Guides

Straightforward guides for working photographers — comparing platforms, the Lightroom workflow, proofing, and delivering galleries your clients love.

• Client Gallery Alternatives: Every Platform Compared

  Pixieset, Pic-Time, ShootProof, CloudSpot and more — what each is good and bad at.

• Pixieset Alternative: One Flat Plan Instead of Storage Tiers

  What Pixieset does well, where its storage tiers and fair-use clause bite, who should stay, and a whole-account import.

• How to Switch From Pixieset Without Re-uploading Everything

  A six-step plan: audit, one-click whole-account import, check galleries side by side, swap links, then cancel on your terms.

• How to Export Galleries From Pixieset: What You Get

  Pixieset's Export button writes a CSV of gallery details, not photos. The two ways to get the images out, step by step.

• Pixieset vs clientgallery.io: An Honest Head-to-Head

  Twelve rows of official figures: price ladder, storage, branding, commission, RAW, import path, plugin, downloads and expiry.

• How Much Does Pixieset Actually Cost per Month?

  The five tiers in US dollars, the annual-billing catch, the 15% free-plan commission and a year's cost for three studios.

• Pic-Time Alternative: One Flat Plan, No Store

  Pic-Time's four storage tiers beside one flat 10 $/month delivery and proofing plan, and who should stay on Pic-Time.

• ShootProof Alternative: One Flat Plan, No Archive Fees

  ShootProof's photo counts, storage tiers and archiving charge, verified from its own pages, beside one flat plan.

• PASS Gallery Alternative: One Flat Plan, No Commission

  PASS's five subscription tiers, from 1 $/month billed annually to 125 $/month, against one flat plan with no commission.

• The Two-Way Lightroom Client Gallery Workflow

  Publish proofs, collect picks, and pull the chosen frames back into your catalog.

• Client Photo Proofing: The Complete Guide

  Set up proofing galleries, guide selections, and deliver finals without scope creep.

• Delivering Photos to Clients: The Complete Guide

  Galleries vs transfers, full-res downloads, branding, and archiving your masters.