Account Levels
Studio Or The Complete CoastPix Studio.
| Compare Plans | Studio$39 / Mo. $390 annually - two months free | The Complete CoastPix Studio Pro$79 / Mo. $790 annually - two months free |
|---|---|---|
| User Accounts | 1 User | 3 Users |
| Studio Address And Domain | CoastPix Studio Address (studio.coastpix.com) | Use Your Own Domain (studio.mycompany.com or mycompany.com) |
| Shared Gallery Storage | 500 GB Shared Gallery Storage CoastPix Retains Thumbnails And Lightroom Sync For Fast Reuploads | 1,000 GB Shared Gallery Storage CoastPix Retains Thumbnails And Lightroom Sync For Fast Reuploads |
| Website Builder | ||
| Full Bookkeeping | ||
| Mobile App | Add On | |
| Dock AI | ||
| Support | Standard CoastSupport | Personalized CoastSupport - Access To Feature Requests W/ 2 Week Turnarounds |
| Onboarding | Personal Onboarding Support | Personal Onboarding Support |
Beta Benefits
- Personalized branding at no additional charge during Beta
- Two additional user accounts at no additional charge during Beta
Paid plans do not begin without at least 60 days’ notice. Early Access users keep 20% off their base plan for life.
Monthly Add-Ons
Add Only What Your Studio Needs.
Shared Gallery Storage
$16 / TB / Mo.
Add another terabyte of shared Gallery storage to either plan.
Additional User Account
$8 / User / Mo.
Add another active CoastPix studio login. Teammates without an activated account do not count against the user limit and can still be used for tracking.
Mobile App
$5 / Mo.
Add the native CoastPix Mobile App to Studio. It is included with Pro.
Complete Feature Comparison
Everything Inside CoastPix.
Beta and Coming Soon labels remain visible in the plan columns so unfinished work is never presented as already released.
Studio Setup And CRM
The people, inquiries, relationships, and brand settings that anchor the studio.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Profile And Branding | Logo, colors, business details, address, policies, and client-facing identity in one studio profile. | ||
| Lead Pipeline | Capture and organize new inquiries before they become clients and Sessions. | ||
| Client And Family Records | Keep clients, family members, attendees, contact details, addresses, Sessions, Galleries, and documents together. | ||
| Client Portal Memberships | Invite clients securely, show account status, and support people who belong to more than one studio. | ||
| Import Review Workflow | Preview imported contacts and resolve identity conflicts before production records are created. | Beta | Beta |
| Custom Fields And Studio Notes | Keep the operational context the studio needs without exposing private notes to clients. |
Scheduling And Booking
From reusable Session Types to intelligent public availability and multi-session work.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session Types | Reusable offerings with pricing, packages, requirements, contracts, invoices, questionnaires, and email defaults. | ||
| Client Self-Booking | A personalized booking page with real-time, up-to-date availability that tracks booked sessions and minis, as well as travel and buffer time, to help avoid overbooking. | ||
| Smart Availability | Weekly hours, date overrides, daylight boundaries, travel buffers, saved locations, Google hours, and tenant timezones. | ||
| Mini Session Ladders | Multi-client sessions or minis. | ||
| Admin Booking | Book a client directly using the same session type, location, pricing, and availability as your personalized booking page. | ||
| Calendar Sync | Connect Google, Microsoft, and Apple-compatible calendar workflows with conflict awareness. | ||
| Multi-Session Booking Plans | Create bookings that contain multiple events, such as wedding packages with an engagement shoot, rehearsal dinner, and wedding day on one contract. | Beta | Beta |
| Wedding And Event Projects | A single project that keeps engagement, rehearsal, wedding day, events, and post-session work together on one shared timeline. | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
Sales, Contracts And Payments
Selling from the first package through signature, invoice, and payment.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packages, Add-Ons And Line Items | Build the Session package, add products and services, preserve catalog links, and keep shipping context with the sale. | ||
| Quotes And Proposals | Create, preview, send, and track branded proposals with reusable templates and stored documents. | ||
| Contracts And E-Signatures | Send customizable contracts, capture signatures and initials, keep a clear history, and store the signed PDF. | ||
| Invoices And Online Payments | Create invoices, accept online or manual payments, and keep totals accurate. | ||
| Booking Payment Plans | Configure retainers, full-payment requirements, balance milestones, and multi-session allocation at the Session Type level. | ||
| Refunds And Payment Corrections | Record refunds and payment corrections without changing the original payment history. | ||
| Gift Cards | Sell, redeem, track, correct, and restore gift-card value through a canonical event history. | ||
| Shipping And Tax | Save shipping addresses and automatically calculate or record sales tax while keeping issued invoices unchanged. |
Session Cockpit And Day Of
One operational workspace before, during, and after every shoot.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session Lifecycle Cockpit | See booking, contract, payment, questionnaire, shoot, and Gallery milestones with the next required action. | ||
| Session Sales Workspace | Review packages, add-ons, shipping, Quotes, Contracts, Invoices, and payment history without leaving the Session. | ||
| Shot List | Prepare requested shots, mark them captured in the field, and keep the canonical list with the Session. | ||
| Packing Lists | Create customizable, reusable packing lists so you are prepared for every session. | ||
| Attendees | Track the people participating in the Session separately from the billing client. | ||
