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Pixieset vs Pic-Time: which client gallery fits.
Both are photo galleries with a print store. Pixieset starts higher with less room; Pic-Time asks your main client to make an account.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Read on each one’s own pages on October 29, 2026.
The short answer.
Pick Pixieset for a simpler gallery: your client picks favorites and leaves notes on each photo, prints sell with no commission on any paid plan, and your branding replaces Pixieset’s from the $10 Basic plan ($8 billed yearly, 10 GB). Video is sold by the hour, from 30 minutes on Basic.
Pick Pic-Time if you sell albums and want the sales tools: selection requests and album proofing on Professional ($25, or $21 billed yearly), and video by the gigabyte, with blocks up to 5 TB. Its entry plan costs less, $8 ($7 billed yearly) for 20 GB, but Pic-Time branding stays until Professional, and your main client signs in with an account and password.
Side by side, with a third option.
Neither takes your client’s notes at a moment in a film on the pages we read. If films are a big part of the job, here is where DropYourFiles sits as the third option.
| What | Pixieset | Pic-Time | DropYourFiles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price a month | Free; Basic $10 ($8 billed yearly); Plus $20 ($16); Pro $30 ($24); Ultimate $50 ($40) | Free; Beginner $8 ($7 billed yearly); Professional $25 ($21); Advanced $50 ($42) | Free; Solo $20 ($220 a year); Studio $59; Enterprise from $149 |
| Free plan | 3 GB, no video, 15% commission on store sales | 10 GB of photos, reduced to 3 GB after 3 months, and 1 GB of video | 5 GB and 1 h of video, with every feature |
| Room for photos | Basic 10 GB; Plus 100 GB; Pro 1,000 GB; Ultimate unlimited | Beginner 20 GB; Professional 100 GB; Advanced unlimited, terms apply | Solo 1 TB; Studio 2 TB; Enterprise 6 TB |
| Video | Basic 30 minutes and Plus 1 hour, up to HD; Pro 2 hours and Ultimate 5 hours, up to 4K. More is $5 a month an hour | Beginner 5 GB, about 30 minutes; Professional 30 GB, about 3 hours; Advanced 60 GB, about 6 hours, up to 4K. Blocks from $10 a month for 100 GB billed yearly ($16 monthly) | Free 1 h; Solo 15 h; Studio 50 h; Enterprise 150 h |
| Your client needs an account | Not stated. Favorite lists are saved under your client’s email address | Yes for your main client, with a password. Guests can view without one | No. Your client types a name once, on their first note |
| Your client’s choices on photos | Favorites, with notes and editing requests on each | Selection requests and album proofing on Professional and Advanced | Favorites, and notes pinned to the spot with drawing |
| Your client’s notes on a film at a timecode | No. Videos can’t be added to a favorites list | Not on the pages we read | Yes |
| Watermark | Built in | Your logo and watermark from Beginner up | On every plan. It comes off when your client approves |
| Prints | A print store: 15% commission on Free, none on paid plans | A print store on every plan. Commission on your markup, varying by plan, none on payments you collect yourself | No print store |
| Your branding | Pixieset branding removed from Basic up | Pic-Time branding removed from Professional up, with your own domain | Your logo, name and colors at the top of your client’s page, on every plan. The link is on dropyourfiles.com |
Pixieset and Pic-Time were read on their own pages on October 29, 2026. Plans change: check theirs before you decide, and tell us at support@dropyourfiles.com if a line here is out of date.
Which one suits you.
Pixieset may suit you better if
- You want favorites and editing notes without asking your client to sign in.
- You want your branding on the gallery from the first paid plan.
- You sell prints and want no commission on a paid plan.
Pic-Time may suit you better if
- You sell albums and want album proofing and selection requests.
- You want the lowest entry price with 20 GB of room.
- You deliver a lot of video and want to buy it in large blocks.
DropYourFiles may suit you better if
- Films are a big part of your jobs and your client should leave notes on them.
- You want your client to start with no account or password.
- You want approval to take the watermark off and open the full-size downloads.
- You don’t sell prints, and would rather not pay for a store.
Questions.
Is Pic-Time better than Pixieset?
For album sales and selection requests, Pic-Time has more on its Professional plan. For a simpler gallery your client opens without signing in, with your branding from the first paid plan, Pixieset is closer. Both are built around photos and prints.
Which is cheaper, Pixieset or Pic-Time?
Pic-Time’s entry plan is $8 a month ($7 billed yearly) for 20 GB, against Pixieset Basic at $10 ($8) for 10 GB. At the top, both are $50 a month, or $40 on Pixieset and $42 on Pic-Time billed yearly.
Can clients comment on videos in Pixieset or Pic-Time?
Not at a moment in the film, on the pages we read. Pixieset says videos can’t be added to favorites, where notes live. Pic-Time’s pages describe photo selections and album proofing.
Sources.
- Pixieset pricing, read October 29, 2026
- Pixieset client gallery, read October 29, 2026
- Pixieset help: using favorite lists for client proofing, read October 29, 2026
- Pic-Time pricing, read October 29, 2026
- Pic-Time help: user login, access and passwords, read October 29, 2026
- DropYourFiles pricing, today
- Each one alone beside DropYourFiles: Pixieset alternative and Pic-Time alternative
- Every price in one table, and the other match-ups: Frame.io vs Pixieset, Frame.io vs Vimeo, Frame.io vs Dropbox Replay, Frame.io vs Google Drive and Frame.io vs WeTransfer
Try it on a job with photos and film.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Your client never makes an account.