Choose Cluster if
- A trip, a household, a friend group.
- You explicitly do not want AI or a vendor tool.
Honest comparison · Private friend & family albums
Cluster alternative
Cluster is a good anti-feed: private groups, people you choose, no public performance. Photo Jelly is not trying to be that living room. It is trying to finish an event with structure Cluster does not need.
Two different jobs
Cluster is built for Friends and family who want a calm private album, not Instagram. Photo Jelly is built for the event: ingest, face delivery, WhatsApp, and a photographer in the loop.
Choose Photo Jelly if
- Wedding, conference, sangeet, offsite.
- Hired photographer or thousands of files.
Cluster wins on peace of mind for a family trip or a friend group. That is a real product.
Photo Jelly wins when the list is an event list and the files are a photographer’s. Face search, WhatsApp, Cam-Link are overhead Cluster users should not pay.
Search lumps them together as “photo sharing.” They are not substitutes except at the edges.
Price
Photo Jelly Go vs Cluster. Launch prices through 31 Oct 2026.
Cluster
Their rates
Cluster prices live on their site — we are not inventing a number.
Cluster pricingvs
Go · 1,000 photos
₹0/year
Same launch cut as the pricing page.
What each does well
Cluster
Anti-social-media
Private by default, invite-only, no algorithm. That is the brand.
Human-sized groups
Friends and family, not 400-person face graphs.
Simple sharing
Post pics to the people you chose. No AI required.
Photo Jelly
Volume
Thousands of event files, sorted.
AI identity
Faces, private sets, WhatsApp.
Professionals
Studios and hosts on the same event.
Feature by feature
Shared work sits in the table. An add on is something Cluster does not include — Photo Jelly does. Hover the badge.
Feature
Cluster
Private groups
Invite-only friend/family groups
Event guests
No social feed
Positioned as the antidote to social
Not a network
AI face deliveryadd onCluster doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
Human-curated albums
Yes
Photographer ingestadd onCluster doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
Group posts
Cam-Link, desktop
WhatsAppadd onCluster doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
In-group sharing
Yes
Calm family album
This is the product
Heavier than you want for a trip
What Photo Jelly is actually built to do.
Facial recognition, Cam-Link, galleries, and WhatsApp — the event stack, not a claim that we beat every product on every axis.
Facial recognition
Every guest gets only their photos.
Guests upload a selfie once. Photo Jelly matches them across the event and delivers privately via WhatsApp or web — no app download required.
14+ gallery themes
14+ themes built for events.
Netflix-style video galleries, justified photo grids, custom branding, and mobile-responsive themes that make your event look incredible.
From camera to guest
in minutes, not weeks.
Step 1
Create your event.
"Maitri & Aneesh wedding — 400 guests, WhatsApp delivery enabled."
Step 2
Collect every photo.
Guests upload via WhatsApp or web. Photographers push from camera with Cam-Link + AI editing.
Step 3
Deliver privately.
AI facial recognition matches each guest to their photos and sends them automatically — no app download.
Questions.
Four plans. Four jobs.
Quality galleries, cheap on purpose — that is the mission. Launch rates through 31 Oct 2026.
Limited-time launch offer
Their published rate struck through. How many times cheaper we are through 31 Oct 2026.
Cheaper than
Go
for Small Events
Launch price ₹0. Same ₹0 as Kwikpic, they charge ₹0.
₹0/year
$0 / year
Photos
1,000
5 videos
Unlimited events
QR gallery
Guest uploads
No extra guest app
Face detection & find-yourselfadd onGuestCam sells this as MagicFind — $45 per event.
Plus
for Startups
Launch price ₹599. 5.8× cheaper than Kwikpic, they charge ₹3,490.
Photos
20,000
20 videos
Unlimited events
QR, guest uploads, find-yourself
Photo cap steps to 1,00,000
Most popular
Pro
for Businesses
Launch price ₹4,599. 1.6× cheaper than Kwikpic, they charge ₹7,490.
Photos
1,00,000
100 videos
Unlimited events
Cam-Linkadd onSamaro doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
WhatsApp AI botadd onSamaro doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
Guest face deliveryadd onSamaro doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
Universal Inboxadd onSamaro doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
Client galleries & downloads
AI editing & themes
Max
for Enterprises
Launch price ₹8,999. 1.7× cheaper than Kwikpic, they charge ₹14,990.
Photos
2,00,000
200 videos
Unlimited events
AI Studio Manageradd onPixieset doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
Guest face deliveryadd onPixieset doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
WhatsApp AI botadd onPixieset doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
Cam-Linkadd onPixieset doesn't have this. Photo Jelly does.
Studio website
Print store
White-label & custom domain
SSO & dedicated support
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