rankings / remove-image-backgrounds
The best models for removing backgrounds
7 models & services · 1 callable here now
Ranked by benchmark score per dollar (quality floor applied). Scores: PBench — image segmentation quality. Fetched 2026-07-12. Prices are our live per-call rates; ~ marks an estimate until the model is onboarded.
sorted by value · sort by score
| # | model | score | price | params | status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen/Qwen3-VL-4B-Instruct best value | 49.2 (#3) | $1 / 1M tokens | 4437.8M | live · use now |
| 2 | tiiuae/Falcon-Perception top score | 57 (#1) | - | 632.4M | not hosted |
| 3 | moondream/moondream3-preview | 50.5 (#2) | - | 9268.6M | not hosted |
| 4 | Qwen/Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct | 49 (#4) | - | 8767.1M | not hosted |
| 5 | facebook/sam3 | 44.4 (#5) | - | 859.9M | not hosted |
| 6 | Qwen/Qwen3-VL-2B-Instruct | 37 (#6) | - | 2127.5M | not hosted |
| 7 | Kaleido remove.bg | - | ~$0.14-0.28 / image | - | reference |