Is the Background Remover API free?

Yes. The Basic plan is free and includes 50 requests per month — no card needed. Paid plans start at ₹499 per month for 2,000 requests.

How much does the Background Remover API cost?

Basic: free for 50 requests; Pro: ₹499/month for 2,000 requests; Ultra: ₹1,999/month for 10,000 requests; Mega: ₹4,999/month for 30,000 requests. Billing is monthly and you can cancel any time.

How do I use the Background Remover API?

Subscribe to a plan on APIHiver, create an API key in the Console, then send requests to https://background-remover.p.apihiver.com with your key in the X-API-Key header. You can also try every endpoint in the browser playground first.

What endpoints does the Background Remover API have?

It has 1 endpoint: Remove Background (POST /v1/remove-background).

What are the Background Remover API rate limits?

Basic: 1 request per second; Pro: 2 requests per second; Ultra: 4 requests per second; Mega: 8 requests per second. Monthly quotas depend on the plan; every response includes X-RateLimit headers showing what's left.

Can I use one API key for the Background Remover API and other APIs?

Yes. One APIHiver key works for every API you subscribe to, so you don't need a separate account or key per provider.

Background Remover API

Freemium

Remove image backgrounds in one call — transparent PNG/WebP cut-outs or a solid-colour background, from a file, URL or base64.

5.0 (1)

Subscribe to Test

2.9Popularity100%Service Level3,386msLatency

Imageremove backgroundimage background removalproduct photostransparent png

Pricing

₹0 / mo

₹499 / mo

₹1,999 / mo

₹4,999 / mo

Documentation

Remove the background from any photo with a single API call — people, products, animals, cars and more.

What you get

Transparent PNG or WebP cut-outs, or a JPG on any solid colour
Send a file upload, an image URL, or base64
Optional crop to subject, custom background colour, and mask-only output
Fast: typically 2–5 seconds per image, up to 10 MB / 4096 px

Great for e-commerce product photos, profile pictures, marketplaces, design tools and print-on-demand.

Quick start

POST /v1/remove-background with the image as multipart/form-data in the field image:

curl -X POST "https://background-remover.p.apihiver.com/v1/remove-background" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F image=@photo.jpg -o result.png

Or send JSON with image_url or image_base64:

{ "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg", "output_format": "webp", "crop": true }

Options

Option	Values	Default
`output_format`	`png`, `webp`, `jpg`	`png`
`bg_color`	Hex colour, e.g. `#FFFFFF` or `#FFFFFF80`	transparent (white for `jpg`)
`crop`	`true` / `false` — trim to the subject	`false`
`only_mask`	`true` / `false` — return the black & white mask	`false`
`response`	`image` (raw bytes) or `json` (base64 + metadata)	`image`

Response

By default the processed image is returned directly (image/png, image/webp or image/jpeg), with headers
X-Processing-Time-Ms, X-Image-Width and X-Image-Height. With response=json you get
{ image_base64, content_type, width, height, processing_time_ms }.

Limits & errors

Max upload 10 MB; images larger than 4096 px on the long side are scaled down. Supported inputs: JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF.

Errors are JSON: {"error": {"code": "...", "message": "..."}} — MISSING_IMAGE, INVALID_IMAGE, INVALID_PARAMETER,
INVALID_IMAGE_URL, IMAGE_URL_UNREACHABLE (400), IMAGE_TOO_LARGE (413), UNSUPPORTED_CONTENT_TYPE (415), SERVER_BUSY (503).

Background Remover API FAQ

Is the Background Remover API free?: Yes. The Basic plan is free and includes 50 requests per month — no card needed. Paid plans start at ₹499 per month for 2,000 requests.
How much does the Background Remover API cost?: Basic: free for 50 requests; Pro: ₹499/month for 2,000 requests; Ultra: ₹1,999/month for 10,000 requests; Mega: ₹4,999/month for 30,000 requests. Billing is monthly and you can cancel any time.
How do I use the Background Remover API?: Subscribe to a plan on APIHiver, create an API key in the Console, then send requests to https://background-remover.p.apihiver.com with your key in the X-API-Key header. You can also try every endpoint in the browser playground first.
What endpoints does the Background Remover API have?: It has 1 endpoint: Remove Background (POST /v1/remove-background).
What are the Background Remover API rate limits?: Basic: 1 request per second; Pro: 2 requests per second; Ultra: 4 requests per second; Mega: 8 requests per second. Monthly quotas depend on the plan; every response includes X-RateLimit headers showing what's left.
Can I use one API key for the Background Remover API and other APIs?: Yes. One APIHiver key works for every API you subscribe to, so you don't need a separate account or key per provider.

Related APIs

Image Tools API

Image

By APIHiver · Updated 1w ago

Resize, crop, convert, rotate and compress images, add text watermarks, extract colour palettes and make placeholder images.

0.0——

QR Code Generator & Reader API

Others

By APIHiver · Updated 1w ago

Create QR codes for links, text, UPI payments, Wi-Fi logins and contact cards (PNG/SVG, custom colours) and read QR codes from images.

0.0——

Video Tools API

Video

By APIHiver · Updated 1w ago

Get video info, grab thumbnails, make storyboard contact sheets, extract audio (MP3/WAV/M4A) and convert clips to GIF.

0.81772ms100%

OCR API — Image to Text

OCR

By APIHiver · Updated 1w ago

Extract text from images and scans in English, Hindi and Marathi, and pull out emails, phone numbers, URLs, PAN and GSTIN.

0.8700ms100%

Barcode Generator & Reader API

Others

By APIHiver · Updated 1w ago

Generate EAN-13, UPC, Code 128, ISBN and other barcodes as PNG or SVG, read barcodes from images, and validate check digits.

0.0——

Reviews

Loading reviews…

Endpoints

1 endpoint — full list is in the sidebar on larger screens.

POSTRemove Background