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Each product is scored independently per task edge; switch tasks below while keeping shared products selected| Task edge | Pixelcut | PicWish | Switch / compare |
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| Background removal | 91/100 1080 × 1080 · PNG | 83/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Active task |
| Image compression | Not tested in topic | 73/100 JPEG · Output attached | Compare in task topic → |
| Image upscaling | 89/100 1024×1024 (PNG · 2.0x Fast Upscale) · Historical description; output not attached | 82/100 1280×1280 (2.5x free unwatermarked) / 2048×2048 (4.0x preview carries bottom notice watermark) · Historical description; output not attached | |
| Object removal | 88/100 1024×1024 (Unwatermarked PNG) · Historical description; output not attached | 84/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | |
| Image generation | 87/100 1600×1600 (Unwatermarked PNG/JPEG) · Historical description; output not attached | 85/100 JPEG · Output attached | |
| Photo restoration | Not tested in topic | 56/100 JPEG · Output attached | Compare in task topic → |
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Browse this task →| Criterion | Pixelcut Background Remover Background removal 91/100 Seven-aspect task score Hair detail and the download flow perform well, with clear free-tier labels; login-free output is 1080px and full size requires login. Tested export 1080 × 1080 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-16 | PicWish (AI Background Remover) Background removal 83/100 Seven-aspect task score Good hair handling and refinement tools are offset by login-gated downloads and HD credit costs; free previews do not imply full-size rights. Tested export 2048 × 2048 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-16 |
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| Pricing & rules | ||
| Pricing plans | Web Free, Pro and all eight Business volumes with monthly/annual selection; API separate · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Free2026-10-20 ↗ Free Free Free Limited background removal; watermark-free export, exact count unspecified Pro2026-10-20 ↗ USD 10/month USD 96/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 600 AI credits/month; 3-person team; 1,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 600 AI credits/month; 3-person team; 1,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] Business 3,6002026-10-20 ↗ USD 30/month USD 288/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 3,600 AI credits/month; 10-person team; 2,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 3,600 AI credits/month; 10-person team; 2,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] Business 9,0002026-10-20 ↗ USD 60/month USD 576/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 9,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 5,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 9,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 5,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] Business 18,0002026-10-20 ↗ USD 120/month USD 1,152/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 18,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 10,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 18,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 10,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] Business 36,0002026-10-20 ↗ USD 240/month USD 2,304/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 36,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 20,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 36,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 20,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] Business 72,0002026-10-20 ↗ USD 480/month USD 4,608/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 72,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 40,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 72,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 40,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] Business 108,0002026-10-20 ↗ USD 720/month USD 6,912/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 108,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 40,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 108,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 40,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] Business 144,0002026-10-20 ↗ USD 960/month USD 9,216/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 144,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 60,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 144,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 60,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] Business 180,0002026-10-20 ↗ USD 1,200/month USD 11,520/year Monthly Unlimited removal; 180,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 80,000 batch exports/month Annual Unlimited removal; 180,000 AI credits/month; 20-person team; 80,000 batch exports/month Rules [1] 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 recordCancel 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 ↗ | Web free, weekly/monthly/annual subscriptions and expanded packs; excludes API · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Pro2026-10-20 ↗ USD 5.99/week Other period Other period 50 credits/week; 50 core-feature HD downloads/day Rules [1] Pro2026-10-20 ↗ USD 9.99/month USD 59.99/year Monthly 350 credits/month; 50 core-feature HD downloads/day Rules [1] Annual 350 credits/month; 50 core-feature HD downloads/day Rules [1] Max2026-10-20 ↗ USD 26.99/month USD 263.99/year Monthly 2,000 credits/month; 15,000 HD downloads/month Rules [1] Annual 2,000 credits/month; 15,000 HD downloads/month Rules [1] 300 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 12.