AI Background Remover — Transparent PNG | $10/1K

Background Remover removes image backgrounds in bulk and returns clean transparent PNG files without an external login, cookies, or third-party API key. Use it for product photos, portraits, catalogs, marketplaces, design workflows, and automated content pipelines.

$10 per 1,000 successful images · Pay per result · Batch input · API and n8n ready

Why use this AI Background Remover?

• Transparent PNG output — download a cutout ready for a new background, catalog, presentation, or design.
• Bulk processing — submit up to 100 public image URLs in one run.
• Pay only for successful results — failed or invalid images never enter the billable Dataset.
• Useful result metadata — output includes PNG width, height, file size, source URL, and processing time.
• No third-party key or account — paste image URLs and run inside Apify.
• Automation-ready — use Apify Tasks, schedules, API, webhooks, Make, or n8n.
• Structured exports — export result links and metadata as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or through the API.
• Safe public-URL handling — private and internal network destinations are rejected.

Input

Provide public JPG, PNG, WEBP, or BMP image URLs:

{
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://example.com/catalog/yellow-shoe.jpg",
    "https://example.com/catalog/ceramic-lamp.webp"
  ],
  "maxConcurrency": 2,
  "timeout": 120
}

Field	Required	Description
imageUrls	Yes	Up to 100 public HTTP/HTTPS image URLs; duplicates are removed automatically
maxConcurrency	No	Number of images processed concurrently, from 1 to 5
timeout	No	Per-image timeout from 30 to 300 seconds

Each source image can be up to 25 MB. The source server must allow Apify to download the image.

Output

Each successful image creates one Dataset item:

{
  "success": true,
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/catalog/yellow-shoe.jpg",
  "resultUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/example/records/no-bg-example.png",
  "format": "png",
  "width": 1200,
  "height": 1200,
  "fileSizeBytes": 428516,
  "processedAt": "2026-08-26T14:30:00Z"
}

resultUrl points to the generated PNG in the run key-value store. Download or copy files into your own storage according to your retention requirements.

Billing safety

• $0.01 per successful image — $10/1K successful background-removal results.
• Actor-start and Apify platform usage may be shown separately.
• Invalid URLs, download failures, unsupported files, and failed removals are written to FAILED_IMAGES, not the Dataset.
• The run SUMMARY reports requested, unique, successful, and failed counts.
• Duplicate URLs are processed once and create at most one charged result.

Use cases

• E-commerce: prepare clean product cutouts for Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, eBay, Etsy, or marketplace feeds.
• Catalog production: remove backgrounds from supplier photos before adding consistent branded scenes.
• Creative workflows: create transparent assets for banners, presentations, thumbnails, and social posts.
• Portrait preparation: isolate a person for profile graphics or authorized document-production workflows.
• Automation: connect image uploads to an Apify Task and deliver finished PNG URLs through a webhook.
• Dataset cleanup: normalize mixed supplier imagery before downstream review or design work.

n8n integration

Install n8n-nodes-apivault-background-remover, add the Background Remover node, connect your Apify token, and map one or more image URLs from the previous workflow step.

Limitations

• Results depend on subject visibility, contrast, lighting, motion blur, and image resolution.
• Fine hair, transparent objects, reflections, smoke, shadows, and overlapping subjects can require manual review.
• Output dimensions may differ from the source dimensions.
• Animated images are not supported as animated output; the result is a PNG.
• This Actor removes backgrounds; it does not generate a replacement scene or perform product retouching.

Responsible use

Process only images you are allowed to use. Do not use the Actor to misrepresent people, products, documents, or evidence. Review sensitive portrait and commercial outputs before publication.

FAQ

Does it return a real transparent image?

Yes. Successful results are PNG files with an alpha channel. Transparency quality depends on the source image.

Am I charged for a failed image?

No. A result charge is created only when a successfully processed PNG is written to the Dataset.

Can I process several images at once?

Yes. Add up to 100 URLs to imageUrls. Duplicate URLs are removed automatically.

Can I use the result in Photoshop, Canva, or a product feed?

Yes. Download the PNG from resultUrl, then import it into any tool or storage system that supports PNG transparency.

Does it need another background-removal service API key?

No. Users do not provide a third-party image-processing key.

Support

If an image fails, share the Actor run ID and a non-sensitive public example URL in an issue. Do not publish private image links, credentials, or customer data.