Feature comparison
Pricing
Free: $0/mo (2 bookings, 3% platform fee) Pro: $20/mo (unlimited, 0% platform fee) Studio: $39/mo (everything in Pro + client galleries, 250GB storage) All plans include e-sign contracts, Stripe payments, calendar, CRM, and discount codes. No credit card required to start.
Starter: $36/mo — or $29/mo billed annually Essentials: $59/mo (most popular) — or $49/mo billed annually Premium: $129/mo (full feature set) — or $109/mo billed annually Prices as of July 2026, checked against honeybook.com/pricing. 30-day free trial, then paid — there is no free plan. Payment processing fees apply on all plans. For context: before February 2025 these tiers were $19/$39/$79 per month.
Why Sign&Shoot
Start booking clients for $0/mo. No trial expiration, no credit card. HoneyBook requires a paid plan once its 30-day trial ends.
Every feature is designed around the photography booking workflow. No generic tools you'll never use.
Clients pay you directly via Stripe Connect. Your money goes straight to your bank, not through a middleman.
Show off your work with a built-in portfolio. HoneyBook doesn't offer a portfolio page.
On the $20/mo Pro plan, you pay 0% platform fee. Only Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30 cents.
Pro plan includes a fully custom domain (book.yourstudio.com) with instant SSL.
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FAQ
Yes. Sign&Shoot has a genuinely free plan ($0/mo for 2 bookings), a Pro plan at $20/mo, and a Studio plan at $39/mo with client galleries. HoneyBook starts at $36/mo (Starter) after a 30-day trial, with their most popular plan at $59/mo — prices that rose as much as 89% in their 2025 increase. If you're a photographer looking to minimize costs, Sign&Shoot is significantly more affordable.
In February 2025 HoneyBook replaced its $19 / $39 / $79 tiers with Starter at $36/mo, Essentials at $59/mo and Premium at $129/mo — an increase of roughly 89% on the entry plan. Billed annually those come down to $29, $49 and $109 per month. HoneyBook hasn't published a detailed rationale beyond continued investment in the platform. The practical effect for photographers is that the cheapest way into HoneyBook is now $29/mo on an annual commitment, where it used to be $19 month-to-month. Sign&Shoot's free plan is $0/mo with no card, and Pro is $20/mo.
It depends what you need. If you want galleries and print sales, Pixieset or CloudSpot are worth a look. If you need deep, customisable automation workflows, Dubsado is closer to HoneyBook's feature depth. Sign&Shoot is the cheapest option that still covers the full booking → contract → deposit path: $0/mo free, $20/mo Pro, $39/mo Studio with galleries. It's a narrower tool than HoneyBook by design — if you need proposals, brochures and multi-step automations for non-photography clients, HoneyBook does more.
Absolutely. You can set up your Sign&Shoot account in minutes and start sending your new booking link to clients right away. Your existing HoneyBook contracts and client data stay in HoneyBook until you're ready to fully transition. Many photographers run both for a short overlap period.
Yes. The free plan includes 2 bookings per month, 1 service listing, e-signature contracts, Stripe payments, calendar management, client auto-sync, and discount codes. There's a 3% platform fee on payments (plus Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30 cents). No credit card required to start.
For photographers just starting out, Sign&Shoot is the more practical choice. It has a real free plan so you can start accepting bookings without any monthly cost. The interface is simpler and focused specifically on what photographers need. HoneyBook is a powerful tool, but it serves a broader audience and costs at least $36/mo from day one.
Switching from another CRM?
Add your services, connect your Stripe account, share your link. That's the whole setup — not the weeks of workflow-building other CRMs are known for.
Import a CSV from HoneyBook, Dubsado, Studio Ninja or a plain spreadsheet. We match the columns for you, you fix any we got wrong, and you see a preview before anything is written — contacts alone, or full session history with dates and prices. Up to 500 records per file, and existing records are never overwritten.
Sign&Shoot is built by a small team, so questions go to the people who actually build the product — not a ticket maze. Pro plans include priority support.
Every account starts with a free 14-day Pro trial — no credit card required.