Slate vs Sprout Studio
Sprout Studio is purpose-built for photographers — galleries, proofing, online stores, contracts. Slate is for production companies (video + photo) that also need profit visibility, crew management, and project tracking.
Production companies — especially ones doing video and photo — who need ops visibility beyond just client galleries.
Wedding and portrait photographers focused on client-facing experience: galleries, proofing, print sales.
| Feature | Slate | Sprout Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Primary use | Project ops + profit tracking | Client galleries + proofing |
| Client galleries | Yes (photo + video galleries, proofing, downloads; 200 GB on Pro) | Yes (full gallery platform) |
| Online print sales | No | Yes (core feature) |
| Video projects | Yes | Limited |
| Crew management (multi-person) | Yes | Limited |
| Invoice + P&L | Yes (built-in) | Basic invoicing |
| Contracts + proposals | Yes | Yes |
| Mileage + expenses | Yes | Limited |
| Starting price | Free (10 projects) | ~$37/mo and up |
Pick Slate if…
- ✓You do video (or video + photo), not just photo.
- ✓You run a team of 2+ people and need crew hours, rates, and assignments tracked.
- ✓You want to see real per-client profit, not just top-line revenue.
- ✓You want galleries and the business layer in one place instead of paying for a separate gallery host.
Pick Sprout Studio if…
- ✓You're a solo photographer where the client-gallery experience is the core deliverable.
- ✓You run online print sales and that's a real revenue stream.
- ✓Your bottleneck is client proofing workflow, not ops visibility.
Sprout goes deeper on print sales and proofing workflow. Slate now delivers photo and video galleries too, and adds the business layer Sprout doesn't have — projects, crew, invoices, and real per-client profit — so a production company can run everything in one app.
10 projects free — built for multi-service shops, not just photographers.