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Edit vs Zenfolio
Looking for a Zenfolio alternative?
Zenfolio is a website, gallery, and print sales platform. Edit runs the client side instead: richer proofing, contracts, invoices, and booking on one project per shoot.
No credit card required 60 days free Nothing to migrate
Your client and their team pick the keepers, with limits.
The short version
Your website sells prints. Edit runs the shoot.
Zenfolio is a website, gallery, and print sales platform, with booking as an add-on. Edit has no website builder or print lab. It puts the whole shoot on one project instead: booking, contract, proofing, invoice, and files.
Proofing with more voices
Your client’s picks and their team’s Guest picks side by side, Photographer’s picks, and a Matched filter for the shots everyone agrees on.
Contracts and invoices built in
E-signed contracts, invoices, payment plans, and deposits on every plan, with PO numbers, NET terms, and late fees for business clients.
A real client portal
Each client logs in to one place with their galleries, contracts, invoices, delivered files, and messages (Studio and Agency plans).
Side by side
Edit vs Zenfolio
| Feature | Edit | Zenfolio |
|---|---|---|
| Proofing | ||
| Client selections with limits | YesEvery plan, per section if you want | Favorite lists and comments. Limits not found in their help center |
| Guest picks | YesClient and team pick side by side | Each visitor keeps their own favorite lists |
| See where everyone agrees | YesThe Matched filter | Not found in their help center |
| Your recommended shots | YesPhotographer’s picks they can filter to | Not found in their help center |
| Extra retouches, paid in the gallery | YesStudio and Agency plans | Not found in their help center |
| Running the business | ||
| One project per shoot | YesBooking, contract, gallery, invoice, and files together | A booking can be connected to a gallery |
| Contracts and invoices | YesEvery plan | Invoices through booking. Contracts not found in their help center |
| Booking with deposits | YesEvery plan | Yes$10 a month add-on, included on Advanced |
| Payment plans | YesUp to 12 payments, each with its own due date and reminders | Not found in their help center |
| Booking questions by kind of shoot | YesReady-made for 14 kinds, person or company | Gallery registration forms, custom forms on Advanced |
| Multiple photographers | YesAgency plan: assign each shoot, clients can book a specific photographer, and each one sees only their own shoots | Team logins on Professional and Advanced. Assigning shoots not found |
| A client portal with their own login | YesGalleries, contracts, invoices, files, and messages in one place. Studio and Agency plans | Client accounts list their galleries only. Professional and up |
| PO numbers, NET terms, late fees | YesLate fees added automatically | Not found in their help center |
| Files unlock when the invoice is paid | Yes | Paid Access charges a fee before a gallery opens. Advanced plan |
| Usage licensing | YesStudio and Agency plans: priced by use, length, territory, and exclusive, with renewal reminders and expiry locks | Up to 5 license texts buyers agree to before downloading, Professional and Advanced. No end dates or renewals |
| Getting paid | ||
| Card payments | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Pay and Google Pay | Yes | YesThrough Stripe. Not for booking payments |
| Clients pay by bank transfer (ACH) | Yes | Not found in their help center |
| Payment processors | Your own Stripe or Square | Your own Stripe or PayPal, with PayPal Pay Later |
| Connecting your processor | YesOne secure sign-in, no keys to copy | YesA Connect button for Stripe or PayPal |
| 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 | 7%on store orders, plus a small fee per digital download |
| Processing fees | Stripe’s or Square’s standard rate | Stripe 2.9% + 30¢, PayPal 3.49% + 49¢ |
| Where Zenfolio goes further | ||
| Website builder and blog | NoNot built-in | YesEvery plan, on your own domain |
| Print lab fulfillment | NoNot built-in | YesMiller’s, Mpix, Bay Photo, and more. Professional and up |
| School, sports, and event workflows | NoNot built-in | YesQR codes, bulk folders, and registration |
| Video sales | NoNot built-in | YesHost, stream, and sell video. Professional and up |
| Email marketing campaigns | NoNot built-in | YesScheduled campaigns and coupons. Professional and up |
| Your brand | ||
| Your own domain | YesStudio and Agency plans: galleries, portal, invoices, and booking, all on your domain | YesWebsite and galleries, every plan |
| White label (no platform branding) | YesStudio and Agency plans: your portal, client pages, and emails show only your brand | YesProfessional and up |
| Price | ||
| Price | $29 to $99a month, galleries, booking, and business tools included | $9 to $40a month, booking $10 extra below Advanced, 7% fee on store orders |
Zenfolio details are from zenfolio.com and its help center, checked October 2026, billed monthly. Plans change, so check their site for the latest.
Where Zenfolio is great
Zenfolio has hosted photographers’ work for nearly 20 years, and it packs a lot into one subscription.
- A website in the box. Every plan includes a website builder with templates, SEO tools, and your own domain. Edit doesn’t build websites; it links from the one you have.
- Prints and products. Integrated labs like Miller’s, Mpix, and Bay Photo, plus self-fulfillment and custom products. Edit sells digital downloads only.
- Volume work. QR codes, bulk folders, and registration forms for school, sports, and event photographers.
- A low starting price. If you mostly need a site and galleries, Basic costs $9 a month.
Where Edit is different
Zenfolio is built around your website and your store. Edit is built around the shoot, from the first booking to the last invoice.
- One project per shoot. The booking, contract, gallery, picks, invoice, files, and messages all sit together, with booking on every plan.
- Proofing that does more than favorites. 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).
- Contracts and invoices, not just a booking form. E-signed contracts, invoices, and payment plans of up to 12 payments, each with its own reminders.
- Built for business clients. PO numbers, NET terms, automatic late fees, ACH bank transfer, 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 Zenfolio galleries where they are and run your next shoot through Edit.
- 1
Start free
Make your studio in a few minutes. No credit card.
- 2
Run one real shoot
Add the client, send the contract, deliver the gallery, and send the invoice, all from one project.
- 3
Decide with real data
If it feels better, book the next one in Edit too. Nothing you already have stops working.
“So many photographers I know run galleries in one app and invoices in another. That’s the split I wanted to end: one project, one client link, everything on it.”
Switching from Zenfolio
Is Edit a good Zenfolio alternative?
If you want richer proofing, a client portal, and contracts, invoices, and booking built around one project per shoot, yes. If you need a website builder or sell a lot of prints through a lab, Zenfolio covers those and Edit doesn’t.
Can I keep my Zenfolio website and use Edit?
Yes. Many photographers keep the website they have and link to Edit for booking, galleries, and invoices. Edit doesn’t replace your portfolio site.
Does Edit take a cut of my sales?
No. Edit takes 0% of your invoices and gallery sales on every plan, and payments go through your own Stripe or Square account. Zenfolio charges a 7% commerce fee on store orders.
Is booking extra in Edit?
No. The booking page, deposits, and intake questions are on every Edit plan. On Zenfolio, booking is a $10 a month add-on unless you’re on Advanced.
Can I keep my Zenfolio 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.