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The honest comparison

PixIt vs Splento.

Splento is photography as an agency service: from about £99 an hour, a photographer is assigned to you and edited photos come back in 24–48 hours. PixIt is a marketplace: you set any budget from £50, verified creators accept it if it works at their rate, and you choose one by portfolio. Agency consistency versus price control.

Side by side

The same job, two ways.

ModelSplento: agency · PixIt: marketplace
PriceSplento: from £99/hr · PixIt: your budget, from £50
PhotographerSplento: assigned · PixIt: your pick, by portfolio
DeliverySplento: 24–48 hours · PixIt: 3–5 days, up to 3–14 for weddings
Creator's sharePixIt: 80% of the job, 100% of tips

Choose Splento when

You're buying consistency.

Splento's pitch is corporate reliability: the same standard every time, fast 24–48 hour turnaround, no decisions to make. A company shooting a monthly event in three cities wants exactly that sameness, and an agency model is honestly the right tool for it.

Choose PixIt when

You're buying a photographer.

The hourly clock doesn't fit. £99 an hour prices a two-hour shoot at £198 before extras. On PixIt you price the job, not the hour — £75 for the twenty minutes of product shots you actually need, or £2,000 for a day that's worth it.
You care whose eye it is. An assigned photographer is a lottery ticket drawn from a good deck. On PixIt you see each creator's actual portfolio — up to 10 photos and 3 videos — before you choose. For portraits, weddings, anything personal, taste is the product.
It's last-minute. PixIt pings verified creators within 10 miles for jobs starting inside 3 hours, growing to 400 miles for planned work. Urgency is the app's native gear, not a surcharge.
You'd rather the money went to the photographer. PixIt's flat 20% is the entire platform cost — creators keep 80% and all tips, which keeps good ones on the platform. The maths is on the pricing page.

The booking flow end to end is in how PixIt works; for the whole field — Perfocal, Bark and the rest — see the UK booking apps comparison.

Questions

Asked often.

What's the main difference between PixIt and Splento?

Splento is an agency: from about £99 an hour, it assigns a photographer and promises 24–48 hour delivery, which suits businesses buying consistency. PixIt is a marketplace: you set the budget from £50 up, verified creators accept if it suits them, and you choose one from their portfolios.

Is PixIt cheaper than Splento?

Usually, for smaller jobs. Splento's £99-an-hour floor makes short shoots expensive; PixIt jobs start at £50 and you price the job rather than the hour. For bigger productions the gap closes — what PixIt really offers isn't a lower price but the fact that the price is yours.

Who edits and delivers the photos on PixIt?

The creator you chose — editing is part of every PixIt job. Delivery runs through the app: 3–5 days for shoots up to 3 hours, 3–7 for up to 4 hours, and 3–14 for weddings and large shoots. Splento's 24–48 hours is faster; PixIt's window buys an individual's editing attention rather than a production line's.

Can I use PixIt for business photography?

Yes — product shots, headshots, events and content days all run through the same flow, and the £50-to-£999,999 budget range covers everything from a single product photo to a full campaign. If you need the same photographer repeatedly, you can rebook the creator you liked.

Do photographers prefer PixIt or agency work?

They're different livings. Agency photographers trade autonomy for steady assignments at the agency's rate. PixIt creators keep 80% of jobs they chose to accept at prices they judged fair, plus 100% of tips — and pay nothing to be on the platform. What creators earn is broken down in our photographer earnings guide.

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