Both tools do the same job: your client picks photos after the session and downloads the files. Pixieset is bigger and has more modules. Picvelo is smaller, simpler and cheaper to run day to day. Here is an honest comparison, including what we do not have.
There is no point pretending otherwise. Pixieset is a mature ecosystem built over years, and in a few places it simply offers more.
Everything a photographer has to adapt manually in Pixieset is the default here.
Pixieset bills in dollars, the exchange rate and conversion fee are on you. Here the price and the invoice are local.
Your client gets the gallery in their own language and does not have to guess what a button means.
Private previews, a watermark and downloads blocked until the client has paid.
You write and the person who built this answers you, usually the same day.
Pixieset is a set of tools: galleries, a print store, a website builder and studio management, billed in dollars. Picvelo does one thing: the client picks photos in a protected gallery in their own language and you get a ready list for editing. If you need the whole ecosystem, Pixieset offers more. If you need photo selection and delivery without the extra modules, that is what Picvelo is for.
As of August 2026, Pixieset has a free plan with 3 GB of storage and a 15% sales commission, and paid plans start at 10 USD a month for 10 GB. Picvelo: a free plan (3 galleries, 10 clients, 2 GB), Pro at 26.99 PLN a month or 300 PLN a year with 50 GB, Studio at 54.99 PLN a month. Every new account gets 30 days of Pro without a card. Check the competitor pricing at the source, it changes.
There is no automatic import and we are not going to pretend there is. In practice you move one session at a time: create an account, upload the photos from your next session and send the client a link. You finish the old galleries where they are. If a specific archive matters to you, write to us and we will help sort it out.
No. Picvelo is fully online: you sell digital files and your client orders prints wherever you want. That is a deliberate decision, not a missing feature, because we do not want to tie you to one lab. If your model runs on print margin, Pixieset or Pic-Time is the better choice and we would rather not waste your time.
We take 2% on online payments and nothing on direct settlements (transfer, cash), on every plan. With Pixieset, commission-free selling starts only on a paid plan, while the free plan gives up 15% of each sale.