CuratePics vs Pic-Time
Premium galleries with an AI store that converts to print sales.
At a glance
| Capability | CuratePics | Pic-Time |
|---|---|---|
| Delivered galleries stay live, always | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Resumable uploads | ✓ Yes | — |
| No client account to view or download | ✓ Yes | Partial |
| EU data residency, GDPR-native | ✓ Yes | — |
| Unlimited client downloads, no throttling | ✓ Yes | — |
Comparison based on our research and publicly reported user feedback, as of 13 August 2026. Competitor products change — verify current capabilities on Pic-Time's site.
Pic-Time makes premium galleries and pairs them with an AI-driven store and marketing automation that genuinely converts to print sales. For photographers whose business runs on print revenue, that store is the draw. CuratePics competes on the opposite end: the boring fundamentals underneath delivery, built to be provably reliable rather than to sell prints.
Where Pic-Time is strong
Its galleries look premium, the AI store and automated marketing drive print sales better than most, it has face recognition today, and it offers free migration to bring your existing galleries across. If print-sales conversion is your priority, Pic-Time is built for it.
Where CuratePics is different
- Delivered galleries stay live — for good. Pic-Time’s own pricing page states that free-plan photo storage starts at 10 GB and is reduced to 3 GB after six months (checked 13 August 2026). That is a documented policy of content becoming unavailable over time, and it is the reason the comparison above marks this row against them. On CuratePics a delivered gallery is never removed by an automated quota or retention job — it is written into our terms and enforced in the database. Read how →
- Resumable uploads. A dropped connection resumes rather than restarting the batch.
- EU data residency. GDPR-native, stored and served from the EU.
- No client login, unlimited downloads. Clients view and download in one tap, with no account and no bandwidth throttling.
The honest trade: Pic-Time has a mature print store and face recognition today; we don’t have a store and don’t do face grouping. We’re the better choice when reliability and permanence matter more than an in-gallery sales channel.
Switching from Pic-Time
Pic-Time offers free migration to bring galleries in, and credit where it is due — that is a good thing to offer. We will do the same in the other direction: email info@curatepics.app and we will move your existing galleries by hand while you carry on working.
If a storage-policy deletion is what is driving your search, that specific failure cannot happen on CuratePics, by design.
Pricing
One paid plan: Studio at £15/mo with 500 GB — every feature, nothing held back for a higher tier. Free tier 25 GB. Unlimited client downloads — priced per photographer, not per photo.
Checked 13 August 2026. Free $0 (10 GB photo storage, reduced to 3 GB after six months; 1 GB video), Beginner $8/mo or $7 billed annually (20 GB), Professional $25/$21 (100 GB), Advanced $50/$42 (unlimited photo storage, 60 GB video). Commission is charged on your markup rather than production cost, and is reduced or waived on higher tiers. Prices change; check their site.
Frequently asked questions
Is CuratePics a good Pic-Time alternative?
If your priority is that delivered galleries stay delivered and uploads resume after a dropped connection, yes. Pic-Time is strong on premium galleries and print-sales automation. CuratePics is built around the fundamentals underneath — resumable uploads and a structural guarantee that a delivered gallery is never auto-removed.
Does CuratePics have face recognition like Pic-Time?
No. CuratePics sorts photos by scene and wedding phase, not by person — there's no face recognition or "find photos of me". Pic-Time offers that today; CuratePics focuses on reliable delivery, EU residency and no client login.
Will CuratePics ever delete a gallery I've delivered?
No. A shared gallery is excluded from every automated quota and retention job by design. If we ever enforce a storage limit we block new uploads and tell you first — delivered work always stays put.