A Pixieset alternative where the wedding video belongs in the gallery.
When the couple also has a highlight, from you or from their videographer, FRGMT plays it in the same gallery at full quality, beside favorites, downloads and prints with no commission. And at 100 GB it costs less.
At a glance
The wedding gallery, side by side.
| FRGMT and Pixieset for wedding photographers | FRGMT | Pixieset |
|---|---|---|
| Video in the gallery | Same storage, adaptive up to 4K | 30 min to 5 hrs by plan, HD below Pro |
| Price at 100 GB | $15 a month$12 a month billed annually | $20 a month on Plus$16 a month billed annually |
| Store commission | None, on any plan | None on paid plans, 15% on Free |
| Favorites with no account | Selects | Favorites |
| Comments on a photo | Every planSwitched on per gallery | Not listed |
| A library behind the gallery | Folders, tags, upload links | Not listed |
| Website builder | No | Separate, or the Suite |
FRGMT
- Video in the gallery
- Same storage, adaptive up to 4K
- Price at 100 GB
- $15 a month$12 a month billed annually
- Store commission
- None, on any plan
- Favorites with no account
- Selects
- Comments on a photo
- Every planSwitched on per gallery
- A library behind the gallery
- Folders, tags, upload links
- Website builder
- No
Pixieset
- Video in the gallery
- 30 min to 5 hrs by plan, HD below Pro
- Price at 100 GB
- $20 a month on Plus$16 a month billed annually
- Store commission
- None on paid plans, 15% on Free
- Favorites with no account
- Favorites
- Comments on a photo
- Not listed
- A library behind the gallery
- Not listed
- Website builder
- Separate, or the Suite
The problem
The photos arrive in a gallery. The video arrives somewhere else.
Most couples now have both. The photos come in a gallery from you, and the highlight comes weeks later from a videographer on a different platform, or squeezed into a photo tool that meters it by the hour.
On Pixieset below Pro, video plays in HD, and the allowance runs from 30 min to 5 hrs depending on plan.
FRGMT keeps the whole day in one gallery. The photos in sections, the highlight playing beside them at full quality, favorites picked with no account, and prints ordered from the same page with no commission. More in the Gallery tour.
Behind it sits a real Library, so second-shooter uploads arrive in the right folder and next year’s anniversary request is one link.
Notes on the photo itself. Switch comments on for a gallery and the couple, a parent or a planner can leave a note on any photo, pinned to a point when it matters, with no account. You reply and resolve from the gallery’s Review tab.
The whole job
A gallery is one part of the job. FRGMT runs all of it.
The gallery, the video, comments, the portfolio and the archive behind it, from one folder and one subscription.
- Gallery The gallerySections for the day, Selects with no account, downloads, and prints through WHCC.
- Video The videoThe highlight plays in the same gallery at full quality, or on a page of its own.
- Comments CommentsOn any photo once you switch them on, pinned to a point if needed, and on the exact frame for video.
- Embed The portfolioYour work on your own site, with your name on the player.
- Library The archiveOriginals kept, upload links for second shooters, shared folders for retouchers.
Where each one wins
What you give up either way.
Pixieset wins if you want the business tools.
- Website and studio manager.Bundled as the Suite from $28 a month billed annually.
- Cheaper at 1 TB.Pro holds 1 TB for $30 a month billed monthly, less than FRGMT Pro.
- Campaigns and coupons.Sales tools on every plan.
FRGMT wins on the whole wedding.
- The whole delivery.Gallery, video, comments, portfolio and archive in one platform.
- Video in the same gallery.At full quality, with no hourly limit.
- Cheaper at 100 GB.Starter against Pixieset Plus; see the money below.
- No commission.Prints through WHCC from Starter.
- A real library.Folders, tags and upload links.
The money
Less at the tier most wedding photographers start on.
Photos plus the highlight, at 100 GB, per month.
Against Pixieset
Pixieset plays video in HD below its $30/mo Pro plan, with 1 hr of video on Plus.
Moving over
Bring the work across.
- Gather the originals.
Use the full-resolution originals on your own drives, or download them from Pixieset.
- Upload or import.
Upload directly at up to 100 GB per file, or import from Dropbox, which brings whole folders, or Google Drive, which brings the files you pick, on Starter and above.
- Send the new link.
Send each couple their new gallery; favorites start fresh in Selects.
Questions
Pixieset for wedding photographers, answered.
What are some alternatives to Pixieset?
The main alternatives to Pixieset for wedding photographers are Pic-Time, ShootProof and SmugMug for photo galleries, and FRGMT for studios whose couples also receive video, since it plays the highlight in the same gallery at full quality beside favorites, downloads and prints, so the couple opens one link for the whole day. FRGMT galleries are on every plan.
Is Pic-Time better than Pixieset?
Neither is better for every studio: Pic-Time leans toward automated print selling with sale campaigns, and Pixieset toward a broader business suite with a website builder and studio manager, while both meter video separately from photos and both take a store commission on their free plans. FRGMT keeps video in the same storage as the photos and takes no store commission on any plan.
Does Pixieset charge commission on prints?
Pixieset takes a 15% commission on store sales on its free plan and none on its paid plans, while FRGMT sells prints through the WHCC lab network with no store commission on any plan, so you set the markup over lab cost, and every dollar of that markup is yours to keep. Prints start on FRGMT Starter.
Can I add video to a Pixieset gallery?
Yes, within your plan's video allowance, which runs from 30 min on Basic to 5 hrs on Ultimate, with HD playback below the Pro plan and extra hours at $5 a month each, so a full ceremony and a highlight can fill a smaller plan quickly. On FRGMT the video shares the gallery's storage.
Send your next wedding gallery with the video in it.
Unlimited galleries on every plan, 5 GB free to start.
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