Albumy vs Pic-Time for wedding photographers
The short answer
Choose Pic-Time if print and album sales are your main revenue today: its store, lab network and sales campaigns are mature, while Albumy's print store is in beta. Choose Albumy if you deliver photos and film together, want guests to find and add their own photos, and want contracts, client payments and paid gallery hosting in one plan. Albumy Pro is $33/month with 1.5TB of photos and 250GB of video, and studios keep 85% of gallery hosting sales.
Side by side
| Feature | Albumy | Pic-Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price, billed annually | Starter $10.75/mo, Pro $27.42/mo, Studio $66.58/mo ($129, $329, $799 a year) | Beginner $7/mo, Professional $21/mo, Advanced $42/mo |
| Free plan or trial | 90-day trial of Pro, no card. No free plan. | Free plan (10GB, later reduced to 3GB); 30-day trial |
| Photo storage | 350GB Starter, 1.5TB Pro, unlimited on Studio (5TB fair use) | 20GB, 100GB, unlimited on Advanced |
| Wedding film in the gallery | Plays beside the photos with adaptive 1080p streaming; 4K originals kept. 50GB, 250GB or 500GB of video by plan; +500GB for $20/mo | Up to 4K on every plan; 5GB, 30GB or 60GB of video by plan |
| Guests find their own photos (face search) | Every plan | Search by faces and selfie search on Advanced |
| Guests upload their photos (QR code) | Every plan, no app or account for guests | Not found on its plans or features pages |
| Print and product sales | Print store in beta: canvas and fine-art prints, US shipping. General availability planned for 2027 | Live, with about 40 labs by region, including WHCC, Miller's and Bay Photo |
| Commission on print sales | 0% on paid plans | 15% on Free and Beginner; 8% Professional and 6% Advanced by default, 0% if you collect payments yourself |
| Automated sales and email campaigns | Not yet | Automated marketing campaigns, coupons and gift cards |
| Contracts and invoicing | Built in: e-signed contracts, plus payment requests and schedules for retainers and balances by card or US bank account. Albumy keeps 1.5%, plus Stripe's fee | Through integrations such as HoneyBook and Studio Ninja |
| Clients pay to keep the gallery online | Yes: 1, 3 or 5-year plans at your prices. You keep 85%. Unpaid galleries go offline, not deleted | Gallery Backup: a yearly subscription through PayPal. Pic-Time keeps $1 + 10% on paid plans |
| Booking and scheduling | Not yet | Through integrations |
| Custom domain | Your studio's albumy.pro subdomain. Custom domains are temporarily unavailable | Professional and Advanced |
| Downloads and leaving | Studio and clients download whole albums at full resolution any time; clients can export to Google Photos | Clients download full galleries or save to Dropbox or Google Photos |
| Founded | 2024 | 2010 |
Competitor details come from each company's own pricing and help pages, read on October 23, 2026. Plans change; check the sources below before you decide.
Albumy or Pic-Time: who should choose which
- Choose Albumy if you deliver the photos and the film together, want guests to find their own photos and add their own, and want contracts, client payments and paid gallery hosting in the same plan. Pro is $33/month with 1.5TB of photos and 250GB of video.
- Choose Pic-Time if print and album sales with automated campaigns are your main income after a wedding, and you already run contracts and invoices in a separate CRM.
Where Albumy is ahead of Pic-Time
- The film plays in the same gallery with far more room: 250GB of video on Pro against 30GB on Pic-Time Professional.
- Guest face search on every plan; Pic-Time includes it on Advanced only.
- QR guest uploads, so guests add their own phone photos with no app.
- Contracts and client payment requests are built in, with no separate CRM.
- Paid gallery hosting pays you 85% of every sale; Pic-Time's Gallery Backup keeps $1 + 10%.
- 1.5TB of photo storage on Pro, against 100GB on Pic-Time Professional.
Where Pic-Time is ahead of Albumy
- Print and album sales are live today, through about 40 labs. Albumy's print store is still in beta.
- Automated sales campaigns, coupons and gift cards. Albumy has none yet.
- A free plan and a lower entry price.
- Custom domains on Professional and Advanced.
- A long track record, since 2010.
Questions photographers ask
Is Albumy cheaper than Pic-Time?
Pic-Time starts lower: Beginner is $7/month billed annually and there is a free plan. Albumy Pro is $27.42/month billed annually ($329/year) but includes 1.5TB of photos and 250GB of video, against 100GB and 30GB on Pic-Time Professional at $21/month. For studios that deliver films, Albumy usually costs less per gigabyte.
Does Albumy sell prints like Pic-Time?
Not at the same level yet. Albumy's print store is in beta with canvas and fine-art prints and 0% commission on paid plans, with general availability planned for 2027. Pic-Time's store is live today with about 40 labs and automated sales campaigns.
How does gallery hosting income compare?
Both let clients pay to keep a gallery online. Albumy sells 1, 3 or 5-year plans at the studio's prices and the studio keeps 85%. Pic-Time's Gallery Backup is a yearly PayPal subscription, and Pic-Time keeps $1 + 10% on paid plans.
Do I need a separate CRM with Albumy?
Not for contracts and payments. Albumy includes e-signed contracts and payment requests for retainers and balances. Pic-Time relies on integrations such as HoneyBook or Studio Ninja for those.
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No card needed. Bring one wedding over and deliver it alongside your current platform before you decide.
Sources
- Albumy pricing
- Albumy features
- Pic-Time pricing
- Pic-Time commission rates
- Pic-Time print labs
- Pic-Time AI gallery search
- Pic-Time Gallery Backup
- Pic-Time integrations
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