# Page 2 | PhotoShelter for Brands Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is PhotoShelter for Brands the right Social Media Management solution for you? Explore 253 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/143701/Libris/reviews --- PhotoShelter for Brands 4.5 (253) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/143701/Libris/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of PhotoShelter for Brands ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 253 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use BC Butch C. Exec VP Entertainment Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Industry leader with superior support and extremely easy to use " August 25, 2024 5.0 PS has been amazing from the beginning. The startup phase was seamless, and today, Ps is used by my entire firm. They are the industry leader, and most of my colleagues working for other Professional leagues and I bounce ideas off each other Pros Seamless integration and ease of use. I dealt with the competition, and PS was far more accessible. They offer everything that I desired and more. Cons PS surprised me. I was looking for a smaller company that could provide great customer support. I'm so happy with PS, but I was surprised that they are the behemoth in the industry. Now, I turn to my colleagues 90% of whom I recently learned to use PS. Knowing that my colleagues working for other professional networks would have helped me a great deal. PS seems to like flying under the radar, while takingover the industry. Review Source SM Susan M. Marketing Photographer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Libris has made digital asset management so functional and user friendly for my department " June 27, 2017 5.0 It's an easier access storage solution for our library of images. It's a great system for sharing and collaborating. It has given me the ability to hunt down images fast and deliver them to the client easily. I also love that you can organize it in the way that works best for you. Pros I love that the Libris platform is so intuitive, clean and user friendly. The multiple ways to search give flexibility to the user and the sharing controls really allow you to be specific with who can access your images. Invited users can create light boxes within the system to allow for collaboration which is such a handy feature. I love that the images show up large on the screen making image selection easier and I also love that users can select their desired size of download. You don't always need the full size, full resolution version! Downloads are always fast and without error. The customer support is fantastic and fast. I also appreciate all the tutorials, blogs and webinars offered as part of your membership. They do a great job of keeping photographers up to date on equipment, trends and general news in the field of photography. As a member, you feel like a part of a community that's cheering you on and there to help you succeed. Cons My only complaint about the system is the lightbox feature feels a bit outdated and cumbersome. You can't "select all" for downloading or even to set permissions for downloading. You have to do it one by one, which is very tedious. I hope they update this soon. I've found it's easier to copy selected images into a new gallery instead and share the gallery link as a way to collaborate, but it's just a half workaround because only the admin can create galleries, whereas invited users can only create light boxes. Review Source Joe H. Associate Director - Digital Marketing Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Robust DAM with room for growth" August 13, 2019 4.0 We are in year two of our contract and it has taken us some time to get fully on board using the software. so far, Libris has been a big help as we slowly transition all our files off an old in-house server. We have the opportunity now to review each folder and label it appropriately so we can find our assets quicker in the future. Pros Libris has an excellent permissions system. Each collect and gallery can be individually set to be accessible in a few different ways, and then each photo can be set to be expired or rejected. Cons There are three different user types: Invited, Contributors, and Library Staff. For our plan you get unlimited Invited users, which only have access to the front end portal and what you decide each user can see, which is fine. Contributors can only upload files--which is a a type we don't really use. Now the last type is called Library Staff and these users are the ones who really hold the power to edit, name, tag files, and set permissions. The problem is that you only get a small number of Library accounts and every additional seat needed is an exorbitant yearly cost on top of the plan cost Alternatives considered [Brandfolder](https://www.capterra.com/p/133103/Brandfolder/)[Bynder](https://www.capterra.com/p/122257/Bynder/)[Webdam](https://www.capterra.com/p/81755/Webdam/)[MediaGraph](https://www.capterra.com/p/127533/Tandem-Vault/) Reason for choosing PhotoShelter for Brands At the time we felt that our needs for advanced permissions was a critical factor and Libris helped solve that for us. Review Source AY Aaron Y. Staff Photographer Publishing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Libris and the LR plugin have become an important part of our daily workflow, with a few caveats." August 14, 2017 5.0 Ease of use and user-friendly access for our Art Teams. Pros Extreme ease of use, excellent tagging options, relatively responsive website and LR plugin. Reasonably quick upload speeds. I am a staff photographer at a regional