FilterPixel vs ShotSieve

FilterPixel is photo culling and editing software for photographers, available on macOS and Windows. Its DeepCull feature scores and explains evaluated photos using criteria for events, sports, concerts and weddings. Review Mode groups burst photos, while Survey Mode compares similar frames and supports detail inspection at up to 16× zoom. Users can apply built-in AI profiles or train custom profiles from an edited Lightroom catalog. Exports to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop and Capture One preserve ratings and color labels through XMP metadata. It supports JPEG and RAW, organizes photos rather than deleting them, and allows flagged rejects to be recovered with one click. Each DeepCull shoot processes up to 5,500 photos; larger projects are split into multiple shoots. The free plan and free DeepCull shoots offer a way to start, with no credit card required for the free shoots. Standard costs $14.99 per month billed annually at $180/yr and includes 20 shoots per year. Culling takes place in the cloud, not offline.

ShotSieve is a free, open-source application for reviewing local photo folders with learned image-quality models. It helps photographers make keep-or-reject decisions while leaving the photo library on the user’s machine. TOPIQ is the default model, with CLIPIQA and Q-ReAlign Mini also available; users can compare models on the same library before a larger culling pass. Review tools filter and sort by score, format, resolution, file size, and metadata completeness, and support batch actions. Listed capabilities include RAW photo support, blur detection, and AI quality scoring. The review interface runs locally on loopback at 127.0.0.1:8765 by default. Releases are listed for Windows, Linux, and Apple Silicon macOS. CPU is the fallback when compatible accelerator hardware is unavailable. Model weights must be downloaded separately. The application uses AGPLv3 or later; PyIQA and model checkpoints have separate terms.