Image selection plus end-client gallery — in one tool.
Picdrop is an excellent tool for B2B image selection. Lumio extends that workflow with end-client galleries featuring your own branding, custom domain, RAW delivery and video streaming. From €9/month.
What Lumio does differently
B2B selection and end-client gallery in one.
Picdrop is primarily a selection tool. For the final handover to end clients you often need a second tool. Lumio does both: internal selection with the team, external gallery with your own brand and domain.
CR3, NEF, ARW straight to the client.
For editorial and advertising jobs clients often need RAW files. Lumio renders previews from the RAW server-side (LibRaw) and delivers the original untouched on download.
Source-available (FSL).
Should Lumio Cloud ever stop meeting your requirements, you can move to your own infrastructure. No other provider offers this exit option.
HLS streaming with scrubbing preview.
If you also deliver motion (wedding films, ad clips, behind-the-scenes), you can put videos in the same gallery — with adaptive bitrate streaming and a scrubbing preview.
Feature comparison
As of June 2026
| Feature | Lumio | Picdrop |
|---|---|---|
| Server location EU/DE | ✓ | ✓ |
| Both providers score here — unlike the international competitors. | ||
| Lightroom plugin | On the roadmap | ✓ |
| Picdrop's Lightroom integration has been established for years and is very mature. If that's a central workflow building block for you, factor it into your decision. | ||
| End-client galleries with branding | ✓ | Limited |
| Client selection (likes, stars, comments) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team voting (several people choose together) | ✓ | ✓ |
| RAW delivery to end clients | ✓ | — |
| Video streaming (HLS) | ✓ | — |
| Custom domain | from Studio (€39) | On request |
| Source-available / self-host option | ✓ | — |
| Entry price | from €9/month | Free (limited) |
When Picdrop stays the better choice.
If your Lightroom-to-gallery workflow is non-negotiable and you mainly do B2B selection — agency picks, editorial selections, internal voting rounds without end-client delivery — then Picdrop is still the more mature tool today. Lumio's Lightroom plugin is in development but not yet as established.
For studios that do both — internal selection AND end-client galleries — Lumio is the more efficient choice, because you don't run two tools and sync data between them.
Common questions about switching
Picdrop has a free tier — Lumio doesn't. Why should I switch? +
Picdrop's free tier is generous and enough for individual shoots. But if you regularly deliver larger galleries, need your own brand and a custom domain, or need end-client galleries (with print download, RAW delivery) beyond pure selection, you move into Picdrop's paid tiers — and there Lumio is often cheaper for the feature scope.
Picdrop's Lightroom plugin is my core workflow. Does Lumio have that? +
Not yet. We're building a Lightroom plugin (status: in development), but Picdrop's plugin has been established for years. If the Lightroom-export-straight-into-the-gallery is non-negotiable for you, Picdrop is the better choice today. You can test Lumio alongside, though — many studios combine both.
Can Lumio replace the whole Picdrop workflow? +
For most studios, yes: upload the gallery, the client rates (likes/stars/comments), the photographer sees the selection, exports the final files. What Lumio adds: the same workflow also works for end-client galleries with your own branding, a custom domain, and RAW delivery. With Picdrop those are often separate tools.
Is my Picdrop data safe if I switch? +
Of course. You can run both tools in parallel — nothing forces a hard cut. If you want to try Lumio, create a few new galleries there and see whether the workflow fits you better. Only once you're sure can you scale back Picdrop or switch entirely.
Try it for 14 days — alongside Picdrop, no risk.
Create a few test galleries in Lumio and compare the workflow directly. Picdrop keeps running untouched — you don't have to commit before you're sure.