicit 'automatically removed after 7 days' retention policy |
| Result & output evidence | No native output obtained; the preview does not establish final export quality. | |
| Delivery capabilities | ||
| Recorded export specifications | 2048 × 2048 (4.2 MB full-resolution RGBA PNG) · Historical description; output not attached · Check watermark record No native output is attached; check the evidence for specification and watermark claims. | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · No watermark in test |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | 2048×2048 (Free no-login 4.2 MB native RGBA PNG export) | 2048×2048 (result panel displays 'Image size: 2048 × 2048 px' and S3 delivers a 2048×2048 alpha mask; clicking Download requires account sign-up) |
| Watermark observation | Watermark-Free | None |
| Batch & API | Supports multi-image uploads, Alpha Matting threshold tuning, and instant Delete Task | Single-image web uploader + commercial API Suite |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | Not verified | 2048 × 2048 |
| Attached file dimensions | Not verified | 2048 × 2048 · PNG |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Network-observed server wait: 11.5s · End-to-end reference: 13s | Network-observed server wait: 3.57s · End-to-end reference: 30.41s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-19 · anchor_bgremove_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) | 2026-10-16 · 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 | Account required in this test |
| Sign-in methods | No login required | Guests can preview only; clicking Download requires creating/logging into an account (Google / Facebook / Email) |
| Manual adjustment | Not verified | Manual erase / adjustment recorded in the historical flow |
| Interaction observations | Provides rich pro controls in the workspace—Model (Generic 1 / Generic 2 / Humans / Clothes) and Function (Remove Background / Return Mask / Alpha Matting)—and presents a direct Download button with zero login popups. | Clean upload and preview experience without ad clutter, but blocks guest download at the final step with a mandatory sign-up modal (Google / Facebook / Email). |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | Not verified | Not verified |
| Operator | QaamGo Web GmbH (Radolfzell, Germany) | DepositPhotos Inc. (Subsidiary of VistaPrint / Cimpress plc, NASDAQ: CMPR) |
| Recorded origin | Radolfzell, Germany | New York, USA (Publicly traded Cimpress group) |
| Domain history record | 2016–Present | Founded 2009 (17-year track record) |
| Background & reputation assessment | Developed and operated by QaamGo Web GmbH in Radolfzell, Germany (the same parent company behind PDF2Go and Online-Convert). | DepositPhotos Inc. (Founded 2009 in New York, top-5 global stock photography marketplace acquired by public company VistaPrint / Cimpress [NASDAQ: CMPR] in 2021). |
| External reputation record | Not verified | Major commercial stock photography platform with strong enterprise compliance. |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | Uploaded for cloud processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Not verified | Google Analytics · Google Ads · Bing Ads · Pinterest Tag · LinkedIn Insight |
| Engineering & privacy assessment | Strictly follows EU GDPR rules, providing an immediate Delete Task button on the result page and automatic deletion within 24 hours. | Workspace footer explicitly states its retention policy: 'Processed files will be removed automatically after 7 days'; distributes the 2048×2048 mask via AWS S3 (eu-west-1). |
| Retention statement | Claims deletion within 24 hours; deletion not independently verified | Explicit retention period unconfirmed; inspect policy record |
| Evaluation basis | ||
| Pricing transparency | 33 / 35 Prominently promises '100% free · No signup required · AI-powered' on the landing page (01_landing.png); in our anonymous test with the 2048×2048 (6.1 MB) curly-hair portrait anchor, it exported the full 2048×2048 (4.2 MB) transparent PNG without login, downscaling, or watermark traps (02_result.png, 03_download.png). | 20 / 40 Landing page headlines 'Free online background remover' without disclosing upfront that an account is required; after processing, the card shows 'Image size: 2048 × 2048 px' and clicking Download triggers a 'To download this image, create an account' modal. |
| Interaction restraint | 27 / 30 Provides rich pro controls in the workspace—Model (Generic 1 / Generic 2 / Humans / Clothes) and Function (Remove Background / Return Mask / Alpha Matting)—and presents a direct Download button with zero login popups. | 14 / 20 Clean upload and preview experience without ad clutter, but blocks guest download at the final step with a mandatory sign-up modal (Google / Facebook / Email). |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 Developed and operated by QaamGo Web GmbH in Radolfzell, Germany (the same parent company behind PDF2Go and Online-Convert). | 24 / 25 DepositPhotos Inc. (Founded 2009 in New York, top-5 global stock photography marketplace acquired by public company VistaPrint / Cimpress [NASDAQ: CMPR] in 2021). |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 Strictly follows EU GDPR rules, providing an immediate Delete Task button on the result page and automatic deletion within 24 hours. | 11 / 15 Workspace footer explicitly states its retention policy: 'Processed files will be removed automatically after 7 days'; distributes the 2048×2048 mask via AWS S3 (eu-west-1). |
| Task quality | 54.8 / 65 2048×2048 full-resolution Alpha Ground-Truth verification: achieves 99.89% foreground recall (fg_recall = 0.9989) with only 0.80% background leak (bg_leak = 0.00802), trimap band error mad_band = 0.1370, and global SAD = 62.55k (54.8/65) | 39.2 / 65 Transition band error mad_band=0.1259 · Global SAD(k)=59.256 · Foreground recall 99.68% / Background leak 0.143% |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 Preserves 100% of the original 2048×2048 pixel grid and 8-bit RGBA alpha transparency without login or pre-downscaling (20.0/20) | 20 / 20 True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 2048×2048 (result panel displays 'Image size: 2048 × 2048 px' and S3 delivers a 2048×2048 alpha mask; clicking Download requires account sign-up) |
| Processing speed | 11 / 15 Processes the 6.1 MB portrait anchor in ~11.5s on its cloud segmentation pipeline (11.0/15) | 10 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 3.57s (API mode: async; network upload 14.95s / end-to-end 30.41s shown for reference only, never penalized) |
