Photoroom cleans your product photos. Inky cleans them too — then writes the listing, prices it from real sold comps, and keeps your inventory straight.
Photoroom is a photo tool, and a well-regarded one — background removal, batch editing, templates sized for the marketplaces. If the only part of listing you want help with is making the picture look right, it's built precisely for that job.
Inky cleans the photo too — and then keeps going. It reads the brand, size and details straight off the shot, writes the listing in the shape each marketplace wants, prices it against what the same item actually sold for, and files it in your inventory. The photo is the first step, not the product.
Inky will never edit an item's condition. Pills, stains, scuffs, wear, a missing piece — they stay in the photo and they go in the description. Background removal, clutter, lighting and framing are fair game; the item's own surface is off limits. An honest listing beats a return, and that rule isn't a setting you can turn off.
Both tools meter — we should say so plainly. Photoroom's plans carry a monthly pool of AI credits and a cap on exports, renewed each billing cycle. Inky meters with Pearls: most actions spend one.
Two differences worth knowing. Everyday photo cleanup on Inky doesn't spend Pearls at all, and Pearls you buy on top don't expire at the end of the month. And one subscription covers the whole job — with a photo editor alone, you still need somewhere to write the listing, price it, and know what sold.
Photoroom got here first and it shows: a polished tool with a real reputation, and an API that runs photo work for other platforms — including, by their own description, two of the crosslisters on these pages. That head start is the one thing Inky can't claim yet. What Photoroom doesn't do is anything after the photo. Inky cleans the shot too, then reads the item, writes the listing the way each marketplace wants it, prices it against what the same thing actually sold for, and files it in your inventory — and if you also sell across a counter, the same items ring through the register. Free to start, no card.
Photoroom's current plans and features are on their own site — always check there rather than trusting a comparison page to stay current. Inky's are on our pricing page.
Snap something you're selling and watch Inky clean it, write it and price it. That's the whole pitch.