Looking for a DropEvent alternative?
| What to compare | EventDrop | DropEvent |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One-time payment per event, on every plan. Nothing renews. | One-time per gallery on the two event plans; their third plan, Event Pros, is a monthly subscription. |
| Entry price | $9 for Flash (50 guests, 30 days). Spotlight $19 adds video uploads, Premiere is $49. | $49 per gallery for photos only, $98 per gallery with video. Event Pros is $178 per month for up to 5 active galleries. |
| Free option | Demo plan, free: 20 guests, 100 MB, 3 days, one recap video. No card. | A 10-day free trial is advertised on their homepage. Their pricing page lists no free plan. |
| App or account for guests | Neither. Guests scan the QR code and upload from the browser. | Neither. Their pricing page states "No app, no sign-ups. You are the only one who needs to have an account". |
| Photo resolution | Stored and downloaded at full resolution, with no downscaling. | They state "Upload photos without compression" and storage at original resolution. |
| How long the gallery stays online | 3 to 365 days depending on the plan, then read-only; photos are deleted 30 days later. Extendable by 30 or 90 days, up to three times, on paid plans. This is the shorter of the two — download the ZIP before your album expires. | A 45-day collection window, after which the gallery stays view-only; their page says the photos continue to live there "for eternity". |
| Where the photos are stored | Servers in the EU, under the GDPR. GPS coordinates are stripped from every photo as it is uploaded. | Their privacy policy states "Our servers are located in the United States". |
| Automatic recap video | Yes — a 30-second recap per event, included in every plan. | Not listed among the features on their pricing page. |
Everything in the DropEvent column is quoted from their own pages (dropevent.com/pricing, dropevent.com/privacy), read on August 27, 2026. Their prices and terms are theirs to change — check their site before you decide. DropEvent is a trademark of DropEvent LLC (Vacaville, California, USA). EventDrop is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by them.
What EventDrop does differently
Four things worth knowing before you pick either one.
One price per event, and it stays one price
Every EventDrop plan is a single payment for a single celebration. There is no monthly tier to graduate into once you run a second event.
EU storage, and no GPS in your photos
Files are stored on servers in the EU under the GDPR. Location data is removed from every photo before it is saved, so nobody can read where a picture was taken out of the file.
A 30-second recap, included
EventDrop assembles a short recap from the album automatically — part of every plan, not a separate order.
Nothing to install for your guests
Scan, upload, done. No app, no account, no password — on any phone with a camera and a browser.
Frequently asked questions
Discover more
More pages about collecting event photos.
Try it before you decide
The Demo plan is free and takes under a minute: 20 guests, 100 MB, three days. No card, no subscription.