Dubsado alternative: connect photography projects and galleries
Lisa
Key takeaway
On Pelli, you can connect preparation of a photography project with image selection and delivery. For a photographer using Dubsado, that continuity is a practical reason to consider a change: feedback on photographs belongs in the same environment as the client’s documents.
📋 What do you gain beyond project tracking?
Dubsado already offers forms, contracts, invoices, portals and automations. On Pelli, you get business management alongside photography-specific actions: presenting images, collecting precise selections, preparing downloads and offering products through the gallery.
| Criterion | Pelli | Dubsado |
|---|---|---|
| Selection and delivery galleries | Galleries integrated into Pelli | External gallery tool linked to the portal |
| Multipage website and contact | Integrated multipage website with CRM-linked form | External website with embeddable Dubsado forms |
| Business documents | Quotes, invoices and contracts | Quotes, invoices and contracts |
| Electronic signature | Electronic signature | Electronic signature |
With Pelli, the benefit is connecting images with the assignment: a retouching request stays attached to the relevant photo rather than an isolated description.
📷 Business records that extend into the images
Imagine a portrait assignment for a small business. The manager wants a series for the website and several crops for social media. You record those uses and detail the deliverables in the quote. The gallery should then make that scope recognizable without explaining the entire order again.
On Pelli, you can create folders for the series and set the agreed selection limit. Favorites capture initial choices. Comments and visual annotations clarify adjustments. Once the client confirms the selection, you receive the list by email.
You then prepare final delivery and download permissions. The client finds the images in a consistent presentation with short instructions. Connecting instructions, photos and delivered files supports a professional experience, especially when several people in a business participate in selection.
Our article on business image selections explores this situation. To establish the workflow, you can create Pelli galleries around the series and actions actually required. A clearly named folder can save another explanation.
✨ Your website becomes an entry point to client management
On Pelli, service pages explain your approach before the first conversation. The contact form creates or updates the CRM record and adds a task with the message. Your response starts from an identified inquiry and continues with the appropriate quote and contract.
If your work combines portraits, weddings and business assignments, distinguish those offers on your multipage website. Visitors can more quickly understand what matches their project. You can present your business on Pelli and keep your galleries aligned with that identity.
📁 How do you start with existing clients?
Import contacts from CSV or Excel .xlsx, up to 5,000 rows. The import summary identifies new contacts, existing contacts and non-importable rows before confirmation. No emails are sent to imported people: you choose when to introduce the new workflow.
With Pelli
Start with a new assignment. Keep signed contracts and information from ongoing projects, then configure Pelli tasks around your commitments. You can establish the new organization around a tangible result: a supported client, a usable selection and a carefully presented delivery.