Xposure vs Pic-Time
Pic-Time is a strong delivery and print sales tool, but it doesn't offer client management or online session booking. Xposure is the all-in-one alternative: client galleries, a portfolio website, and a native bookings manager are all bundled in one flat price.
Quick verdict
Pic-Time is the right call if your business runs on print sales, with a wide lab network, an album designer and complex marketing automations. Xposure wins if you want a faster, leaner platform that also handles your online bookings, contracts, and deposits natively in a single, unified flat price, saving you from paying for separate client management software.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Xposure | Pic-Time |
|---|---|---|
| Premium gallery design | Single opinionated design | Multiple polished templates |
| PIN-protected client galleries | ||
| Watermarked previews, clean downloads | ||
| Built-in print store + lab fulfilment | Built in, through our print lab | |
| Marketing automations (slideshow emails, abandoned-cart) | - | |
| Sell digital downloads | ||
| Custom domain | Every paid plan (from €8 ($9)/mo) | Professional ($21/mo) & up |
| Platform fee on digital and print sales | 0% on Pro & Studio | 6% to 15% of your markup. 0% on Professional and Advanced if you collect payments yourself |
| Online booking with deposits & contracts Xposure's Studio Manager handles bookings, contracts, and deposits at no extra cost. Pic-Time has no built-in booking tool. | - | |
| Two-way Google Calendar sync | - | |
| EXIF-aware photo presentation | - | |
| Page-load speed | Sub-1s on most galleries | Heavier, template-driven delivery |
| Pricing model & add-ons Xposure includes a complete booking manager in its flat price (from €8 ($9)/mo). Pic-Time focuses purely on delivery/sales, meaning you must pay for a third-party booking tool like Honeybook or Dubsado. | Flat all-in-one plans (portfolio + galleries + bookings) | Tiered storage plans + separate third-party CRM needed |
Pic-Time pricing and plan details checked on 2026-09-28 against their own pricing page. Competitor pricing changes, so treat this as a snapshot rather than a quote. For every plan and what each one includes, see the full Pic-Time pricing breakdown.
Built around selling prints
Pic-Time's automated sales campaigns, album designer and lab network exist to turn a delivered gallery into a second invoice. Photographers who work that way consistently report the subscription pays for itself, and nothing else in this category matches it for that job.
If you deliver digital files and have no intention of selling prints, you are paying for a storefront you will not open. That is the whole decision, and it is worth being honest with yourself about which of the two you are before comparing prices.
The entry price is lower than most comparisons say
Most write-ups quote Professional at $21 a month billed annually. The actual entry paid tier is Beginner at $7 with 20 GB, which is roughly one to two full wedding deliveries at typical export sizes.
Whether Beginner is enough comes down to how many galleries you keep online at once rather than how much you shoot in a year. Photographers who take galleries down after ninety days live on it comfortably; photographers who leave everything up do not.
Read the free plan carefully
Pic-Time advertises 10 GB free, and that drops to 3 GB after three months. If you are trialling it with a real wedding, the gallery will outlive the storage holding it.
It is a fine way to evaluate the product and a poor way to run a delivery workflow. Treat it as a demo rather than a plan.
Pick Pic-Time when
Where Pic-Time pulls ahead
- Your revenue comes mostly from print sales and you want a wide lab network and an album designer built around the store.
- You want pre-built marketing automations (gallery slideshow emails, abandoned-cart) out of the box.
- You're happy paying premium pricing for the polish and brand recognition.
- You want multiple gallery design templates to A/B with different client types.
Pick Xposure when
You want the cleanest delivery
- You want to accept bookings, sign contracts, and collect deposits natively without paying extra for third-party tools like Honeybook or Dubsado.
- You want a single unified platform combining client galleries, a portfolio website, and online booking in one price starting at €8 ($9)/mo (Starter) or €18 ($21)/mo (Pro).
- You want EXIF metadata (camera, lens, settings) automatically rendered on every photo.
- You care about faster page loads on image-heavy galleries.
- You want a custom domain from €8 ($9)/mo (Starter) instead of $21/mo (Pic-Time Professional).
- You prefer flat, predictable pricing with no surprise add-ons or upsells.
- You'd rather have one clean opinionated gallery design than 20 templates to manage.
Pic-Time compared with other platforms, without us in the middle: Pixieset vs Pic-Time, and CloudSpot vs Pic-Time.
Try Xposure free
Spin up a portfolio and a client gallery in minutes, and move your work across on your own schedule.
- Free plan, forever
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