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 300 credits; 1 per removal; not for API Rules [2] 1,000 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 33.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 1,000 credits; 1 per removal; not for API Rules [2] 5,000 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 65.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 5,000 credits; 1 per removal; not for API Rules [2] 11,500 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 99.95 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 11,500 credits; 1 per removal; not for API Rules [2] 30,000 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 269.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 30,000 credits; 1 per removal; not for API Rules [2] 80,000 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 639.99 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 80,000 credits; 1 per removal; not for API Rules [2] 13 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. Actual annual charges $59.99/$263.99. A 3-day trial is offered; cancel before expiry to avoid charges. Exact daily free count is unspecified. The 11,500-credit pack includes a current 1,500-credit bonus. Cancellation, sources & verification recordCancel under My Orders; request refunds through official support, eligibility not separately verified. Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ · Capture 2 ↗ · Capture 3 ↗ · Capture 4 ↗ |
| Free & trial allowance on the test date | Single-image background removal is free; Batch Edit requires upgrading to Pixelcut Pro | Free logged-in users can download 1616×1616 'Free image' PNGs without credit deduction; full 2048×2048 HD requires Pro or 1 credit |
| Cancellation & refunds | Cancel anytime; refund eligibility unverified. | Cancel under My Orders; request refunds through official support, eligibility not separately verified. |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | Clearly disclosed in the Download dropdown menu with exact pixel dimensions | Clearly labels 'Free image 1616 x 1616px (Free)' vs 'HD image 2048 x 2048px (Pro)' in the Download modal (Screenshot ③) |
| Task quality | ||
| Measured fixture results | Edge error MAD: 0.0701 (Lower is better) · Global error SAD(k): 26.707 (Lower is better) · Foreground retention: 99.940% (Higher is better) · Background residue: 0.018% (Lower is better) | Edge error MAD: 0.0806 (Lower is better) · Global error SAD(k): 33.09 (Lower is better) · Foreground retention: 99.810% (Higher is better) · Background residue: 0.175% (Lower is better) |
| Fixture findings | Fine hair transitions and strong subject retention in this test; coverage is limited to the tested portrait and conditions. | Good separation of hair strands; slight warm residue remains below the ear, and free-tier size differs from the attached file. |
| Original historical observation | Hair strand transitions are remarkably crisp and natural (transition-band error mad_band=0.0701, SAD(k)=26.71, gradient error 0.0207), with 99.94% foreground recall and only 0.018% background leak—ranking in the absolute top tier of all tested tools. | Top-5 Hair Matting Precision (`mad_band=0.0806`, `sad_k=33.09`): preserves fine curly hair flyaways with natural semi-transparent alpha gradients (`alpha_entropy=2.843`) and virtually zero background color halo; 99.81% foreground recall (`fg_recall=0.9981`) and only 0.175% background leak (`bg_leak=0.00175`). |
| Suitable uses · historical assessment | E-commerce sellers and portrait designers who want top-tier hair edge precision (mad_band=0.0701) with instant 1080p guest export or 2048p signed-in export | E-commerce sellers and designers who want high-accuracy curly-hair cutouts (`1616×1616` free unwatermarked PNG) and don't mind signing in |
| Result & output evidence | ||
| Delivery capabilities | ||
| Recorded export specifications | 1080 × 1080 · PNG · No watermark in test | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · Check watermark record |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | 2048×2048 (1080×1080 free guest preview export; dropdown explicitly states 'Full resolution 2048×2048 — Free with sign in') | 1616×1616 (Free Preview PNG · No Watermark) / 2048×2048 (HD Original · Requires 1 Credit / Pro) |
| Watermark observation | None | None (Completely unwatermarked transparent RGBA PNG) |
| Batch & API | Supports Batch Edit (Pro subscription feature) | Supports 30–100 image Bulk Edit on web, plus desktop app and commercial API |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | 1080 × 1080 | 1280 × 1280 |
