Clipdrop review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Clipdrop report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for quick browser photo cleanup and cutouts
Clipdrop is a set of browser photo tools: background removal, cleanup, upscaling, uncrop and text-to-image. The free plan allows 20 uses a day on several tools, upscaling stops at 2x, and the API is sold separately as the Jasper API.
Who Clipdrop is for
- Fits if you need a quick cutout, cleanup or upscale and would rather not open an editor
- Works for people who do a few photo fixes a day
Who Clipdrop is not for
- Tight if you do more than 20 background removals or cleanups a day on free
- Skip it if you need an app, since every tool runs in the browser
- Pricey if you want a yearly deal, as Pro is month to month at $15 only
- Watch out: free upscaling stops at 2x, and API access is sold apart as the Jasper API
Why Clipdrop gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyPro is $15 a month, billed monthly only, which is where the dearer quarter of image tools begins ($15). There is no yearly option.
- BFree plan and trialEvery tool is free, capped at 20 uses a day for background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight, and 50 for text removal. A person doing a few fixes a day can stay free.
- CFeaturesCutouts, cleanup, upscaling, relight, uncrop, resizing and text to image. Free upscaling stops at 2x, with 16x on Pro.
- BEase of useNo store rating on record. Each tool is a single page: drop a photo, brush or click, download.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only. There are no mobile or desktop apps, and the API is a separate Jasper API.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Clipdrop's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/clipdrop#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/clipdrop.svg" alt="Clipdrop: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Clipdrop stands among AI image and video generators
Clipdrop's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 49 of the 89 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 16.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 75 of 89) and worst on features (C, above 2).
Its paid plans start at $15 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 49 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 26 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 90 AI image and video generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Clipdrop’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 89, level with 56
- BFree plan and trialAbove 75 of 89, level with 10
- CFeaturesAbove 2 of 89, level with 39
- BEase of useAbove 58 of 89, level with 25
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 2 of 89, level with 36
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 67 AI image and video generators. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Clipdrop, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Clipdrop you would be making an image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $180 a year.
What you could not
- An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
- An API that other software can build on.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Clipdrop’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Clipdrop?
Clipdrop is a browser-based set of AI image tools: background removal and replacement, object and text cleanup, upscaling, relighting, uncropping and resizing, plus a text-to-image generator. Free use is capped per day, and Pro raises most caps to 1,000 uses a day at high resolution. It was built by InitML, which Stability bought in 2023 and sold to Jasper in 2024.
Worth knowing
- Pro is sold month to month at $15; the pricing page shows no yearly option.
- The free plan caps background removal, upscaling, cleanup and relight at 20 uses a day, and free upscaling stops at 2x.
- There are no mobile or desktop apps on the site; every tool runs in the browser.
- API access is now sold separately as the Jasper API, with usage-based pricing.
Key features
- Text to image
- Generate images from a prompt with 15 style presets such as Photographic, Anime, Pixel Art and Line Art, in five aspect ratios from 21:9 to 9:16.
- Background removal and replacement
- Cut out the main subject of a photo up to 5000 x 5000 pixels, or place it into a new generated scene with Replace background.
- Cleanup and text remover
- Brush over objects, people, text or blemishes and have them filled in, or strip all text from an image.
- Image upscaler
- Enlarge and denoise an image at 2x on the free plan, and at up to 16x on Pro.
- Uncrop and Universal Resizer
- Extend a photo beyond its edges to fit a new format, or resize one image for different social media sizes.
- Relight
- Add new lights to an existing photo to change how it is lit, at high resolution on Pro.
Clipdrop pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Clipdrop has a free plan, and paid plans start at $15 per month, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $15 per month, billed monthly
- Free plan
- Every tool, with 20 uses a day of background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight, and 50 of text removal.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Text to image, uncrop and replace background, plus 20 uses a day of background removal, 2x upscaling, cleanup and relight. |
| Pro | $15per month, billed monthly | 1,000 uses a day per tool at high resolution, queue skipping for text to image and uncrop, and upscaling up to 16x. |
Read from clipdrop.co on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Clipdrop before you buy.
Clipdrop alternatives
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Common questions
Does Clipdrop have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Clipdrop is listed for Web.
Does Clipdrop have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Clipdrop is listed for Web.
Is Clipdrop open source?
Clipdrop is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Clipdrop have an API?
Yes. Clipdrop offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.