| Field Weather | Show a five-day Session forecast with conditions and temperature ranges at the shoot location. | ||
| Session Communications | Plan, preview, send, and review customizable messages for each session with your branding. | ||
| Session Expenses And Profitability | Capture Session costs and compare canonical revenue, tax, fees, fulfillment, expenses, and profit. | ||
| Wedding And Event Timeline | Plan the wedding day or event with a clear timeline that shows what is happening now and what comes next. | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
Galleries And Delivery
Branded image delivery, review, conversation, and client access from desktop or phone.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Client Galleries | Create branded Galleries with sections, covers, access controls, Sessions, clients, and delivery status. | ||
| Lightroom Classic Publishing | Publish and update galleries connected to your sessions directly from the CoastPix Lightroom plug-in. | ||
| Favorites And Photo Feedback | Clients can favorite photographs and hold image-specific conversations without losing Gallery context. | ||
| Downloads And Sharing | Deliver secure image access, individual saves, share links, and photographer-controlled download policies. | ||
| Premiere Gallery Experience | Create a cinematic client reveal with music, sequence, reactions, and a return to the complete Gallery. | Beta | Beta |
| Shared Gallery Storage | Keep full-resolution originals in shared Gallery storage and deliver fast client experiences wherever they are. | 500 GB | 1,000 GB |
| Full-Resolution Export | Download original work without a hostage fee or a plan-specific export lock. |
Store And Print Fulfillment
Retail pricing and client purchasing with a transparent 1% fee only on lab-fulfilled Store orders.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Products And Price Sheets | Define retail products, sizes, lab mappings, costs, prices, shipping, and Album-specific price sheets. | ||
| In-Gallery Store | Open the Store from a photograph, choose a product and crop, and return to Gallery browsing. | Beta | Beta |
| Tax-Aware Checkout | Use the studio's selected Stripe Tax, third-party, manual, or no-tax policy with a real shipping destination. | Beta | Beta |
| Order, Client And Session Visibility | Keep print orders connected to the purchaser, Client, Session, Bookkeeping Ledger, and Session Profit And Loss. | ||
| Print Lab Fulfillment | Send supported client orders into a connected professional print-lab workflow while keeping fulfillment costs separate. | Beta | Beta |
| Zero CoastPix Commission | CoastPix does not take a percentage of studio sales. Processor, tax, shipping, and fulfillment costs remain separate. | ||
| Additional Fulfillment Labs | The lab-neutral order boundary is ready for future vendor adapters without changing the client Store model. | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
Bookkeeping And Finance
Operational financial records and accountant-ready workpapers without pretending to be a full general ledger.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income And Expense Ledger | Unify paid invoices, Store sales, expenses, refunds, credits, corrections, and allocations from canonical records. | ||
| Receipt Capture And OCR | Scan or upload a receipt so Dock can suggest the vendor, date, amount, tax, category, and Session allocation. | ||
| Cash-Basis Profit And Loss | See tenant-timezone revenue, expenses, net profit, category rollups, and Schedule C mapping. | ||
| Session Profit And Loss | Understand job-level revenue and cost from the same financial engine used by studio reports. | ||
| Liabilities And Sales Tax | Separate tax collected from revenue and report liability by payment date and selected period. | ||
| Accountant Package | Export the operational ledger, reports, liabilities, attachments, and supporting schedules for review. | ||
| Accountant Relationship | Link an accountant through the Team model without granting unrelated studio permissions. | ||
| QuickBooks Online Connected | Approved architecture for OAuth, mappings, outbox delivery, webhooks, and divergence review; implementation is not yet live. | Coming Soon | |
| Nightly Financial Reconciliation | A future stored-versus-derived integrity sweep that alerts the studio when canonical totals drift. | Coming Soon |
Website Builder And Domains
Build the studio's public home, connect booking and Galleries, and publish it under the right address.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio Website Builder | Build and publish a responsive photography website without leaving CoastPix. | ||
| Photography Page Sections | Compose pages from photographer-oriented hero, portfolio, service, testimonial, contact, and call-to-action sections. | ||
| Website Draft Preview | Preview unpublished website changes across desktop, tablet, and phone layouts before publishing. | ||
| Gallery And Booking Links | Connect public Galleries, client booking, login, gift cards, and contact actions directly from the website. | ||
| Website Typography And Branding | Apply studio colors, logos, editorial type choices, navigation, and calls to action consistently across the site. | ||
| CoastPix Studio Address | Every studio receives a permanent CoastPix subdomain that remains available as a backup. | ||
| Use Your Own Domain | Connect an existing-site subdomain or host the full website and application on the studio's own verified domain. | ||
| Scheduler Embed | Embed the branded scheduler on an approved external website. | ||
| Domain Registration Concierge | Search, payment, audit, and handoff surfaces exist, but registrar automation remains disabled until provider readiness is complete. | Beta | Beta |
| Portable Studio Identity | Keep the custom domain and full-resolution work portable if the studio ever leaves CoastPix. |
Document And Workflow Templates
