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 | ✓ Excellent | ✓ |
| 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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