A Background Removal API, In Development
There is no public API today — no key to issue, no SDK to install. We are building one properly: prepaid pricing you can predict, real reference documentation, and limits that fail with an honest error instead of a surprise invoice. Join the early-access list and we will reach out before it opens.
Join the early-access listPlanned — a small, obvious HTTP surface
One endpoint: an image in, a transparent PNG out. Plain HTTP, so it works from any language on the first day. Official client libraries come after the API is stable rather than before, because an SDK that chases a moving endpoint is worse than no SDK at all.
Planned — parity with the browser editor
Anything the editor can do should be reachable from the API using the same vocabulary: output format, dimensions, and background replacement included. A capability that exists in only one of the two is treated as a defect to fix, not a roadmap item to schedule.
Planned — pricing you can predict
Prepaid credits instead of a monthly surprise, a spend cap you set per key, and an explicit error when a limit is reached rather than a silent overage. We would rather refuse a request than charge you for one you did not expect.
Available today — the free browser tool
While the API is being built, remove-bg.io itself stays free and unlimited: no account, no watermark, and full-resolution downloads. That is the product rather than a trial tier, and it does not turn into a paid plan when the API ships.
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What is real today, stated plainly
This page used to advertise a live API, SDKs for popular languages, credentials on request, and a claim that it handled millions of requests daily. None of that existed. It has been rewritten to describe only what is real, and this section stays in place so the correction stays visible instead of quietly reverting.
Today there is no public HTTP API, no API key to issue, no package to install, and no published rate card. What does exist is the browser tool: free, unlimited, no account, no watermark, and full-resolution downloads. Access requests are answered individually and go onto the early-access list.
Next is an authenticated HTTP API with prepaid credits, published reference documentation, and client libraries built on top of it once the surface has settled. People on the early-access list hear from us before it opens — and until it does, this page will not claim otherwise.
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Common questions for developers
Is there an API or an embeddable library I can integrate?
Not yet — and this page previously said otherwise, which was wrong. There is no public HTTP API, no package to install, and no JavaScript surface exposed for third-party pages to call. The background remover runs on remove-bg.io itself. An authenticated HTTP API is in active development, and the early-access list on this page is how you hear about it first.
What will the API cost, and how will limits work?
The intended model is prepaid credits rather than a monthly subscription, with a spend cap you set per key. When a limit is reached the API should return an explicit error rather than quietly billing an overage. Exact prices are deliberately not published here yet because they are not final — people on the early-access list get them directly, before they appear on a page.
Can I use the cutouts commercially in the meantime?
Yes. Cutouts you generate from images you have the right to edit can be used commercially with no separate licence to buy — product photography, paid campaigns, client work, and prints all included. The one case that needs explicit permission is reselling the service itself, such as wrapping it and charging your own users; write to api@remove-bg.io for that. The Terms of Service linked in the footer carry the exact wording.
Be first in line when the API opens
The early-access list is how we reach developers before launch. Until then the browser tool is free and unlimited, with no account required.