PICVIN vs GuestPix: a GuestPix alternative for wedding guest photos

Both work the same way for a guest: scan a QR code or tap a link, and the upload page opens in the phone's browser. Neither asks guests to install an app or create an account. Both give you one private gallery, both take videos as well as photos on their paid tiers, and both let you download everything as a ZIP file.

Both also sell a one-off purchase per event rather than a monthly subscription. GuestPix describes its pricing as a one-time payment with no recurring charges; PICVIN charges once per event, with an optional maintenance plan only after the first year.

GuestPix's wedding pricing page lists three packages: Classic, with one gallery, unlimited photos and videos, a 3-month upload window and 12 months of hosting from the event date; Signature, the same with a 12-month upload window; and Signature Bundle, three galleries with a 24-month window. The page shows a comparison table starting at US$49 and a currency switcher for GBP, EUR and others; it did not print the GBP figures in the text we could read, so check them on the page. A UK newspaper piece from the summer quoted GuestPix from £37.

PICVIN has three plans. Standard costs US$10.99 and keeps the gallery online for 1 year. Premium costs US$21.99, adds videos and much more storage, and lasts 1 year too. Permanent costs US$54.99 and never expires. Prices include VAT and are charged in your currency through Stripe.

On GuestPix, the upload window and the hosting period are separate: on Classic, guests can upload for 3 months and the gallery is hosted for 12 months from the event date, then renewal is optional. GuestPix's free option gives you 50 photos and a 30-day upload window.

On PICVIN, uploads stay open for the whole life of the plan: 1 year on Standard and Premium, with no end on Permanent. The free trial lasts 3 days from the first photo and holds 20 photos. Before a paid gallery expires we email you so you can download the ZIP or keep it online with maintenance at US$2.29 a month.

GuestPix's pages list a live slideshow, digital invitations with RSVPs, event albums and design themes on the larger packages. If you want the guests' photos projected on a screen during the reception, GuestPix offers that and PICVIN does not.

PICVIN keeps to the gallery itself: albums inside the event, photos sorted by the moment they were taken, guest names optional, deletion of any photo from the dashboard, a removal request that anyone in a photo can send from the gallery, and the ZIP download. There is no slideshow, no themes and no invitations.

PICVIN hosts photos and videos on Cloudflare under EU jurisdiction and processes them for the organiser under the GDPR, with the organiser deciding who gets the link and when the event is deleted. GuestPix is an Australian company; its hosting arrangements are described in its own privacy policy, which we have not quoted here because it is the kind of detail that changes.

If EU hosting and a removal request built into the gallery matter to you, that is PICVIN's side of the comparison. If you want a bigger feature set around the gallery, GuestPix has more of it.

Choose GuestPix if you want a live slideshow, digital invitations and RSVPs in the same product, and you are happy with its upload windows. Choose PICVIN if you want the simplest version of the idea, uploads open for the full plan, EU hosting, and a price that starts at US$10.99 including VAT, with a free trial that needs no card.