--- description: Learn more about SmartAlbums pricing, benefits, and disadvantages for your business in Canada. Read verified software reviews and find tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: SmartAlbums Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra Canada 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Photography Studio Software](/directory/30594/photography-studio/software) > [SmartAlbums](/software/188373/smartalbums) # SmartAlbums Canonical: https://www.capterra.ca/software/188373/smartalbums Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/188373/smartalbums?page=2) > SmartAlbums is a simple and intuitive album design software for photographers. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 72 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses SmartAlbums? Professional Photographers ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 72 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Pixellu - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$16.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Support Options - Chat ## Category - [Photography Studio Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30594/photography-studio/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Before being a professional photographer I was a magazine designer so I have pretty high standards when it comes to layouts, and Smart Album definitely delivers. Couldn't live without this genius piece of software\! ----- ### "Make my life easier\! Yes Please\!\!" — 5.0/5 > **John Michael** | *June 27, 2019* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: A fast, easy and most importantly an intuitive UI takes the album design process from a chore to a pleasure. The clean and uncluttered interface keeps distractions out of sight and allows me to actually design albums right in front of my clients in real time. Other big pluses are the ability to make custom templates, custom sizes and sizes for all the album company books that I would wish to use. > > **Cons**: Not many cons as much as little wish list items that i have had. But with each version and update my little wish list gets smaller and smaller. > > I've been a wedding photographer for more than 33 years and have been designing albums for our clients nearly that long. From the film days to digital I have tried out almost every iteration of album design software available and SmartAlbums is the first that made it easy to actually design books in front of my clients as part of the sales process. Clean design and ability to change page templates "on the fly" real time has had such an impact on making better, beautiful and more timeless designs which ultimately makes my clients happier and our business makes more money. Producing albums for wedding and portrait clients is such big part of the income stream for our industry I really don't understand why all photographers are not designing albums for their clients especially since smartalbums makes it so easy now. I guess some photographer just like to leave money on the table. ----- ### "A Greedy and Dishonest software company" — 1.0/5 > **Paul** | *February 5, 2024* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: It was useful before they stopped supporting lifetime licenses > > **Cons**: Pretty much everything after. I reached out to them and I was told that I was out of luck and that I'd have to pay up more money to continue to use the software. They were happy to take a huge lump sum up front from many pro photographers and leave them high and dry later. > > I purchased Smart Albums Lifetime Licenses for a lot of money and then they moved to the subscription model and knee capped the latest version I had so I couldn’t cloud proof. It’s my opinion they are a greedy and dishonest company. I would not support them after they did this to me and probably hundreds if not thousands of professional photographers. Find a great proofing solution, but please, do not choose SmartAlbums. ----- ### "Worth every dollar\!" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *September 20, 2019* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love how fast I can mock up an album for client review. I'm a photographer, not a designer, but the built in templates make this so effortless\! > > **Cons**: Some of the templates could have a little more variety and a little more flexibility but for the most part it gets the job done. > > Clients first select their favorites from their pixieset gallery and I import those images into SA. For the last couple of years, I've designed full albums drafts in under an hour. Clients love how quickly they get their first look at an album design. ----- ### "Not Smart, Genius\!\!" — 5.0/5 > **Sergio** | *July 10, 2019* | Photography | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: If Steve Jobs had wanted an album design solution, he would have made this. > > **Cons**: Nothing, absolutely every single aspect of the album design process has been taken into account. Absolutely genius\! > > It reduced my album making time by about 90%. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/188373/smartalbums?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/188373/smartalbums) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data