Honest comparison between MesGaleries and Pelli: two next-generation French platforms. Pricing, features, and unique characteristics.
Are you hesitating between MesGaleries and Pelli to host and deliver your client photo galleries? Here's a factual comparison to help you choose in just a few minutes.
This article was written by the MesGaleries team with maximum honesty as our goal: we highlight Pelli's real strengths (often superior to ours in certain aspects), and we clearly explain the cases where each platform is more suitable. No marketing, just facts.
What is Pelli?
Pelli is a modern French platform recently launched that offers an all-in-one approach: galleries, quotes, invoices, online booking, AI assistant. The freemium model starts at 0 euros. Recognized strengths: fluid interface, 8K video, client super-likes, Spotify integration for gallery ambiance.
This solution is primarily aimed at photographers looking for a complete ecosystem to manage their commercial activity.
Detailed Comparison Table
Origin: Both platforms are French with data hosted in France.
Pricing: MesGaleries offers freemium + plans (0/15/28/50€), while Pelli uses a freemium model starting at 0€.
Collaborative galleries: MesGaleries supports multi-photographer galleries with signature feature, Pelli does not.
Facial recognition: Available on MesGaleries (signature feature), not communicated by Pelli.
Event planning: MesGaleries offers detailed timeline with traceability, Pelli provides online booking.
Invoicing: Pelli includes integrated quotes/invoices (strong point), MesGaleries has this on roadmap.
AI features: Both offer AI assistants - MesGaleries uses local Mistral, Pelli's solution not specified.
Video quality: MesGaleries provides integrated video hosting, Pelli supports up to 8K (strong point).
Spotify integration: Pelli offers this feature (strong point), MesGaleries does not.
Eco-responsibility: MesGaleries uses on-site solar energy, Pelli's approach not communicated.
Maturity: MesGaleries since 2010, Pelli is more recent.
Pelli's Real Strengths
To be completely honest, here are the points where Pelli excels, sometimes better than MesGaleries:
- Complete ecosystem: galleries, quotes, invoices and online booking integrated
- Built-in AI assistant for writing and daily help
- Client super-likes system to highlight favorites
- Spotify integration to create musical ambiance in galleries
- Modern and particularly fluid interface
- Free entry at 0 euros without time limitation
These assets make Pelli an attractive solution for photographers starting their activity.
MesGaleries' Specificities
Here are the points where MesGaleries provides a specific response, often unique in the French-speaking market:
- Multi-photographer collaborative gallery: signature function absent from Pelli
- Facial recognition by selfie on massive galleries: strong differentiator for events
- Timeline module to plan the big day with anti-dispute traceability
- Eco-responsible hosting with solar energy produced on-site
- Proven experience since 2010 with millions of hosted photos
- French Mistral AI to respect digital sovereignty
- Responsive support in less than 18 minutes, weekends included
These features address specific needs from the photography field.
When to Choose MesGaleries?
MesGaleries is particularly suitable for wedding photographers who want to offer a collaborative gallery to collect guests' photos, or for sports and event photographers who manage large volumes with facial recognition.
If you photograph events with several hundred participants (races, festivals, ceremonies), facial recognition by selfie transforms the client experience. Your subjects instantly find their photos without browsing through thousands of images.
Concrete eco-responsibility (servers powered by solar panels) also becomes a commercial argument with environmentally conscious clients.
When to Prefer Pelli?
Pelli is the right choice if you're starting your photography business and looking for an all-in-one tool: galleries, quotes, invoices and online booking in the same interface.
Its 8K video and Spotify integration create a distinctive client experience. For a portrait or family photographer just starting out, this global approach simplifies daily management.
The freemium model allows testing without financial commitment, ideal for validating your concept before investing in advanced features.
How to Test MesGaleries for Free
MesGaleries' free plan remains usable indefinitely and allows testing the platform on two galleries, without time limitation. You create your account in less than a minute, import a test gallery and judge for yourself.
To discover our solutions adapted to your photography specialty, check our dedicated pages by profession: wedding, sports, equestrian, school, real estate, events, portrait, photobooth, birth, cycling, shows, culinary, animal, automotive.
This approach allows you to concretely compare both platforms according to your real needs, without commercial commitment and without credit card.