Reusable studio documents that keep every client experience branded and consistent.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract Templates | Create reusable contract language, merge fields, signing requirements, and Session Type defaults. | ||
| Invoice Templates | Reuse invoice terms, payment language, line-item defaults, and presentation across Sessions. | ||
| Questionnaire Templates | Build reusable question sets, attendee prompts, required responses, and Session Type defaults. | ||
| Email Templates | Manage branded lifecycle messages, subjects, merge fields, previews, and per-Session-Type overrides. | ||
| Packing List Templates | Create grouped packing checklists and attach an editable snapshot to each Session. | ||
| Copy From Existing Template | Start a new editable draft from an existing Contract, Invoice, Questionnaire, or Packing List template. |
Email, Notifications And Messaging
Branded communication with lifecycle context, preferences, and a durable activity history.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branded Email Delivery | Send studio-branded lifecycle email with resolved client, Session, document, and payment context. | ||
| Scheduled Session Messages | Plan messages relative to the Session, preview the resolved content, and review historical delivery. | ||
| Lifecycle Notifications | Booking, contract, payment, Gallery, calendar, fulfillment, and platform events share a canonical event catalog. | ||
| Notification Preferences | Choose email and native-push delivery per real event while in-app activity remains canonical. | ||
| Client, Company And CoastSupport Chat | Use the appropriate tenant, client, company, or platform-support persona with attachments and conversation tools. | ||
| Voice, Video And Screen Sharing | Partial provider plumbing exists, but general calling, consent, authorization, and native parity are not released. | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
Team And Permissions
A studio organization model that includes people without forcing every person to become a paid login.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teammates | Keep employees, contractors, second shooters, assistants, and partners in CoastPix for tracking, even if they do not need an activated account. | ||
| Branded Team Invitations | Invite active users through a studio-branded acceptance flow with an explicit access profile. | ||
| Photographer-Native Access Profiles | Separate owner, photographer, editor, assistant, bookkeeping, and accountant access instead of using one broad admin role. | ||
| Permission Enforcement | Apply the same access contract in navigation, server routes, mobile APIs, and database policies. | ||
| Organization Chart And Team Tasks | Show relationships, managers, profiles, account state, and scoped Team work in one workspace. | ||
| Independent Accountant Access | Keep accountant relationships distinct from studio employment and unrelated client or Session access. | ||
| Additional Active Users | Add studio logins beyond the plan allowance without charging for No Account people. | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
Dock AI
An assistant that understands the studio and can use reviewed CoastPix tools instead of only writing generic copy.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio-Aware Assistant | Use the studio's real records, permissions, timezone, and current screen as conversational context. | ||
| Action Tools | Review supported actions and let Dock operate canonical CoastPix workflows instead of creating parallel state. | ||
| Knowledge And Product Guidance | Answer CoastPix workflow questions from the maintained Knowledge Base and product context. | ||
| Financial And Session Answers | Use shared financial and Session projections so Dock totals agree with the application. |
Native Mobile
A photographer field application built natively rather than opening CoastPix web pages inside the app.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native Studio Workspace | Home, Calendar, Clients, Messages, More, theming, authentication, and workspace switching are implemented in native source. | $5 Add-On · Beta | Included · Beta |
| Native Session Cockpit | Review lifecycle, finances, packages, Quotes, Contracts, Questionnaires, Invoices, Expenses, Galleries, and destinations. | $5 Add-On · Beta | Included · Beta |
| Native Day Of | Use Shot Lists, Packing Lists, Attendees, and per-workspace layout preferences from the field. | $5 Add-On · Beta | Included · Beta |
| CoastLight Meter | Use reflected average and spot metering, exposure modes, presets, reciprocity, references, and quick-launch infrastructure. | $5 Add-On · Beta | Included · Beta |
| Receipt Camera And Native Expenses | Capture a receipt, run OCR, and preselect the related Session from the native app. | $5 Add-On · Beta | Included · Beta |
Security, Ownership And Support
The operational boundaries that protect studio data and keep the photographer in control.
| Feature | What It Does | Studio | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenant-Scoped Data Access | Keep studio, client, Session, finance, and mobile records scoped to the authenticated tenant and role. | ||
| Authenticated Client Access | Use secure membership, tokens, and branded authentication across CoastPix and verified custom domains. | ||
| Audited Support Sessions | Allow bounded CoastSupport troubleshooting without replacing the platform operator's own login. | ||
| Account Lifecycle Controls | Pause, disable, restore, or remove access through reviewed studio and platform workflows. | ||
| Password Manager | Store studio credentials and sensitive account references in a tenant-scoped Password Manager with protected reveal controls. | ||
| Data Portability | Keep full-resolution exports and the studio's domain portable rather than using access as a retention mechanism. | ||
| Standard CoastSupport | Reach CoastSupport from either account level for product guidance and troubleshooting. |