--- title: "Pacco vs CloudSpot: the US default and the EU answer for 2026" description: "CloudSpot is the friendly US default, Pacco the EU-native answer. Galleries, pricing in EUR, data residency, and who wins where in 2026." author: "Pacco" date: 2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z locale: en tags: ["comparison", "cloudspot"] reading_time: 5 min canonical: https://pacco.studio/en/blog/pacco-vs-cloudspot/ --- # Pacco vs CloudSpot: the US default and the EU answer for 2026 _Pacco · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read_ > CloudSpot is the friendly US default, Pacco the EU-native answer. Galleries, pricing in EUR, data residency, and who wins where in 2026. Ask an American photography Facebook group what to use for client galleries and CloudSpot comes back within minutes, usually with an exclamation mark. It's earned: the product is friendly, the free plan is real, and since 2025 it bundles booking and contracts too. Ask the same question in a French or German group and the recommendation gets complicated, because the things that make CloudSpot easy in Ohio (USD pricing, US labs, US transaction fees) are exactly the things you end up working around in Lyon. That's the comparison that matters here: not which tool is better in a vacuum, but which one was built for the market you bill in. We make Pacco, the EU-native side of this question. Sources and dates on every CloudSpot claim, as always. ## At a glance | Feature | Pacco | CloudSpot | | ----------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | | Per-photo sales | ✔ (built into delivery) | ✔ (15% commission on Free and Entry) | | Native RAW upload | ✔ | ✘ (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PSD and more) | | Custom domain | Pro (middle tier) | Subdomain of client-gallery.com | | EU data residency | ✔ (Brussels controller) | ✘ (US company; storage not documented) | | French UI for photographers | ✔ | ✘ (client galleries only, 9 languages) | | EUR pricing | ✔ (VAT handled) | ✘ (USD only) | | Booking and contracts | ✘ | ✔ (Studio on Lite plans and up) | | Client mobile app | ✘ | Home-screen web shortcut | | Print store / lab integration | ✘ | ✔ (WHCC, Miller's, Mpix; US labs) | | Free tier | 100 galleries, 5 GB | 3 galleries, 5 GB, watermarked | ## What this comparison covers Two gallery platforms a photographer can love in the first ten minutes. Both deliver branded galleries with proofing and digital sales; CloudSpot adds CloudSpot Studio (contracts, invoicing, and since late 2025, scheduling with payments) on its Lite plan and up ([Studio Manager](https://cloudspot.io/studio-manager), checked 2026-06-12). What this comparison weighs is geography: currencies, labs, fees, languages, and where client data lives. Not covered: website builders or CRM depth; CloudSpot's booking tools are young (scheduling shipped October 2025, contracts-on-booking November 2025 per [their roadmap](https://help.cloudspot.io/en/articles/1600543-what-the-cloudspot-team-is-working-on-next)) and deserve their own evaluation if they're your deciding factor. > [!NOTE] > CloudSpot prices, limits and fees change. Every CloudSpot claim links to their pricing page or help center, checked on 2026-06-12. Verify on the live pages before deciding. ## Where Pacco wins **Built for euros, not converted to them.** CloudSpot's pricing page is USD only ([pricing](https://cloudspot.io/pricing)), and its 2.5% transaction fee is documented for the US ([digital sales](https://help.cloudspot.io/en/articles/1079422-what-are-digital-product-sales)). Pacco prices in EUR, shows EU consumers VAT-inclusive totals and gives EU businesses reverse-charge invoices. If your accounting runs in euros, one of these platforms matches it natively. **Data residency you can name.** CloudSpot is based in Irvine, California, and we could not find public documentation of where photo data is stored or any EU residency option (checked 2026-06-12; their help center directs storage questions to support). Pacco's answer fits on one line of a GDPR register: controller in Brussels; storage Cloudflare R2, EU region; CDN Bunny; analytics Pirsch, cookieless. **French for the person doing the work.** CloudSpot's client galleries can display French, one of nine languages ([gallery languages](https://help.cloudspot.io/en/articles/1760949-set-a-different-language-for-each-gallery)); the photographer side is documented in English. Pacco is bilingual to the bone: the dashboard you cull in and the gallery your couple opens are both written in French, or English, your call. **RAW upload.** CloudSpot's paid plans accept JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, AI, GIF and PDF, and the free plan JPEG only; RAW is unsupported ([file types](https://help.cloudspot.io/en/articles/114589-what-file-types-can-i-upload-and-display)). Pacco takes RAW natively. **A free tier built for working, not sampling.** CloudSpot's free plan is 3 active galleries, 5 GB, social-size downloads only (2048px), 15% sales commission and a "Powered by CloudSpot" mark ([free plan](https://help.cloudspot.io/en/articles/1090678-free-plan-features)). Pacco's free tier is 100 galleries and 5 GB with full-resolution delivery. Both are honest free plans; they're sized for different intentions. **Commission-free selling from the start.** CloudSpot takes 15% on sales on Free and Entry plans, dropping to zero on the full-suite plans ([digital sales](https://help.cloudspot.io/en/articles/1079422-what-are-digital-product-sales)). Pacco's per-photo delivery model doesn't tier its take by plan. ## Where CloudSpot wins **Business tools in the same login.** Contracts with digital signatures, invoicing, real-time booking with payments, and a client portal, included from the Lite plan ($17/month) upward ([Studio Manager](https://cloudspot.io/studio-manager)). Pacco has none of this; you bring your own CRM. **Print fulfillment for US clients.** Auto-fulfillment through WHCC, Miller's and Mpix ([auto fulfillment](https://help.cloudspot.io/en/articles/1041786-what-is-auto-fulfillment)). European lab fulfillment isn't documented publicly, but if your buyers are American, three excellent labs with automated routing is a real revenue engine Pacco can't match today. **A Lightroom plugin and Zapier reach.** Direct publish from Lightroom Classic and a native Zapier integration that connects thousands of apps ([Lightroom](https://help.cloudspot.io/en/articles/2903296-how-to-install-the-cloudspot-lightroom-plugin), [Zapier](https://zapier.com/apps/cloudspot/integrations)). Pacco's integration surface is smaller. **A decade of polish.** Built since 2013, public since 2015 ([about](https://cloudspot.io/about-us)), with the kind of onboarding smoothness that explains the Facebook-group enthusiasm. ## Pricing in EUR CloudSpot, as of 2026-06-12: Free, Entry $7/month (15 GB), Lite $17 (100 GB plus Studio), Pro $34 (500 GB), Unlimited $50 ([pricing](https://cloudspot.io/pricing)), all USD. Pacco: Free, Pro €15 (100 GB, custom domain, proofing), Studio €39 (unlimited). On raw numbers the platforms are close at the middle tier; the difference is that one number is in your currency with your VAT already handled, and one isn't. ## Migration friction CloudSpot-to-Pacco migration is the standard manual move: re-upload from your archive, rebuild branding, re-share links. No importer exists today on our side. If you use CloudSpot Studio, the same caveat as any back-office bundle applies: contracts, invoices and booking history need a destination before the galleries move. ## Who should pick CloudSpot over Pacco - **US-based photographers selling prints to US clients**, where WHCC, Miller's and Mpix auto-fulfillment earns monthly. - **Photographers who want galleries, booking, contracts and invoices in one ~$17 subscription** and are happy in USD. - **Studios wired through Zapier**, where CloudSpot's native zap connects the rest of the stack. If you bill in euros, deliver RAW, work in French, or want your clients' photos resident in the EU without writing a single support ticket about it, you're the photographer Pacco was built for. [The free tier](/en/pricing/) takes ten minutes to disprove us.