BrandStudio vs SpotMyPhotos
Same entry price. A full event platform, not just photo delivery.
SpotMyPhotos delivers event photos to guests by face — and does it well. BrandStudio costs about the same at entry but bundles the booth, Sharing Station, live slideshow, and follow-up suite into one subscription, with overage near $1 per 1,000 photos instead of $29.
FeatureBrandStudioSpotMyPhotos
What it isA full event platform — capture, branded delivery, booth, kiosk, slideshow, and follow-upA photo-delivery platform — gets event photos to guests by face
Face Match (guests find their photos by selfie)Included on every planIncluded — delivery by face is the core of the product
Recognized guests → their whole sessionSmart Guest Recognition adds a registered guest to their session automatically — they get every photo from that shoot, even detail and angle shots their face isn’t in, and appear on the photographer’s guest list live. No tagging.Delivers every frame a guest’s face matches into a self-serve gallery — strong at that, but face-based, so a detail or angle shot their face isn’t in won’t reach them.
Speed to a guest’s phoneFast — face match, then a branded gallery on your domainQuicker — tap a face and share; the flow does one thing and does it fast
Photo booth (iPad booth, GIFs, branded prints)Included from the Capture planNo native booth app — integrates with third-party booth software
Sharing Station (print, text, email, or QR on-site)Included on the Deliver planOn-site sharing — print, text, email, QR
Live slideshow / photo wallsIncluded — face-matched display while the event runsLive slideshow (Pro / Pro Plus)
Post-event messaging, surveys, CRMFull suite — messaging, surveys, and CRM on the Engage planMessaging + a post-event survey tool (lead capture); no full CRM
Your brand only — no platform name shown to guestsIncluded on every plan — your logo and name; ours never showsStandard shows “SpotMyPhotos by You”; removing it is White Label (+$29) or Private Label (+$49) — per event
Custom domain on the gallery linkIncluded on every plan — your URL+$99/year — and it replaces the gallery URL only; the SMS short link stays their my-gallery.co
Brand & photo qualitySVG logos stay vector-sharp at every size; original photos kept full-resolution for downloadDelivers full event galleries; re-compression depends on the platform
Photos in the entry plan5,000 / mo on Capture, then +$5 per 5,0008,000 / mo on Pro — more included volume at entry
Overage — extra photos+$5 per 5,000 photos (about $1 per 1,000)+$29 per 1,000 photos
Overage — extra capture device+$40 per device+$49 per device
OnboardingFree Event Kickoff Call with every planSelf-serve setup
SupportSame-day replies from a real personTicket-based support
PricingPublic per-month pricing: $149 / $299 / $599 (annual)Public pricing: $195/mo Pro, $295/mo Pro Plus; Enterprise custom
Why teams pick BrandStudio
- About the same price at the entry plan, but you get the whole event — booth, kiosk, slideshow, messaging, and surveys — not just a way to deliver photos.
- Overage that doesn’t sting: about $1 per 1,000 extra photos instead of $29. A busy weekend won’t blow up the bill.
- Face Match on every plan, your domain and logo on every plan — same as the things people like about SpotMyPhotos, with the rest of the event added.
- Smart Guest Recognition adds registered guests to their session automatically — they get the whole set, even the detail and angle shots a face-only system can’t reach.
- Your brand stays uncompressed: upload your logo as an SVG and it stays vector-sharp from the favicon to a 10-foot step-and-repeat, and guests download your original photos at full resolution — not a shrunken web copy.
- Your brand is on every gallery on every plan, and our name never shows. On SpotMyPhotos, guests see “SpotMyPhotos by You” until you pay to remove it — White Label (+$29) or Private Label (+$49) per event — and a custom domain is another $99/year.
- A free 30-minute Event Kickoff Call sets you up, then a real person replies same-day instead of a ticket queue.
When SpotMyPhotos might be a better fit
- If you only need photo delivery — no booth, no kiosk, no messaging suite — SpotMyPhotos does exactly that and isn’t paying for tools you won’t touch.
- For pure speed to a guest’s phone, SpotMyPhotos is quicker: tap a face and share. It’s built to do that one thing fast, and it shows. Our flow adds branding and a gallery on your domain, which is a step more.
- If photo volume is your main constraint, the SpotMyPhotos Pro plan includes 8,000 photos a month vs. our 5,000 on Capture, for slightly less — so a high-volume, delivery-only month can come out cheaper there.
- If your team is already running on SpotMyPhotos and the delivery workflow fits, the switching cost may outweigh the extra tools you’d gain.
Not sure if we're the right fit?
Book a 30-minute Event Kickoff Call with Jon. We'll walk through your event, hear what you're trying to do, and tell you straight if BrandStudio is the right match — or point you somewhere better if not.