What it does
InPixio is a consumer-focused photo-editing suite built around a small set of AI-assisted, one-click tools:
- Removing or replacing a photo's background
- Erasing unwanted objects and people from a picture
- Sharpening and retouching portraits
- Generating AI backgrounds
It is not a full-blown editor like a layered image workstation — instead it targets the everyday task of "I have one photo and I want to fix one thing about it, quickly." The same toolset is available as a Windows desktop application, as an in-browser web editor at online.inpixio.com that needs no installation, and as an iOS app.
InPixio is published by Avanquest, a software-publishing brand that is part of Claranova, a French holding company headquartered in Courbevoie, France, and listed on Euronext Paris. Claranova's own site describes Avanquest's internet division as the team building InPixio's photo-editing tools, and the brand has existed under Avanquest/Claranova ownership since the group's 2017 rebrand from Avanquest Software.
Who should use it
InPixio suits people who take a lot of phone photos — product shots for a small online listing, a portrait to clean up before printing, a holiday photo with a stranger walking through the background — and want a fast fix rather than a full editing workflow. It is aimed squarely at non-professionals: there is no RAW support, no colour-managed print workflow and no layer stack, so photographers who need pixel-level control over a professional workflow should look elsewhere. Small sellers who photograph products at home and need clean white backgrounds are a natural fit, as are casual users who just want to remove a photobomber or blur a background before sharing a picture.
Typical use cases
- Cutting out a product photo for an online marketplace listing
- Removing a person or object that accidentally ended up in a family photo
- Quick portrait retouching before printing or sharing
- Generating a new AI background behind an existing subject
Pricing in detail
InPixio uses a freemium, credit-based subscription model, with prices confirmed in EUR directly on InPixio's own checkout page (accessed via the French version of the site):
- Free — 50 AI credits per month and 5 HD downloads per month, no watermark on those downloads
- Pro — €8.95/month, or €69.95/year (billed annually) — 100 AI credits per month and 100 HD downloads per month
- Ultimate — €12.95/month, or €89.95/year (billed annually) — 250 AI credits per month and unlimited HD downloads
All paid plans carry a 30-day money-back guarantee and can be cancelled at any time from the account area. The checkout page also supports GBP, USD, CHF and several other currencies, switching automatically based on the visitor's country.
Where it falls short
- The credit system is the main constraint — even the top Ultimate tier caps AI operations at 250 per month, fine for occasional editing but restrictive for anyone processing large batches of images regularly.
- No support for RAW camera files, true layer-based editing, or panorama/HDR merging — InPixio is a targeted tool, not a Lightroom-style catalog or a Photoshop-style compositor.
- The desktop app is Windows-only — Mac users are pushed toward the browser-based web editor, which depends on a stable internet connection since the AI processing happens server-side.
- No Android app, only iOS — Android users are limited to the web editor as well.
Privacy & data
Because InPixio's background-removal and object-erasing tools rely on AI processing, uploaded photos are sent to InPixio's servers to be processed rather than handled entirely on-device — this is disclosed as part of how the web editor and mobile app work. As a French company operating out of the EU, Avanquest/Claranova is subject to the GDPR for any personal data collected through accounts, billing and support.
People who want to edit sensitive images without any upload should prefer the desktop app's offline-capable features over the web editor, and should check InPixio's published privacy policy for the specific retention period applied to uploaded photos before relying on the service for anything highly sensitive.
How we checked this
Company ownership was confirmed via Claranova's own French corporate site, which states the group is headquartered in Courbevoie, France, listed on the Paris stock exchange (Bourse de Paris), and that its Avanquest division develops InPixio's photo-editing tools. Pricing was verified directly on InPixio's own checkout flow (store.inpixio.com), using the French-localised version of the page to confirm figures were genuinely denominated in EUR rather than a converted USD price. Platform and feature claims (Windows desktop app, web editor, iOS app, free-tier credit limits) were confirmed from InPixio's own product pages at inpixio.com.