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| Background removal | 75/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 60/100 1536 × 1536 · PNG | Active task |
| Image upscaling | 92/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
| Object removal | 89/100 2048 × 2048 · PNG | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
| Image generation | 94/100 1024×1024 (1.62MB unwatermarked PNG, 100% pixel retention) · Historical description; output not attached | Not tested in topic | Compare in task topic → |
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Browse this task →| Criterion | Recraft AI (Infinite Canvas Background Remover) Background removal 75/100 Seven-aspect task score Full-size export and an ad-free design canvas suit continued editing; login and credits are needed, and some curly-hair detail is lost. Tested export 2048 × 2048 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-16 | Erase.bg Background removal 60/100 Seven-aspect task score Hair quality is good, but the HD signup flow failed to deliver, promotions interrupt the workflow, and prior images remain visible in a shared browser. Tested export 1536 × 1536 · PNG Historical test · 2026-10-15 |
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| Pricing & rules | ||
| Pricing plans | All web Basic/Pro/Teams volumes; Teams per seat; API excluded · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits Basic2026-10-20 ↗ USD 12/month USD 120/year Monthly 1,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Annual 1,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Pro 2k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 20/month USD 192/year Monthly 2,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Annual 2,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Teams 2k / seat2026-10-20 ↗ USD 22/month USD 211/year Monthly 2,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Annual 2,000 general credits/month; Teams billed per seat Rules [1] Pro 4k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 40/month USD 384/year Monthly 4,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Annual 4,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Teams 4k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 44/month USD 422/year Monthly 4,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Annual 4,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Pro 8k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 80/month USD 768/year Monthly 8,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Annual 8,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Teams 8k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 88/month USD 844/year Monthly 8,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Annual 8,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Pro 16k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 160/month USD 1,536/year Monthly 16,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Annual 16,000 general credits/month Rules [2] [3] Teams 16k2026-10-20 ↗ USD 176/month USD 1,688/year Monthly 16,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] Annual 16,000 general credits/month per seat Rules [3] [4] 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 recordCancel 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 ↗ | Current purchase cards on the Chinese pricing page; dollar pricing · 2026-10-20 Plan · source date Monthly / one-time Annual bill / period Quota & limits 10 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 6 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 10 removals; 1 credit each Rules [1] 100 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 12 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 100 removals; 1 credit each Rules [1] 1000 credits2026-10-20 ↗ USD 50 · one-time payment Usage / one-time Usage / one-time 1000 removals; 1 credit each Rules [1] 5 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded. The conflict persists on recheck: purchase cards offer only 10/100/1,000-credit one-time packs, while the FAQ claims unlimited Pro at $15/month or $5/month billed annually without a matching subscription purchase option. These subscriptions are not marked purchasable. Signup grants 3 HD downloads; each removal costs 1 credit; purchased credits expire after one year and are nonrefundable. Verification has gaps; unknown prices and quotas are not inferred. Cancellation, sources & verification recordCurrent packs are non-refundable. FAQ subscription cancellation text may describe legacy plans. Official plans and usage terms ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ Current purchase cards and FAQ conflict recheck ↗ · 2026-10-20 Capture 1 ↗ |
| Free & trial allowance on the test date | Free accounts receive 50 Credits daily; Remove Background costs 1 Credit per image (up to 50 free 2048px cutouts per day) | Guest tier exports at 75% dimension (1536×1536); registering a PixelBin account grants 3 credits on console.pixelbin.io |
| Cancellation & refunds | 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. | Current packs are non-refundable. FAQ subscription cancellation text may describe legacy plans. |
| Disclosure of costs & limits | Remaining credits (56 -> 55) and per-action cost are shown in the top-right bar | 1536×1536 downscaling and cross-product redirect to PixelBin are not disclosed before clicking |
| Task quality | ||
| Measured fixture results | 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) | Edge error MAD: 0.0739 (Lower is better) · Global error SAD(k): 27.914 (Lower is better) · Foreground retention: 99.960% (Higher is better) · Background residue: 0.036% (Lower is better) |
| Fixture findings | Clean background removal suited to defined contours; fine outer hair is cropped inward. | Fine curls were well retained with low edge error in this test; other subjects are not established by this result. |