publisher with 6+ magazines in production. I use Libris daily to file 3-4 assignments a day, 5 days a week. Cons A few minor issues - Libris' plugin occasionally throws a Javascript framework error (I am running the latest version of Adobe LR CC as of 8'14'17) during uploads. Oddly it happens with only one or two files in random sets of photos, and will function perfectly for everything else. The LR plugin also does not quickly or reliably download and display Gallery/Collection links in the LR plugin while being used in the Export dialog in Lightroom. A customizable "home page" or a way to default Admin accounts to redirect automatically to a collection or gallery would be nice when logging into Libris on the web - I would rather login and start at the top of the root folder of our Library vs the default splash page that I get now, as most of the time I login to Libris to fix a tag or confirm I've uploaded files correctly from LR. I access this page several times a day and any time savings here would pay dividends in the long run given how much I access Libris. Overall, it's a great product that could use a little UI and interface streamlining to minimize the number of clicks that power users need to perform an action. Right click functionality (a la dropbox) would also be better/faster than the current "Actions" dropdown tab. If possible, upload setting "profiles" (image quality, image sizing, watermarking, etc) in the Libris LR plugin would also save people like me some time. Thanks! Review Source ML Mike L. Director of Photography Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for the most part but could use some improvement" August 13, 2019 4.0 Visual and tagged searching is great for our department, but often times we have to share a second gallery via Google Drive for off campus/non-users when it would be helpful to send temp links to external consumers once. Our designers cull lightboxes for projects and pull images one at a time, which is a hassle. There should be an option to turn on bulk downloading for registered users. Pros Tagging and importing is easy. Setting permissions for groups is helpful and the interface is mostly intuitive and useful. Getting our archive in front of eyeballs is easier now. Cons Users are unable to bulk download images. We're a unique case use in which we own all of the images we upload to our account, but still users are unable to download more than one image at a time from a lightbox. Gallery sharing doesn't always work. No option to share outside of our user base without setting up an account for them. Resorting to using a third party service to share files. Price per TB of storage isn't in line with other cloud based providers, nor is there an option to use a third party cloud provider with the interface. Reason for choosing PhotoShelter for Brands Features and price at the time. Review Source Mahmoud M. Photographer Photography Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Arrange, store, and share your data in one package called PhotoShelter for Brands" September 27, 2022 5.0 I'm so thrilled that I have full access to share my work without worrying about security. Pros It's very cool organizing the data and arranging them in files, also working on them remotely. Cons It needs more consideration about the price plans as it is a little bit expensive. Review Source EL Emily L. Government Administration Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Photo Archiving/Organizing Must Have!" August 10, 2016 5.0 We use Libris for city government photo organizing/archiving. My department had over 5,000 photos to organize and Libris helped a daunting task become manageable and achievable. Having a place to organize photos properly makes our department function more efficiently and smoothly; we get many requests for photos on a daily basis. Libris makes photos searchable and easily findable with metadata tagging and keywords, which we love. Libris employees were there for us every step of the way during the initial set-up process and are still there for us currently with any questions we have. Pros We most like Libris' functionality regarding photo organizing and sharing. Libris equips its users with a variety of ways to quickly upload photos and create a library structure that makes sense to your organization. We love the ability to tag photos in batch and personally add metadata to photos. This way, our photos are searchable, but also browsable through Libris' collections and galleries structure. Sharing photos is easy and super customizable as well. With the option to add passwords to galleries and set expiration dates for links we send to outside shareholders, we have more control over privacy and access to our photos. Through working with Libris, the customer service has been great. Questions are answered in a timely manner and the Libris staff is readily available through email or phone each day. We enjoyed our multiple training sessions and demos. The staff at Libris is willing to help in whatever way possible. Cons At times the software can run slow and I accidentally deleted 2,000 photos one time due to a display glitch on the backend site. After deleting the photos, I looked in the trash bin to find them but I could not, since there is no structure of collections or galleries in the trash bin. Instead, the photos were in the trash can in order according to date, which is not helpful when you already have other photos in the trash bin as well. I had no other choice but to re-upload the photos. Review Source AG Angela G. Art Director Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Libris spans number sub-departments