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Cleanup.pictures vs Clipdrop

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Cleanup.pictures — 93 vs 85 for Clipdrop
Best fit
Cleanup.pictures: one-off removal of a tourist, sign or timestamp from a photo · Clipdrop: One-off cleanups: kill a background, erase a passer-by, extend a crop
Status
Both up at our last check (Oct 15, 2026)

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Cleanup.picturesBrush over objects in a photo to erase themClipdropBrowser image tools for cleanup, upscaling, uncrop and relighting

Side by side

FactCleanup.picturesClipdrop
CategoryInpainting & Object RemovalImage Editing & Retouching
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$5/mo—
Public APIYesYes
Trust score93 / 10085 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyJasper AIJasper AI, Inc.
Launched—2020
Last verifiedOct 15, 2026Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

Cleanup.pictures

Still the fastest free object eraser on the open web when you need one photo cleaned and refuse to make an account. It has been frozen for years though, so anything at print resolution or in volume belongs in its own successor ClipDrop or in Photoshop's generative fill.

Pros

  • no signup or upload queue, usable within seconds of landing on the page
  • $3-5 a month is the cheapest unlimited-resolution inpainting subscription around
  • the inpainting model is documented as an API with samples for Node.js, SwiftUI and Kotlin

Cons

  • the site has not visibly changed since 2022 and still carries the pre-acquisition owner's copyright notice
  • one seat per subscription, with no team or shared billing option
  • output quality now trails newer generative-fill models on anything large
  • free exports are hard-capped at 720px, which is unusable for print

Clipdrop

Still one of the fastest ways to run a single fix on one image without opening an editor or creating a project. The daily caps and the ownership churn are the reasons not to build a workflow on it - Photoroom and Pixelcut are more actively pushed for batch and commerce work.

Pros

  • Each tool is a separate single-purpose page - no project setup, no learning curve
  • Free tier is usable daily rather than a one-time trial
  • Terms permit commercial use of generated images
  • Same capabilities exposed through an API and a Photoshop plugin

Cons

  • Free output is resolution-limited and queued behind Pro users
  • Three owners in four years - Init ML, then Stability AI, then Jasper
  • Pro pricing is not shown until you are in the flow
  • Text-to-image quality has fallen behind dedicated image models

Which one fits

Choose Cleanup.pictures if you need

  • one-off removal of a tourist, sign or timestamp from a photo
  • stripping logos or watermarks from images you already hold the rights to
  • real-estate and product shots that need depersonalising in seconds

Choose Clipdrop if you need

  • One-off cleanups: kill a background, erase a passer-by, extend a crop
  • Designers who want the same models inside Photoshop via the plugin
  • Developers embedding background removal or upscaling through an API

Cleanup.pictures vs Clipdrop: the questions people ask

Is Cleanup.pictures cheaper than Clipdrop?

Cleanup.pictures starts at $5/mo. Clipdrop has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does Cleanup.pictures or Clipdrop have a free tier?

Both: Cleanup.pictures has a free tier, and Clipdrop has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Cleanup.pictures or Clipdrop?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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