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Virtual try-on API pricing depends on how each provider bills generated results. Some APIs use credits or units, others charge per output, and some combine monthly subscriptions with pay-as-you-go access. The real cost depends on how many try-on images your users generate and how many billing units each result consumes.
At the time of publication, Perfect Corp.'s AI Clothes Virtual Try-On API use 2 units per generated result. A 500-unit monthly subscription costs $24, providing up to 250 clothes try-on generations at an effective cost of $0.096 per result. Pay-as-you-go access costs $27.50 for 500 units, or $0.11 per result. A free account includes 40 trial units, enough for up to 20 clothes try-on generations.
All prices are shown in USD. API pricing and unit requirements may change, so check the API pricing page before selecting a plan.
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How Virtual Try-On API Pricing Typically Works
There is no single industry-wide price for a virtual try-on API. Providers use different billing methods, and two plans with similar advertised prices may calculate usage differently.
Before comparing providers, confirm exactly what each company counts as a billable unit. An API call, a credit, a generated image, and a completed try-on result are not necessarily the same thing.
| Pricing Model | How It Works | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Credit- or unit-based | You purchase billing units. Each API feature consumes a defined number of units when a result is generated. | Businesses using multiple AI features or planning usage by generation volume. |
| Monthly subscription | A recurring plan provides a fixed number of units each month, usually at a lower unit price than one-time purchases. | Businesses with predictable monthly usage. |
| Pay as you go | You purchase units without a recurring monthly commitment and use them as needed. | Pilots, seasonal campaigns, and businesses with irregular usage. |
| Enterprise or custom plan | Pricing is negotiated based on volume, capacity, support, security, and commercial requirements. | High-volume retailers, platforms, marketplaces, and enterprise deployments. |
API Calls, Units, and Generated Results Are Different
A single API request may consume one or more units. The exact amount depends on the API feature being used.
- API call: A request sent from your website, app, or backend to the API.
- Unit: The billing credit deducted when the API processes an eligible request.
- Generation: The process of creating a new virtual try-on image.
- Result: The image returned after the generation is completed.
For Perfect Corp.'s AI Clothes Virtual Try-On API each generated result currently consumes 2 units. Therefore, the cost of one clothes try-on is calculated by multiplying the price per unit by two.
Perfect Corp. AI Clothes Virtual Try-On API Pricing
Perfect Corp. offers three entry options for AI Clothes Virtual Try-On: free trial units, a monthly subscription, and pay-as-you-go credits. Since each generated clothes try-on currently uses 2 units, the table below shows how many results each starting option provides.
| Plan | Free Account | Minimum Subscription | Minimum Pay as You Go |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $24/month | $27.50 |
| Included Units | 40 trial units | 500 units/month | 500 units |
| Estimated Clothes Try-Ons | Up to 20 | Up to 250/month | Up to 250 |
| Cost per Try-On | $0 | Approximately $0.096 | Approximately $0.11 |
| Best For | Testing the API | Consistent monthly usage | Flexible or occasional usage |
The subscription totals above are calculated from the displayed number of units and price per unit. Check the pricing page to confirm the latest available packages before purchasing.
How Much Does One AI Clothes Try-On Cost?
With the 500-unit monthly subscription, one AI clothes try-on costs approximately $0.096:
2 units per generation × $0.048 per unit = $0.096 per try-on result
With pay-as-you-go access, one AI clothes try-on costs approximately $0.11:
2 units per generation × $0.055 per unit = $0.11 per try-on result
Higher-volume subscription options reduce the effective price to approximately $0.092 per result at the displayed rate of $0.046 per unit.
How Many Clothes Try-Ons Are Included in 500 Units?
Because each AI Clothes Virtual Try-On result uses 2 units, a 500-unit package provides up to 250 generated results.
500 units ÷ 2 units per try-on = 250 clothes try-ons
These figures refer to generated results. If one shopper generates several outfits, changes garments, or retries a photo, every completed generation contributes to total usage.
Businesses can review the latest package options on the Perfect Corp. API pricing page.
Subscription vs. Pay-As-You-Go Virtual Try-On Pricing
The more affordable option depends on how frequently your website, app, or platform will generate virtual try-on results.
| Feature | Monthly Subscription | Pay as You Go |
|---|---|---|
| Starting package | $24 for 500 units | $27.50 for 500 units |
| Starting unit rate | $0.048 per unit | $0.055 per unit |
| Effective cost per clothes try-on | $0.096 | $0.11 |
| Unit validity | 60 days after the units are received during an active subscription | One year after the units are received |
| Best suited for | Consistent or predictable monthly usage | Irregular usage, limited pilots, or seasonal campaigns |
When a Subscription Makes More Sense
A subscription generally offers a lower cost per generation. It can be the better option when your business expects steady monthly usage and can use most of the included units before they expire.
Subscription plans can also make monthly budgeting easier because the business begins each billing period with a defined unit allowance.
When Pay-As-You-Go Makes More Sense
Pay-as-you-go units cost more per generation, but they remain valid for longer and do not require a recurring monthly commitment.
