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By the toolist.ai editors. Researched from Photoroom's own pages and hands-on tests published by others, not hands-on tested by toolist.ai. Updated October 20, 2026.

Photoroom review: pricing, features and what testers found

Photoroom is an AI photo editor for product and marketplace photos: it removes backgrounds, generates scenes, shadows, fashion models and short product videos, and edits whole batches on the web, iPhone, iPad, Android or through a separate API. Pro costs $12.99 a month, or $7.50 a month billed yearly, for 8,000 AI credits and 1,000 exports a month.

Our take

Photoroom suits online sellers who need clean, consistent product photos in volume: on paid plans its core tools (background removal, retouching, preset shadows, resizing and upscaling) cost no credits, while a monthly pool of AI credits pays for generated backgrounds, fashion models, ghost mannequins, prompt edits and short product videos. Pro costs $12.99 a month ($7.50 billed yearly) for 8,000 AI credits and 1,000 exports a month, shared by up to 50 people in one Space; Max ($34.99, or $20.83 a month billed yearly) adds Video Generator, 2K AI images and Shopify publishing. TechRadar's Steve Paris, reviewing Ultra in August 2026 with access Photoroom gave him, found most AI tools close to one-click, with the digital ironing, AI fashion models and ghost mannequin standing out, but some Video Generator templates misfired and some requests worked only after he repeated them. TechRadar's Chris Rowlands (2023, an older version) found cutouts clean on well-lit subjects and at least half of the generated backgrounds convincing, and Android Police's Ruby Helyer (2025) had backgrounds removed within seconds. The catches are credits and exports that reset monthly with no rollover, a free plan barred from commercial use, training on your designs unless each user opts out, and a 2.2 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 272 reviews, where recent complaints centre on subscription changes, prices and support. This verdict rests on those three published tests, Photoroom's own pricing page, help center and terms, and Trustpilot's reviews.

Based on Photoroom's published plans and the hands-on tests linked below, not on a test of our own.

Good for

  • Marketplace sellers and small shops who want clean white or transparent backgrounds, shadows and consistent product shots quickly, on a phone or in a browser
  • Clothing sellers who want on-model, ghost-mannequin, flat-lay and wrinkle-free shots without a photoshoot (AI Fashion Models at 1K from Pro, 2K from Max, 4K on Ultra)
  • Small teams that would rather share one subscription: up to 50 people in a Space use one plan's credits and exports at no extra charge
  • Shopify stores that want to edit and publish product images in place, on Max ($34.99 a month, or $20.83 billed yearly) or Ultra

Watch out for

  • What credits buy depends on the tool: by Photoroom's table, Pro's 8,000 credits make up to 1,600 AI Images or 1K AI Fashion Models, 4,000 basic AI Backgrounds, 800 adjustable AI Shadows or 400 Edit with AI generations, and Max's 25,000 make up to 185 2K fashion images or 50 videos. Credits renew monthly, also on yearly plans, and unused ones are lost; the FAQ says a plan's credit amount may vary by country. TechRadar's Steve Paris lists credits that can run out fast among his cons.
  • Exports are capped too: every image you download, save, share or publish to Shopify counts, one per image in a Batch, and at the cap exports pause until the next cycle unless you upgrade. Pro allows 1,000 a month, Max 3,000 and Ultra 10,000, and the pricing FAQ says the limits apply to images up to 2K.
  • The free plan is for personal, non-commercial use only and cannot export Batches. The 7-day free trial applies only to yearly Pro and Max, once per customer and only to the first Space you upgrade; the terms subscribe you automatically when a trial ends, and Ultra has no trial.
  • Refunds: the help center offers one within 7 days of your last payment, not guaranteed and not for API plans, while the terms (effective July 29, 2026) call fees non-refundable except as stated and give no refunds or proration on cancellation. App Store, Google Play and Shopify purchases are refunded by those stores. Renewals are at the then-current price, and the terms allow price rises on 30 days' notice.
  • Photoroom uses your designs and uploads to train its AI by default; each user must switch off 'Improve model for everyone' separately, as there is no way to change it for all users at once (API images are not used). The terms also give Photoroom a perpetual licence to your content for running the service, and a help article says AI images you generate may be shown to other users who type similar prompts.
  • Photoroom's pages disagree in places: every plan card marks Adjustable AI Shadows 'not included' while the comparison table lists up to 800 on Pro; the cards round yearly per-month prices up (Max's $249.99 a year shows as $20.99 a month, really $20.83); and the pricing FAQ says paid plans include API credits while the help center calls the API a separate product with its own image quota. Photoroom also sells weekly subscriptions that the pricing page does not list.
  • Testers hit limits: Paris found some Video Generator templates showing his products in physically impossible, at times disturbing ways or not working, and some requests failing until repeated (failed attempts cost no credits); Rowlands (2023) found cutouts could falter on busy, low-contrast, dim or low-resolution photos, and manual mask editing clumsy, with no brush softness or undo.
  • Trustpilot's score is 2.2 out of 5 from 272 reviews on a profile Photoroom claimed in 2023; the page's data shows it is not collecting reviews and marks the newest 20 as organic, not invited; Trustpilot's AI summary of 132 recent reviews cites unexpected subscription changes, rising prices, new limits on batch editing, crashes during export and support that failed to resolve billing problems, beside praise for the background remover. The US App Store rates the iPhone app 4.8 from 230,714 ratings.

What Photoroom does

Price

Free plan: A Free plan (not shown on the pricing page) with limited features, fewer AI credits and a lower daily limit on the free tools, 100 exports a month, Batch editing without Batch export, and web exports scaled down to 2,000 pixels on the longest side; for personal, non-commercial use only.

