PicDrop Pricing: Plans, Add-ons and SendPhoto Costs

PicDrop Pro is €17.99 per month on monthly billing, or €14.99 per month equivalent billed annually, before tax. It includes 500GB, unlimited galleries and one hour of video conversion per calendar month. Advanced and Business add storage, included users and conversion allowance. Free provides 1GB and three galleries.

This guide uses official prices and documentation checked October 5, 2026. PicDrop figures are in EUR, net of tax; SendPhoto figures are in US dollars. Compare billing terms and the currency you will actually pay. SendPhoto publishes this article and offers a more focused gallery-delivery product. The examples below are fictional budget calculations, not invoices or completed migrations.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to PicDrop Pricing for Photographers
• How PicDrop Pricing Is Structured Today
  • The current capacity ladder
  • Trials and customer migration
• PicDrop Pricing vs SendPhoto at a Glance
  • PicDrop vs SendPhoto Pricing and Feature Comparison
• Storage Add Ons Video Limits and Hidden Cost Drivers
  • Add-ons versus moving up a tier
• Which Plan Fits Your Photography Workflow
  • Wedding and event photographers
  • Portrait and family photographers
  • Commercial studios and small teams
  • Solo photographers sharing RAW and HD video
• Switching and Saving Without Surprises
  • Choose the billing cycle deliberately
  • Audit add-ons before upgrading
  • Move galleries in a controlled sequence
• Final Recommendation and Value Verdict

Introduction to PicDrop Pricing for Photographers

The useful price is the cost of the workflow you need: files retained online, galleries available to clients, people administering the account, review actions and playable video. A gallery count tells you little about storage if one job contains hundreds of full-resolution photos or long videos.

• Capacity: measure the actual retained photo and video files, including galleries promised to earlier clients.
• Review: list the selection, comment, annotation or voting actions you need.
• People: distinguish included users from the maximum allowed after expansion.
• Video: separate stored file size, new conversion time and replay of an already converted video.
• Billing: compare a complete quoted period, including tax and add-ons.

PicDrop's Collaboration Mode includes color markers, likes/voting, comments, on-image scribbles, client uploads and exports of selections to Lightroom/Capture One. SendPhoto provides collections, favorites and finished-file delivery controls. Favorites are a shortlist, not the same annotation or team-review process. A cheaper plan that leaves a required client action unsupported is not an equivalent purchase.

How PicDrop Pricing Is Structured Today

PicDrop's August 2026 plan update says the new plans took effect for new customers on May 12, 2026. Older Lite plans move to Pro, while Pro accounts with additional team members can move to Advanced. Existing subscribers receive their account-specific future plan and price before charges change; the public new-customer table does not determine every existing invoice.

The current pricing page has Free, Pro, Advanced, Business and a quoted Enterprise option. Use the selected currency and billing cycle. The price shown as a monthly equivalent under annual billing is not a monthly-payment subscription.

The current capacity ladder

• Free: 1GB, three galleries and basic collaboration.
• Pro: 500GB, unlimited galleries, one user and one hour of video conversion per month.
• Advanced: 1TB, two included users with expansion up to four, and two hours of conversion per month.
• Business: 3TB, five included users with expansion up to nine, and four hours of conversion per month.
• Enterprise: the pricing page lists 5TB and 10+ team members, with a custom quote and negotiated account configuration.

Pro, Advanced and Business monthly prices in EUR are €17.99, €47.99 and €119.99. Their advertised annual-billing monthly equivalents are €14.99, €39.99 and €99.99. All are net prices. Team limits describe included and maximum users separately; do not budget four or nine included seats from the maximum alone.

Trials and customer migration

The current pricing page advertises a 14-day Advanced trial, ending automatically without automatically choosing a paid plan. The trial and contract FAQ says accounts fall back to Free if a paid plan is not selected. If stored files or galleries exceed Free's limits, those excess items are no longer available to third parties or downloadable under the stated policy. Keeping files in the account therefore does not mean clients retain access.

Existing-account plan changes and moving galleries to another provider are separate events. Check your own billing notice for the former, and inventory files and review records for the latter. Do not cancel a paid account while it is still fulfilling client-access commitments.

PicDrop Pricing vs SendPhoto at a Glance

Use each provider's complete current ladder. SendPhoto pricing lists paid tiers up to 1TB, with custom enterprise capacity by enquiry. Free includes 5GB, one gallery and 10GB lifetime upload credits. The credits limit cumulative uploads; they are not another 10GB of stored capacity.