and varying needs" May 7, 2019 4.0 We are just over a year into using the software, and it has served our needs incredibly well. Libris offers many options for collaboration and the Wrike editing tool has been a huge support to our workflow. I very much appreciate the efforts Wrike makes to listen to their customers and improve their product through constant updates and add-on features. We've been very satisfied with the software, overall. Pros The software offers many options for customization and it integrates well will Google. The Wrike editing tool has had the greatest, positive impact on easing our workflow and process. There are many great options available in Libris that we, unfortunately, have not had time to explore. Cons There was a lot of internal work needed for deployment; the build-out of the application to our department's needs was not very intuitive; and for some, there has been a significant learning curve. The customer service we've received hasn't been impeccable. The response-time has been great, but the knowledgeability from our company rep (in our experience so far) has not been very good. Review Source AL Aaron L. Used the software for: ### "A great product for managing your digital media, but does have some limitations." October 10, 2016 5.0 First and foremost I have to say the customer service Photoshelter provides for Libris users is absolutely wonderful. Their team gets back to you quickly with answers to your questions and is always pleasant to work with. Libris truly shines in it's ability to easily organize and then later search for the images you need. You have the ability to set up the folder structure in any way that fits your needs (which is not something I say about the last product we were using) and the backend structure is so user friendly, it's a breeze to move collections, galleries, or even individual photos around after upload. All you need to do is grab them and drag and drop them into a different area. On the search side of things, you have great control over the types of parameters you can give the search. Everything from searching for photos based on a specific orientation, to things photographed on certain dates...it's quite nice and the results are fast and (seemingly) very accurate. Uploading is fast, and has a number of potential ways it can be integrated into your workflow, including a lightroom plugin. As much as we like Libris overall, it is not without it's limitations and there are a couple of big ones we hope are eventually addressed. The biggest one for us at the moment is Libris' inability to allow downloads without either a password or a user login. This is a bummer and is currently a bit clunky. We produce content for a wide range of people and we would like to make that content available for download to everyone, but the best you can do right now is put a password on everything and then try and make that password available to the public, which is just clunky and a bit odd. We really hope they implement a password and login free option soon. Secondly, when you search for images there is no way to sort what we have searched for in the results page. Want to search for something and then sort by "date taken" or "date uploaded"? Not possible. The other slightly frustrating thing is there is no way to change the size of the image thumbnails in the galleries or search results. They are a bit small and it can sometimes be hard to see what the photo looks like until you click on it to make it larger. Really there are so many things to like about Libris that I wouldn't say the above should be deal breakers, but they are things I think could really help improve it. Review Source JEF J. Emilio F. Photo Video Manager Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Night and day difference from previous DAM" August 15, 2017 5.0 Pros Libris is helping us build and share our Digital images with dozens of clients through out the university. Its easy to share contact sheets, fast download times and very clean and pleasant display of images. Love the ability to customize and use our Logo and color in the main page and use a copy rights watermark. Before Libris, we used to have a DAM that was painfully slow in all aspects. I've recommended Libris to other universities and they are also very pleased with what it offers. Cons One of the recurring issues that I constantly hear with some of our clients in the University is that sometimes, whey they search images in the library, they are asked to create a login info, and after that, they are told to contact the administrator. Seems there is a glitch in the system and I've contact their costumer service dept. but they still have not been able to fix it. We like the ability to easily download images using a password, but we don't want our clients to created "another" login in account. Makes no sense to have a "search" button if you can download the images you find in your search. Review Source MD Mike D. Marketing Communicatins Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Digital Asset Distribution for Manufacturer" August 27, 2019 5.0 We love being able to store our images and video in one place. Libris is generous with the space allowance so we don't worry about having to buy additional storage. We really like the unlimited user feature. It allows all of our sales, customer service, rep agencies and distribution to have access to the images and video we want them to have. Pros The software was relatively easy to set up and maintain. Cons It would be nice to have some functionality where we could build a collection of images and send that collection link to someone that does not have a Photoshelter login for us. