Pixieset makes gorgeous client galleries and has grown a studio-manager suite around them. Here's where it fits — and where video businesses outgrow it.
Photo delivery. Its galleries are polished, clients love them, and print sales are built in. The Studio Manager add-on covers contracts, invoices, and booking at a friendly price. For a portrait or wedding photographer, it's a strong package.
Pixieset was built around stills, and it shows the moment a project becomes a production. There's no timecoded review — clients can't click a frame at 01:23 and say "swap this shot." No versions, no revision-round tracking, no crew or call sheets, no budgets with per-project margin. Video files play in galleries, but delivery isn't payment-gated per project the way a production company needs.
Cutvey includes client galleries too — proofing, downloads, even print-ready photo delivery for hybrid shoots — but wraps them in the production system: proposal → contract → call sheet → timecoded review → payment-gated delivery.
| Capability | Pixieset | Cutvey |
|---|---|---|
| Client galleries & photo delivery | ✓ best-in-class | ✓ |
| Print store | ✓ | — |
| Contracts, invoices, booking | ✓ (Studio Manager) | ✓ |
| Timecoded video review & versions | — | ✓ |
| Crew, day rates & call sheets | — | ✓ |
| Project budgets & margin | — | ✓ |
| Payment-gated final delivery | — | ✓ |
| Best for | Photographers selling prints | Video-first & hybrid studios |
Comparison reflects published capabilities as of July 2026. See Pixieset's site for current features.
If photography with print sales is your core business and video is an occasional add-on, Pixieset is excellent and you should probably stay. If video is half your revenue or more — or heading there — the review, crew, and delivery gaps compound on every single project, and that's when studios move.
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