Photium vs Zarla
Photium
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| Figure | Photium | Zarla |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.50/mo | $10.99/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Photography Website Builders | 7.8 (#29) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Founded | 2005 | 2019 |
| Headquarters | Photium Ltd lists its address as The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield, S1 4FW, England. | United States |
| Hosting | The service includes load-balanced servers, fail-over storage and geographically dispersed backups. | Zarla says its published sites are hosted on Google Cloud. |
| Support | The features page says support is available 365 days a year with responses usually in minutes; the FAQ specifies seven-day email support and replies generally within six hours. | Zarla provides Help Center and email support, says replies usually arrive within 24 hours, and states that it does not provide phone or live-chat support. |
Plans
Photium
- Light Package$9 a month
- Standard Package$17 a month
- Advanced Package$21 a month
- Basic Package$54 a year
Zarla
- FreeFree
- Premium Website Builder$10.99 a month
- Business Website Builder$16.99 a month
In their own words
Zarla
Zarla is an AI website builder and small-business toolkit for creating, editing, and publishing business sites. It can generate a complete site from a business description in about 30 seconds. The toolkit includes custom-domain publishing and hosting, CRM and a lead inbox, bookings, invoicing and payments, forms, SEO tools, social feeds, and a blog. Users can build and preview a site for free, but must pay to publish it live. The Free plan costs nothing and provides 75 AI credits and up to 10 pages per site. Premium Website Builder is $10.99 a month, billed for 36 months at US$ 395.64, then month-to-month at US$29.00/mo; it lists 100 pages. Business Website Builder is $16.99 a month, billed for 36 months at US$ 611.64, then US$49.00/mo; it lists unlimited pages. Zarla also lists automatic SEO setup, an AI SEO Coach, Google Business Profile sync, analytics, and team collaboration. Its official MCP server has 37 tools and supports clients including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Gemini CLI through OAuth sign-in without API keys. Zarla says published sites are hosted on Google Cloud and that it uses safeguards including TLS encryption for data in transit, while noting absolute security cannot be guaranteed.