SendPhoto's passwords, image watermarks, collections, download controls and custom domain setup are available on Free. Paid tiers increase capacity and allow unlimited galleries within the storage limit, while removing SendPhoto branding from the public home page and gallery invitation emails. A custom domain, watermark and branding removal perform different jobs.

PicDrop vs SendPhoto Pricing and Feature Comparison

PicDrop's EUR rates are before tax. SendPhoto's figures are USD; confirm your final billing amount and applicable taxes separately. Do not subtract a euro subscription directly from a dollar subscription or describe unlike storage and review features as equal savings. Enterprise and additional team requirements need a quote.

For the product differences, see SendPhoto versus PicDrop. SendPhoto has no native print store, contracts, invoices or booking CRM. Its favorites do not supply PicDrop-style scribbles or voting. Use a delivery-only comparison when those broader actions are already covered elsewhere.

Storage Add Ons Video Limits and Hidden Cost Drivers

The PicDrop storage add-on FAQ publishes these EUR net monthly additions. They are separate from the base subscription. Confirm the amount and billing treatment shown in your account before purchasing; this article has not completed an add-on checkout.

The detailed FAQ gives plan-specific increments and ceilings. The historical update's general mention of 250GB steps is not a substitute for those specific rules. For Enterprise, request the account's quote and limits rather than extending these examples to an unquoted team configuration.

Add-ons versus moving up a tier

Fictional monthly example: a solo user needing 650GB would exceed Pro's included 500GB. Under the published Pro add-on rule, €17.99 + €7.99 = €25.98 net per month for up to 750GB. Advanced is €47.99 monthly with 1TB and two included users. In this example, upgrading is not automatically the lower subscription cost; it buys more capacity and different team/conversion allowances.

A 900GB requirement exceeds Pro's described 750GB maximum after its add-on. Advanced's included 1TB would cover that storage example. Check the exact units, file growth and account rules before relying on the margin. The add-on maximum can determine the choice before a price break-even calculation does.

Video is a separate constraint. The official video pricing FAQ lists one, two and four conversion hours per calendar month for Pro, Advanced and Business, with six hours described for Enterprise. Already converted videos can be replayed without using another conversion allowance. The FAQ limits directly playable videos to 30 minutes; longer videos may be uploaded/downloaded with previews but are not directly playable. Confirm negotiated Enterprise limits in the quote.

Additional conversion hours can be booked in account settings, but the public explanation does not supply a complete current price schedule. Get that amount before adding it to a budget. A conversion hour, an hour of stored video and an hour of client playback are different measures.

SendPhoto does not publish a matching PicDrop-style conversion-hours price ladder in its storage table. RAW compatibility depends on supported camera formats, and processed video can be an optimized MP4 rather than the uploaded master. For images, unwatermarked Original downloads use the source; scaled or watermarked downloads use generated images. Keep independent masters and use the file-size guide for the intended handoff.

Which Plan Fits Your Photography Workflow

Use these fictional scenarios to translate a workflow into capacity. They are arithmetic examples, not averages for a photography genre or measured client outcomes. The selected plan still needs the review actions, people and media support required for that job.

Wedding and event photographers

Example: 50 retained galleries averaging 2GB each use 100GB before other work. PicDrop Pro's 500GB would cover that assumed photo library; SendPhoto Standard's 200GB would also cover the assumed capacity. Their prices are in different currencies and their review tools differ. Neither gallery count alone nor that calculation establishes the better product.

Include older galleries you have promised to keep accessible and this season's new files. Add video size and conversion requirements separately. Choose Advanced or Business when the actual team, storage or conversion need warrants it, rather than assuming a wedding photographer needs a particular named tier.

Portrait and family photographers

Example: 20 retained sessions averaging 0.8GB use 16GB. That exceeds both Free storage allowances and both Free gallery limits if each session has its own gallery. SendPhoto Starter's 20GB and paid unlimited galleries would cover those assumptions, while PicDrop Pro has much more capacity plus its broader collaboration tools.

One small finished gallery can fit SendPhoto Free only within 5GB and the 10GB lifetime upload-credit allowance. PicDrop Free can hold up to three galleries within 1GB. Deleting or rotating work is not a substitute for honoring the access period promised to a client, and a storage limit is different from an upload-credit limit.

Commercial studios and small teams

List the people who need their own administrative access. Advanced includes two users and can expand to four; Business includes five and can expand to nine. Price any additional users and account permissions in the actual quote. A gallery visitor, a reviewing client and an account user are different roles.

