Dubsado gives you control over every step, and asks for a lot of setup in return. Flashslash starts you with ready-made workflows for each kind of shoot, connected to your website and galleries.
Step 1
Tap every tool you pay for. The page rewrites itself around your setup.
Inquiry forms, questionnaires, contracts, invoices and workflows, with ready-made workflows per type of shoot to start from.
Moving from Dubsado, step by stepWhat you get with Flashslash
Instead of Dubsado
From the first inquiry to the final gallery, every client has one record: sessions, messages, forms, contracts, payments and galleries.
No copying a client from your CRM into your gallery tool, and no wondering which app has the latest email. Your team sees the same record you do.
Instead of Dubsado
Plans differ in storage, video hours and team size. Nothing else is held back for a higher tier.
Automations, proposals, payment plans, video, RAW files, your own domain and AI writing help are on the smallest plan too. There are no add-ons to buy.
Instead of Dubsado
A client picks a session, signs your contract on their phone and pays the deposit, in one booking.
Turn on signing before paying and the contract becomes part of booking, so a date is never held without a signature and a deposit. Your client gets the signed PDF, and the signed record stays with the booking.
Instead of Dubsado
Deliver photos, video and RAW files side by side, in galleries clients open without an account.
Hearts, picks and proofing, downloads in the sizes you allow, download sales, and print orders you send to your own lab. Galleries are linked to the booking that came before.
Instead of Dubsado
A photographer's website on your own domain, with booking, galleries and the client portal built in.
Pick a design, add your photos and words, and preview it on a phone and a computer. A blog, search settings and a link-in-bio page come with it.
Instead of Dubsado
Clients see their sessions, contracts, forms, payments and galleries in one place, on their phone.
They pay a balance, answer the questionnaire and find their gallery from the same link, so they stop emailing you to ask where things are.
Instead of Dubsado
Deposits, balances, payment plans and gift cards are paid into your own Stripe account. Stripe's card fees apply; we add nothing.
Payment plans with autopay, bank transfers (ACH) for balances, and tips on the final payment are all there when you want them.
Instead of Dubsado
A setup guide walks you through packages, hours, contracts and Stripe, with sample clients to click around first.
“Honestly, you killed this. Setup was so easy. Once I saw how everything connects, it all just clicked.”
Ready-made workflows for weddings, portraits, branding and minis mean you change a few emails instead of building from scratch.
Instead of Dubsado
Send us your client list and we'll bring your clients and upcoming sessions across, with what each has already paid.
You check a preview of every row before it goes live, nobody is emailed, and one click undoes an import.
Side by side
| Feature | Flashslash | Dubsado |
|---|---|---|
| Inquiries, contracts and invoices | YesEvery plan, with no limits on clients or contracts | YesSource, 22 October |
| Online booking with a deposit | YesClients can sign the contract before they pay, in the same booking | Extra costNo scheduler on StarterSource, 22 October |
| Proposals with packages to choose from | YesUp to three packages side by side | Extra costNo public proposals on StarterSource, 22 October |
| Automations and reminders | YesReady-made workflows per type of shoot | Extra costNo automated workflows on StarterSource, 22 October |
| Client portal | YesSessions, contracts, forms, payments and galleries in one place | YesOn both plansSource, 22 October |
| Client galleries | YesFavorites, proofing and downloads | NoSource, 22 October |
| Video in galleries | YesOn every plan | NoNo galleriesSource, 22 October |
| RAW files in galleries | YesOn every plan | NoNo galleriesSource, 22 October |
| Website builder | Yes15 designs, your own domain, a blog | NoSource, 22 October |
| Every feature on every plan | YesPlans differ only in storage, video hours and team size | NoScheduler, workflows and integrations need PremierSource, 22 October |
| No platform fee on client payments | Yes0% from Flashslash; Stripe's own card fees apply | YesNo transaction fees listedSource, 22 October |
| Automatic lab printing | Coming soonAutomatic ordering through a pro lab is on the roadmap; for now orders come to you to send to your lab | NoNo galleriesSource, 22 October |
| QuickBooks or Xero sync | Coming soonQuickBooks and Xero sync is on the roadmap | Extra costBookkeeping integration on PremierSource, 22 October |
| Free-forever plan | NoA 14-day free trial, no card needed | No21-day trialSource, 22 October |
Checked on each company's own pricing page on 22 October 2026. “Extra cost” means a higher plan or an add-on; “Not checked” means their page didn't say. In fairness, some of them are ahead in places: galleries like Pixieset, ShootProof and Pic-Time send print orders to a lab automatically, several have a free plan, Studio Ninja syncs with QuickBooks and Xero, and Pixieset has a mobile gallery app. Flashslash works in your phone's browser.
About $107.04 a year less with Flashslash, and every job in one place.
| Tool and plan | A month |
|---|---|
| Dubsado Starter$335 a year; Dubsado's own page lists yearly prices only | $27.92 |
| flash/card (Starter) | $19 |
Each company's own published price on 22 October 2026, billed yearly, for the plan named. Plans and features differ and prices change, so check before you decide. Card processing fees are extra with all of them, including Flashslash.
Download your client list as a spreadsheet (CSV) and drop it into Clients, Import in Flashslash. You match the columns once, check a preview of every row, and import. Upcoming sessions come too, with what each client has already paid, and nobody is emailed. Changed your mind? One click undoes the import. Or send us the file and we'll do it for you.
Pick a ready-made workflow for weddings, portraits, branding or minis, then change the emails, forms and reminders to match yours: so many days before the session, after it, or when the gallery is delivered.
Copy your contract wording into a contract template, and your questionnaire questions into a form. Fill-ins like the client's name, the session date and the balance are added for you, and clients sign with a finger on their phone.
Add your sessions with their price, length and deposit, then the hours you're open each week. Flashslash keeps those times open on your booking page, and a client who books pays the deposit there and then.
Deposits, balances and payment plans go straight into your own Stripe account. Flashslash adds no transaction fee; Stripe's usual card fees apply.
What you keep: Your books come with you too: Flashslash records every payment as income, tracks your expenses and shows profit by month, with a year-end export for your accountant.
Not automatically. Start from a ready-made workflow and change its steps: each step is an email, a form or a reminder at a point in the booking.
Yes, by copying the questions into a form in Flashslash. Answers clients already gave stay in Dubsado.
Yes. Emails, the client portal, contracts and galleries carry your name, logo and colors.
Free move-over help
Export what you have in Dubsado and send it over. We import your clients and upcoming sessions, with what each has already paid, and you check everything before it goes live. Nobody is emailed.
Or write to us first: support@flashslashapp.com