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Edit vs Pic-Time
Looking for a Pic-Time alternative?
Pic-Time makes gorgeous galleries and leaves the business side to a second app. Edit builds the contract, invoice, and booking into the same project as the gallery.
No credit card required 60 days free Nothing to migrate
Your client and their team pick the keepers, with limits.
The short version
Pic-Time is galleries. Edit is the whole job.
Pic-Time’s galleries and selections are excellent. Contracts, invoices, and booking live in a second app you connect and pay for. Edit builds them in, with one portal for your client.
No second app
Booking with deposits, contracts with e-signatures, estimates, invoices, and payments, on every plan, on the same project as the gallery.
A real client portal
Each client logs in to one place with their galleries, contracts, invoices, delivered files, and messages (Studio and Agency plans).
Proofing on every plan
Picks with limits, Guest picks, and a Matched filter for the shots everyone agrees on, with no account needed to proof.
Side by side
Edit vs Pic-Time
| Feature | Edit | Pic-Time |
|---|---|---|
| Proofing | ||
| Selections with limits | YesEvery plan | YesProfessional and Advanced plans, $25 a month and up |
| Proofing without an account | YesA private link works, no login | Clients may be asked to create an account |
| Guest picks | YesClient and team pick side by side | One shared selection that everyone edits |
| See where everyone agrees | YesThe Matched filter | NoNot built-in |
| Extra retouches, paid in the gallery | YesBuilt in, Studio and Agency plans | Set up as a custom store product |
| Running the business | ||
| Contracts, invoices, and booking | YesIn the same app, every plan | NoNot built-in |
| Payment plans | YesUp to 12 payments, each with its own reminders and late fee | NoNot built-in |
| A client portal with their own login | YesGalleries, contracts, invoices, files, and messages in one place. Studio and Agency plans | Galleries only |
| PO numbers, NET terms, late fees | YesLate fees added automatically | NoNot built-in |
| Files unlock when the invoice is paid | Yes | NoNot built-in |
| Booking questions by kind of shoot | YesReady-made for 14 kinds, person or company | NoNot built-in |
| Multiple photographers | YesAgency plan: assign each shoot, clients can book a specific photographer, and each one sees only their own shoots | NoNot built-in |
| Usage licensing | YesStudio and Agency plans: priced by use, length, territory, and exclusive, with renewal reminders and expiry locks | Download terms clients agree to, and custom download products. No end dates or renewals |
| Getting paid | ||
| Card payments | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Pay and Google Pay | Yes | Google Pay through Square. Apple Pay not found in their help center |
| Clients pay by bank transfer (ACH) | Yes | Not found in their help center |
| Payment processors | Your own Stripe or Square | Pic-Time collects by default and pays you out twice a month. Or your own Stripe, Square, or PayPal |
| Connecting your processor | YesOne secure sign-in, no keys to copy | A sign-in for Stripe and Square. PayPal means pasting API keys |
| Pass card fees to clients | YesOptional, kept within your state’s limit and never added to debit cards | Not found in their help center |
| Commission on your sales | 0%Every plan | 6% to 15%15% on Free and Beginner, always. On Professional (8%) and Advanced (6%), only when Pic-Time collects the payment |
| Processing fees | Stripe’s or Square’s standard rate | Covered by the commission when Pic-Time collects. Your processor’s rate when you do |
| Where Pic-Time goes further | ||
| Print lab fulfillment | NoNot built-in | Yes30+ partner labs |
| Album design | NoNot built-in | YesAI Album Designer |
| Sales automations | NoNot built-in | YesTimed campaigns and promotions |
| Selection comments and deadlines | One note with their selections on Submit | YesComments pinned to a spot on the photo, deadlines, and reminders |
| Your brand | ||
| Your own domain | YesStudio and Agency plans: galleries, portal, invoices, and booking, all on your domain | YesGalleries and store on a subdomain, Professional and up ($25 a month) |
| White label (no platform branding) | YesStudio and Agency plans: your portal, client pages, and emails show only your brand | YesProfessional and up, $25 a month |
| Price | ||
| Price | $29 to $99a month, galleries and business tools included | $8 to $50a month for galleries (selections from $25), plus a business app, like HoneyBook from $36 |
Pic-Time details are from pic-time.com and its help center, checked October 2026, billed monthly. HoneyBook price from honeybook.com, billed monthly. Plans change, so check their sites for the latest.
Where Pic-Time is great
Pic-Time makes gorgeous galleries, and if prints are a big part of your income, it’s hard to beat.
- Prints and products. A built-in store with 30+ partner labs and automated sales campaigns. Edit sells digital downloads only.
- Album design. An AI Album Designer and a polished presentation for wedding and portrait work.
- Collaborative selections. Selection requests with deadlines, reminders, and comments pinned right on the photo.
- A low starting price. If you only need galleries, its entry plans cost less than Edit.
Where Edit is different
Pic-Time covers galleries beautifully. Edit is for photographers who want the whole job in one place, especially with business clients.
- No second app to pay for and keep in sync. Booking, contract, gallery, picks, invoice, files, and messages all live on one project.
- A real client portal. On Studio and Agency, each client logs in to one place on your studio’s address with their galleries, contracts, invoices, delivered files, and messages. On Solo, everything goes by secure link.
- Proofing on every plan. No account needed to proof. Your client’s picks and their team’s Guest picks sit side by side, the Matched filter shows the shots everyone agrees on, and extra retouches are paid for right in the gallery (Studio and Agency).
- Built for business clients. PO numbers, NET terms, automatic late fees, files that unlock when the invoice is paid, and on Studio and Agency, up to 15 people on one client account.
Switching
Don’t migrate. Just start.
Moving years of work is awful, so don’t. Leave your Pic-Time galleries where they are and run your next shoot through Edit.
- 1
Start free
Make your studio in a few minutes. No credit card.
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Run one real shoot
Add the client, send the contract, deliver the gallery, and send the invoice, all from one project.
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Decide with real data
If it feels better, book the next one in Edit too. Nothing you already have stops working.
“I didn’t want a gallery app plus a business app plus the work of keeping them in sync. I wanted one place for the whole job, so I built it, and I run my own shoots on it.”
Switching from Pic-Time
Is Edit a good Pic-Time alternative?
If you want custom client galleries and the business side (booking, contracts, invoices, and payments) in one app, yes. If print and album sales are central to your business, Pic-Time’s lab store does that and Edit doesn’t.
Does Pic-Time have contracts and invoices?
Not built-in. Pic-Time connects to separate business apps, like HoneyBook or Studio Ninja, for contracts, session invoices, and booking. Edit includes all three on every plan.
Does Edit charge commission on gallery sales?
No. Edit takes 0% on every plan, and payments go to your own Stripe or Square account.
Can I keep my Pic-Time galleries if I switch?
Yes. There’s nothing to move. Leave past galleries where they are and run new shoots through Edit.
Try Edit on your next shoot.
Nothing to migrate. Run one real job through it, start to paid, and see how it feels.
No credit card required. 60 days free.