--- title: "Photo Mechanic Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra" description: "With the help of Capterra, learn about Photo Mechanic Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Digital Asset Management products and more." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/210470/Photo-Mechanic/" page_type: "product" language: "en" --- # Photo Mechanic Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on July 21, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[FAQs](#faqs)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Photo Mechanic ## What is Photo Mechanic? Photo Mechanic is image management software that enables photographers to quickly import, view, cull, organize, add metadata, and export images from memory cards for an accelerated post-production workflow. Photo Mechanic provides fast image ingestion, side-by-side image comparison, tagging tools, watermarking, and simultaneous exporting to multiple locations to streamline the editing process. ## What is Photo Mechanic used for? [Digital Asset Management](https://www.capterra.com/digital-asset-management-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 17 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $139 Per User, One Time Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.6 (2,240)](https://www.capterra.com/p/146652/Airtable/reviews/) Starting Price $139 Per User, One Time Starting Price $20 Per User, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.8 (17) Ease Of Use 4.4 (13,368) Value For Money 4.9 (13) Value For Money 4.5 (10,156) Customer Service 4.9 (13) Customer Service 4.4 (8,343) ## Photo Mechanic alternatives [Canva](https://www.capterra.com/p/168956/Canva/) [4.7 (13,380)](https://www.capterra.com/p/168956/Canva/reviews/) Starting price $15.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Google Workspace](https://www.capterra.com/p/247901/Google-Workspace/) [4.7 (17,637)](https://www.capterra.com/p/247901/Google-Workspace/reviews/) Starting price $7.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 96% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [OneDrive](https://www.capterra.com/p/161304/OneDrive/) [4.5 (12,790)](https://www.capterra.com/p/161304/OneDrive/reviews/) Starting price $1.99 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 90% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [MyDesigns](https://www.capterra.com/p/10025166/MyDesigns/) [4.9 (125)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10025166/MyDesigns/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/210470/Photo-Mechanic/alternatives/) ## FAQs about Photo Mechanic Overview ### Which roles and teams benefit most from Photo Mechanic? Photo Mechanic is most used by photographers, freelance creatives, and visual media teams that need to ingest, cull, caption, and organize large image sets quickly. Marketing, design, and communications professionals use it to speed photo selection and metadata workflows, while owners and directors rely on faster asset handling for client delivery and content production. Answer based on 17 reviews Overview ### What company size and industries is Photo Mechanic built for? Photo Mechanic is for professional photographers and small businesses, with 88% of reviewers from small companies and 47% in Photography. It also appears in Animation and Consumer Services, each at 6%. The software is mainly used by photojournalists, wedding, and portrait photographers for digital asset management. Answer based on 17 reviews Talk to an expert ### More questions? Ask our experts Features and Usability ### What are the key features of Photo Mechanic? Photo Mechanic offers asset categorization, image library and asset library management, plus search/filter tools for finding files quickly. It also includes metadata management, tagging, watermarking, image editing, asset sharing, and secure data storage, with support for multiple formats and multimedia files. Integrations ### Which third-party tools and platforms does Photo Mechanic integrate with? Photo Mechanic integrates with PhotoShelter for Brands, FTP, and archival workflows for sending jobs to clients or archives. The available integration data highlights PhotoShelter for Brands as the primary named connection, with FTP also mentioned as part of file transmission and delivery use cases. Answer based on 1 reviews ## Features AI summary Based on 3,099 Digital Asset Management reviews Not all Digital Asset Management products cover every feature buyers care about most. Here is what Capterra reviewers flag as essential when choosing a solution: - **File Management** (**57%** of reviewers rated this feature as critical) - **Asset Library** (**47%**) - **Document Storage** (**52%**) Photo Mechanic includes **Asset Library**, which gives teams a central place to organize and access media assets. However, it does not offer **File Management** or **Document Storage**. Instead, it provides **Search/Filter** (**44%**) and **Asset Sharing** (**43%**), which can help users find files faster and distribute assets more easily across teams or stakeholders, helping businesses keep content organized and improve day-to-day collaboration. Asset Library 4.6 (8) 62.50% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Collection of all assets in the system Search/Filter 4.9 (9) 55.56% of 9 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria Asset Sharing 4.6 (5) 60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Share access to files and assets with individuals Asset Categorization 4.6 (8) 37.50% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Organize assets into folders and subfolders or tag assets based on a custom file hierarchy Metadata Management 4.9 (8) 50.00% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Collect and maintain structured information that describes data or content Image Library 4.8 (5) 40.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Store and manage images Photo Mechanic 8 features ### All Features - Asset Categorization: Organize assets into folders and subfolders or tag assets based on a custom file hierarchy - Asset Library: Collection of all assets in the system - Asset Sharing: Share access to files and assets with individuals - Image Library: Store and manage images - Metadata Management: Collect and maintain structured information that describes data or content - Search/Filter: Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria - Tagging: Attach digital tags to documents and assets for identification, search, or monitoring purposes - Watermarking: Add a digital mark to show ownership of an image, video, document, etc. --- Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.8 (17) 4.8 Based on 17 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.9 (13) Free Trial Basic $139.00 Per User,One Time Value for money 4.9 (13) 4.9 Based on 13 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.9 (13) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.9 (13) 4.9 Based on 13 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.8 Based on 17 reviews