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Photographer Leisure, Travel & Tourism Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Online Asset Management" August 27, 2019 4.0 Have had a great experience with Libris. I've used it daily for over 4 years. Pros The flexibility and ease of use. I can create and share galleries easily. Cons Occasionally, the program or site is unresponsive or slow. Review Source CK Courtney K. Photographer/Videographer Photography Used the software for: 2+ years ### "No Regrets" May 7, 2019 5.0 The customer service is phenomenal. They tend to take feedback seriously and implement changes, although I haven't seen any changes made to Lightboxes in the last few years. Two thumbs up all around. Pros It saves our team and clients a massive amount of time in the photo search and delivery. It also serves as a portfolio for our photography services. Cons The Lightboxes are nearly useless and need to be updated to improve viewing, uploading, batch downloading and other options. I'd like to have a few options to customize the preview look. There should be an option to increase the viewing size on previews as clients have a difficult time checking expressions and making selections quickly from a large gallery when the previews are so small. Review Source nA ned A. Lead Photographer Government Administration Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "It Gets the Job Done Quickly" August 28, 2019 3.0 I came to Libris from a legacy DAM that became very expensive. Libris works better in many respects such as ability to deliver photos anywhere in the world without running my own web site. My clients like it but some of us luddites don't notice when a password is provided because it's at the bottom. Pros Super easy to upload photos from Lightroom, with keywords extracted automatically. I can control who gets which files by password or grouped user rights. I can instantly send emails to recipients with links and passwords. Even though it's cloud based it's pretty quick. Client can choose the size file they want to download. Cons Inability to search by "filename starts with". The search function is not intuitive in that there is only one box to search keywords and operators are required to try to refine searches. I'd like to be able to resize the visibility and access box. Users can strip the metadata when downloading. Reason for choosing PhotoShelter for Brands It's cloud based. We needed to squeeze it in under $10K. Review Source AE Andrea E. Publications Manager Publishing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Libris Review" August 13, 2019 4.0 Pros I really like how detailed you can be when doing a search for images. Overall it's a nice streamlined system, but I think there is always an opportunity for improvement. Cons If you use this system on a daily bases it works well and fairly easy to navigate, but new users seem to struggle. It also feels like there are too many steps sometimes. Alternatives considered [Simpleview DAM](https://www.capterra.com/p/145316/Barberstock-Systems/) Reason for choosing PhotoShelter for Brands The pricing and also working with a US company. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Assistant Director of School, College, and Program Marketing at Endicott College Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Photo Storage! " December 10, 2019 4.0 Great for sharing photos within an organization! ! Pros Great option for photo storage! easy to use and easy to allow different users different access levels with photo albums. Cons Uploading and tagging of photos can take some time, it is not easy to do all at once but rather you have to go back and tag Review Source MS Matthew S. Senior Photographer Consumer Goods Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Useful tool for internal creative departments" August 13, 2019 4.0 Pros I appreciate the fact that you can have multiple invited users and groups with individualized permissions so that as a creative leader I can limit what other teams are using in their collateral. Cons It's not as intuitive at first, it took some getting used to as well as communication with the photo shelter team, which was great, to get a better understanding of the ways to use it for our business needs. Reason for choosing PhotoShelter for Brands We were already using Libris and looking at other options, and though there are some features in Digital Fusion Studio that would be useful, at this time it wasn't worth the change from what we are already using, and we've since had time with Libris staff and are now better aware of features we didn't know existed. Review Source AF Angela F. University Photographer Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "PhotoShelter makes photo management a breeze." August 13, 2019 5.0 I have started searchable galleries for all of our campus buildings, seasons, classes, etc. The customer services is amazing. Anytime I have emailed with a question, I get an answer within a couple of hours. Pros It is easy to use, and easy to customize functions. I can have galleries for public or private viewing, and easily customize who can see and download from each gallery. It is also easy to grant new users access to galleries. Cons The cost is higher than I would like, but it still seems to be the most comprehensive and easy to use of the photo management systems of this type. Review Source HD Heather D. Marketing Project Manager Publishing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Libris Review from a marketing standpoint" August 13, 2019 5.0 I love that our product images are finally stored all in one place, and that we have the option to choose to make them available through Libris to our customers. It really helps manage and organize our huge amount of images that we need for various projects on a daily basis. Pros I love the ease of use. I myself am not very tech-intuitive, and this site allows me to search quickly and easily for images/videos and find what I need almost immediately. I like that the set-up of the site is very user friendly, and it's easy to find my way around. I like the organization of it as a whole. Cons There seem to be a couple of extra steps I have to take each time I want to select or download an image, like double-clicking instead of a single click, or always having to check a box for downloading metadata. But those are really minor issues, more having to do with my own impatience than anything else. