Switching
Sprout Studio or Tellisto, for an Australian studio.
Sprout Studio is one of the deepest all-in-one tools for photographers, with galleries, print sales and album proofing. It prices in US or Canadian dollars. This page compares the two straight, including the parts where Sprout is the better tool.
Nothing here asks you to cancel anything. Bring one shoot and see.
Why people look
A deep tool, built for somewhere else.
Sprout covers the whole job, and photographers who use it well get a lot out of it. Australian and New Zealand studios usually look elsewhere for local reasons: the currency, how tax works on an invoice, and how their clients like to pay.
The facts box
Checked against Sprout Studio’s own pages on 30 September 2026. Sprout prices in US or Canadian dollars: $19, $36, $51 and $69 a month in US dollars. The two cheapest plans cap active shoots and galleries at 10 and 20. There’s a 30-day trial with no card, and no free plan. Tax is a rate you set up and add on top. Card payments go through Stripe, PayPal or Square. Sprout has no mobile app.
Tellisto prices in Australian or New Zealand dollars. The free plan has no time limit and covers the whole workflow. Pro is $79 a month (NZ$79 in New Zealand) with 1 TB and unlimited live galleries. PayID and bank transfer carry no fee, and there’s zero commission. Their numbers can change any time, so check their pricing page for the current ones.
What maps to what
How your Sprout setup maps to Tellisto.
- Shoots become bookings. An enquiry becomes a quote, then a confirmed shoot with a deposit. Each booking creates its gallery with the client already filled in. Bookings aren’t capped on either plan. The free plan allows two live galleries at a time, and Pro has no limit.
- Booking pages become sessions. Each session gets its own page with deposits, intake forms and a waitlist, on the free plan too.
- Tax gets specific. In Australia, invoices round GST the way the ATO specifies and check your ABN against the register. In New Zealand they charge 15% and show your IRD number.
- Getting paid gets PayID. PayID and bank transfer sit first on your invoices with no fee. Card payments go through your own Stripe account, and Tellisto never adds a surcharge.
- Galleries stay yours. White-label on every plan, contracts signed under your studio’s brand, and a share of Client Vault renewals on Pro.
Where they do better
Where Sprout Studio is the better tool.
- Selling prints and albums. Sprout has a print lab integration, album proofing and in-person sales tools. Tellisto has no live print store yet.
- Email marketing. Sprout sends campaigns to your client list. Tellisto sends job emails, not marketing.
- Teams and brands. Every Sprout plan includes three users and two brands. A Tellisto account today is one studio and one person.
- Storage at the top end. Sprout’s Unlimited plan has no storage cap. Tellisto Pro stops at 1 TB.
- Maturity. Sprout has been running since at least 2013, with a support team behind it. Tellisto is one person answering his own email.
Here is what Tellisto doesn’t do at all yet: no print store, no website builder, no video hosting, no slideshows. Camera raw upload is on the roadmap for Pro and not shipped, so uploads take JPEG, PNG and WebP today.
Decided?
How to plan the move from Sprout Studio.
This page helps you choose. The switching plan covers the move itself: what to export first, how to set up your live work in Tellisto, and why cancelling comes last. If an export from Sprout Studio doesn’t line up, email me and we’ll sort it together.
A practical plan for switching How every move works
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Frequently asked questions
Questions about switching from Sprout Studio
Sprout Studio does more. Why would I switch?
If you use its print sales, album proofing or email marketing, you might not. Sprout is deep, and this page says where. Photographers look at Tellisto when they want something built for Australia or New Zealand: prices in their own currency, GST invoices built for the ATO and IRD, fee-free PayID, and a free plan with no time limit.
Can I try Tellisto without cancelling Sprout?
Yes. The free plan has no time limit, so put your next shoot through Tellisto while Sprout stays as it is. Finish your current jobs where they started.
How do I get my data out of Sprout Studio?
Tellisto doesn't have a Sprout-specific guide yet. If you can export your client list as a spreadsheet, import it at Clients, then Import, which reads any spreadsheet. Nobody gets emailed. Galleries re-upload from your own archive. If an export doesn't line up, email me and we'll sort it together.
Does Tellisto sell prints like Sprout does?
Not yet. Tellisto's print store isn't live. If print and album sales are a big part of your income today, Sprout does that now and Tellisto doesn't.
Bring one shoot and see.
Start free in about ten minutes, run a whole job through it, and decide with the real thing in your hands. You don't need a card, there's no trial clock, and there's zero commission.