Filter by rating 5(13) 4(4) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent PC Penisoara C. photographer Photography ### "is a very good tool for sorting photos" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 3, 2024 As a wedding photographer, I use this tool exclusively for sorting photos, I like that it is very fast, both for import and export. Metadata is very helpful. The interface is a bit old, and some new things should be introduced, maybe something with AI. Sources of inspiration are enough Pros \- offline workflow -intuitive interface -selectable colors for star rating -very complex search and sorting filters Cons \-the look a bit old -it could be improved to keep up with what's new in photography Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SC Spencer C. Director Media Production ### "Culling at the Speed of Light! ⚡️" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 17, 2023 It's been a fantastic revelation to the company. It allows us to increase our work capacity and efficiency. Pros Photo Mechanic allows my team to cull at the speed of light which is a much quicker and effective way to work through large numbers of files quicker than we could in Lightroom which we use to edit them. Cons There are regular glitches in the software that sometimes mean quitting and reopening. Switched from [Adobe Lightroom](https://www.capterra.com/p/233631/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom/) Photo Mechanic is much quicker for culling! Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AN Anonymous User Marketing Consultant Marketing and Advertising ### "Photo Mechanic saves you days in your image editing!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 January 19, 2023 Brilliant from the start. If culling is hard for you - this software will shave off so much time! Pros I have used the software for more than 5 years and as soon as I installed it, it shaved off days of my image editing process. As a wedding photographer, you come home with thousands of images and the culling process was the one thing that made the whole thing unbearable - until I found Photo Mechanic. I can now open folders with 1000 images in them and cull them easily by keeping the finger on the keyboard for adding colour flags. Adobe Bridge cannot cope with so many photos and it would take ages (up to 20 minutes) to display all images in the folder - even though I have a powerful iMac! But Photo Mechanic breezes through the amount of data and the culling process now takes hours instead of days! Cons Can't say anything negative about it. Just love it! Switched from [Adobe Bridge](https://www.capterra.com/p/251963/Adobe-Bridge/) Bridge simply can't cope with large numbers of images in one folder and it would take forever to display them all. Photo Mechanic doesn't have this issue (even with super large RAW files that are 50MB+ in size!) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. VD Valeria D. Photographer Photography ### "If you are a photographer, you need to use this" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 January 13, 2023 Pros How quickly I can choose and transfer photos to my editing program Cons It could have features such as "metadata" to view camera model info. It shows only the lens model info. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor January 18, 2023 Note that you can customize the Metadata that is shown. To show the camera model in the Preview Window, consult this documentation: https://docs.camerabits.com/support/solutions/articles/48001144384-the-preview-window SY Salman Y. Technical Animation ### "I am Personally using this app" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 January 12, 2023 This app for Entertainment only Pros Fusions of This App Is very Good For Everyone Cons There is nothing defecult in this app easy to used Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. LF luis fernando B. diretor Facilities Services ### "Qualidade " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 January 4, 2023 Edits very fast and easier for the app and its users Pros Easy to use and very good for photo and video editing, among others. Cons When paying at the end of the month with a debit or credit card Alternatives considered [PhotoShelter for Brands](https://www.capterra.com/p/143701/Libris/) Reasons for choosing Photo Mechanic For quality and easy to use without errors and ads Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Samantha C. Owner/Photographer Photography ### "Photo mechanic is my new favorite for culling photos!" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 November 7, 2022 Photo mechanic is my new go-to for photo culling. I can go through about a hundred photos in about 4 minutes, rating them for easy export into LR with ratings in place. Pros I love how fast photo mechanic renders a photo in focus compared to Lightroom. It also allows me to rate photos easily and then export into Lightroom for easy edits after. Cons There was a small learning curve, but that really isn't a big deal. The software has a lot of great functions. Switched from [Adobe Lightroom](https://www.capterra.com/p/233631/Adobe-Photoshop-Lightroom/) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AN Anonymous User Data entry operator Consumer Services ### "This is best software for photo editing " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 9, 2022 Best experience in all time use Pros This is best software for photo editing &pricing to very low Cons Yes ,its very helpfull software in this site So you can download hai excess all images in this software Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AN Anonymous User Senior Visual Media Consultant Hospital & Health Care ### "Photo Mechanic is the king of metadata and lots of images!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 July 21, 2022 It is the BEST software for photojournalists to prep they take for transmission, and works wonderfully with Photoshelter, FTP, etc. for sending jobs to archives or to clients. Pros If you are working with lots of EXIF metadata for archive purposes, you want this software. It's been the industry standard for the past twenty years and it is very actively maintained. With the ability to cull and work with thousands of images quickly, it pays for itself in no time. Cons Asset management. For many years, this was a missing spot from the software. Now they have another version of the software that accomplishes this. They were smart in keeping them separate as users have different needs. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Vanderlei L. Estudante de Pós Graduação MBA Research ### "Fotos integras " 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 April 28, 2022 redimensionar, renomear, copiar, apagar, pré-visualizar extyensão de arquivos compactados. Pros Ediçoes rápidas arquivos avulsos Lotes de fotos em único envio Cons imcompatibilidade com um ou alguns programas de fotoshop Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. 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