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Darkroom

Photo editing solution for photography businesses

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Darkroom - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Darkroom overview

What is Darkroom?

Darkroom is a photo editing suite designed to help businesses capture, process, edit, retouch, print, and sell photos. It offers various solutions including Darkroom Booth, Core, Assembly, Hotfolder, and Event Gallery.

The suite includes Darkroom Booth, which lets photographers build customizable booths with video, sound, light, and bell effects, initiate hashtag printing using a Kiosk, and post GIFs, videos, and files to other platforms Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter. Professionals can utilize the Darkroom Hotfolder application to manage image folders and automate the printing and file sharing process across live event galleries. It also provides an Assembly platform, which helps users streamline workflows for group photography, PSPA yearbooks, portrait CD, and more.

Administrators can use white-label image galleries to promote event-specific designs, watermark branding across photos, share password-protected galleries, and sell images to attendees. Photographers can capture images in less light and adjust ISO or white balance using camera settings within the application.

Starting price

495per feature

Alternatives

with better value for money

Darkroom’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

3.9

(21)

Darkroom pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

1-2(4)

3-4(8)

5(9)

What do users say about Darkroom?

They locked me out of my account mind you while I had money in it, wouldn't take the site down, wouldn't help me get back into my account to get my money.

Who uses Darkroom?

Based on 21 verified user reviews.

Company size

- Not enough reviews

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Photography

Online Media

Internet

Use cases

Photography Studio

Photo Editing

Darkroom's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Darkroom users:

API

(0)

Content import/export

5.0

(1)

Content sharing

(0)

Customizable templates

(0)

Drag & drop

(0)

Event management

5.0

(1)

File management

4.0

(3)

File sharing

(0)

Image library

(0)

Pre-built templates

(0)

All Darkroom features

Features rating:

3.8

(21)

API

(0)

Content import/export

5.0

(1)

Content sharing

(0)

Customizable templates

(0)

Drag & drop

(0)

Event management

5.0

(1)

File management

4.0

(3)

File sharing

(0)

Image library

(0)

Pre-built templates

(0)

Project management

3.5

(2)

Real time editing

5.0

(1)

Search/Filter

(0)

SMS messaging

3.5

(2)

Social media integration

3.5

(2)

Social sharing

(0)

Third-Party integrations

3.5

(2)

Watermarking

(0)

Workflow management

3.5

(2)

Darkroom alternatives

Darkroom

3.9

(21)

Starting from

495

One-time payment

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.0

Features

3.8

Value for Money

3.7

Customer Support

3.7

PicMonkey

4.5

(1.1K)

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Starting from

7.99

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.5

Features

4.3

Value for Money

4.3

Customer Support

4.3

inPixio Photo Studio

3.8

(114)

learn more

Starting from

49.99

/user

Per year

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

3.6

Features

3.6

Value for Money

3.5

Customer Support

3.4

Zoner Studio

4.5

(40)

learn more

Starting from

5.99

Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.6

Features

4.5

Value for Money

4.7

Customer Support

4.6

Darkroom pricing

Value for money rating:

3.7

(21)

Starting from

495

One-time payment

Per Feature

Pricing details

Subscription

Free trial

Free plan

Pricing range

User opinions about Darkroom price and value

Value for money rating:

3.7

(21)

To see what individual users think of Darkroom's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“The software is a low cost tool for photo editing on the move.”

Bernard M.

Photographer

“They locked me out of my account mind you while I had money in it, wouldn't take the site down, wouldn't help me get back into my account to get my money.”

Jonathan S.

Photographer