When planning your event, choosing the right platform to collect and share guest photos matters. Guestpix has been around for several years, get the majority of search traffic on Google in this category, and claims to have invented the concept of QR-based photo collection and sharing. Their website leans very much towards weddings and wedding themes, and they seem like genuinely nice people with a large team to support.
Below is a clear side-by-side look at Guestpix and LiveWall to help you decide which tool matches your priorities—for example feature richness, privacy, upload window, and budget. If after reviewing you find one that aligns better, that’s the right choice for your event.
| Feature | Guestpix | LiveWall |
|---|---|---|
| Tiers | Classic, Signature, Luxe1 for Weddings (others S/M/L/XL) | Plus, Premium, Signature |
| Event Specific Pricing | Tailored to Memorials, Parties, Birthdays, Vacations, Holidays and Business | Same for all event types |
| Guest Limit / Event Size | Unlimited Guests = 1000 (Subject to Fair Use Policy) | 500 Guests, Pro plans for larger events |
| Upload | ||
| Photo Uploads | Unlimited (Subject to Fair Use Policy) | Unlimited |
| Time to upload 5 photos | Large variations2 | 6 seconds |
| Server locations | Not mentioned | Servers on all continents for ultra-fast uploads |
| FTP Upload | 🔴 No | 🟢 Yes (Signature tier) |
| Video Uploads | Some tiers, unlimited subject to Fair Use Policy | Unlimited in Premium and Signature Packages |
| Upload Period | 90-days or 1 year depending on Tier | 90-days or 1 year for Signature |
| Download | ||
| Guest Downloads | 🟢 Yes | 🟢 Yes |
| Download Preserves Quality | 🟢 Yes | 🟢 Yes |
| Host Downloads | ZIP-file | ZIP-file or Google Drive sync |
| Storage Period | 1 year (assumed from purchase time) | 1 year (from time of event) |
| Theming | ||
| QR Templates | Template package for use in Canva | 30+ templates auto-generated, can be edited in Canva |
| Themes and Custom Design | 🟢 Yes | 🟢 Yes |
| Notifications | ||
| Realtime updates | 🔴 No | 🟢 Yes, for hosts, guests, and live slideshows |
| Notifications on upload | 🔴 No | 🟢 Yes |
| Notifications to guests on upload | 🔴 No | 🟢 Guests can follow any number of walls |
| Organization | ||
| Albums | 3-6 depending on chosen tier | Unlimited for Signature |
| Safety | ||
| Moderation | Manual | Manual or automatic safety filter |
| Multiple moderators | Optional, contact support | 🟢 Yes |
| Password protection | 🟢 Yes | 🟢 Yes |
| End-to-End Encryption | 🔴 No | 🟢 Yes |
| Bonus features | ||
| Slideshow | 🟢 Yes | 🟢 Yes, live with multi-screen, multiple modes, and real-time updates |
| Guestbook | Leave textual notes | Write labels on uploaded photos |
| Built-in camera | 🔴 No | 🟢 Yes |
| Integrations | None | Zapier (Signature tier) |
| Tracking | ||
| Data Privacy, Tracking | 7 trackers, 11 third party cookies according to Blacklight 🔗 | Does not track users or guests 🔗 |
| GDPR Compliance | Mentioned as compliant in privacy policy | GDPR Compliant with EU Processing and Storage for EU and EEA citizens |
| Legal | ||
| Content License | Very broad, incl modification, sub-license, transfers | Restricted to service delivery, time limited, immediate revocation |
| Termination term | Immediate, at sole discretion | Only by violation of terms, after period for paid plans |
| Privacy by Design | Not mentioned | Clearly stated in terms employees have 🔴 No access to customer data |
| Refund policy | 14 days or cancelled event | 30-days 🔴 No questions asked |
| Price protection | 🔴 No | 🟢 Yes |
| Governing Law | Australia | Norway (EU aligned) |
| Free trial | ||
| Free trial | Shared demo album, requires registration | 🟢 Yes (libre principle) |
LiveWall is a new player in this market, gets a tiny fraction of the traffic on Google, and relies on word-of-mouth to grow as our budgets for advertising is tiny compared to our competitors. It is hard to make comparison tables, and we're obviously biased, but we see the market as a big ocean where multiple boats can sail, and care about you finding the right one for your journey. Hopefully this comparison table can help.
This comparison was made in the last week of October, 2025, and is a combination of information retrieval from public websites and testing free versions of the services.
Footnotes
1 We have not included pricing as it may change frequently and campaigns and promotions may deviate from what is listed on official sites. 2 Tests performed from New York City on a Saturday at 5 PM uploading 5 x 60 megapixel photos from a Leica M-11 took in the excess of 16 minutes. Repeated tests on weekday mornings gave results on the same dataset between 15 and 45 seconds. We used a desktop computer on a 1GBit wired internet connection to perform the tests.
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