Honest pricing
Free tier forever. Paid plans billed on storage - never per photo, per download, or per client. Yearly billing saves roughly 25%.
No per-download fees · Zero egress · Delivered galleries never go dark
In every plan, including the free one
Not a trial, not a teaser tier. These work the same whether you pay nothing or seventy-nine dollars a month.
Roll IDs
A permanent per-frame identity, printed on the photo and addressable by URL.
Favorites + selections
Clients star frames and lock a final list. You see it as it happens.
Films
Finished video alongside the stills, in the same gallery.
Audio + Premiere
Score a gallery, and open it as a first-run rather than a grid.
Password + identity gate
Lock a gallery, or ask for a name and email before it opens.
Scheduled publish + expiry
Set when a gallery goes live and when it stops being live.
Per-gallery analytics
Views, downloads and favorites, per frame rather than per gallery.
Duplicate detection
Perceptual hashing catches the same frame uploaded twice.
ZIP import
Drop a whole export in. It unpacks straight into the gallery.
Trash + restore
Deleting is reversible until the purge actually runs.
Receipts
A tamper-evident log of every view and download, hashed in a chain.
Re-edit requests
Clients ask for a fix on a specific frame, in the gallery.
Comments
A client leaves a note on one frame; the email reaches you the moment it is left.
Studio analytics
Every view, download and favorite across all your galleries, with the activity behind each number.
Clients
Everyone who has given a name and email at any of your galleries, deduped across all of them. Export as CSV.
Gallery notifications
Visitors opt in with one tap and hear when the gallery goes live and when it comes back for the anniversary.
2FA + recovery codes
Account security is never a paid feature.
The fine print, unfine.
Is there really a free plan?
Yes. Starter is free forever - 5 GB, one active gallery, the Soft Light theme, an Encore watermark on photos. No credit card to start. It exists so you can ship a real delivery before you pay us anything.
Are there per-photo, per-download, or bandwidth fees?
No. You pay for stored bytes, full stop. Our storage layer has zero egress fees, so we don't meter downloads - a gallery that goes viral costs you the same as one nobody opens.
How does yearly billing work?
Pay once for the year and save roughly 25%: Studio is $108/yr (vs $144 paid monthly), Professional $264/yr (vs $348), Studio Plus $720/yr (vs $948). Switch interval any time from Settings → Billing.
What happens when I outgrow my storage?
Your delivered galleries keep working and your clients never see a broken link. At 80% of your quota the dashboard warns you; at 100%, new uploads pause until you free space in Trash, add storage, or move up a tier. Extra storage is $5 per 100 GB per month on top of your plan, added from the billing portal. Nothing you've already shipped ever goes dark.
Can I change or cancel my plan?
Any time, from Settings → Billing - it runs through the Stripe billing portal. Your galleries and photos stay; the new tier's limits simply apply going forward.
Is there a referral program?
Yes. Every account has a referral link (Settings > Referrals), and free-plan galleries carry it in their Powered by Encore credit. When a photographer you introduce pays for a plan by card on the web, you earn 10% off three months of your own plan as account credit on your next invoices. Credits stack, so enough paying referrals cover your plan entirely. Free signups do not earn anything.
Can I subscribe from the iPhone app?
Yes. Plans are available in-app through Apple on iOS, or by card on the web through Stripe. Same plans, same prices, one studio.