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Pelli vs picdrop: deliver your photos, or run your whole studio

picdrop is a German tool built for one job, and it does that job very well: getting your images approved by your clients, then delivering the final files. Pelli starts from somewhere else. The gallery is only one piece, sitting alongside the store, quotes, invoices, signed contracts and online booking, depending on the plan you choose. This comparison relies on the pricing and features picdrop publishes, so you can choose with the facts in hand.

picdrop lists a Pro plan at $15.99 net per month on annual billing, with 500 GB of storage and one user.
Selling photos and ordering prints is not part of picdrop: the company states this itself in its FAQ.
Pelli brings galleries, store, quotes, invoices, signed contracts and online booking together in a single subscription: quotes, invoices and contracts are there from the Lite plan, the store arrives with Pro and booking with Ultra.
On sales collected through Pelli, the platform keeps 3% per transaction, Stripe payment fees included; the money lands straight in your bank account.
Pelli offers a 15-day trial with no credit card; picdrop offers 14 days with no credit card.

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Client delivery and proofing

Feature

Pelli

picdrop

Branded client galleries

Yes, custom branding from the Pro plan up

Client feedback and approval

Favourites, superlikes and comments annotated on the image

Core of the product: colour markers, team voting, comments, scribbles

Selection export to Lightroom and Capture One

No: the Lightroom plugin uploads photos to Pelli, it does not send selections back

No account for the client to create

Link and password to browse; email required to like or buy

Watermark protection on images

Express file transfer

Yes, on the Pro and Ultra plans

Client upload Inboxes and galleries

Selling your work

Feature

Pelli

picdrop

Built-in online store

Yes, on the Pro and Ultra plans

Out of scope, stated in the picdrop FAQ

Print sales and ordering

Yes, through the Pelli printing solution (Pro and Ultra plans)

Out of scope, stated in the picdrop FAQ

Commission taken on your sales

3% per transaction collected, Stripe payment fees included

Not applicable: selling is out of scope

Payouts straight to your bank account

Yes, through Stripe Connect (Pro and Ultra plans)

Not mentioned in the published offer

Custom payment links

Yes, on the Pro and Ultra plans

Not mentioned in the published offer

Running your business

Feature

Pelli

picdrop

Quotes and invoices

Not mentioned in the published offer

Electronically signed contracts

Not mentioned in the published offer

Online booking with deposit

Yes, on the Ultra plan

Not mentioned in the published offer

Client database (CRM)

Not mentioned in the published offer

French electronic invoicing (Peppol)

Yes, on the Pro and Ultra plans, once activated

Not mentioned in the published offer

Email and SMS campaigns

Yes, on the Pro and Ultra plans

Not mentioned in the published offer

Online presence, AI and working conditions

Feature

Pelli

picdrop

Professional website

Included, built by AI: 1 page on Lite, 3 pages on Pro, unlimited on Ultra

Out of scope, stated in the picdrop FAQ

Custom domain name

Native custom domain, on every paid plan

Web Forwarder to install on your own server

AI assistant

Lea on the Pro and Ultra plans; natural-language search and face recognition on Ultra

Metadata search; content search from the Advanced plan up

Google review booster

Yes, on the Pro and Ultra plans

Not mentioned in the published offer

Company, interface and support

French company, interface in 9 languages, support in French

Berlin-based company, hosting in Germany, interface in five languages

Working as a team

Collaborators invited onto galleries

2 to 9 team members depending on the plan

What does each solution cost?

On storage, picdrop is the more generous of the two. Its Pro plan gives 500 GB for $15.99 net per month on annual billing, where Pelli's Pro plan gives 100 GB for the equivalent of $32.50 a month on annual billing. The same holds higher up: picdrop Advanced offers 1 TB for $47.49 net per month, against roughly $65.83 a month for Pelli Ultra, which carries the same 1 TB. The maths changes as soon as you add a store, an invoicing tool, a booking system and a website, each of which becomes a separate subscription alongside picdrop.

picdrop — prices listed net of tax

Free: 3 galleries and 1 GB of storage
Pro: $15.99 net per month on annual billing, $18.99 net monthly — 500 GB, 1 user
Advanced: $47.49 net per month on annual billing, $56.99 net monthly — 1 TB, 2 users included (4 maximum)
Business: $117.99 net per month on annual billing, $141.99 net monthly — 3 TB, 5 users included (9 maximum)
Enterprise: on request, 5 TB and more than 10 team members
14-day trial of the Advanced plan, no credit card required