| Attached file dimensions | 1080 × 1080 · PNG | 2048 × 2048 · PNG |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Network-observed server wait: 3.03s · End-to-end reference: 16.87s | Network-observed server wait: 6.12s · End-to-end reference: 16.17s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-16 · 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 for 1080×1080 export; Google / Apple / Email sign-in unlocks free 2048×2048 full-resolution export | Requires Google / Apple / Facebook / Email login to download the free 1616×1616 PNG |
| Manual adjustment | Built-in Retouch brush, Expand, Upscale, Shadow, and AI Background generator in left sidebar | Built-in Refine (Keep/Erase brush), Light on, and Resize tools |
| Interaction observations | Enters the clean online workspace immediately after upload with zero popup spam; guests can export a 1080×1080 watermark-free PNG in one click. | Requires Google / Apple / Email login before downloading the free 1616×1616 cutout, and displays a Pro trial banner inside the download modal, though the free '1616 x 1616px Free' button works cleanly with one click. |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | Not verified | Not verified |
| Operator | Pixelcut Inc. (San Francisco, CA, USA) | Wangxu Technology Co., Ltd. (PicWish / Apowersoft) |
| Recorded origin | San Francisco, USA (Y Combinator S20) | Hong Kong / Shenzhen, China |
| Domain history record | Founded 2020 | 2021–Present |
| Background & reputation assessment | Pixelcut Inc. (San Francisco AI design startup, Y Combinator S20 alum, trusted by tens of millions of e-commerce creators worldwide). | Developed by Wangxu Technology Co., Ltd. (Apowersoft / LightPDF / GitMind ecosystem, Hong Kong & Shenzhen), operating since 2021 with desktop, mobile, and API products. |
| External reputation record | Leading AI product photography tool whose proprietary matting and shadow models are widely praised by e-commerce merchants. | Mature visual AI suite specializing in e-commerce cutouts, hair-level alpha matting, and photo restoration. |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | Uploaded for cloud processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Google Analytics · PostHog | Google Tag Manager · Bing BAT |
| Engineering & privacy assessment | Synchronously returns the PNG cutout via dedicated endpoint api2.pixelcut.app/image/matte/v1 (server_s=3.03s) with a clean network pipeline. | High-precision portrait alpha matting (`mad_band=0.0806`, Top-5 overall in our 17-tool benchmark, `fg_recall=99.81%`) completed in 6.12s server processing time. |
| Retention statement | Explicit retention period unconfirmed; inspect policy record | Explicit retention period unconfirmed; inspect policy record |
| Evaluation basis | ||
| Pricing transparency | 30 / 40 Clicking the top-right Download dropdown clearly lists both tiers upfront: 'Preview resolution 1080×1080 — Free' and 'Full resolution 2048×2048 — Free with sign in', with zero hidden paywalls or watermark ambushes. | 30 / 40 Transparent tiered download dialog (Screenshot ③): clicking Download clearly shows 'Free image: 1616 x 1616px (Free)' alongside 'HD image: 2048 x 2048px (Pro)', without injecting any watermark into the free 1616×1616 transparent PNG. |
| Interaction restraint | 18 / 20 Enters the clean online workspace immediately after upload with zero popup spam; guests can export a 1080×1080 watermark-free PNG in one click. | 16 / 20 Requires Google / Apple / Email login before downloading the free 1616×1616 cutout, and displays a Pro trial banner inside the download modal, though the free '1616 x 1616px Free' button works cleanly with one click. |
| Background & reputation | 23 / 25 Pixelcut Inc. (San Francisco AI design startup, Y Combinator S20 alum, trusted by tens of millions of e-commerce creators worldwide). | 21 / 25 Developed by Wangxu Technology Co., Ltd. (Apowersoft / LightPDF / GitMind ecosystem, Hong Kong & Shenzhen), operating since 2021 with desktop, mobile, and API products. |
| Engineering & privacy | 12 / 15 Synchronously returns the PNG cutout via dedicated endpoint api2.pixelcut.app/image/matte/v1 (server_s=3.03s) with a clean network pipeline. | 13 / 15 High-precision portrait alpha matting (`mad_band=0.0806`, Top-5 overall in our 17-tool benchmark, `fg_recall=99.81%`) completed in 6.12s server processing time. |
| Task quality | 60.9 / 65 Transition band error mad_band=0.0701 · Global SAD(k)=26.707 · Foreground recall 99.94% / Background leak 0.018% | 53.5 / 65 Transition band error mad_band=0.0806 · Global SAD(k)=33.09 · Foreground recall 99.81% / Background leak 0.175% |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 2048×2048 (1080×1080 free guest preview export; dropdown explicitly states 'Full resolution 2048×2048 — Free with sign in') | 18 / 20 True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 1616×1616 (Free Preview PNG · No Watermark) / 2048×2048 (HD Original · Requires 1 Credit / Pro) |
| Processing speed | 13 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 3.03s (API mode: sync; network upload 9.79s / end-to-end 16.87s shown for reference only, never penalized) | 12 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 6.12s (API mode: async_oss; network upload 10.05s / end-to-end 16.17s shown for reference only, never penalized) |
