Pelli vs picdrop

Pelli is a web platform for photographers that combines client galleries, business management, marketing, and AI tools. Photographers can create selection galleries, delivery galleries, and portfolios with client proofing, downloads, favorites, comments, watermarking, and gallery statistics. Business features include contact management, quotes, invoices, contracts, payment tracking, and automated workflows. Its Léa copilot can help draft quotes and organize tasks, while a public chatbot can answer prospect questions on a website. Pelli lists Spotify music integration for galleries and Stripe for online store payments. Online booking is included with the Ultra plan: clients request an available slot, and deposit payment is not part of the booking form. The free plan includes three galleries and 1 GB of storage. Listed plans include Lite at $9 a month, Pro at $39 a month, and Ultra at $79 a month. Pelli also lists a 15-day trial and paid plans from €5/mo. It is designed for photographers from beginners to established studios.

picdrop is a web service for photographers and teams to share shoots, gather client selections and feedback, and deliver final images. Clients can comment, annotate, like, flag, and vote on favorites. Presentation mode creates branded galleries for viewing and downloading delivered work. It supports RAW, TIFF, PSD, JPG, MP4, and other image and video formats, with a stated 25 GB per-file upload limit. Selections export for Lightroom and Capture One. Live Push sends camera images to a selected gallery over FTPS, with access restricted to that gallery. The service offers private links, public galleries, community features, advanced download controls, and a mobile web version. A separate smartphone app is unnecessary. The maker says photos are not used for AI training, hosting is in Germany, and the service is GDPR compliant. Plans include a free tier with 1 GB storage and three galleries, paid plans from €14.99/mo, and a 14-day trial.