Video Eraser Review: One Static Mask, Whole Clip
Pick Video Eraser for a burned-in caption band or a corner overlay that never moves; it cannot follow a moving object or erase for part of a clip.
Spicy Index
Not indexed
Freedom Score
Not yet tested
- Price
- $0.12 per 5 s processed
- Median time
- Collecting data
- Success rate
- Collecting data
Video Eraser removes whatever sits inside a still mask for the entire clip. You send video_url and mask_url, a PNG the same size as the video frame where white marks the area to erase and black marks what to keep, plus an optional short prompt describing the removal. The area is rebuilt with inferred content, not recovered from hidden pixels. It costs $0.024 per input second, rounded up, with a 3-second minimum, for clips of 1 to 600 seconds.
- SpicyAPI Engineering
- Tested Oct 24, 2026
- Methodology v3.3 →
- We sell these models; scores ignore price →
The verdict
The fit is narrow and clear: a caption band burned into your own footage, a watermark-style overlay in a corner, a logo that stays put. The mask is a single static shape applied to the whole clip. There is no start or end time and no tracking, so a subtitle that moves outside the white region is not covered.
Key facts
- Content ladder: not tested on this endpoint; it edits footage you supply.
- Price: $0.024 per input second, 3-second minimum. A smaller mask does not lower the price.
- Input:
video_url(1 to 600 seconds),mask_url(PNG, required),prompt(optional). - Limits: one static mask for the whole clip; no time selection, no object tracking.
- Sources: the parameter list is on the Video Eraser model page.
What we liked and what held it back
What we liked
- The region is spelled out. White erases, black keeps, so you decide exactly where the edit may touch the frame.
- A clear job for a clear price. Pricing follows the input length only, so a 10-second caption cleanup costs $0.24 however large the mask is.
- The prompt is optional. A short note about the surroundings can help, but the mask alone is a valid request.
- Long clips are accepted. Up to 10 minutes per request.
- Sound survived in our sample. The first test came back with an audio track attached; we have not yet checked it against the source.
What held it back
- It cannot follow movement. The mask stays at fixed frame coordinates. A moving caption, a person walking through the region or a panning camera is outside what this endpoint does.
- Moving content behind the mask is the hard case. When a person, product or camera movement passes behind the white area, the fill has to guess, which can show as flicker or distorted edges.
- You have to build the mask. There is no mask drawing control on this endpoint yet, so prepare a PNG aligned to the frame and check it against the first, middle and last frames.
- Keep the white area small. Large regions that overlap a face or a product detail are more likely to be visibly repaired.
- Editable captions are cheaper to fix at the source. If the text is still a layer in your editor, delete the layer instead.
What we tested
We have one real run, from 24 October 2026: a 5-second clip with a burned-in subtitle band and a tight static rectangle over it as the mask. The result came back as a 1280×720 H.264 file, 5 seconds long, with an audio track. We confirmed the file format and the billing, not the fill quality: nobody has scored the filled area frame by frame, checked the original audio against the source, or tried a clip with motion behind the mask.
So the honest summary is that the endpoint runs and delivers a playable file, and the quality of the fill on your footage is something to check yourself. Start with a short sample, inspect every section where the caption appeared, and only then process the full clip. A second sample with a different mask is still on our list.
Alternatives
- Removing something from a single photo? Object Eraser does the same job on one image.
- Want the subject without the backdrop instead? Video Background Remover keeps the foreground and replaces the rest with transparency or a solid colour.
- Need a larger frame after cleanup? Video Upscaler raises the finished clip to a bigger tier.
How Video Eraser earns its Spicy Index
Each dimension below links to its full workings: the table row every point came from and why points were lost.
- Public leaderboards 45% of quality
- Not yet tested
- Blind output test 35% of quality
- Not yet tested
- Arena quality 20% of quality
- Not yet tested
- Capability 10.5% weight
- Not yet tested
- Freedom Score 30% weight
- Not yet tested
No exact match on a tracked public leaderboard yet. How it works
Not in our blind output test yet. How it works
Counts once the model has 100+ blind votes and a 95% interval under 200 Elo. How it works
Not scored yet. How it works
Freedom evidence is untested or insufficient. The Index retains the original quality and capability score, is marked preliminary and still receives a rank. Missing evidence is not zero. How it works
What Video Eraser can do on SpicyAPI
Straight from the live model specification on SpicyAPI. Some creators offer more in their own apps; this is what you can call through our API today.
| Feature | Video editing |
|---|---|
| Native audio | No |
| Seed control | No |
| Negative prompt | No |
How long it really takes
Measured on real jobs over the last 30 days, from request to finished result. Times include our own test runs.
- Median time
- Collecting data
- 90th percentile
- Collecting data
- Wait per second of video
- Collecting data
- Success rate
- Collecting data
A time appears once at least 10 completed jobs are in. Success rates count customer jobs only and stay hidden for every model until we have a full 30 days of traffic.
Models to consider instead of Video Eraser
SpicyAPI
Object Eraser
Removing something from a single photo?
- Spicy Index
- 58.0
- Freedom Score
- 56.0
- Price
- $0.03/ image
SpicyAPI
Video Background Remover
Want the subject without the backdrop instead?
- Spicy Index
- —
- Freedom Score
- —
- Price
- $0.30+150%/ 5 s processed
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