Bloom’s New Photo Gallery and Proofing System is Totally Free

Bloom has announced a new gallery and image proofing system for photographers that is included with the free tier of its studio management application. The company says it offers the same features that many other services ask upwards of $50 a month for.

The photography-focused customer relationship manager (CRM) deployed a completely free invoicing tool made specifically for photographers in June and has enhanced that offering with a photo gallery and image proofing system that also doesn’t cost anything.

“Most image delivery services photographers use are a separate subscription, charging an average of $50 a month or more depending on the storage plan,” Bloom says. “These services do not include invoices, contracts, or other tools photographers need for a project. Bloom is the first completely free image delivery service offering 100GB of storage plus managment tools like invoicing at no extra cost.”

Bloom offers two tiers of its service: Starter and Premium. Starter is the free service, and includes the ability to generate quotes and invoices, accept payments, and manage projects among other options and now has a new client gallery and proofing system.

The company says that the new galleries feature allows photographers to share their work with clients who can “heart” (equivalent to favorite) photos and leave comments.

Bloom says that the image galleries are fully trackable and clients can pay for the project and receive images through the platform. The system allows photographers to share private galleries, review any feedback that is provided to them through it, and enable downloads. Clients can then choose from a list of image sizes and download them as they are needed.

“With interactive elements, sleek designs as well as aesthetically pleasing -this new image gallery is giving outdated image delivery apps a run for their money,” the company says.

The free plan includes up to 100GB of photo storage, but an upgrade to the Premium tier increases that to a terabyte. Additional storage can be added for $10 per month per terabyte. Theoretically, a photographer could use Bloom entirely for free by removing galleries as they are complete so they would never hit that 100GB limit.

Bloom admits that compared to some of the other options for galleries and proofing, it doesn’t have a slideshow feature or a print shop available — but those features are “coming soon.”