Looking for a free remove.bg alternative? TonySkill cuts out the subject of your photo with the BiRefNet AI model running in your browser, and lets you download the result up to 4,096 pixels on the longest side — about 12 megapixels for a 4:3 photo — with no credits, no account and no watermark. remove.bg's free download is limited to 0.25 megapixels.
remove.bg free vs TonySkill
News: remove.bg announced on its official FAQ that it is migrating its background removal into the Canva platform; AlternativeTo reports that the standalone remove.bg website closes on 1 December 2026. TonySkill keeps working as it is: free, no account, no upload.
remove.bg figures are taken from its own help page, checked on 22 October 2026. Prices and limits change: check their site for the current offer.
| remove.bg (free) | TonySkill | |
|---|---|---|
| Download resolution | Up to 0.25 megapixels (about 625 × 400 px) | Up to 4,096 px on the longest side |
| Full resolution | Paid credits (up to 50 megapixels) | Included, up to 4,096 px |
| Account | Needed to buy credits | Never |
| Where the photo is processed | Uploaded to remove.bg's servers | In your browser; the photo is not uploaded |
TonySkill also offers colour, blur, custom-image and product-studio backgrounds, and a brush to erase or restore parts of the cut-out.
Where remove.bg is still ahead
- Very large images: paid remove.bg handles up to 50 megapixels; TonySkill caps the result at 4,096 px on the longest side so that phones do not run out of memory.
- Speed on old phones: remove.bg runs on its servers, so a slow phone does not matter. TonySkill uses your device; the first run also downloads the AI model (about 100 MB), which is then kept in cache.
- API: remove.bg offers an API for developers and automated workflows. TonySkill is a web page, without an API.
For product photos, profile pictures, school projects or social posts, 4,096 px is more than enough: it is wider than a 4K screen.
How to remove a background with TonySkill
- Drop one or more photos above (JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, up to 50 MB each).
- Click Remove background. The first time, the model downloads once; later runs start immediately.
- Choose transparent, a colour, a blurred version of the original, your own image, or the product studio with shadow.
- Touch up the edges with the brush if a strand of hair or a corner was missed, then download the PNG.