Starter
$44.99USD / event
- Up to 100 guests
- 2,000 photo and video uploads
- 25 GB storage
- Up to 250 MB per file
- 3 months upload and download access
Comparison
PartyLab vs Instagram
Instagram is for sharing your life. PartyLab is for collecting every photo from one event. Stories expire, profiles scatter, and non-Instagram guests get left out — your event deserves better.
Feature by feature
| Feature | PartyLab | |
|---|---|---|
| Guests need to create an account | No | Yes |
| Guests need to download an app | No | Yes |
| One link / QR for all guests | Yes | No |
| Photos collected centrally for the host | Yes | No |
| Photos are permanent (don't expire) | Yes | No |
| Live shared gallery during the event | Yes | No |
| Built-in party slideshow for TVs | Yes | No |
| Digital guestbook captions | Yes | No |
| Original photo quality preserved | Yes | No |
| ZIP download of all photos | Yes | No |
| No ads shown to guests | Yes | No |
| Private by default | Yes | No |
The Instagram problem at events
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Stories vanish in 24 hours
Instagram Stories expire after 24 hours. Any photos guests post to their Story at your wedding, graduation, or birthday are gone the next morning — unless you manually screenshot every single one before midnight.
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Photos stay scattered on individual profiles
When guests post to their grid or share via DM, photos live on their personal profile — not in one place the host can access. You'll spend weeks chasing people for photos and never find everything.
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Non-Instagram users are completely excluded
To contribute photos or even view a private Instagram profile, guests need an account. At a family event, a wedding, or a corporate offsite, a significant share of your guests either don't have Instagram or won't use it.
Hosts who made the switch
★★★★★
“I tagged everyone at my wedding on Instagram but only got about 20 photos. With PartyLab's QR code, 140 photos came in during the reception from guests who don't even have Instagram accounts.”
Mia T.
Bride
★★★★★
“Instagram Stories were gone by the next morning. PartyLab kept every photo from our company summer party — I downloaded the ZIP and had 200 full-quality shots for our newsletter.”
James O.
Marketing manager
★★★★★
“My gran doesn't have Instagram. Neither do half the family. PartyLab's QR code just worked — she uploaded 12 photos from her phone without any help.”
Sophie L.
Family reunion organizer
One-time packages for your event
Create an event draft, then choose Starter, Plus, or Max before sharing with guests. Guest uploads require a paid package.
Plus
$89.99USD / event
- Up to 500 guests
- 10,000 photo and video uploads
- 100 GB storage
- Up to 500 MB per file
- 1 year upload and download access
Max
$179.99USD / event
- No guest cap
- 50,000 photo and video uploads
- 1 TB storage
- Up to 1 GB per file
- 1 year upload and download access
Every paid event package includes photo and video uploads, a QR code and event link, a live gallery, a live slideshow, photo captions, reactions, original-quality ZIP export, and guest email CSV export.
Common questions
Why can't I just use an Instagram hashtag to collect event photos?+
Hashtag collections depend on guests posting publicly with the exact hashtag — many won't. They also mix in unrelated posts, miss private accounts entirely, and you have no way to download the originals in bulk. PartyLab gives every guest a single upload link that works even if they've never heard of Instagram.
Can guests view the gallery without an account?+
Yes — PartyLab event galleries are accessible to anyone with the link. No account, no app, no login. Just open the link and browse all the photos.
Will photos be full quality, not compressed for social media?+
Yes. PartyLab stores every photo at original upload quality. Instagram recompresses images to optimize for its feed. PartyLab gives you the original file, which matters when you're printing or creating a photo book.
Is PartyLab free?+
PartyLab offers Starter at $44.99 USD, Plus at $89.99 USD, Max at $179.99 USD per event. Each package is a one-time payment. There is no free upload tier or recurring event subscription. Starter: up to 100 guests, 2,000 uploads, and 25 GB storage. Plus: up to 500 guests, 10,000 uploads, and 100 GB storage. Max: no guest cap, 50,000 uploads, and 1 TB storage. Starter includes 3 months of upload and download access. Plus includes 1 year of upload and download access. Max includes 1 year of upload and download access. Download your files before access ends; downloaded copies are yours to keep.
Every guest’s photos. One shared gallery.
Create an event draft, then choose Starter, Plus, or Max before sharing with guests. Guest uploads require a paid package.
Create your eventPackages from $44.99 USD · Purchase before guest uploads · One payment per event