Pelli — one subscription, your whole business

Lite: $9/month or $90/year — 10 GB of storage, 15 galleries, 1 hour of video, a one-page website
Pro: $39/month or $390/year — 100 GB, unlimited galleries, 5 hours of video, online store, Lea the AI assistant, a 3-page website
Ultra: $79/month or $790/year — 1 TB, unlimited galleries, 15 hours of video, online booking, a website with no page limit
3% taken per transaction collected, Stripe payment fees included, with payouts straight to your account through Stripe Connect
15-day trial with no credit card, 30-day money-back guarantee

So, picdrop or Pelli?

Choose picdrop if your need stops at getting images approved and delivered, with plenty of storage, selections pushed back to Lightroom or Capture One, and a team working on the same files.
Choose Pelli if you also want to sell, invoice, get contracts signed and fill your calendar from the same place.
Pelli is built in France, with an interface available in 9 languages and French-speaking support.
Payouts straight to your account through Stripe Connect, 3% per transaction collected (Stripe payment fees included), a 15-day trial with no credit card and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

picdrop does very well what it was designed to do, and its makers own that deliberately narrow scope. Pelli answers a different question: everything around the photo, from the signed quote to the print sold, without leaving the same interface. If you currently juggle three or four tools, that consolidation is what will make the difference.

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Premium Support

For pro photographers ready for the next level

Human expertise on top of the platform: strategic advice, a private circle of fellow photographers, priority handling and exclusive partner deals.

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Methodology note

This comparison is based on public information (vendors' websites) and on feedback from users who switched to Pelli. Some points reflect experience reported by these users — a subjective impression — rather than an objective measurement; they may differ from the competitor's current offering, which changes over time. For the most up-to-date information, please check the vendor's own website. Last updated: July 2026.

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Pelli vs picdrop: deliver your photos, or run your whole studio

picdrop lists a Pro plan at $15.99 net per month on annual billing, with 500 GB of storage and one user.

Selling photos and ordering prints is not part of picdrop: the company states this itself in its FAQ.

Pelli brings galleries, store, quotes, invoices, signed contracts and online booking together in a single subscription: quotes, invoices and contracts are there from the Lite plan, the store arrives with Pro and booking with Ultra.

On sales collected through Pelli, the platform keeps 3% per transaction, Stripe payment fees included; the money lands straight in your bank account.

Pelli offers a 15-day trial with no credit card; picdrop offers 14 days with no credit card.

What does each solution cost?

picdrop — prices listed net of tax

Free: 3 galleries and 1 GB of storage
Pro: $15.99 net per month on annual billing, $18.99 net monthly — 500 GB, 1 user
Advanced: $47.49 net per month on annual billing, $56.99 net monthly — 1 TB, 2 users included (4 maximum)
Business: $117.99 net per month on annual billing, $141.99 net monthly — 3 TB, 5 users included (9 maximum)
Enterprise: on request, 5 TB and more than 10 team members
14-day trial of the Advanced plan, no credit card required

Pelli — one subscription, your whole business

Lite: $9/month or $90/year — 10 GB of storage, 15 galleries, 1 hour of video, a one-page website
Pro: $39/month or $390/year — 100 GB, unlimited galleries, 5 hours of video, online store, Lea the AI assistant, a 3-page website
Ultra: $79/month or $790/year — 1 TB, unlimited galleries, 15 hours of video, online booking, a website with no page limit
3% taken per transaction collected, Stripe payment fees included, with payouts straight to your account through Stripe Connect
15-day trial with no credit card, 30-day money-back guarantee

So, picdrop or Pelli?

Choose picdrop if your need stops at getting images approved and delivered, with plenty of storage, selections pushed back to Lightroom or Capture One, and a team working on the same files.

Choose Pelli if you also want to sell, invoice, get contracts signed and fill your calendar from the same place.

Pelli is built in France, with an interface available in 9 languages and French-speaking support.

Payouts straight to your account through Stripe Connect, 3% per transaction collected (Stripe payment fees included), a 15-day trial with no credit card and a 30-day money-back guarantee.