Fotobooq is for you if
- You want photography workflows ready on day one, not built from scratch
- You want galleries and a print & download store in the same system
- You want online booking without paying for a top tier
- You want a free plan
The scorecard
7 clear wins
Where Fotobooq beats Dubsado outright — on Dubsado’s own published facts.
- Starting paid price
- Free plan
- Online booking
- Client photo galleries
- Gallery storage
- Sell from galleries
- Website builder
Side by side
Line by line, Fotobooq wins.
Dubsado is a general client-management and automation CRM for service businesses — forms, contracts, invoices, a client portal and workflows. Here’s how it stacks up against Fotobooq on what photographers ask about most — every win marked.
- Starting paid price
- Fotobooq$20/mo billed yearly ($24 monthly) · founding $15 Fotobooq winsDubsado$27.92/mo billed yearly (Starter)
- Free plan
- FotobooqYes — free forever, no card Fotobooq winsDubsadoNo — 21-day free trial
- Online booking
- FotobooqEvery plan, including Free — with mini-session days Fotobooq winsDubsadoPremier only ($43.75/mo billed yearly)
- Contracts with e-signature
- FotobooqEvery planDubsadoYes
- Invoices & online payments
- FotobooqEvery plan, straight to your StripeDubsadoYes — Dubsado Payments, Square, PayPal
- Client photo galleries
- FotobooqEvery plan (5 on Free, unlimited on Studio) Fotobooq winsDubsadoNo — link an external gallery in the portal
- Gallery storage
- Fotobooq200 GB on Studio · 500 GB on Plus · +10 GB for $5/mo Fotobooq winsDubsadoNot applicable (no galleries)
- Sell from galleries
- FotobooqPro-lab prints, canvas, framed, albums & downloads Fotobooq winsDubsadoNo
- Commission on gallery sales
- Fotobooq0% on every planDubsadoNot applicable
- Client portal
- FotobooqEvery plan, in your brandDubsadoYes
- Website builder
- FotobooqEvery plan · own domain on Studio Fotobooq winsDubsadoNo
- Team members
- FotobooqStudio Plus, with rolesDubsado3 users included · more from $25/mo
- Card processing
- FotobooqStripe's fee only on paid plans (+2% on Free)Dubsado2.9% + 30¢ (US cards)
Dubsado facts from its own published pages, checked September 28, 2026: Dubsado pricing · Dubsado pricing table · Dubsado Payments fees · Dubsado gallery in portal. Prices and features change — check Dubsado’s site for the latest. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it. Trademarks belong to their owners.
Why photographers switch from Dubsado
Where Fotobooq
pulls ahead.
Photography-ready
Session types, mini-session days, golden-hour times, deposits and questionnaires — set up in an afternoon, not a weekend of workflow building.
Galleries included
Dubsado links to a gallery hosted elsewhere. Fotobooq hosts galleries — 200 GB on Studio — and sells downloads at 0% commission.
Booking on every plan
Dubsado's scheduler is Premier-only. Fotobooq's booking is on every plan; Studio is $20/mo billed yearly.
Rebooking and shoot day
Anniversary emails, referral links and a phone-first shoot-day kit come built in.
Switching
Moving from Dubsado takes an afternoon.
Export clients and projects from Dubsado as a CSV and import them into Fotobooq. Rebuild your contract text once as a template; questionnaires take minutes.
Founding members get the whole move done for them.
And your data is yours: export everything — clients, contracts and every photo original — any time, from Settings.
Free plan forever · No card to start · 0% commission on gallery sales · Cancel anytime
Fotobooq vs Dubsado: questions
Is Fotobooq a good Dubsado alternative?
Fotobooq is built for photographers and ready on day one: booking, payments, galleries, a print store and rebooking, from free. Dubsado hosts no galleries and puts scheduling behind its $43.75/mo Premier plan (billed yearly).
Does Dubsado include online scheduling?
Only on Premier ($55/mo, or $525/yr). Starter ($35/mo, or $335/yr) doesn't include scheduling or automated workflows.
Does Dubsado host photo galleries?
No. You can link an external gallery inside the Dubsado client portal. Fotobooq hosts galleries and sells downloads at 0% commission.
Is Fotobooq easier to set up than Dubsado?
For photographers, usually. Fotobooq ships with photography session types, booking, deposits and galleries ready to go; most studios are taking bookings the same day.
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