AI Background Remover — BiRefNet, Bulk, Transparent PNG

Remove the background from product photos, portraits, pets, cars and logos with BiRefNet, one of the most accurate open background-removal models. Paste image URLs, get clean cut-outs back — in bulk, through the API, or from your AI agent.

• High quality: keeps hair, fur and fine edges that simpler models (U²-Net) cut off.
• Cheap: pay only per successfully processed image. Failed URLs are never charged.
• Bulk: hundreds of images in one run. One broken link doesn't stop the batch.
• E-commerce ready: transparent PNG/WebP, or a solid white (or any color) background as JPG, with optional auto-crop to the product.
• Full resolution: the cut-out keeps the original image size (up to 25 MP).
• No GPU, no subscription, no sign-up to another service. Runs entirely on Apify.

What is it good for?

Use case	Example
E-commerce	White-background product photos for Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Etsy
Marketplaces	Clean up supplier or user-uploaded listing photos in bulk
Profile pictures	Cut out people for ID photos, team pages, avatars
Design	Stickers, thumbnails, collages, ads
Data pipelines	Chain after any scraper to get cut-outs of every product it finds

How to use it

1. Paste one or more image URLs (JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP).
2. Choose the output format: PNG or WebP (transparent) or JPG (solid background).
3. Optionally set a background color (e.g. #FFFFFF) and crop to subject.
4. Click Start. Each result row has a direct link to the cut-out image.

Input example

{
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://example.com/sneaker.jpg",
    "https://example.com/portrait.png"
  ],
  "outputFormat": "png",
  "backgroundColor": "",
  "cropToSubject": true,
  "cropPaddingPercent": 5
}

Output example

{
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/sneaker.jpg",
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "inputWidth": 1200,
  "inputHeight": 1200,
  "outputWidth": 980,
  "outputHeight": 760,
  "outputUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/…/records/cutout-00001.png",
  "outputKey": "cutout-00001.png",
  "outputBytes": 845112
}

Pricing

Pay per event: you are charged once per image whose background was removed successfully. Failed downloads or invalid images cost nothing. Set "Maximum cost per run" to cap spending — the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.

Tips

• Use WebP for much smaller transparent files, PNG for maximum compatibility.
• For marketplace listings use JPG + #FFFFFF + crop to subject.
• Images above 25 megapixels or 40 MB are rejected (not charged).
• Works best when there is one clear subject. Very busy scenes may keep parts of the background.

Model and license

Uses BiRefNet (general, lite variant; MIT license) running on CPU with ONNX Runtime. Your images are processed inside your own Apify run and are not sent to any third-party service.