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Digital Marketing Manager Consumer Goods Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Overall, Libris Photoshelter is a very simple software that can provide an easy consumer experience." March 9, 2018 3.0 If all you want is a software to hold images on, this is great. It does not have any dynamic features. Pros I like the ability to upload a mass amount of videos. Most softwares have a cap, but Libris Photoshelter does not. I also like the customization that you are given to order your images in each gallery. Cons I do not like that you cannot customize the orders of the collections. They appear alphabetically which is not the most successful strategy for our brand. Review Source JR Jeff R. Senior Photographer Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Libris only" August 20, 2019 5.0 Libris has given us all the functionality and answers we wanted in a asset management solution Pros cloud based, industry standard, support, functional Cons multiple downloads from a search result is cumbersome Review Source AM Anna M. Art Director Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A very powerful program that is increasing our teams efficiency!" May 7, 2019 4.0 I love the project based collections that I can share with people when we have a team working on a project. It collects just the relevant images and allows for fast review. This is a tool we are still learning to flex in it's entirety and I look forward to getting even more for our money as we continue to learn its functionality. The customer service is awesome and one of the main reasons we switched platforms. Pros I love that I can send people in my organization to a place to retrieve the images they need without my being a middle man. It's fast and easy to allow access to relevent people inside and outside my organization based on their needs and the project at hand. Cons It's pretty overwhelming to get rolling especially given the fact that we needed it up and running the day we signed our contract. Taking the time to train and get up to speed given our extreme need for this tool has been challenging. Review Source JP Jason P. DIrector of Digital Communications Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The best that's out there right now" August 21, 2019 4.0 Setting up our site was relatively painless and we're just populating our library now so that we can launch our organization image repository int he near future. Pros Great ability to connect with Adobe products. Lots of tagging and organization options. The front end is attractive and easy to use for users. Cons Setting permissions is a bit cryptic, especially if you're using it as a DAM and not as a storefront for a photography business. Only having 2 included library seats is troublesome when using as an enterprise app. Alternatives considered [Acquia DAM (Widen)](https://www.capterra.com/p/76774/Widen-Collective/) Reason for choosing PhotoShelter for Brands Best features and pricing structure Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Web Content Specialist Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "it's alright" February 16, 2021 4.0 Overall, it works. It holds all of our images and allows us to organize them. Pros It does what it says it does. Stores image libraries. Browsing is fairly easy and everything works as it's supposed to. Cons It could be better. I feel like the search function is not great, and some of the other functionalities are not great. We have a lot of little annoying problems with trying to share certain images across our team. Nothing major, just annoying. Review Source AC Alicia C. Communications Specialist Government Administration Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Photos Finally Organized!" August 21, 2019 4.0 Pros As a whole, our organization isn't very good at organizing. We have photos stored everywhere. Between a community drive, personal computers, phones and desktops, we always struggle to find photos. Once they're in a spot we can all find them, sifting through pages of thumbnails to find that perfect photo seems to take a big chunk of time. With Libris, we can upload the best photos, tag them, make sure they're ADA compliant, and easily find them, download them or send them to someone else to use. It has made the process easy! Cons It's a bit clunky to get used to, and often, we find ourselves wanting to create sub collections and galleries where it's not possible. So, we figure out another solution. We have also run into naming convention issues, where it allows you to completely change the name of the photo. That takes out the .jpg, which then doesn't allow the photo to be downloaded. Once we figured out workarounds, it became smooth sailing. Review Source Similar Products Featured