Illustrative workflow · reviewed 21 Oct 2026

Prepare product photos for an online store

Product images with the background removed or replaced, checked by you before they go on a shop page.

You provide: A photo of each product that you took or have the right to edit.
You get: Edited product images. Quality and accuracy are unverified until you check them.
Tools: One per step: 2 tools, chosen below from the options we researched.
Integrations: None documented between these steps. All 1 handoffs are manual.
Review checkpoints: 2 steps need a person to check the output, marked "Check by hand".
Status: Illustrative. Built from vendor documentation, not from a test. Methodology

Step 1 Remove the background and tidy the product
Cut the product out and fix small flaws. Some tools also add shadows or a new backdrop in the same place.
- Photoroom · shown first, not ranked
  Its vendor page lists background removal, retouching, product fixes and shadows, on web, iPhone, iPad, Android and as a Shopify app.
  Free access, price and licence terms
  - Free access: Free trial
  - Paid entry: Price not verified
  - Commercial terms: Not verified
  Photoroom overview
- Pixelcut
  Lists background removal, an object eraser and upscaling, with unlimited background removal and a commercial licence on paid plans.
  Free access, price and licence terms
  - Free access: Free plan. Limited background removal and upscale; free export without a watermark
  - Paid entry: From $8/mo (currency not named), billed annually
  - Commercial terms: The pricing page lists a commercial licence on Pro and Business. It does not say whether the Free plan includes one.
  Pixelcut overview
- Leonardo.Ai
  Its pay-as-you-go API includes remove.bg background-removal APIs. That is a developer route in our sources, not a point-and-click editor.
  Free access, price and licence terms
  - Free access: Free plan. 150 fast tokens a day; token bank of 150; public creations; basic quality settings; 1 personal collection
  - Paid entry: From $12/mo (currency not named), billed monthly
  - Commercial terms: Not verified
  Leonardo.Ai overview
- Canva
  A Canva-owned remove.bg page says its one-click background remover is part of Canva, and remove.bg's standalone site closes on 1 December 2026. Which Canva plan includes it was not captured.
  Free access, price and licence terms
  - Free access: Free plan. 4.7+ million stock photos, graphics, fonts, videos and audio; 1.6+ million templates
  - Paid entry: From ₹132.50/user/mo, billed annually
  - Commercial terms: Not verified
  Canva overview
Check by hand. Zoom in on edges and fine detail. We have not tested the cut-out quality of any tool here.
Manual handoff: Download the result, then upload it to the next tool. No integration between these tools is documented in the sources we read, so moving the file or text between them is manual.
Step 2 Create a new backdrop or scene (optional)
Generate a studio or lifestyle background when a plain cut-out is not enough.
- Photoroom · shown first, not ranked
  Lists AI backgrounds and expanding or filling images, so steps one and two can stay in one tool.
  Free access, price and licence terms
  - Free access: Free trial
  - Paid entry: Price not verified
  - Commercial terms: Not verified
  Photoroom overview
- Adobe Firefly
  Generates images, with Content Credentials attached automatically to outputs, according to its vendor page.
  Free access, price and licence terms
  - Free access: Free plan. Free daily generations across image, video and audio with access to some models; daily limits are not quantified
  - Paid entry: From $9.99/mo, billed monthly
  - Commercial terms: The page says outputs from Firefly's own AI models can be used commercially. Outputs from partner models are the customer's responsibility to assess, and eligible enterprise customers may get IP indemnification for select outputs.
  Adobe Firefly overview
- Recraft
  Generates and edits images and vector graphics. Paid plans keep images private, according to its vendor page.
  Free access, price and licence terms
  - Free access: Free plan. Images are owned by Recraft, public in the community gallery and not licensed for commercial use; credit limits not stated
  - Paid entry: Price not verified
  - Commercial terms: The pricing page says paid plans (Basic, Pro, Teams) grant full ownership and commercial rights for images generated while subscribed, and you keep those rights after cancelling. Free-plan images are owned by Recraft and not licensed for commercial use.
  Recraft overview
Check by hand. Compare each result with the real product. Generated scenes can alter shape, text or colour; we have not tested this, so check before you sell from the image.

Your selection

Photoroom

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Before you rely on this route

This workflow is illustrative. It is built from vendor documentation, not from a test.
Commercial-use terms differ by plan and by feature. Read the vendor terms for the plan you would use before selling images made with a tool.
Photoroom's free access and paid prices are not verified in our research.
remove.bg's standalone website is scheduled to close on 1 December 2026, according to its own page.

Guides for this workflow

Remove a product photo background: How to cut a product out of its background: a no-purchase method, free web options, paid editors, a quality checklist and what to do when edges break.
Free plan, trial or credits: which is it?: Ongoing free plans, free trials and one-time credits are different offers. How to tell them apart, with examples, and how to decide whether free is enough.

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