A Zenfolio alternative
DropYourFiles and Zenfolio, side by side.
Both give your client a gallery to review and download from. Here is where they differ, from each one’s own pages, with the date we read them.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Read on each one’s own pages on October 30, 2026.
What you and your client get.
| What | DropYourFiles | Zenfolio |
|---|---|---|
| Price a month | Free; Solo $20 ($220 a year); Studio $59; Enterprise from $149 | Basic $9; Professional $23; Advanced $40. Yearly billing was on sale to October 31, 2026 ($7, $11.50 and $20 a month). A free trial, no free plan |
| Room | Free 5 GB and 1 h of video; Solo 1 TB and 15 h of video; Studio 2 TB and 50 h of video; Enterprise 6 TB and 150 h of video. Add 100 GB for $5 a month | Basic 15 GB; Professional 150 GB; Advanced unlimited JPEGs plus 150 GB of video. RAW files are not stored |
| Video | Free 1 h; Solo 15 h; Studio 50 h; Enterprise 150 h | HD on Basic and Professional; 4K on Advanced, about 10 hours. MP4 and MOV, up to 60 minutes and 20 GB a file |
| Your client’s notes on a photo | Pinned to the spot, with drawing | Favorites and comments, on every plan |
| Your client’s notes on a film at a timecode | Yes | Not on Zenfolio’s video or proofing pages |
| How your client approves | Your client presses Approve and confirms once | Favorites and comments for proofing |
| Approval opens the downloads | Yes. The review mark comes off and the full-size downloads open, on the same link | Not on Zenfolio’s pages. Advanced can charge for access to a gallery |
| Selling | No print store | Prints, digitals, packages and video on Professional and Advanced. A 7% fee on each order, plus card processing |
| Your website | No website builder. Your logo, name and colors on your client’s page | A website and your own domain on every plan |
| Team | Your studio, not each person: 1 login on Free and Solo, 3 on Studio, 10 on Enterprise, and more for $15 a month each on Studio and Enterprise | 2 team members on Professional, 15 on Advanced |
Zenfolio’s side was read on its own pages on October 30, 2026, and prices are in US dollars. Plans change: check theirs before you decide, and tell us at support@dropyourfiles.com if a line here is out of date.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.
Zenfolio may suit you better if
- You want your portfolio website, your domain and your galleries from one company.
- You sell prints and digital downloads from the gallery.
- Most of your work is photos and $7 a month billed yearly covers it.
DropYourFiles may suit you better if
- Films are a big part of your jobs and run past 60 minutes or 20 GB a file.
- You want your client’s notes at a timecode on a film, and pinned to a spot on a photo.
- You want your client’s approval to take the watermark off and open the full-size downloads, on the same link.
- You want a free plan to try on a real job before you pay.
Sources.
- Zenfolio plans and pricing, read October 30, 2026
- Zenfolio video, read October 30, 2026
- Zenfolio photo proofing, read October 30, 2026
- DropYourFiles pricing and Final Cut markers, today
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Try it on your next client job.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Your client never makes an account.