PlanBilled monthlyBilled yearly, per monthIncludes
Free free free Limited features, fewer AI credits (Photoroom publishes no number) and a lower daily limit on the free tools; 100 exports a month; Batch editing without Batch export; web exports scaled down to 2,000 pixels on the longest side (2,400 by 2,400 on iOS); no API access; personal, non-commercial use only
Pro $12.99 $7.50 8,000 AI credits and 1,000 exports a month for one Space of up to 50 people; core tools without credits; by Photoroom's table up to 1,600 AI Images or 1K AI Fashion Models, 4,000 basic AI Backgrounds, 800 adjustable AI Shadows or 400 Edit with AI generations; Brand Kit; AI tools at 1K (Standard quality) only, no Video Generator, no Shopify integration; 7-day free trial on yearly billing; $89.99 a year billed yearly
Max $34.99 $20.83 25,000 AI credits and 3,000 exports a month; everything in Pro plus Video Generator (up to 50 videos by Photoroom's table), 2K AI generations at Advanced quality (up to 185 2K AI Fashion Models images), up to 5,000 AI Images or 1,250 Edit with AI generations, and the Shopify integration; 7-day free trial on yearly billing; $249.99 a year billed yearly (the card shows $20.99 a month)
Ultra $99 $82.50 75,000 AI credits and 10,000 exports a month; everything in Max plus 4K image and video resolution (up to 310 4K AI Fashion Models images) and up to 150 videos by Photoroom's table; no free trial; $990 a year billed yearly. Larger tiers from the card's selector: Ultra x2 (150,000 credits, 20,000 exports) $198 a month or $1,980 a year, Ultra x5 (375,000, 50,000) $495 or $4,950, Ultra x10 (750,000, 100,000) $990 or $9,900
Enterprise not listed not listed Contact sales: an annual contract funded up front in USD, EUR or GBP, with one usage-based balance across the apps and API, Visual Agents configured to your catalog, an Enterprise Guarantee add-on that reworks outputs failing agreed fidelity criteria (food and fashion businesses), SLA, SSO, SOC 2 Type 2 and dedicated onboarding and support

Prices last checked: 2026-10-20 on Photoroom's pricing page. Full breakdown: Photoroom pricing.

Price history

No price change since we first recorded these prices on October 20, 2026. We re-check them every week and list each change here.

What hands-on testers found

We have not tested Photoroom ourselves. These are the published tests we found that used it hands-on, newest first; follow the links for the full reviews.

TechRadar · Steve Paris · August 16, 2026

What they tested: Photoroom's web app on a MacBook Pro, on the Ultra plan, which Photoroom gave him access to for the review: background removal, retouching and enhancement, the digital ironing tool, AI fashion models, the ghost mannequin, AI credits and Video Generator. The plan prices and credit amounts he quotes ($13, $35 and $100 a month, 4,250 to 20,000 credits) differ from today's pricing page. The review's one link to Photoroom runs through Skimlinks (go.redirectingat.com, marked rel='sponsored').

  • Most AI tools did an excellent job in about one click, where similar tools in Photoshop or Pixelmator Pro usually leave him touching up the output; the free core tools were nearly instant.
  • The digital ironing smoothed a shirt photographed on a surface, and the AI fashion models and the ghost mannequin, which fills out a shirt without a visible wearer, impressed him.
  • Some Video Generator templates showed his products in physically impossible, at times disturbing ways or did not work as expected, and a video took about four minutes, so he suggests sticking to still images for now.
  • Some requests failed with an error and worked only after he repeated them; failed attempts cost no credits. He found the interface clear and noted that HEIC photos import without conversion.

Their score: 4 out of 5

Android Police · Ruby Helyer · February 28, 2025

What they tested: Photoroom on Android, at number 5 of her five go-to apps for removing photo backgrounds, a short entry with two screenshots from her own phone: a hand-held mug with its background removed, then the editor's tools and Export button. Written before the current plans (she gives Pro as $90 a year and the free version as allowing up to 250 exports without watermarks). Its only links to Photoroom are a Google Play app box's plain links (to Google Play and photoroom.com, marked nofollow), with no affiliate code.

  • The background was gone within seconds of uploading a photo, after which the app offered basic editing tools and export options.
  • She found the app built around product photos: templates were basic, and AI backgrounds and other tools were for Pro members.
  • Background removal and the eraser were available on the free version, alongside very basic tools.

TechRadar · Chris Rowlands · November 6, 2023

What they tested: PhotoRoom's app and web tool in 2023: automatic cutouts and manual mask editing, templates and instant backgrounds from presets and prompts; he also describes the Magic Retouch object remover, instant shadows and batch editing. An older version, before today's credit plans, AI fashion models and Video Generator; Pro then cost $89.99 a year in the US. Its links to Photoroom run through Skimlinks, beside an Amazon price widget.

  • Cutouts were clean on clothes, animals and even the spokes of a bicycle, but could falter on busy scenes and on photos with poor contrast, dim light or low resolution.
  • Refining a mask by hand was fiddly: the brush had no softness setting and there was no undo.
  • Generated backgrounds often matched the lighting convincingly, with true-to-life shadows under a camera, a reflection in polished stone and a lamp's glow on a wall; of every four variations at least half could pass for a real photo to an untrained eye, though AI artifacts and odd scale crept in (one made a bicycle look like a miniature on a shelf).
  • Templates needed a creative eye and suited subjects shot straight-on.

Their score: 4 out of 5

What users say

Test result

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