HoneyBook is built for every kind of small business. Apture is built for people photographers, so the booking page, the contract, the payment and the gallery are one flow instead of separate tools.
Step 1
Tap every tool you pay for. The page rewrites itself around your setup.
Inquiries, proposals, contracts, invoices, payment plans, scheduling and workflows are all built in.
Moving from HoneyBook, step by stepWhat you get with Apture
Instead of HoneyBook
From the first inquiry to the final gallery, every client has one record: sessions, messages, forms, contracts, payments and galleries.
No copying a client from your CRM into your gallery tool, and no wondering which app has the latest email. Your team sees the same record you do.
Instead of HoneyBook
Plans differ in storage, video hours and team size. Nothing else is held back for a higher tier.
Automations, proposals, payment plans, video, RAW files, your own domain and AI writing help are on the smallest plan too. There are no add-ons to buy.
Instead of HoneyBook
A client picks a session, signs your contract on their phone and pays the deposit, in one booking.
Turn on signing before paying and the contract becomes part of booking, so a date is never held without a signature and a deposit. Your client gets the signed PDF, and the signed record stays with the booking.
Instead of HoneyBook
Deliver photos, video and RAW files side by side, in galleries clients open without an account.
Hearts, picks and proofing, downloads in the sizes you allow, download sales, and print orders you send to your own lab. Galleries are linked to the booking that came before.
Instead of HoneyBook
A photographer's website on your own domain, with booking, galleries and the client portal built in.
Pick a design, add your photos and words, and preview it on a phone and a computer. A blog, search settings and a link-in-bio page come with it.
Instead of HoneyBook
Clients see their sessions, contracts, forms, payments and galleries in one place, on their phone.
They pay a balance, answer the questionnaire and find their gallery from the same link, so they stop emailing you to ask where things are.
Instead of HoneyBook
Deposits, balances, payment plans and gift cards are paid into your own Stripe account. Stripe's card fees apply; we add nothing.
Payment plans with autopay, bank transfers (ACH) for balances, and tips on the final payment are all there when you want them.
Instead of HoneyBook
A setup guide walks you through packages, hours, contracts and Stripe, with sample clients to click around first.
“Honestly, you killed this. Setup was so easy. Once I saw how everything connects, it all just clicked.”
Ready-made workflows for weddings, portraits, branding and minis mean you change a few emails instead of building from scratch.
Instead of HoneyBook
Send us your client list and we'll bring your clients and upcoming sessions across, with what each has already paid.
You check a preview of every row before it goes live, nobody is emailed, and one click undoes an import.
Side by side
| Feature | Apture | HoneyBook |
|---|---|---|
| Inquiries, contracts and invoices | YesEvery plan, with no limits on clients or contracts | Yes |
| Online booking with a deposit | YesClients can sign the contract before they pay, in the same booking | PartlyStarter's scheduler has 1 session type |
| Proposals with packages to choose from | YesUp to three packages side by side | Yes |
| Automations and reminders | YesReady-made workflows per type of shoot | Extra costEssentials plan and up |
| Client portal | YesSessions, contracts, forms, payments and galleries in one place | Yes |
| Client galleries | YesFavorites, proofing and downloads | NoConnects to Pic-Time instead |
| Video in galleries | YesOn every plan | NoNo galleries |
| RAW files in galleries | YesOn every plan | NoNo galleries |
| Website builder | Yes15 designs, your own domain, a blog | No |
| Every feature on every plan | YesPlans differ only in storage, video hours and team size | NoAutomations and branding removal need Essentials |
| No platform fee on client payments | Yes0% from Apture; Stripe's own card fees apply | YesIts own card processing, 2.7% + 10¢ or 2.9% + 25¢ (the page shows both) |
| Automatic lab printing | Coming soonAutomatic ordering through a pro lab is on the roadmap; for now orders come to you to send to your lab | NoNo galleries |
| QuickBooks or Xero sync | Coming soonQuickBooks and Xero sync is on the roadmap | Extra costQuickBooks on Essentials and up |
| Free-forever plan | NoA 14-day free trial, no card needed | No30-day trial |
Checked on each company's own pricing page on 22 October 2026. “Extra cost” means a higher plan or an add-on; “Not checked” means their page didn't say. In fairness, some of them are ahead in places: galleries like Pixieset, ShootProof and Pic-Time send print orders to a lab automatically, several have a free plan, Studio Ninja syncs with QuickBooks and Xero, and Pixieset has a mobile gallery app. Apture works in your phone's browser.
Checked 22 October 2026. Prices and plans change; tell us if something here is out of date.
About $120 a year less with Apture, and every job in one place.
| Tool and plan | A month |
|---|---|
| HoneyBook StarterStarter has no automations and keeps HoneyBook's branding | $29 |
| Starter | $19 |
Each company's own published price on 22 October 2026, billed yearly, for the plan named. Plans and features differ and prices change, so check before you decide. Card processing fees are extra with all of them, including Apture.
Download your client list as a spreadsheet (CSV) and drop it into Clients, Import in Apture. You match the columns once, check a preview of every row, and import. Upcoming sessions come too, with what each client has already paid, and nobody is emailed. Changed your mind? One click undoes the import. Or send us the file and we'll do it for you.
Copy your contract wording into a contract template, and your questionnaire questions into a form. Fill-ins like the client's name, the session date and the balance are added for you, and clients sign with a finger on their phone.
Add your sessions with their price, length and deposit, then the hours you're open each week. Apture keeps those times open on your booking page, and a client who books pays the deposit there and then.
Deposits, balances and payment plans go straight into your own Stripe account. Apture adds no transaction fee; Stripe's usual card fees apply.
Work that's mid-way, with an unsigned contract or a payment due, is easiest to finish where it started. New inquiries and bookings come to Apture from the day you switch.
What you keep: Your books come with you too: Apture records every payment as income, tracks your expenses and shows profit by month, with a year-end export for your accountant.
Yes, as wording. Paste the text into a contract template in Apture. Contracts your clients already signed stay in HoneyBook as their record, so download any you want to keep.
When you import a session, you can include what the client has already paid, so the balance in Apture is right from day one. The payment record itself stays in HoneyBook.
Yes: invoices with line items and a pay button, proposals with up to three packages to choose from, and payment plans with autopay.
Free move-over help
Export what you have in HoneyBook and send it over. We import your clients and upcoming sessions, with what each has already paid, and you check everything before it goes live. Nobody is emailed.
Or write to us first: support@aptureapp.com