Whimsy / Client delivery
Deliver photos —
branded as yours.
Where it serves from
Dropbox, OneDrive, S3
Storage you already pay for
What you control
Password, expiry
Download caps
Ledger
0 Re-uploading1 Branded send∞ Galleries$0 Per-GB hosting
4 measures
Whimsy delivers photos and video to clients as a branded gallery — with a password, expiry, download limits, and return uploads — straight from the cloud storage you already use, instead of re-uploading everything to a separate gallery host. It's a private Pixieset alternative that lives alongside your search, duplicate finding, and backup.
Plate 01·How it works
From folder to client link in three steps.
- Frame 01
Pick your finished files
Choose the folder of selects in any connected cloud — Dropbox, your S3 bucket, or a local drive. Nothing is copied or re-uploaded to a gallery host.
- Frame 02
Brand the gallery
Add your logo and accent colour so the hand-off looks like your studio, not a generic file-share. Turn any folder into a delivery or a public showcase.
- Frame 03
Share a controlled link
Send a link with a password, an expiry date, and a download cap. Clients view and download from a clean page — no account or app needed on their end.
The problem
Delivery shouldn't mean a third subscription.
Email caps the attachment at 25 MB. WeTransfer links expire before the client downloads. Pixieset and SmugMug look professional, but they mean re-uploading every gallery to a host you pay for on top of the cloud storage you already have — and your finished work ends up living in yet another place. The files are already in your Dropbox folder. Delivery should just put a branded link in front of them.
Your storage. Your brand. Their clean download page.
Plate 02·Side by side
A Pixieset alternative that delivers from your own storage.
Beautiful galleries — but files must be re-uploaded to their host. Whimsy delivers straight from your Dropbox. No second copy, no second bill.
Quick for one-off sends, but links expire and there's no branding or return uploads. Whimsy is a permanent, branded gallery from your own storage.
Polished delivery on a paid subscription that stores a duplicate of your archive. Whimsy uses storage you already pay for.
See the full ledger ↓
- Deliver from storage you already own (no re-upload)
- Whimsy only
- Branded client gallery
- Whimsy · Pixieset · SmugMug
- Password, expiry & download limits
- Whimsy · Pixieset · WeTransfer · SmugMug
- Clients can upload files back to you
- Whimsy only
- Also manages, de-dupes & backs up your storage
- Whimsy only
- Free to start
- Whimsy · Pixieset · WeTransfer
Index — More Whimsy topics
All →- 01Find duplicates
- 02Manage all your clouds
- 03Digital asset management
- 04Encrypted backup
- 05Desktop app
- 06Cut storage costs
- 07Cloud migration
- 08Shared spaces
- 09Studio workflow
- 10Catalog drives
- 11Free up disk
- 12Cloud-to-cloud transfer
- 13AI photo search
- 14Send large files
- 15MultCloud alternative
- 16MCP for AI agents
- 17Zero-upload portfolio
- 18WeTransfer alternative
- 19Pixieset alternative
- 20HoneyBook alternative
- 21dupeGuru alternative
- 22Cloud storage for photographers
Questions, answered
- How do I deliver photos to clients?
- Pick the folder of finished files in any cloud you've connected, brand a gallery with your logo and colours, and send the client a link. They view and download from a clean, professional page — no account or app required on their end.
- Can I send large video files to clients?
- Yes. Whimsy delivers straight from the storage your files already live in, so there's no 2 GB email cap or per-transfer ceiling to fight — send a full wedding film or a folder of 4K clips as one link, no WeTransfer-style limits.
- Do I have to upload my photos to a gallery host first?
- No. Unlike Pixieset, ShootProof, or SmugMug, Whimsy delivers from the Dropbox or S3 you already pay for — your files stay in your own storage, so you're not re-uploading galleries or paying a second host to keep them online.
- Can I brand the gallery with my logo and colours?
- Yes. Galleries carry your logo and accent colour so the hand-off looks like your studio, not a generic file-share. You can also turn any folder into a public showcase for your portfolio.
- Can I password-protect a gallery, set an expiry, or limit downloads?
- Yes. Every delivery link can have a password, an expiry date, and a download cap, and you can revoke it instantly — without touching the underlying cloud account.
- Can clients upload files back to me?
- Yes. Return uploads let a client send you files through the same link — useful for collecting RAWs from a second shooter, signed contracts, or selects — landing straight in your connected storage.
- Is Whimsy a Pixieset, ShootProof, or SmugMug alternative?
- It covers the delivery job those tools do — branded galleries with passwords, expiry, and download limits — but from the storage you already own, and alongside the rest of your workflow: search, duplicate finding, and backup across every cloud.
- Can I see when a client opens or downloads the gallery?
- Yes. Whimsy shows delivery activity — when a gallery was opened and what was downloaded — so you know the files landed without having to ask.
- Which storage can I deliver from?
- Any connection: Dropbox, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, NAS, or your own computer.