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Obsydian vs Pic-Time

Pic-Time sells your galleries beautifully. Obsydian makes sure the files inside them stay yours.

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Overview

What is Pic-Time?

Pic-Time is a client-gallery and sales platform built by photographers: elegant gallery delivery, a strong print/art store, marketing automations, and (as of its 2026 '2.0' update) AI tools and deeper customization. Like Pixieset, it's aimed at the client-photography business, with particular strength in automated store marketing.

CategoryGallery & Storage
BackgroundBuilt by photographers · mid-2010s
TaglineGalleries + art store for photographers

We're biased — but honest.

Pic-Time's protection model is the industry's standard one: watermark the preview, sell the clean file. That works for wedding gallery sales — it does nothing for a creator whose delivered files get reposted, or whose originals carry GPS coordinates. Obsydian protects the file that actually leaves your hands: a visible mark that survives screenshots, an invisible tag in the original, a per-recipient ID for tracing, and automatic EXIF/GPS scrubbing. Different job, different tool.

Side by side

Obsydian vs Pic-Time, feature by feature

FeatureObsydianPic-Time
Visible watermarkingText, tile, edge-frame & motionPreviews only — removed on download
Invisible (steganographic) watermarkYes — LSB stego
Automatic EXIF / GPS removalAlways on
Link-in-bio page includedYes — full profile
Creator-friendly content policiesYes — won't deplatform your nicheClient photographers
PricingFree · £9 · £19Free · from ~$8/mo

Comparison reflects each provider's publicly listed plans and features as of June 2026. Details change — check each provider for the latest.

Pricing

Pic-Time pricing vs Obsydian

Pic-Time
  • Free$03GB storage
  • Beginnerfrom ~$8/mo10GB, galleries + store
  • Professionalfrom ~$25/mo100GB, slideshows, proofing
  • Advancedfrom ~$42/moUnlimited storage, multi-brand
Obsydian
  • Free£0Unlimited links · 10 protected files/mo · always-on scrubbing
  • Studio£9/moUnlimited watermarking · invisible watermark · analytics
  • Black£19/mo5 profiles · custom domain · priority support · vault (closed beta)
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Comparison reflects each provider's publicly listed plans and features as of June 2026. Details change — check each provider for the latest.

The honest take

Pic-Time: pros & cons

What Pic-Time does well

  • Elegant gallery delivery, strong design taste
  • Best-in-class automated print/art store marketing
  • Built by photographers, for photographer workflows
  • Active development — major 2.0 revamp in 2026

Where it falls short

  • Preview watermarks disappear with the download — delivered files are clean
  • No invisible watermarking or per-recipient tagging
  • No metadata/EXIF privacy tooling
  • Free tier is small (3GB) since its 2024 reduction

Choose Obsydian if…

  • You deliver files to individuals (customs, PPV, client sets) and want each copy tagged to its recipient
  • You want protection that travels with the file — not a preview overlay that vanishes at checkout
  • You want your link page, watermarking and metadata scrubbing in one £9 tool
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Stick with Pic-Time if…

  • You sell prints and albums from client galleries — their store automation is genuinely excellent
  • You need proofing, slideshows and a gallery storefront for a photography business
Questions

Obsydian vs Pic-Time, answered

How much does Pic-Time cost?
Pic-Time has a free 3GB plan, with paid plans from roughly $8/month (Beginner) up to ~$42/month (Advanced, unlimited storage) as of 2026. Obsydian runs Free / £9 / £19 with protection tools included from the free tier.
Does Pic-Time protect delivered photos?
Pic-Time watermarks gallery previews to encourage purchases; the delivered file is clean. Obsydian protects the delivered file itself — visible watermark, optional invisible tag, per-recipient subscriber ID, and automatic GPS/EXIF removal.
Is Obsydian a Pic-Time alternative?
Only for the protection half. Pic-Time is a gallery-sales platform; Obsydian is a content-protection toolkit with a link-in-bio page. If your files leak, get reposted, or carry location data, that's the problem Obsydian exists for — and it works alongside a gallery platform fine.
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