PixelAPI: The $0.01 Background Removal API (and 11 more AI features)

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I got tired of paying $0.05+ per image for background removal. So I built PixelAPI.

What is it?

PixelAPI is a developer-first AI image processing API with 12 features through one clean interface. Pay-as-you-go, no subscriptions, no monthly minimums.

Pricing (vs competitors)

Feature	Remove.bg	PhotoRoom	PixelAPI
Background removal	$0.05	~$0.10	$0.01
Image generation	❌	❌	$0.012
4x upscaling	❌	❌	$0.05
Face restoration	❌	❌	$0.025

Quick Start

pip install pixelapi

from pixelapi import PixelAPI

client = PixelAPI("your_api_key")

# Remove background
result = client.remove_background("product.jpg")
result.save("product_nobg.png")

# Generate image
result = client.generate(
    prompt="red sneaker on white background, product photo",
    model="flux-schnell"
)

# 4x upscale
result = client.upscale("low_res.jpg", scale=4)

All 12 Features

✂️ Background removal — $0.01/image (BiRefNet, SOTA quality)
🎨 Image generation — $0.012 (FLUX Schnell, SDXL)
🔍 4x AI upscaling — $0.05 (Real-ESRGAN)
👤 Face restoration — $0.025 (CodeFormer)
🧹 Object removal — $0.02 (LaMa inpainting)
🔤 Text removal — $0.02
🖼️ Background replacement — $0.01
🖼️ img2img — $0.025
🎭 AI Shadows — $0.01
🌅 Outpainting — $0.025
🎭 Virtual try-on — $0.025
🎵 Audio generation — $0.025

Why it's affordable

I run this on my own GPU hardware — RTX 4070s and an RTX 6000 Ada (48GB). No AWS/GCP markup. I pass the savings directly to you.

Pricing plans

Starter — $10 for 10,000 credits
Pro — $50 for 60,000 credits
Scale — $200 for 300,000 credits

Or use the free tier: 100 credits on signup, no credit card required.

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