This can be useful when:
- You are running a limited pilot.
- Usage changes significantly from month to month.
- You are building a seasonal marketing experience.
- You need additional units beyond a subscription allowance.
- You want more time to use a small unit package.
How to Estimate Your Monthly Virtual Try-On API Cost
Catalog size alone does not determine virtual try-on API cost. A retailer may offer thousands of garments, but API units are consumed when users generate try-on results—not simply when a product page loads.
A practical forecast should begin with the number of product sessions eligible to use virtual try-on.
Estimated monthly try-on results = Eligible product sessions × Try-on activation rate × Average generations per activated session
Required monthly units = Estimated try-on results × Units required per result
Estimated API cost = Required units × Price per unit
Example Monthly Cost Calculation
Consider an ecommerce store with the following expected activity:
- 10,000 monthly sessions on product pages with virtual try-on
- A 2% try-on activation rate
- An average of 1.25 generated results per activated session
The estimated number of generated results would be:
10,000 × 2% × 1.25 = 250 try-on results
Because each AI Clothes Virtual Try-On result uses 2 units:
250 results × 2 units = 500 units
At current pricing, this usage would fit within either:
- A $24 monthly subscription with 500 units
- A $27.50 pay-as-you-go purchase with 500 units
The subscription would save $3.50 for the same number of units, while the pay-as-you-go option would provide a longer period in which to use them.
Evaluate Real Results Before Choosing a Plan
Upload your own user and garment images in the API Playground.
Start with 40 free trial units and no credit card.
Include Multiple Generations per Shopper
Do not assume that each shopper will generate only one image. A user may:
- Try several garments.
- Compare different colors or styles.
- Upload another photo.
- Regenerate an unsatisfactory result.
- Create several outfit combinations.
Your forecast should therefore use generated results rather than unique users as the primary usage metric.
Plan for Campaign and Seasonal Peaks
Product launches, holiday promotions, influencer campaigns, and paid media can increase virtual try-on usage temporarily. Create both a standard monthly estimate and a peak-traffic estimate before choosing a subscription level.
How to Evaluate Virtual Try-On API Value
Virtual try-on API cost should be evaluated alongside the business results the experience supports. Depending on the implementation, retailers may measure changes in product engagement, add-to-cart rate, conversion, generated revenue, and product returns.
For an accurate evaluation, compare shoppers who have access to virtual try-on with a similar group that does not. This helps determine whether the experience produces measurable incremental results rather than simply appearing in sessions that would have converted anyway.
Useful performance metrics include:
- Virtual try-on activation rate
- Cost per completed try-on
- Add-to-cart rate after using virtual try-on
- Conversion rate for try-on users compared with a control group
- Incremental contribution margin attributed to virtual try-on
- Return rate for products purchased after a try-on session
Starting with free trial units or a limited pilot allows businesses to evaluate output quality, customer usage, and potential commercial impact before expanding to a higher-volume plan.
What Affects the Total Cost of a Virtual Try-On API?
The unit price is the easiest cost to calculate, but it is not the only cost involved in launching a production virtual try-on experience.
Number of Generated Results
Usage usually increases with traffic, try-on activation, garments compared, and generations created per session. This is normally the largest recurring cost driver.
Unit Requirements by API Feature
Different API functions can have different unit requirements. AI Clothes Virtual Try-On currently uses 2 units per generated result, but businesses using additional fashion, beauty, hair, jewelry, or image-editing APIs should review the unit requirement for every selected feature.
Subscription Volume
Higher-volume subscription packages can lower the effective cost per unit. However, purchasing more units only reduces total cost when the business can use the allowance within the applicable validity period.
Integration and Testing
Your development team may need to build user uploads, garment selection, product catalog connections, loading states, error handling, result displays, analytics, and shopping actions.
A developer-ready RESTful API can reduce the need to build the underlying AI system, but the customer-facing experience must still be connected to your website, app, or platform.
For more examples of how brands can deploy this technology, explore how fashion apps and websites use clothes try-on APIs.
Product and User Image Preparation
The team should test the API with the types of product and customer images expected in production. Image validation, compression, cropping, rejected uploads, and customer guidance may require additional development work.
Storage and Result Delivery
Generated results may need to be displayed temporarily, stored in a user account, downloaded, shared, or delivered through your own content infrastructure. These requirements can introduce storage and data-delivery costs outside the API plan.
Quality Assurance and Regenerations
A low unit price does not automatically produce the lowest real cost. If a higher percentage of results requires regeneration or manual review, the business may consume more units to produce one customer-approved image.
Support and Enterprise Requirements
High-volume businesses may also need dedicated support, service-level commitments, security reviews, data-processing requirements, or custom commercial terms. These should be evaluated separately from self-service unit pricing.
Is There a Free Virtual Try-On API?
Some providers offer a free trial, a limited recurring free tier, or an open-source model. These are different types of free access and should not be treated as equivalent.
| Free Option | What It Includes | Important Limitation |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial units | A fixed number of units for testing real API outputs. | Paid units are required after the trial allowance is used. |
| Permanent free tier | A recurring free allowance with usage or feature restrictions. | May not provide enough capacity or support for production traffic. |
| Open-source model | Model files or code that can be accessed without a standard API subscription. | The business must still provide infrastructure, deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and technical resources. |
How Many Free Clothes Try-Ons Are Included?
