Booth.Events vs OpenBooth

Booth.Events is a photo booth platform for taking and sharing guest photos and videos at events. It supports photos, GIFs, slow-motion clips, boomerangs, video testimonials, and 360 spinner booth video. Operators can use Canon, Nikon, or Sony DSLR and mirrorless cameras, or an iPad or iPhone camera. Events are managed in a web browser, and Live Sync applies saved changes to connected iPads. Guests can receive media by AirDrop, QR code, email, or SMS, although SMS availability depends on plan and country. Operators can make custom templates and attract screens, brand galleries, and customize a white-label app. Webhooks connect to IFTTT, Zapier, or other services, and event media can be copied to Dropbox, Google Drive, or SmugMug. Optional AI features include AI Prompts and AI Portraits; beta access is $8 USD for 100 credits. The service supports offline capture, printing, lead capture, and live event galleries. It runs on iOS, macOS, and the web, with a free plan and paid pricing from $49/mo, plus a 14-day trial.

OpenBooth is free, open-source photobooth software for Linux. It is designed for touchscreen operation and photo capture, with image filters, a live preview of the filtered result, and wireless triggering. The software communicates with cameras through the gPhoto2 library and its Java bindings, while OpenCV handles image processing. OpenBooth is still in development, and its project page describes initial tests in progress. The project began as an assignment at the Technical University Vienna and continues with Otelo Wien through a five-student computer-science team. It is released under the MIT License, allowing use, copying, modification, distribution, sublicensing, and sale under the license conditions. The project Wiki provides program documentation, hardware information, and build-and-run tutorials. Questions are invited through the Wiki or by email.