| Original historical observation | 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). | Underlying segmentation model is outstanding (mad_band=0.0748, SAD(k)=27.9, #2 in raw hair edge accuracy), which makes its aggressive cross-product redirect dark pattern all the more unfortunate. |
| Suitable uses · historical assessment | Designers building posters or product composites inside Recraft who need instant non-destructive layer cutouts | Users who strictly use the guest no-login button for 1536×1536 exports and ignore the HD sign-up prompt |
| Result & output evidence | ||
| Delivery capabilities | ||
| Recorded export specifications | 2048 × 2048 · PNG · No watermark in test | 1536 × 1536 · PNG · No watermark in test |
| Historical specification note · not an official maximum | 2048×2048 (Free account direct 2048×2048 300DPI RGBA PNG export, unwatermarked) | 1536×1536 guest export (75% of input dimension; 'Sign up & Download HD 2048×2048' button redirected to console.pixelbin.io without delivering the image) |
| Watermark observation | No watermark (visible AI label toggle is off by default) | None |
| Batch & API | Drop multiple images onto the canvas for sequential processing | Requires switching to PixelBin console for batch & API workflows |
| Recorded free-tier dimensions | 2048 × 2048 | 1536 × 1536 |
| Attached file dimensions | 2048 × 2048 · PNG | 1536 × 1536 · PNG |
| Speed & reliability | ||
| Timing observation | Network-observed server wait: 3.2s · End-to-end reference: 4.3s | Network-observed server wait: 8.3s · End-to-end reference: 30.64s |
| Date & fixture | 2026-10-16 · anchor_bgremove_v1 · US-West (California, AS2914) | 2026-10-15 · 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 | Account required in this test | No login in this test |
| Sign-in methods | Free login via Google, Discord, Apple, or email | No login required for 1536×1536 export; HD button prompts Google / GitHub / Email login |
| Manual adjustment | Manual erase / adjustment recorded in the historical flow | Basic background color replacement on Erase.bg; no brush tool |
| Interaction observations | Professional infinite-canvas workflow; the "Add visible AI label" switch in the Export panel is OFF by default, with zero ad popups. | Clicking the free download triggers two consecutive overlay modals (sign-up prompt + PostHog PixelBin survey popup), and the HD sign-up flow redirects across products. |
| Background & reputation | ||
| Service lifecycle notice | Not verified | Not verified |
| Operator | Recraft Inc. | Shopsense Retail Technologies Ltd. (Fynd / PixelBin, Reliance-backed) |
| Recorded origin | London, UK | Mumbai, India |
| Domain history record | Founded 2022; Recraft V3/V4 leads global design benchmarks | Launched 2021 |
| Background & reputation assessment | Recraft Inc. (London, UK, backed by Khosla Ventures and Madrona), world-renowned #1 text-to-image and vector design platform. | Shopsense Retail Technologies Ltd. (Fynd / PixelBin, backed by Reliance Industries, Mumbai, India). |
| External reputation record | Designers praise its non-destructive side-by-side layer creation on the infinite canvas. | Built by Indian retail-tech giant Fynd with an excellent segmentation model, but heavily penalized by our 60.0 hard cap due to unfulfilled HD sign-up redirect to PixelBin. |
| Engineering & privacy | ||
| Processing location | Uploaded for cloud processing | Uploaded for cloud processing |
| Third-party tracking record | Sentry Error Monitoring · Amplitude / First-party Telemetry (t.recraft.ai) | PostHog · Google Analytics |
| Engineering & privacy assessment | Uses AWS US-West infrastructure and WebGL infinite canvas layers with customizable export DPI (300 DPI default). | Supports HTTPS, but in guest mode the page still displayed previous session upload history from the same browser profile. |
| Retention statement | Explicit retention period unconfirmed; inspect policy record | Explicit retention period unconfirmed; inspect policy record |
| Evaluation 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). | 25 / 40 Guest download silently scales 2048×2048 input to 1536×1536 (75% dimension) without stating pixel dimensions on the button; clicking 'Sign up & Download HD (2048×2048)' and completing Google OAuth redirected to console.pixelbin.io instead of downloading the HD image. |
| 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. | 6 / 20 Clicking the free download triggers two consecutive overlay modals (sign-up prompt + PostHog PixelBin survey popup), and the HD sign-up flow redirects across products. |
| Background & reputation | 24 / 25 Recraft Inc. (London, UK, backed by Khosla Ventures and Madrona), world-renowned #1 text-to-image and vector design platform. | 21 / 25 Shopsense Retail Technologies Ltd. (Fynd / PixelBin, backed by Reliance Industries, Mumbai, India). |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 Uses AWS US-West infrastructure and WebGL infinite canvas layers with customizable export DPI (300 DPI default). | 11 / 15 Supports HTTPS, but in guest mode the page still displayed previous session upload history from the same browser profile. |
| 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% | 59.6 / 65 Transition band error mad_band=0.0739 · Global SAD(k)=27.914 · Foreground recall 99.96% / Background leak 0.036% |
| Deliverable specifications | 20 / 20 True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 2048×2048 (Free account direct 2048×2048 300DPI RGBA PNG export, unwatermarked) | 20 / 20 True Alpha channel (8/8); Max deliverable spec: 1536×1536 guest export (75% of input dimension; 'Sign up & Download HD 2048×2048' button redirected to console.pixelbin.io without delivering the image) |
| 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) | 10 / 15 Network-observed server wait: 8.3s (API mode: async; network upload 15.61s / end-to-end 30.64s shown for reference only, never penalized) |
