Pixeria vs Picdrop
A Picdrop alternative with print orders and a website next to your galleries
Picdrop is a German service for sharing and proofing photos: color flags, likes, comments and drawings on the photo, file versions, servers in Germany. It sells nothing and builds no websites. Pixeria does fewer things for proofing and adds what Picdrop leaves out: the client’s selection with pins, rounds of edits and their approval, print orders and a website.
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Facts about Picdrop come from its own pages, as of October 2026. Prices as it shows them, in dollars. Pixeria is a young service, and it does fewer things on purpose.
The short answer
Choose Picdrop if
- Your data should stay in Germany: Picdrop’s servers are there, with a data processing agreement to sign in your account
- You work in a team or an agency: roles and up to 9 seats on Business
- You need more than 250 GB: Pro has 500 GB, Business 3 TB
- Your clients need galleries in German, Spanish, Italian or French
- Photos go from the camera straight into a gallery while you shoot (Live Push)
Choose Pixeria if
- Clients order prints and packages in the gallery: Picdrop sells nothing
- You want a website with templates next to your galleries
- Edited photos go back to the client for approval, round after round, in the same order
- Watermark on every plan, the cheapest one too
- You work in Polish: a website in Polish and English, prices in złoty, clients paying you by BLIK or bank transfer
Feature comparison
| Feature | Pixeria | Picdrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Starter $8.49, Pro $17.99, Max $47.99 a month, tax included; 2 months free on a yearly plan | Free; Pro $18.99, Advanced $56.99, Business $141.99 a month, or $15.99, $47.49, $117.99 a month billed annually, plus VAT; Enterprise on request |
| Storage | 25 GB, 100 GB or 250 GB (Starter, Pro, Max) | 1 GB on Free; 500 GB, 1 TB or 3 TB; more as an add-on |
| Client selection | On every plan: each photo selected, needs a fix or rejected | Four color flags, one per photo; likes for voting; named sets |
| Notes on photos | A pin on the exact spot of the photo, with a note and replies | Comments and @mentions; drawings on the photo (“Scribbles”) from Pro, made on a computer |
| File names for Lightroom | File names of the selection copied for Lightroom, Finder or as a list | A set as filter text to paste into Lightroom, Capture One, Photo Mechanic or Finder |
| Approval | Edit rounds: you send the edits, the client approves or asks for another change | File versions with a side-by-side comparison, from Pro |
| Gallery protection | Password, any confirmed email or only chosen addresses | Password and random links; an expiry date from Pro |
| Watermark | Text or logo, on every plan | Watermarks on previews, from Pro |
| Selling | Packages and print orders; clients pay you directly by bank transfer or BLIK | None: no photo sales and no print orders |
| Website | In every plan: a simple page on Starter; 10 templates and your own domain on Pro and Max | No website builder; your own domain through a forwarding script on your server |
| On the phone | In the phone’s browser; clients install nothing and need no account | No app; a mobile web version you can add to the home screen |
| To start | 14 days of Pro, no card | 14 days free, no card, then the free plan |
Sources, as of October 2026:
- picdrop.com/web/pricing
- picdrop.com/web/how-it-works/photo-proofing
- picdrop.com/web/faq/how-do-i-use-color-flags
- picdrop.com/web/faq/what-are-scribbles
- picdrop.com/web/faq/how-do-i-filter-out-my-customers-image-selections-in-lightroom-capture-one-finder-and-explorer
- picdrop.com/web/faq/file-versions-in-picdrop
- picdrop.com/web/faq/can-i-sell-pictures-or-order-prints-via-picdrop
- picdrop.com/web/faq/can-you-design-and-program-a-portfolio-website-for-me
- picdrop.com/web/faq/where-can-i-find-the-picdrop-app-for-smartphones
- picdrop.com/web/faq/which-languages-does-picdrop-support
- picdrop.com/web/faq/where-are-your-servers
Questions
- Can I try Pixeria without leaving Picdrop?
- Yes. The Pro plan is free for 14 days, no card. Send one session through Pixeria and keep the galleries you already have where they are.
- Do my clients need an account in Pixeria?
- No. They open the link on a phone or a computer, mark the photos and send the selection. They install nothing.
- Does Pixeria have a mobile app?
- No. Galleries are made for the phone’s browser: the client opens the link and chooses there.
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Send your next session through Pixeria.
Create an account, upload the photos from your last session and send your client the link.
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