PixelCut
Product-photo AI editor that rebranded to Pixa in March 2026
Overview
PixelCut is a mobile-first AI photo editor for small sellers — one-tap background removal, product shadows, upscaling, batch processing — used by 15M+ creators monthly. The company rebranded to Pixa (pixa.com) on 3 March 2026, though pixelcut.ai still runs under the old name.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 12 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Limited background removal
- Limited upscale
- Watermarked exports
- 600 AI credits/month
- Unlimited background removal & upscale
- 1,000 batch exports/month
- Commercial license
- 3,600 AI credits/month
- 10-person team
- 2,000 batch exports/month
- Commercial license
Use cases
What you can produce with PixelCut
- One-tap background removal + AI shadow generation
- Product photography presets for marketplace sellers
- Batch processing (1,000-2,000 exports/month by tier)
- Pixelcut API for developers (background removal, upscaling)
- iOS, Android and web apps
- Commercial license on paid tiers
ASEAN Perspective
PixelCut in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
PixelCut earned its following doing one job well: turning a phone photo of a product into something that looks shot in a lightbox, via one-tap background removal, AI shadows and batch processing built for marketplace sellers rather than professional photographers. That's still the core of the product, now sold under the name Pixa after a March 2026 rebrand — a16z listed it on their Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps the same month, evidence the claimed 15M+ monthly user base is real. The catch is the one that dogs most of this category: reviewers report aggressive trial-to-paid conversion, with the top membership tier auto-charged after a free trial in more than one Trustpilot complaint. Fine for solo sellers and dropshippers who need repeatable, cheap product images fast; check the trial terms before signing up, and expect Pixa branding to fully replace Pixelcut across the web over the coming months.
What people say
PixelCut runs a comfortable 4.4 on Google Play and 4.7 on the App Store — high marks for a freemium photo app, and consistent with reviewer praise for how quickly it turns a rough product photo into a clean, marketplace-ready image.
Trustpilot tells a rougher story: only 69 reviews, but a specific, recurring complaint about pricing appearing via a pop-up countdown timer during signup, followed by an immediate charge rather than one delayed until after a trial period actually runs. Multiple reviewers say support pointed them back to Apple's refund process rather than handling billing disputes directly — a pattern echoed in App Store reviews, where some users report being auto-charged the top membership tier (one review cites $97/year) after a trial they believed they'd cancelled.
G2 reviewers, who skew more toward the API/developer side of the product, describe it as an all-in-one creative platform for image and video generation layered on top of PixelCut's original background-removal and upscaling tools — language that lines up with the company's own pivot toward a broader "AI creative workspace" positioning, which culminated in the March 2026 Pixa rebrand, reportedly serving over 100 million images a month across more than 15 million users.
Positive reviews consistently single out speed and ease of use — background removal and shadow generation that would take real time in Photoshop happens in seconds — which is exactly the pitch to its core audience of Amazon, Etsy and Shopify sellers who need volume over precision. The negative reviews are almost entirely about the subscription funnel rather than output quality, worth separating out if you're evaluating the tool on its editing merits alone.
The rebrand adds a wrinkle for anyone reading older reviews: complaints and praise filed under "Pixelcut" before March 2026 describe the same underlying product now sold as Pixa, so don't discount pre-rebrand reviews as irrelevant — the app, pricing structure and support process they describe are, by the company's own account, unchanged, just relabeled.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
This entry was compiled from publicly available data including PixelCut's official website, press releases, documentation, and reputable third-party publications. RECATOOLS is not affiliated with PixelCut unless explicitly stated.
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