A commercial team may need on-image retouching notes, voting, client uploads and a traceable selection record, even with a modest library. Those workflow requirements can justify PicDrop before additional storage does. Do not assume SendPhoto's gallery collections or shared password create a matching multi-user administration or annotation model.

Solo photographers sharing RAW and HD video

Example: three new 20-minute videos total 60 minutes of conversion, reaching Pro's published one-hour monthly allowance if each is converted once. A fourth 20-minute conversion would exceed that allowance. Their file sizes also consume storage; resolution and bitrate change how much. This is a proposed workload calculation, not an executed conversion test.

A single 45-minute deliverable has a different problem: it exceeds PicDrop's documented 30-minute direct-playback limit, even if conversion allowance and storage remain. Confirm whether downloadable-only delivery meets the client's needs. For RAWs, verify the specific camera format and intended client download rather than treating a preview as proof of source-file delivery.

Switching and Saving Without Surprises

Write down your current period's storage, retained galleries, administrative users, new video minutes and purchased add-ons. Then compare a complete future period against those requirements. Include any temporary overlap while two services remain active and the effort to preserve client selections, comments, access settings and old links.

Choose the billing cycle deliberately

Calculate savings on matching twelve-month periods and the same currency/tax basis. The table below multiplies the advertised rounded EUR rates by twelve for illustration. It is a budget calculation, not an exact renewal invoice or refund promise; confirm the annual charge in checkout.

These examples exclude tax, add-ons, exchange costs and account-specific transition terms. Savings are the difference divided by the cost of twelve monthly payments. A lower annual equivalent is useful only when the longer commitment fits your required access period.

PicDrop's contract explanation says cancellation prevents the next renewal, with the paid period remaining usable; it does not promise a proportional repayment for that period. Downgrades activate at the end of the paid period; an upgrade can apply immediately with remaining credit applied. Check your own next renewal date instead of assuming an automatic reminder.

Audit add-ons before upgrading

Compare an add-on quote with the next plan on the same billing term. Include the extra users and conversion hours needed, as well as storage. For an illustrative year using a Pro monthly storage add-on continuously, 12 × €7.99 = €95.88 net at the published monthly rate. Add that to the appropriate base-plan quote; do not assume an annual add-on discount or a prorated final invoice from this arithmetic.

Record the plan ceiling as well as its marginal price. Pro's one 250GB expansion cannot cover a 900GB library under the described maximum. Advanced permits 500GB increments up to 2.5TB. If an add-on or seat price is not in the confirmed quote, mark it as unknown rather than treating it as zero.

Move galleries in a controlled sequence

Use this proposed migration sequence with your own authorized files and recipients. No upload, download or account migration test is reported here.

1. Start with one representative completed project. Inventory its photos, RAWs, videos, favorites, comments, markers and client-uploaded references. Keep source files and an independent backup. Confirm the new service supports the required media and review actions.
2. Keep a project register. Record each gallery's URL, promised access period, sharing deadline, download formats, review history and permissions. Set a destination for records the new service does not transfer.
3. Schedule active work deliberately. Prioritize client-facing commitments once the pilot fits the requirements; retain old access while the replacement is being prepared. Include subscription overlap and any transfer quote in the budget.
4. Confirm the replacement before retiring the original. In your own authorized evaluation, check intended visitor access, review steps and required downloads, including watermarked versus source delivery. Recreate passwords and branding; do not assume old URLs or approval history transfer automatically.
5. Review the first billing period. Compare actual usage and invoices with the quoted capacity, users, conversion hours and add-ons. Notify affected clients and close old access only when the handoff and retention obligations are accounted for.

For SendPhoto, a shared password can be forwarded and disabling downloads cannot revoke previously saved copies. Gallery expiry closes sharing; it does not automatically delete stored files. Keep backup retention, gallery access and account cancellation as separate decisions. These constraints belong in the migration register, not in an assumed automatic-cleanup benefit.

Final Recommendation and Value Verdict

Start with the client actions you need, then choose enough capacity and a suitable billing period. PicDrop Pro provides 500GB and its collaboration workflow; Advanced adds 1TB and two included users; Business adds 3TB and five. SendPhoto offers a smaller delivery-focused storage ladder through 1TB, with paid monthly prices from US$3 to US$32.

For the broader shortlist, use our PicDrop alternatives guide. If the missing job is finished-file delivery, SendPhoto is one option: check its current plans and upload-credit terms against the retained library. If annotation, voting or team administration is essential, price the service that actually supplies those actions. Confirm complete costs before committing and keep an exit plan for files, review records and client access.