Image-layer generator settles billing per output, refunds credits on failed layers

Image to Layers AI, a browser tool that splits a flat image into separate transparent layers, bills customers only for the layers it actually delivers, according to the company's website — a concrete example of the outcome-linked payment structure this outlet's trust-gap rubric treats as the top end of its "outcome settlement" dimension.

"Credits are settled on the layers you actually receive: 10 per layer," the company states. Elsewhere the site says the service "costs 10 credits per layer and is settled on the layers you actually receive. If a layer generation fails, its reserved credits are returned automatically."

The tool lets a user choose an output count of 2 to 17 layers and guide the split with a plain-language prompt: "You pick the count. Choose 2 to 17 layers," according to the site. The company says a full image takes "about sixty seconds" to process, and exported files work directly in Photoshop, Figma and After Effects, with "no software to install."

Pricing runs on pay-as-you-go credit packs or a discounted subscription, starting at a $9.90 "Starter" pack of 600 credits the company says "covers 60 output layers." Free-trial credits expire seven days after signup, and trial results are made public and may be featured on the vendor's own site; a paid pack is required to keep results private and to obtain a commercial-use license, and that same paid tier caps output at six layers per image, according to the site.

Most entities on this outlet's index bill on a flat per-call or subscription basis regardless of whether the output was usable. Image to Layers AI is one of a small number that instead tie payment to a verified result — a failed layer is not charged — which is what this outlet's rubric scores as outcome settlement, separately from price or refund policy generally.