ShootProof and Pic-Time both turn client galleries into a business tool: proofing, a store, marketing and mobile apps. ShootProof bundles studio admin — contracts, invoices, booking, email — with commission-free sales. Pic-Time goes deepest on selling, with a large lab network, automations and album tools. Here's the comparison, checked against both platforms' plan pages in November 2026.
Choose ShootProof if you want commission-free sales on every plan, contracts and invoicing built in, and the option of live galleries during a shoot (CloudTether delivers into ShootProof). Choose Pic-Time if prints, albums and products drive your income and you want the strongest store, sales automations and a phone app that creates galleries and uploads on the go.
| ShootProof | Pic-Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Proofing plus studio admin, commission-free | Selling prints, albums and products |
| Free plan | Yes — a small photo allowance, no video | Yes — 10 GB, dropping to 3 GB after 3 months |
| Paid storage | 20 GB, 100 GB, 1,000 GB or unlimited photos; video on paid plans | 20 GB, 100 GB or unlimited (terms apply), plus video storage |
| Sales fees | Commission-free on every plan | Commission on markup, falling by plan; none on self-collected payments on Professional and Advanced |
| Contracts and invoices | Built in on paid plans | Through CRM integrations (Studio Ninja year on higher plans) |
| Marketing | Email marketing on every plan | Sales automations, coupons, gift cards; email flows on higher plans |
| Booking | Online booking on every plan | Through integrations |
| Photographer app | Client-facing gallery apps; manage on the web | Create galleries and upload from phone or tablet |
| Live upload from your camera | Yes, with CloudTether (JPEGs) | No — not a CloudTether destination |
ShootProof lists commission-free sales on every plan, and its invoicing carries no commission fee either. Pic-Time charges commission only on your markup — never on production costs — with the rate falling as you move up plans, and none at all on payments you collect yourself on Professional and Advanced. If you sell modestly on a lower plan, ShootProof keeps more of each order; if you're on Pic-Time's higher plans and collect payments yourself, the difference narrows.
Pic-Time's store runs on every plan with more than 30 labs worldwide, and higher plans add custom products, self-fulfilment, email flows, slideshows with music and AI image search. ShootProof offers a store with professional labs, price sheets, packages, digital downloads and, on paid plans, slideshows for sale and multiple brands. Pic-Time is the specialist; ShootProof covers the essentials alongside its admin tools.
ShootProof includes e-sign contracts and invoicing on paid plans, email marketing and online booking on every plan, and ShootProof Pay for collecting payments. Pic-Time doesn't try to be a CRM: it integrates with them and, on Professional and Advanced, includes a free year of Studio Ninja for new users. If you want one login for galleries and admin, ShootProof is simpler.
ShootProof's paid plans range from 20 GB to unlimited photos, with video up to 4K, plus plans sold by photo count; archiving is a paid add-on, included for photos on Premium. Pic-Time's free plan starts at 10 GB and drops to 3 GB after three months; paid plans give 20 GB, 100 GB or unlimited photo storage, with separate video allowances.
Pic-Time's photographer app, included on every plan, creates galleries on a phone or tablet, uploads photos and video from the device or a connected camera, pauses uploads until you're on Wi-Fi if you choose, and shares reels and selections to social and chat apps. ShootProof's mobile apps are client-facing: you turn a client's gallery into an app they install on their phone, five on the free plan and unlimited on paid plans. ShootProof's galleries are managed on the web and from Lightroom Classic with its publish service.
ShootProof can take photos as you shoot: CloudTether tethers your camera to your phone and delivers each frame into the ShootProof event (or an album in it) you choose, so clients can proof and order before you've packed up. Pic-Time doesn't offer an upload connection for tethering apps; its own app can upload from the phone, which suits a few selects, but a full live gallery from the camera means a ShootProof, SmugMug or shared-folder destination on the day.
Pick ShootProof for commission-free selling, contracts, invoices and booking in one place — and live delivery from your camera with CloudTether. Pick Pic-Time if your galleries are primarily a storefront for prints and albums. Some photographers use a live ShootProof event on the day and Pic-Time for the final sales gallery.
How live delivery works, camera by camera: camera to cloud.
ShootProof is better if you want commission-free sales with contracts, invoicing and booking built in, and live galleries from your camera. Pic-Time is better if print and album sales drive your income and you want the deepest sales tools.
ShootProof lists commission-free sales on every plan, including invoicing with no commission fee. Check its current terms for payment processing fees.
Both offer unlimited photo storage on their top plans (Pic-Time's with terms). On free plans, Pic-Time starts at 10 GB (3 GB after three months); ShootProof's free plan is a small photo allowance.
Yes. CloudTether tethers your camera to your iPhone, iPad or Android phone and sends each frame into the ShootProof event you pick, as JPEGs at full size or as 2048 px copies.
Pic-Time's app can upload photos from your phone or a connected camera when you start an upload. Automatic, frame-by-frame delivery from a tethered camera isn't available, because Pic-Time doesn't offer an upload connection for tethering apps.
Both are popular. Wedding photographers who sell albums and wall art lean to Pic-Time; those who want contracts, invoices and same-day live galleries in one place lean to ShootProof.
Yes. ShootProof has a Lightroom Classic publish service that creates galleries and republishes edits, and Pic-Time includes Lightroom integration with its client galleries on every plan.
Facts about ShootProof and Pic-Time were checked against these pages in November 2026. Plans, storage and fees change often — check each platform for current details and pricing. Product names are trademarks of their owners.