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BiRefNet general

Background removal. Sold per image up to 1 MP input, pro rata above that, up to 4 MP.

List fare, per image: $0.0005
Launch fare, from 20 images: $0.0005
Minimum, per submission: $0.0075
1,000 images, one batch: $0.50; $0.50 at the launch fare

The minimum stops mattering at 15 images. Below that, a submission pays $0.0075 whatever its size.

Cold start: expect 10 to 30 s, occasionally minutes. This is a queue, and later items in a batch ride on the same start.

Using it.

The default output is a PNG with alpha. Set output to mask for the mask alone.

Table 1 Limits
Model ID	`birefnet`
Input types	`image/pngimage/jpegimage/webp`
Largest file	25 MB
Largest item	4 MP
Default `max_units`	4
Smallest `max_units`	1
Licence	MIT

Table 2 Parameters, all optional
Name	Type	Allowed	Default
`output`	string	cutout, mask	cutout

Dry run, which writes nothing

curl -s https://www.y-pad.com/v1/batches \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $YPAD_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "birefnet",
    "items": [{"file": "FILE_ID", "params": {"output":"cutout"}}],
    "dry_run": true
  }'

The first-run guide covers the upload before this and the rest of the batch after it.

Real output.

From the same worker you would pay for, on a public-domain input, and cached here.

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Monarch butterfly on butterfly milkweed, as supplied — Before

Monarch butterfly on butterfly milkweed. Courtney Celley, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Public Domain Mark 1.0, work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Source.

Who charges less.

DeepInfra beats us on a short Whisper job. It charges $0.00045 per minute, so up to 16 audio minutes it costs less than our $0.0075 minimum.
Runware beats us on a lone image. It lists BiRefNet at $0.0006 per image and shows Real-ESRGAN at $0.0013 at 4x, varies with input, while a lone job here pays the $0.0075 minimum.
A lone job here costs more than on Replicate. Ours pays the $0.0075 minimum. Replicate charges $0.002 per image for Real-ESRGAN and about $0.0017 per run for BiRefNet.

Table 3 BiRefNet general, our launch fare first, then lowest first, per 1,000 images
Who	Published price	Per 1,000	Against our fares	Checked	Source
Y-PAD, launch fare	$0.0005 per image$0.0075 minimum per submission	$0.50	Ours	2 Nov 2026	Fares
Y-PAD, list fare	$0.0005 per image$0.0075 minimum per submission	$0.50	Ours	2 Nov 2026	Fares
Runware	$0.0006 per imagepublished price	$0.60	More than both our fares	2 Nov 2026	runware.ai
Replicate	about $0.0017 per runtypical cost shown on the model page, billed by time	about $1.70	More than both our fares	2 Nov 2026	replicate.com

BiRefNet general

Using it.

Real output.

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Who charges less.

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