Smugmug Pro Review – What Makes it so Special?

This Smugmug Pro Review will show you the features of Smugmug Pro as well as compare it to what other options are available from Smugmug. Later, probably in a different post, I will compare it to similar services offered by other professional digital photography sites.

If you’ve not already been to the Smugmug Pro site, take a look at this picture and click for features from the horse’s mouth:

Quick Set of Basic Features that Smugmug offers (not just for Smugmug Pro users):

• No ads or promotions surrounding your photos.
• Unlimited storage and traffic.
• Ability to retrieve your photos anytime.
• No requirement for your visitors to register.
• No threat of losing your photos if you don’t buy prints.
• No reducing resolution of your photos like at free sites.
• No “free for a few photos, expensive for more” plans like Picasaweb’s.
• Ability to view big, clear photos.
• Gorgeous themes to personalize your galleries.
• Full-screen slideshows.
• Real, knowledgeable & friendly humans to answer your emails quickly.
• More safety for your photos. Pay sites rarely close; many free sites—even from Yahoo, HP, Canon and Microsoft—have closed.

Special Features that Smugmug Pro Users have:

• Photo file size upto 24 MB (for jpg, gif, and png pictures)
• HD Videos of 10 min lengths that you can embed on other sites as well
• For privacy, you can have Gallery or Site Passwords, unlist galleries, opt-out of search engines, and create special password just for your Assistant’s use
• For image protection, you can disable downloading, printing and right-clicking, and you can create Custom Watermarks [just what the pros like ]
• For Sales, you can easily enable/disable sales from any gallery, but you can also set you own prices, and sell digital downloads

If you want to see what EXACTLY is the difference between features offered to Smugmug Pro users as compared to other Smugmug users, then click on the picture below to see an enlarged feature comparison:

I hope you liked this quick Smugmug Pro Review.  For a review of Smugmug compared to other comparable photo sharing services, please go to Smugmug Review. Thanks!