Gallery delivery (essentially a tie)
Both platforms offer clean, mobile-friendly galleries with favoriting, downloads, and watermarking. Pixieset has 4 layouts; Chromafolio has 6 including magazine and masonry styles.
Clients rarely distinguish between the two — in blind tests, preference splits roughly evenly. What matters more than layout is your brand setup: logo, domain, typography.
Pricing (Chromafolio wins when you factor in ads)
Pixieset Plus runs $20/mo for 100GB. Chromafolio Pro is $23/mo with comparable storage plus leads credits baked in.
If you currently pay $30–100/mo for Thumbtack, WeddingWire, or Facebook/Instagram ads to fill your calendar, Chromafolio collapses that budget into one bill.
The real difference: client leads
Pixieset has no marketplace. You deliver galleries and hope for referrals. Chromafolio includes a client-facing marketplace where clients post requests and photographers respond with proposals.
This is the switching driver for most photographers — the galleries are interchangeable, but one platform also keeps your calendar full.