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Cleanup.pictures vs Watermark Remover

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. Cleanup.pictures starts at $5, Watermark Remover at $6.99. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

Cleanup.picturesBrush over objects in a photo to erase themWatermark RemoverDetects and erases watermarks, stamps and overlay text from images, PDFs and video

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FactCleanup.picturesWatermark Remover
CategoryInpainting & Object RemovalInpainting & Object Removal
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$5 month$6.99 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyJasper AIShopsense Retail Technologies Limited (Pixelbin)
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 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

Watermark Remover

Does one job well at commodity prices, with batch, API and mobile options that generic inpainting tools lack. Output can smear on complex textures behind dense watermarks, and using it on media you do not hold rights to is copyright infringement, not a gray area.

Pros

  • Free daily allowance to test output quality
  • Cheap at scale — subscription credits work out to roughly $0.01–0.04 per image
  • Handles PDFs and video, not only images
  • API and mobile apps enable automation

Cons

  • Reconstruction artifacts appear on busy backgrounds
  • Credits expire 12 months after purchase and are non-refundable
  • Legal exposure depends entirely on how you use it

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 Watermark Remover if you need

  • Cleaning overlays off images you own the rights to
  • Bulk watermark removal through the API or batch upload
  • Restoring old stamped scans and documents

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