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EnglishHow does Cleanup.pictures compare to other inpainting apps?
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Cleanup.pictures is worth using if you want fast, smear-free object removal on a browser-based tool, and you're fine with 720p output on the free tier. It stands out from older clone-stamp style inpainting apps mainly in output quality and speed, and from broader editing suites by staying focused on one job: removing unwanted things from a photo. If you need full-resolution exports, high-volume API calls, or a complete editing workflow, you'll likely need the paid tier or a different tool.
Where Cleanup.pictures differs from typical inpainting apps
The core difference is the underlying method. Traditional inpainting relied on a Clone tool — you manually copy pixels from one area to cover another, which is slow and tends to leave visible seams. Cleanup.pictures uses AI-based inpainting, which predicts what should fill the masked area based on surrounding content.
That method change shows up in the results. One user quoted on the site, Dawn Veltri (Director of Marketing at Raek), describes spending significant time with similar programs and "getting weird smears and lines," then finishing the same photo with Cleanup.pictures "in 30 secs without the smears and lines." The practical takeaway: the tool's main claim to superiority is cleaner edges and less manual cleanup, not a longer feature list.
What it handles
- Objects — unwanted items in a scene
- People — e.g. tourists in a holiday photo
- Text, logos, watermarks, date stamps — including timestamp removal for photographers
- Defects — such as cracks on scanned photographs
The site lists use-cases for photographers, creative agencies, real estate, and e-commerce, plus an API for developers. For real estate specifically, it's positioned for depersonalizing and cleaning photos of rooms, flats, and houses.
Free vs. paid: what actually changes
| Free | Pro | ClipDrop Pro | API | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 0 | from 3 | from 11 | Usage-based |
| Images | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | — |
| Resolution | Limited to 720p | Unlimited | Unlimited | — |
| Quality | Standard | High quality refiner | — | — |
| Extras | — | — | Remove/replace background, uncrop, generative fill, other tools | Documentation provided |
Two conditions matter here. First, the free tier's 720p cap is the real constraint — unlimited images won't help if your output resolution is too low for print or large displays. Second, the paid plans link out to ClipDrop's pricing flow, so Pro and ClipDrop Pro are part of the same subscription family rather than separate products. The site notes that special pricing applies for API use.
How to judge it against your alternative
Ask three questions before choosing:
- Do you need full resolution? If yes, the free tier won't work for you — budget for Pro or above.
- Is your job object removal only? If you also need background replacement, uncropping, or generative fill, ClipDrop Pro bundles those; a single-purpose tool may leave you switching apps.
- Do you need it programmatically? The API is usage-based with its own pricing, so compare that against whatever inpainting API you're already considering.
If your answer is "just remove things cleanly, at web resolution, for free," Cleanup.pictures is a reasonable default. If you need print-quality output or a broader toolkit, treat the paid tiers as the real comparison point, not the free version.