Perfect Corp. provides 40 free trial units when users create a free account. No credit card is required to sign up for the free units.
Because each AI Clothes Virtual Try-On generation uses 2 units, the free trial provides up to 20 generated results:
40 free units ÷ 2 units per generation = 20 free clothes try-ons
This is an AI try-on API free trial, rather than a permanently unlimited production plan.
What Should You Test With the Free Units?
Use the trial units with images that represent your real catalog and users. Avoid testing only the simplest garments or highest-quality studio photos.
For a closer look at the available testing environment, read the guide to Perfect Corp.'s API Playground.
- Upper-body, lower-body, and full-body garments relevant to your catalog
- Simple garments and products with detailed patterns or textures
- Different user poses and body proportions
- Product-only garment photos and supported on-model images
- Customer photos with different lighting and backgrounds
During the test, evaluate:
- Garment color, pattern, and detail preservation
- Natural garment placement and proportions
- Preservation of the user's face, body, and pose
- Processing time
- API response and integration workflow
- The percentage of outputs your team would approve for customer use
How to Compare Virtual Try-On API Pricing
Do not select a provider using only the lowest advertised credit price. Calculate every option using the same expected number of generated results and ask each provider the same billing questions.
- What counts as one billable unit, credit, call, or result?
- How many units does each clothes try-on generation consume?
- Are failed requests or rejected images charged?
- Does generating multiple results consume units for each output?
- Do unused subscription units expire or roll over?
- How long are pay-as-you-go units valid?
- What happens when usage exceeds the subscription allowance?
- Does the unit price decrease at higher volumes?
- Are commercial usage rights included?
- Are technical support and service-level terms included?
- Can the API be tested with your own images before purchase?
- Does the provider support the other product categories in your roadmap?
Compare the Cost of an Approved Result
The most useful comparison is not simply cost per API call. Compare the cost of producing one result that meets your quality standards.
For example, an API costing $0.07 per generation may be more expensive than an API costing $0.10 if the lower-cost option requires substantially more regenerations.
Cost per approved result = Total API cost ÷ Number of outputs approved for use
Explore the Right Virtual Try-On Solution
This article focuses specifically on virtual try-on API pricing. For a broader overview of APIs for clothes, fashion accessories, jewelry, makeup, nails, and hair, explore Perfect Corp.'s Virtual Try-On API for Clothes, Beauty & Accessories.
Businesses focused on apparel can review the features, supported image workflows, and integration options of the AI Clothes Changer API.
Teams still comparing available solutions can also compare leading AI virtual try-on tools for clothes, shoes, and other product categories.
Virtual Try-On API Pricing FAQ
How much does a virtual try-on API cost?
There is no universal virtual try-on API price. Providers may charge per unit, credit, generated output, monthly subscription, or through a custom enterprise agreement. The total cost depends on the number of results generated and the billing requirement of each API feature.
How much does the Perfect Corp. AI Clothes Virtual Try-On API cost?
The current 500-unit subscription costs $24 per month, equivalent to $0.048 per unit. Because one AI Clothes Virtual Try-On result consumes 2 units, the effective cost is approximately $0.096 per generation.
How much does pay-as-you-go virtual try-on cost?
Perfect Corp.'s current pay-as-you-go package costs $27.50 for 500 units, or $0.055 per unit. At 2 units per AI clothes try-on, the effective price is approximately $0.11 per generated result.
How many clothes try-ons can I generate with 500 units?
You can generate up to 250 AI Clothes Virtual Try-On results because each generation currently uses 2 units.
Is there a free virtual try-on API?
Perfect Corp. offers 40 free trial units with a free account and does not require a credit card for signup. Since AI Clothes Virtual Try-On uses 2 units per result, the trial provides up to 20 free generations. Continued production usage requires additional units.
Do Perfect Corp. API units expire?
Subscription units are currently valid for 60 days after they are received during an active subscription. Pay-as-you-go units are valid for one year after they are received.
Is a subscription cheaper than pay as you go?
At the displayed starting rates, the subscription costs $0.048 per unit while pay as you go costs $0.055 per unit. The subscription is cheaper per result, while pay-as-you-go units remain valid for longer and do not require a recurring commitment.
How should I estimate monthly virtual try-on usage?
Multiply eligible product sessions by the expected try-on activation rate and the average number of results generated per activated session. Then multiply the resulting number of generations by 2 to estimate the units required for AI Clothes Virtual Try-On.
Does every virtual try-on API feature use the same number of units?
Not necessarily. Unit requirements can vary by API feature. Review the current pricing table and documentation for every clothes, accessory, jewelry, beauty, hair, or editing API included in your implementation.
Start With 40 Free Trial Units
Test AI clothes try-on using your own user and garment images before committing to a paid plan. The free account provides up to 20 AI Clothes Virtual Try-On generations based on the current 2-unit requirement.
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