A Canva alternative built for people who sell online
Background removal as clean as the tools you know, plus everything else a seller needs — bulk clean-up, scenes, product videos, listing text and a marketplace photo check. One account, one price.
The short answer
Canva is a design app for flyers, posts and presentations, and its Background Remover is a paid feature: Canva says it is “available to Canva Pro, Canva Teams, Canva Education, and Canva for Nonprofits users,” with one free try (Canva Help). If you already pay for Canva Pro to design marketing, its remover may be all you need.
PicMerchant is made for product photos you sell with. Cutouts you can finish by hand, logo and watermark removal across a whole batch, a check against each marketplace’s photo rules, every marketplace size in one download, listing text and product videos — month to month, or credits that never expire.
Price side by side
| Free | Main plan | Bigger plan | Pay as you go | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PicMerchant | Free trial: 10 background removals, 3 AI edits, 1 video — no card | $19.99/mo Seller: unlimited background removal*, 50 AI edits, 10 videos, 100 listing kits, 25 GB storage | $39.99/mo Business: 200 AI edits, 50 videos, 3 team members, 250 GB | Credits that never expire: 25 for $7, 100 for $20, 500 for $75 |
| Canva | Free plan; the Background Remover can be used free one time | Canva Pro: $144/yr for one person | Canva Teams for groups | No pay-as-you-go packs listed |
*“Unlimited” means normal use by one shop — up to 2,000 background removals a month on Seller. See PicMerchant pricing.
Canva prices from Canva's pricing page, checked October 2026.
Why sellers switch to PicMerchant
- Hand tools for the edge. Tap to keep or remove a spot, a scalpel and a hair brush — not just one button.
- A whole folder at once — backgrounds, logos, watermarks and dark photos in one pass.
- Marketplace rules built in, so an Amazon or Walmart main image isn’t rejected.
- No yearly commitment — $19.99 a month, cancel any time, or credits from $7.
Everything else that comes with it
Canva is mainly about design — flyers, posts and presentations. PicMerchant is built for the whole job of selling online, so the same account does all of this:
Works on your Mac
Nothing to download or install. It runs in Safari or Chrome on any Mac, and the same account works on a PC, iPhone or iPad.
Fix a cutout by hand
Tap to keep or remove a spot, a scalpel for clean edges and a hair brush — the same kind of hand tools pros expect.
Whole batches at once
Drop in a folder of photos: backgrounds off, logos and watermarks off, dark photos brightened — in one pass.
AI edits
Refresh a tired photo, combine two photos, or put your real product in a new scene.
Product videos
Turn your photos into a short video with captions and a voice — for listings, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.
Listing kits
Titles, keywords and a description written from your product, ready to paste.
Marketplace photo check
One click tells you if a photo meets Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy, Shopify, Google and Facebook rules, and downloads every size.
Photo Storage and a drive
Folders like your hard drive. Connect it to a Mac or PC and drag photos in and out like any drive.
Made for teams
Invite employees so everyone works from the same photos (Business plan).
Try it on your own photos
Sign up free — no card. Upload a few of the photos you’d normally put through Canva and compare the results yourself.
Start free See how it worksQuestions
Is Canva’s background remover free?
Canva lets you use it free one time; after that it is part of Canva Pro, Teams, Education and Nonprofits plans. PicMerchant’s free trial includes 10 background removals with no card.
Is remove.bg moving to Canva?
Yes. remove.bg has announced it is moving its background removal into Canva and closing its own website on December 1, 2026.
Can I bring photos I already cut out somewhere else?
Yes. Already-cut PNGs keep their cut exactly as they are, and cleaning them up (logos, brightness) doesn’t cut them again.
Does it work on a Mac?
Yes. PicMerchant runs in Safari or Chrome on a Mac with nothing to install, and Photo Storage can show up in Finder like a drive. See PicMerchant on a Mac.
Do I need to install anything?
No. PicMerchant runs in your browser on a Mac, PC, iPhone or iPad.
Is PicMerchant connected to Canva?
No. PicMerchant is a separate company and is not affiliated with Canva.
Clipping Magic, remove.bg, Photoroom, Pixelcut, Canva, Adobe Express, PhotoScissors and Slazzer are trademarks of their owners. PicMerchant is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any of them. Their prices were taken from their own pricing pages in September and October 2026 and can change — check their sites for today’s prices.