# Cutout.pro review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Credit-based AI image editing and background removal Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Cutout.pro is an AI image and video editing site with tools for background removal, object removal, photo enhancement, colorizing, passport photos and cartoon selfies, plus image and video generation. Edits cost credits, which can be bought as a monthly subscription or as pay-as-you-go packs. It also has desktop and mobile apps, a Shopify plugin and an API. - **Category:** AI Image & Video Generators - **Made by:** Cutout.pro (since 2018) - **Website:** https://www.cutout.pro - **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free, as you get previews and 5 credits. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Cutout.pro has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5 per month for 80 credits. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free account: free previews and 5 free credits; full-resolution downloads need credits. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free Account | $0 | Free previews and 5 free credits; more credits are earned by inviting friends. | | Subscription, 80 credits | $5 per month for 80 credits | 80 credits a month at about $0.063 per credit; unused credits roll over up to 5 times the monthly budget. | | Subscription, 170 credits | $9.90 per month for 170 credits | 170 credits a month at about $0.058 per credit. | | Subscription, 1000 credits | $49 per month for 1000 credits | 1000 credits a month at about $0.049 per credit. | | Pay as you go, 30 credits | $4.99 one-time purchase | 30 credits that never expire; larger packs run to 30,000 credits for $1,399. | | Pay as you go, 300 credits | $39 one-time purchase | 300 credits at about $0.13 per credit, available forever. | Read from https://www.cutout.pro/image-pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cutout.pro before buying. ## Key features - **Background and object removal:** Remove backgrounds from photos and video, or erase unwanted objects. - **Photo enhancement:** Enhancer, upscaler and colorizer tools restore or sharpen photos. - **Portrait tools:** Passport photo maker, cartoon selfie, AI headshots and hairstyle change. - **Image and video generation:** Image generation with models such as Nano Banana, Seedream and Flux Krea, and image-to-video with models such as Veo and Seedance. - **Apps, plugin and API:** Desktop apps for Mac and Windows, mobile apps, a Shopify plugin and an API for developers. ## Good for - Sellers and designers who need background removal and photo cleanup - Developers adding image processing through an API ## Worth knowing - Tools use credits: 1 credit per image for background removal and retouch, and 2 credits for cartoon selfie, passport photo, enhancer and colorizer. - Video has a separate Video Pricing page not recorded here. - The site advertises a 14-day money-back guarantee on subscriptions, limited to 50 downloads. - Subscription prices rise in steps up to larger credit tiers than the three recorded here. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Cutout.pro removes backgrounds and objects, enhances and colourises photos and makes passport photos, with desktop and phone apps, a Shopify plugin and an API. Everything costs credits, and the free account gives previews and 5 credits. - **Value for money: B.** $5 a month for 80 credits, inside the cheaper quarter of $8.33 but not under 60% of it. Pay-as-you-go credits run about $0.13 each at the 300 pack. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free previews forever and 5 free credits, with more earned by inviting friends. Full-resolution downloads need credits, so you will hit the cap fast. - **Features: B.** Background and object removal, enhancing, portrait tools, image and video generation, and an API. The listing names no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating is on record. It is a web tool where you learn which tool costs how many credits. - **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, plus Shopify and an API. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cutout.pro's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI image and video generators - Cutout.pro's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 147 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 164 of 168) and worst on ease of use (C, above 12). - Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $11.88 for the category: 9 of the 120 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-images ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Cutout.pro 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 is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 147 of the 168 other AI image and video generators we grade. It costs $60 a year. - You could not: An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make. - You could not: A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Shopify among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Shopify **Tags:** Image generation, Video generation, Public API, AI features ## Alternatives - [Photoroom](https://toolgpa.com/tools/photoroom): AI product photo editor for e-commerce sellers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cutout-pro-vs-photoroom) - [Pixelcut](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pixelcut): AI photo and video editor for product images and ads. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cutout-pro-vs-pixelcut) - [Clipdrop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clipdrop): Browser AI photo tools for cutouts, cleanup, upscaling and generation. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clipdrop-vs-cutout-pro) - [PicWish](https://toolgpa.com/tools/picwish): Photo cleanup, background removal and enhancement. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cutout-pro-vs-picwish) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.cutout.pro/image-pricing - https://www.cutout.pro - https://www.cutout.pro/download-mac-windows-desktop-app Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/cutout-pro Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).