# Pixpa review (2026): is it worth $5.40 a month, billed yearly? > Portfolio sites, client galleries and a store in one plan Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Pixpa is a website builder for photographers, artists and other creatives that puts a portfolio site, client galleries, a blog and an online store under one subscription. Four plans differ mainly in page, product and storage limits. Every plan starts with a 15-day free trial, and the store takes no commission on sales. - **Category:** Website & Landing Page Builders - **Made by:** Pixpa - **Website:** https://www.pixpa.com/ - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if your site is large: Basic stops at 10 pages and 200 images. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Pixpa is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $5.40 per month, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 15-day free trial, no credit card; 30-day money-back guarantee. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $5.40 per month, billed yearly ($9 billed monthly) | 10 pages, 200 images, 1 blog, up to 3 store products and 3 GB of client-gallery storage. | | Creator | $9 per month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly) | Unlimited pages and images, up to 10 store products and 5 GB of storage for original files. | | Professional | $12 per month, billed yearly ($20 billed monthly) | Marked most popular. Up to 100 store products and 25 GB of storage; adds advanced forms and coupon rules. | | Advanced | $15 per month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly) | Unlimited store products and 100 GB of storage for original files. | Read from https://www.pixpa.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Pixpa before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **40% off on yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page shows yearly plans at 40% off the monthly rates, and 2-yearly plans at 55% off (Basic at $4.05 a month). Source: https://www.pixpa.com/pricing - **Up to 55% off for students and educators** (Education): Pixpa's menu says Edu discounts give up to 55% off all plans to students and educators. Source: https://www.pixpa.com/pricing ## Key features - **Portfolio website builder:** A visual editor with more than 200 premium templates, mobile-optimized sites, a free SSL certificate and hosting on every plan. - **Client galleries:** Unlimited private albums on every plan for proofing, favorites, comments and secure file delivery, plus standalone gallery links of up to 250 images. - **Store with zero commission:** Sell products, services and digital files with checkout on your own domain. Selling photos as prints or downloads is not capped by the product limit. - **Print lab fulfillment:** Print orders can be fulfilled automatically through WHCC or a custom lab, or fulfilled by you. - **Blog and marketing tools:** Built-in blogging, forms, marketing popups, an announcement bar and SEO tools are included, without adding plugins. ## Good for - Photographers who deliver and sell images to clients - Artists and designers who want a portfolio and a small store - Creatives who prefer one subscription over several tools ## Worth knowing - Basic stops at 10 pages, 200 images and 3 store products. - The store product limit rises by plan, from 3 on Basic to unlimited on Advanced. - A domain is free for the first year through Ionos, with Ionos renewal pricing after that. - A designer-built site setup is a separate add-on at a one-time $199 fee. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Pixpa bundles a portfolio site, client galleries and a store from $5.40 a month billed yearly. The Basic plan stops at 10 pages, 200 images and 3 store products, and a designer-built setup costs $199 extra. - **Value for money: B.** Basic is $5.40 a month billed yearly, inside the cheaper quarter ($7.42), though it caps at 10 pages and 200 images. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A 15-day trial needs no card, and there is no free plan. - **Features: C.** Portfolio, galleries, blog and store, but Basic has 3 store products and the store limit rises by plan. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record, and you build pages and galleries yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with WHCC (print lab) and Ionos (domains) listed as links. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Pixpa's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. Its pricing page text did not show the plan prices, so the starting price is carried from the listing. ## Where it stands among website and landing page builders - Pixpa's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 17 of the 55 other website and landing page builders we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 33 of 55) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $5.40 a month, against a middle price of $12.42 for the category: 6 of the 52 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/website-builders ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Pixpa you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 22 of the 55 other website and landing page builders grade higher. It costs $64.80 a year. - You could make: Templates, digital downloads and popups: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WHCC, Ionos **Tags:** Templates, Online store, Digital downloads, File sharing, Popups ## Alternatives - [Squarespace](https://toolgpa.com/tools/squarespace): Template-based website builder with an online store and invoicing. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pixpa-vs-squarespace) - [Format](https://toolgpa.com/tools/format): Portfolio website builder for photographers and other creatives. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/format-vs-pixpa) - [Wix](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wix): Drag-and-drop website builder with an AI agent and business apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pixpa-vs-wix) - [Carrd](https://toolgpa.com/tools/carrd): One-page website builder with yearly plans from $9. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/carrd-vs-pixpa) - [Pagecloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pagecloud): AI website builder that drafts a small-business site from a chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pagecloud-vs-pixpa) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.pixpa.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/pixpa Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).