Background removal cost on Sume, per product photo
Remove background (RMBG 1.0) on Sume is a fixed price per image, whatever its size, so cutting out a batch costs that price times the photo count.
Remove background (RMBG 1.0) on Sume is billed at a fixed price per image, and the price does not vary with image size, so cutting out a batch of product photos costs that price times the number of photos. The table gives every batch these posts priced.
Worked example: Remove the background from 50 product photos: $1.1250
Removing the background from 50 product photos costs $1.1250 on Sume: RMBG 1.0 is $0.0225 per image, from a $0.018 provider list price at the standard margin.
The rate is the catalog entry sume/rmbg-1.0, read from Sume's rate card on 2026-10-06. Confirm it in GET /v1/catalog before a large run.
How does the cost scale?
The price is per image, so it is linear.
| Images | Cost |
|---|---|
| 50 | $1.1250 |
| 100 | $2.25 |
What should I check?
For 200 or more images, run a 10-image sample first.
- Inputs must be fetchable public HTTPS image URLs; otherwise Sume returns
image_not_fetchable. - Send an
Idempotency-Keyper image so retries are safe. - Spot-check edges on hair, glass and shadows before running the whole catalog.
Every batch size in one table
This page replaces 19 posts that asked the same question with different numbers. Each row is one of them, with the answer it gave when it was published.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Remove the background from 50 product photos: $1.1250 | Sume RMBG 1.0 charges $0.0225 per image after margin, so 50 product photos cost $1.1250. Sizing, retakes and a request example. |
| Remove the background from 1000 product photos: $22.50 | Sume RMBG 1.0 charges $0.0225 per image after margin, so 1000 product photos cost $22.50. Sizing, retakes and a request example. |
| Remove the background from 200 product photos: $4.50 | Sume RMBG 1.0 charges $0.0225 per image after margin, so 200 product photos cost $4.50. Sizing, retakes and a request example. |
| Cutting out 1,000 product photos on Sume costs $22.50 | Remove background (RMBG 1.0) is $0.0225 per image in the Sume catalog, so cutting out 1,000 product photos is $22.50. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Cutting out 10,000 product photos on Sume costs $225.00 | Remove background (RMBG 1.0) is $0.0225 per image in the Sume catalog, so cutting out 10,000 product photos is $225.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Cutting out 100 product photos on Sume costs $2.25 | Remove background (RMBG 1.0) is $0.0225 per image in the Sume catalog, so cutting out 100 product photos is $2.25. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Cutting out 2,500 product photos on Sume costs $56.25 | Remove background (RMBG 1.0) is $0.0225 per image in the Sume catalog, so cutting out 2,500 product photos is $56.25. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Cutting out 250 product photos on Sume costs $5.63 | Remove background (RMBG 1.0) is $0.0225 per image in the Sume catalog, so cutting out 250 product photos is $5.63. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Cutting out 40 product photos on Sume costs $0.90 | Remove background (RMBG 1.0) is $0.0225 per image in the Sume catalog, so cutting out 40 product photos is $0.90. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Cutting out 5,000 product photos on Sume costs $112.50 | Remove background (RMBG 1.0) is $0.0225 per image in the Sume catalog, so cutting out 5,000 product photos is $112.50. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Cutting out 500 product photos on Sume costs $11.25 | Remove background (RMBG 1.0) is $0.0225 per image in the Sume catalog, so cutting out 500 product photos is $11.25. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Upscaling 1,000 images on Sume costs $200.00 | Image upscale 1.0 is $0.2 per image in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 1,000 images is $200.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Upscaling 10 images on Sume costs $2.00 | Image upscale 1.0 is $0.2 per image in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 10 images is $2.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Upscaling 100 images on Sume costs $20.00 | Image upscale 1.0 is $0.2 per image in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 100 images is $20.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Upscaling 25 images on Sume costs $5.00 | Image upscale 1.0 is $0.2 per image in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 25 images is $5.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Upscaling 250 images on Sume costs $50.00 | Image upscale 1.0 is $0.2 per image in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 250 images is $50.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Upscaling 40 images on Sume costs $8.00 | Image upscale 1.0 is $0.2 per image in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 40 images is $8.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Upscaling 500 images on Sume costs $100.00 | Image upscale 1.0 is $0.2 per image in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 500 images is $100.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
| Upscaling 60 images on Sume costs $12.00 | Image upscale 1.0 is $0.2 per image in the Sume catalog, so upscaling 60 images is $12.00. Rate read 2026-10-09. |
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