Pic-Time vs Pixieset vs ShootProof vs CloudSpot (2026)

The numbers

Platform	Entry paid plan	Metered by	Commission
Pic-Time	$7/mo	storage	0% on paid plans
Pixieset	$8/mo	storage	0% on paid plans; 15% on the free plan
ShootProof	$10.99/mo	photo count	0% on every plan, including the free plan
CloudSpot	$7/mo	storage	15% on Free and Entry; 0% from Lite upward

Entry paid plan is the cheapest tier that costs money, at the best available billing period. Each platform's full plan ladder is on its own pricing breakdown, linked above.

Where each one wins, and where it does not

Pic-Time

Choose it if: print sales are a real part of your income. Pic-Time is built around an automated print store, takes 0% commission on paid plans, and starts at $7/mo billed annually.

Rule it out if: you deliver digitals only, in which case you are paying for a storefront you will not use. The free plan also shrinks from 10 GB to 3 GB after three months.

Pixieset

Choose it if: you want the most polished client experience and a storage ladder that is easy to reason about: 10 GB, 100 GB, 1 TB, unlimited across €10 to €50/mo.

Rule it out if: you are price-sensitive at volume. Pixieset sells a Suite of separate products, and the total tends to drift past the gallery line item you originally budgeted.

ShootProof

Choose it if: you can predict your year in photos delivered rather than gigabytes stored. Tiers at 1,500, 5,000 and 25,000 photos make the bill knowable in advance.

Rule it out if: you shoot high volume. Photo-count metering is the least forgiving model here for anyone delivering a lot of frames per job.

CloudSpot

Choose it if: you want the Full Suite feature set at a mid price. Lite at $17/mo drops commission to 0%, lifts the gallery cap and accepts all file types.

Rule it out if: you were planning to start on Free or Entry. Both take 15% of your sales and are JPEG only, so the cheap tiers are not cheap the moment you sell anything or shoot raw.

The verdict

Ranked purely on sticker price the order is Pic-Time, CloudSpot, Pixieset, ShootProof. Ranked on what you actually pay if you sell prints, CloudSpot drops sharply until you reach Lite at $17/mo, because Free and Entry take 15%. Pic-Time wins for sellers, Pixieset for polish, ShootProof for predictable volume, and CloudSpot for feature breadth once you are past its commission tiers. Work out whether you sell through the gallery before comparing any of the prices, because that answer changes the ranking more than any feature does.

All four are gallery-first tools. If booking, contracts and a portfolio site also need solving, that is a second subscription somewhere regardless of which of these four you pick, which is the gap Xposure exists to close. You can see what Xposure costs or read the full set of comparisons.

Common questions

Which of these four is cheapest?

On entry paid plan, Pic-Time at $7/mo billed annually. But CloudSpot Free and Entry take 15% commission on sales, so if you sell prints the effective cheapest changes. The other three charge 0% commission on paid plans.

Does CloudSpot really take a commission?

Yes, on Free and Entry only. Commission drops to 0% from Lite ($17/mo) upward. This is the detail most comparisons miss, and it is the reason CloudSpot can look cheaper than it is.

Which one should a wedding photographer pick?

Pic-Time if you sell prints after delivery, Pixieset if the gallery experience matters most. Weddings produce high frame counts, which makes ShootProof photo-count metering the least comfortable fit, and CloudSpot only makes sense from Lite upward because raw files are not supported below it.

Do any of them include booking or contracts?

Not as a full booking system. These are gallery and delivery platforms first. Scheduling, contracts and e-signatures are typically a separate tool or a paid add-on.