Pixieset alternative for client galleries and proofing
Compare Framebird and Pixieset for client feedback, file delivery, storage, and the business tools you need.
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Which workflow fits?
Choose Pixieset if you need client galleries and a print store alongside its website or studio products. Choose Framebird for mixed Media, comments, annotations, approvals, and delivery.
Framebird focuses on mixed Media, client feedback, approvals, and file delivery. It does not include a print store, invoicing, or a full website builder.
Compare the features you need
| Features and Services | PixiesetPixieset | |
|---|---|---|
| Client galleries | Supported | Supported |
| Client feedback | Comments, annotations on images and video frames, and review statuses | Favorites with notes |
| Video delivery | Supported; plan limits apply | Supported; plan limits apply |
| RAW Photo Support | Upload, preview, and original download | RAW uploads on Pro and Ultimate |
| Print Sales | Not included | Supported |
| Paid entry plan storage | Pro: 500 GB | Basic: 10 GB photos |
| Desktop app | macOS app | Photo Editor app |
| Start for free |
How client review works in Framebird
Your client reviews the work in a Share, the page behind your link. You can repeat this example with a free account and a few test files.
Example: a client selects and approves photos
- Upload the edit to a Gallery, add it to a Share, and choose how your client decides: Favorites, or Approved, In Progress, and Rejected. On Pro and Premium, you can set up to 10 statuses of your own.
- Your client opens the Share link, sets a status on each photo or video, and writes comments beside the Media. Comments on video and audio can point to a timestamp.
- On Pro and Premium, your client can draw annotations on an image or on a paused video frame.
- With shared selection, everyone works on one common set of decisions. With individual selection, each person keeps their own picks, and items with conflicting decisions are marked Needs Alignment.
- You see how many items have each status, open the decisions and comments for each item, and can copy the selected filenames as a filter for Lightroom or Capture One.
Comments, statuses, and downloads work on every plan, and you can turn each one on or off per Share. Test the result in a private browser window before you send the link. How Share review settings work
Camera RAW files
Upload RAW files as they come from the camera. Framebird creates browser previews for common RAW formats, including DNG, Canon CR2 and CR3, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, Fujifilm RAF, Olympus ORF, Panasonic RW2, and Pentax PEF. Clients can view these frames, set statuses, and comment without RAW software. When the Share allows downloads, they get the unchanged camera file. Formats without a preview still upload and download as files.
What Framebird does not do
- No print store or print lab fulfillment
- No invoicing, contracts, or client management
- No native Lightroom plugin: export from Lightroom, then upload the files
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Then compare cost
Pixieset Basic: $10.00/month billed monthly, or $8.00/month billed annually.
Pixieset supports RAW uploads on Pro and Ultimate. Basic includes 30 minutes of HD video storage; video add-ons are available. Client downloads depend on the gallery settings and plan. Its desktop Photo Editor is an editing product.
Compare the billing period, currency, taxes, storage measure, video allowance, and add-ons. Photo counts and GB are not interchangeable. Features depend on your plan; check the provider before subscribing.
Current Framebird plans and prices