Benchmarks · September 2026 · updating
Who AI recommended for client galleries straight from google drive, September 2026.
In September 2026, AI assistants recommended Pixieset most often for client galleries straight from google drive: it appeared in 17% of the 12 answers we measured across 1 scan, credited for “turn‑key, photographer‑focused client gallery” and “clean ui”.
ShootProof (17%), SmugMug (17%), PhotoShelter (17%) followed. 8 brands were named at least once.
- Answers
- 12
- Scans
- 1
- Brands named
- 8
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude
Share of answers
How often each brand was recommended.
- 1Pixieset“turn‑key, photographer‑focused client gallery”, “clean ui”17%
- 2ShootProof“turn‑key, photographer‑focused client gallery”, “clean ui”17%
- 3SmugMug“highly customizable galleries”, “print lab integrations”17%
- 4PhotoShelter“enterprise dam”, “developer features”17%
- 5Zenfolio“highly customizable galleries”, “print lab integrations”8%
- 6Nextcloud“full control/self‑hosted”, “no third‑party storage”8%
- 7Piwigo“full control/self‑hosted”, “no third‑party storage”8%
- 8Cloudinary“enterprise dam”, “developer features”8%
Share = answers in which the brand was recommended ÷ all answers measured for this market in the month. Deltas are against August 2026. Paid placements never affect these figures.
Method
Each scan asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude 12 to 20 buyer questions for this market with web search on, and records every brand recommended in each answer. Figures are aggregated across all scans of the market in the month and de-identified: no customer, question set or answer is exposed. Past months are frozen on the first of the following month. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Live ranking on the directory page.
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