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Build your photography business with Zenfolio. Our all-in-one solution offers a professional portfolio website, shareable client galleries, e-commerce, and workflow automation tools for photographers. - zenfolio.com
Depends. Reasonable buy for price-sensitive working photographers who want site, galleries, and store in one and can self-serve support. Avoid if you need responsive help or may want out later — users report abandonment and painful exits.
Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; many review snippets were truncated, so some claims rest on titles and partial text.
Not disclosed
high
Support: users say there's no one to talk to; plan to self-serve.
high
Leaving is hard — long-term users report painful exits and migration headaches.
medium
Commission on sales per third-party review; confirm current rates before pricing products.
low
Guess: free tier likely limits storage or features; verify before committing.
Value for money: 3/5
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Starting price
12
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Analyzed
Free tier: Yes
No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Ratings are middling (3.1 G2, 3.9 Capterra) while Reddit skews negative, dominated by long-time users leaving over support and reliability.
“I need help with Zenfolio. THere's no one to talk to!”
“Zenfolio...after 16 years, utter failure”
“Best photo hosting site? Tired of Zenfolio.”
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All-in-one photographer platform from $5/mo, but 3.1/5 G2 rating and support complaints make long-term lock-in risky.
Based on 20+ public sources; many review snippets were truncated, so some claims rest on titles and partial text.
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