Background Remover: Transparent PNG & White Background (Bulk)

Remove the background from images in bulk for $4 per 1,000 images. Give it links to your photos or upload one, and get back a cut-out of the subject as a transparent PNG or WebP, or on white or any colour for marketplace listings. It runs open-source AI segmentation models (IS-Net and U2-Net) inside your own run, so your images are never sent to a third-party API, and it handles about one image per second.

What can this background remover do?

• Transparent cut-outs as PNG, or WebP for smaller files.
• White or coloured backgrounds (any hex colour) as JPG, PNG or WebP: ready for Amazon, eBay, Etsy or Shopify product photos.
• Three models: General (IS-Net, best for products, objects and people), Classic (U2-Net) and People (tuned for portraits and full-body shots).
• Crop to subject with a margin you choose, so every product sits tight in the frame.
• Refine edges (alpha matting) for hair, fur and soft edges.
• Any common format in: JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC (iPhone), GIF, BMP and TIFF, with phone rotation fixed automatically.
• Bulk: hundreds or thousands of images in one run, each with a download link.

What data do you get?

One record per image:

Field	Description
imageUrl, fileName, format	Download link and name of the cut-out
source	The original image
background	transparent or the colour used
width, height, originalWidth, originalHeight	Size after and before
bytes	File size of the result
subjectCoverage	Share of the image covered by the subject (0-1)
model, croppedToSubject, seconds	How it was processed
notes	A warning when no clear subject was found

Who uses it?

• E-commerce sellers and agencies putting product photos on white for marketplaces.
• Designers and marketers making cut-outs for ads, thumbnails and social graphics.
• Developers adding "remove background" to an upload flow or catalogue pipeline through the API.
• Real-estate, automotive and print teams cleaning up large batches of photos.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free (or Start).
2. Add Image URLs or upload an image.
3. Choose the Output format and Background (transparent or a colour), and turn on Crop to subject if you want.
4. Run it and open the Output tab to preview and download each cut-out.

Input example

{
  "imageUrls": [
    { "url": "https://example.com/products/sneaker-01.jpg" },
    { "url": "https://example.com/products/sneaker-02.jpg" }
  ],
  "model": "general",
  "outputFormat": "jpg",
  "background": "color",
  "backgroundColor": "#FFFFFF",
  "cropToSubject": true,
  "cropMarginPx": 40
}

Output example

From a real run with the default input (a public-domain NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin on the Moon):

{
  "source": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Aldrin_Apollo_11_original.jpg/1280px-Aldrin_Apollo_11_original.jpg",
  "imageUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/Ve3HaSmfON82lWDrz/records/1280px-Aldrin_Apollo_11_original-nobg.png?signature=...",
  "format": "png",
  "background": "transparent",
  "width": 1280,
  "height": 1288,
  "bytes": 411109,
  "subjectCoverage": 0.108,
  "model": "isnet-general-use",
  "seconds": 1.4,
  "status": "ok"
}

How much does it cost?

$4 per 1,000 images ($0.004 each), plus a small start fee per run (charged per GB of memory; about $0.0001 at the default 2 GB). Images that cannot be downloaded or read are skipped and not charged.

You process	You pay
1 image (default run)	$0.004
500 product photos	$2.00
10,000 catalogue images	$40.00

Volume discounts on higher Apify plans. The prices above are for the Apify Free plan. On paid plans the price drops automatically: about 15% lower on Bronze, 25% lower on Silver and 38% lower on Gold and above.

Use it via API, Make, Zapier, n8n or an AI agent

Apify API. Send an image and get the cut-out link back in one HTTP request (replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with the token from Apify Console > Settings > Integrations):

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/plotpointtech~background-remover/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"imageUrls": [{"url": "https://example.com/products/mug.jpg"}], "background": "color", "backgroundColor": "#FFFFFF", "outputFormat": "jpg"}'

Official apify-client libraries exist for Python and JavaScript; the API tab on this page has ready-made code.

No-code automation. Connect the tool to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Drive, Dropbox, Shopify or any webhook with Apify integrations.

AI agents (MCP). Give Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP-compatible agent direct access through the hosted Apify MCP server:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=plotpointtech/background-remover

FAQ

How good are the cut-outs? Very good on products, people and objects against ordinary backgrounds; fine hair, glass, smoke and objects that blend into the background are harder. Try Refine edges for hair and fur, or the People model for portraits. subjectCoverage near 0 means no clear subject was found.

Are my images private? Yes. The models run inside your own Apify run; images are not sent to any outside service and are stored only in your Apify storage. The download links contain a signature, so anyone you share a link with can open that image.

How large can images be? Up to 25 MB per file by default. Images larger than 3,000 px on the longest side are scaled down first (adjustable up to 6,000 px).

Can I use the results commercially? The models are open source (Apache 2.0 / MIT). You need the rights to the photos you process.

Related tools from Plot Point Technologies

• Bulk Image Converter & Compressor: WebP, AVIF, JPG, PNG, Resize: resize and convert the cut-outs.
• Image OCR - Image to Text in Bulk: read text in images.
• Bulk Image Downloader - All Images from Any Website + ZIP: collect images from web pages first.

Plot Point Technologies is not affiliated with the rembg, U2-Net or IS-Net projects or NASA (source of the public-domain sample photo). Questions: support@plotpoint.tech.

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