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Pixnesto vs Studio Ninja

Studio Ninja is a CRM made for photographers. Pixnesto covers the same ground and keeps going after the booking, with crew, call sheets and client galleries built in.

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What Studio Ninja is

Studio Ninja is a photography CRM for managing leads, jobs, quotes, electronic contracts, invoices, card payments and online booking, with automated email and payment reminders. It connects to gallery services such as Pic-Time and ShootProof rather than hosting galleries itself.

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Pixnesto and Studio Ninja, feature by feature

Studio Ninja facts were checked on Studio Ninja’s public website in October 2026. Rows we could not verify are left out. Plans change, so check the vendor’s site before you decide.

Pixnesto compared with Studio Ninja, checked October 2026
Feature	Pixnesto	Studio Ninja
Lead and job tracking	Yes	Yes
Quotes	From saved packages	Customisable quotes
Contracts with e-signature	Quotes signed online (typed or drawn); no separate contract templates	Yes
Online payments	Yes, on Pro (Stripe; UPI via Razorpay in India)	Card payments
Online booking	Booking page for enquiries	Yes
Client galleries	Built in	Through integrations (e.g. Pic-Time, ShootProof)
Free plan	Yes, free forever (3 active shoots)	Free trial

Source: studioninja.co, October 2026. Trademarks belong to their owners; Pixnesto is not affiliated with Studio Ninja.

Who each is best for

An honest recommendation

Choose Pixnesto if

You want galleries in the same tool as your CRM, with one client list
You run multi-part shoots with a crew and need call sheets
You want a free plan rather than a trial
You invoice with VAT, GST (including India’s CGST/SGST/IGST) or sales tax in your own currency

Choose Studio Ninja if

You want standalone contract templates and automated marketing emails today
You already use Pic-Time or ShootProof for galleries and want a CRM that links to them

Where they differ

What changes when you move from Studio Ninja

Galleries included
Pixnesto hosts client galleries with photo selection itself, so there is no second gallery subscription to connect.
Crew and call sheets
Assign crew to each part of a shoot and share a call sheet with venue, schedule, contacts and shot list.
Free to start
Pixnesto’s Free plan has no time limit (3 active shoots at a time).
Where Studio Ninja is ahead
Studio Ninja has standalone electronic contracts and automated email workflows today. Pixnesto has quotes clients e-sign online and payment-schedule reminders, but no separate contract templates yet.

Switching

Moving from Studio Ninja to Pixnesto

1Start on the Free plan and set your country, currency and tax details once.
2Recreate your packages; quotes and invoices are built from them.
3Add active clients and upcoming shoots first. Keep finished jobs in your old tool until its subscription ends.
4Turn on your booking page and swap it into your Instagram bio and website.
5Deliver the next gallery from Pixnesto and keep older galleries where they are until they expire.

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