CompareZenfolio alternative
A Zenfolio alternative for photographers who deliver film too.
Zenfolio has been around long enough to have earned its place, and it bundles a website, a domain and a logo into every plan — which is more than we do. If you are comparing, the reason is usually video: what you can deliver, at what resolution, and on which plan.
No card to sign up · Deliver a gallery for €9.99 · 4K video and face search included
Why photographers switch to Galerist
4K on every paid tier
If you shoot 4K you deliver 4K — including inside the €9.99 one-time gallery, with 30 minutes of video and an MP4 download at the resolution you uploaded.
No promo price to renew at
No promotional rate with a bigger number printed beside it. €9.99 per gallery, or €11.99–64.99 a month billed annually, and that is what it stays.
Nothing essential sold separately
Proofing, client selections, AI face search and 4K video are part of the gallery, not add-ons stacked on top of a plan.
Where Zenfolio stops fitting
01
HD until the top plan
Their EU plan table lists supported video formats as HD on Basic and HD on Professional, with 4K arriving only on Advanced. If you shoot 4K and deliver 4K, the plan is chosen for you — and it is the most expensive one.
02
A first-year price, then the full one
Their promotions apply to the first year only — in September 2026 it was up to 50% off annual plans, ending on 30 September. The full rates printed on their EU page are €9 a month on Basic, €20 on Professional and €36 on Advanced, billed annually, and that is what you renew at.
03
Booking is a separate line
Booking and scheduling is listed at €10 a month on Basic and Professional and included only on Advanced. On the entry plan that is more than doubling the bill for a calendar.
04
Unlimited, again without a number
The Advanced plan lists “Unlimited JPEG + 150 GB video”. Unlimited JPEGs is a generous offer and it may be exactly what an archivist wants. It is still a promise you cannot check, where a figure in gigabytes is one you can.
Side by side
| Galerist | Zenfolio | |
|---|---|---|
| 4K video delivery | Up to true 4K on every paid tier, including the €9.99 gallery | Listed as HD on Basic and Professional; 4K on Advanced |
| Entry plan (EU pricing) | €14/month, or €11.99/month billed annually — 150 GB | €9/month billed annually at the full rate — 15 GB |
| Pay-per-gallery option | €9.99 one-time per gallery | Not offered — subscription plans only |
| Storage on the entry plan | 150 GB, about 15,000 high-resolution photos | 15 GB, about 4,500 photos by their own estimate |
| Booking & scheduling | Not offered (delivery-focused) | €10/month extra on Basic and Professional; included on Advanced |
| How the top plan states storage | 2 TB, written as a number | “Unlimited JPEG + 150 GB video” |
| AI face search for clients | Included on the €9.99 gallery and from the Plus plan | Not listed in their plan table |
| Website & domain included | Not offered — a studio subdomain for galleries only | Yes — custom website, domain and logo on all plans |
| Interface languages | English and Italian, written by hand | Not stated on the pricing page |
Who should stay on Zenfolio
If you want your portfolio website, your domain and your client galleries from one supplier on one bill, Zenfolio includes all of it on every plan and Galerist includes none of it — we do galleries, and you keep your website wherever it already is. Their archive of long-running features and their print side are real. Where we are the better answer is video: 4K on the entry tier rather than the top one, and a per-gallery price for a season when you deliver three jobs rather than thirty.
Frequently asked
Does Galerist give me a website?
No. You get galleries at a subdomain carrying your studio name, with your logo and colours, and that is the whole scope. If you need a portfolio site too, Zenfolio bundles one and we do not.
Is 4K really included on the cheapest Galerist option?
Yes. The €9.99 one-time gallery includes 30 minutes of video streamed adaptively up to true 4K, and your client can download each video as an MP4 at the resolution you uploaded. There is no separate video plan and no resolution tier.
Will Galerist archive my old galleries automatically?
No. Galleries have a published window — 30 days on the one-time gallery, renewable — and there is a grace period afterwards. Nothing is archived silently in the background because it has not been touched for a while.
Are those Zenfolio prices the real ones?
We quote the full rates printed on their EU pricing page, billed annually: €9, €20 and €36 a month. Zenfolio often runs first-year promotions below those numbers; the full rate is what you renew at, so it is the one worth comparing.
Zenfolio details from their public pricing page (zenfolio.com/plans-pricing), European Union pricing, annual billing, full rates as displayed (first-year promotions excluded) — last verified September 17, 2026. Prices shown in each platform's listed currency. Zenfolio is a trademark of its owner; Galerist is not affiliated. Spotted something outdated? Tell us and we'll fix it.