# Clipdrop review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Browser AI photo tools for cutouts, cleanup, upscaling and generation Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** InitML (since 2020) - **Website:** https://clipdrop.co - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you do more than 20 background removals or cleanups a day on free. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Clipdrop has a free plan, and paid plans start at $15 per month, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $15 per 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 https://clipdrop.co/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Clipdrop before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Removing backgrounds and stray objects from product photos - Quick photo fixes in a browser without installing software - Light users who stay within 20 free uses a day ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $15 a month, billed monthly only, which is where the dearer quarter of image tools begins ($15). There is no yearly option. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Every 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. - **Features: C.** Cutouts, cleanup, upscaling, relight, uncrop, resizing and text to image. Free upscaling stops at 2x, with 16x on Pro. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. Each tool is a single page: drop a photo, brush or click, download. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only. There are no mobile or desktop apps, and the API is a separate Jasper API. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, 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. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Image generation, AI features, Public API ## Alternatives - [Photoroom](https://toolgpa.com/tools/photoroom): AI product photo editor for e-commerce sellers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clipdrop-vs-photoroom) - [Pixelcut](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pixelcut): AI photo and video editor for product images and ads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clipdrop-vs-pixelcut) - [Picsart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/picsart): Photo and video editor with AI generation and design tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clipdrop-vs-picsart) - [Fotor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fotor): Photo editor and AI image and video generator with credit plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clipdrop-vs-fotor) - [Stability AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/stability-ai): Stable Diffusion image models to self-host or call through an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clipdrop-vs-stability-ai) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://clipdrop.co/pricing - https://checkout.paddle.com/api/2.0/prices?product_ids=881805&customer_country=US - https://clipdrop.co/ - https://clipdrop.co/tools - https://clipdrop.co/text-to-image - https://clipdrop.co/remove-background - https://clipdrop.co/image-upscaler Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/clipdrop Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).