Comparison
Art.industries vs ArtCloud
ArtCloud bundles inventory, websites, and Stripe per user. Art.industries bundles the same per workspace, so artists, galleries, and collectors are not paying more every time the team grows.
At a glance
| Capability | Art.industries | ArtCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | YesPer-workspace, no per-seat tax | YesPer user |
| Free plan (no card) | YesCore, no card required | YesStarter $0 (50 artworks, 1 user) |
| Artwork cataloguing | Yes | YesCapped: 50 / 150 / 25,000 / unlimited |
| Editions & print runs | YesEdition runs; commit on sale | YesEditions in inventory module |
| CRM with activity history | YesTimeline, custom fields | YesCRM (Contacts module) |
| Private viewing rooms | YesPer-recipient grants, analytics; redacted when confidential | N/ANot in pricing matrix; verify on free Core |
| Real-time viewing room alerts | YesLive alerts on opens and artwork views | N/ANot in pricing matrix; verify on free Core |
| Stripe-direct payments | YesYour Stripe account; credit notes | YesStripe Dashboard, Remote Pay |
| Multi-currency invoicing | YesDeposits, instalments, refunds | YesCurrency Selection in Manager |
| Consignment splits + statements | YesMulti-party splits, sub-consignment, three-way; statements; confidential; portal | YesConsignment Reports |
| Consignor portal | YesShare-link portal | PartialConsignment Reports; no live portal stated |
| Sales pipeline / offer tracking | YesBoard, holds, offer emails | N/APipeline not stated on pricing page; verify on free Core |
| Public website on own domain | YesWebsite Studio on custom domain | YesSeparate Website module |
| Web storefront | YesCart, checkout; print-on-demand on Advanced | PartialStripe checkout on website module |
| Built-in events & ticketing | YesFree RSVP, waitlist, paid tickets via Stripe on your site | N/ANot in pricing matrix; verify on free Core |
| Multilingual app & publishing | Yes7-language app; multilingual sites, rooms, and PDF exports | N/ANot advertised on pricing page |
| Email campaigns + segments | YesBroadcasts, contact filter segments | YesEmail Marketing Plans |
| AI workspace agent | YesPlaybooks, tool-calling actions | N/ANot advertised on pricing page |
| Collector client portal | YesInvoices, Stripe pay, rooms, owned works | N/ANot stated on pricing page |
| Native iPhone + iPad app | NoComing soon | N/ANot advertised on pricing page |
Source: artcloud.com/pricing (verified 2026-06-18).
Where ArtCloud fits
ArtCloud is a credible integrated platform for galleries that want website, CRM, and Stripe payments under one roof, with a free Starter tier for tiny inventories. The per-user pricing is simple to reason about for very small teams.
Where artists, galleries, and collectors pick Art.industries
Per-user pricing punishes growth: an 8-person gallery on Essential ($99/user) pays $792/month before add-ons. Art.industries Advanced is $30/month per workspace. The same math applies when a studio adds an assistant or a collector adds an advisor login. ArtCloud bundles deals and commerce per user; Art.industries bundles both per workspace with pipeline and storefront on the same catalogue. See the pricing matrix.
Deals and commerce: what each platform actually covers
Galleries sell in two modes that most software conflates. Deals are coordinated private sales—viewing rooms, holds, negotiated offers, consignor splits, deposits, and invoices. Commerce is self-serve public checkout for editions, books, and multiples at fixed prices.
Art.industries runs both modes on shared inventory records: mark a work room-only, storefront-eligible, or both; either path updates availability when a sale closes. Many competitors skew toward one mode—gallery CRMs handle deals but force a second catalogue for the website; Shopify-style tools handle commerce but miss holds, consignments, and confidential rooms.
Use the matrix below to see which side each product actually covers, not which checkout widget they advertise.
Switching from ArtCloud
Export your inventory and contacts from ArtCloud to CSV, then run the Art.industries import: AI suggests a column mapping, you adjust it, and a validation preview runs before anything is written. Works, contacts, prices, and inventory numbers carry over; your public site is rebuilt in Website Studio reading the same catalogue. Keep ArtCloud read-only during the 2-3 week cutover and reconcile against the inventory count when done.
Free plan vs free plan
ArtCloud Starter is $0 for 50 artworks and one user. Art.industries Core is free with no card and covers cataloguing, CRM, viewing rooms, and Stripe payments, so you can run a real sale cycle before paying anything. Compare both free tiers with your actual inventory size on the pricing matrix.
Collector portals: one home instead of forwarded links
Collectors usually receive one-off links—a viewing room grant, an invoice payment email, a Stripe checkout URL—each minted and forwarded by staff. Art.industries gives every collector contact a branded client portal on one share link: open invoices with PDF download, pay balances and installments through your Stripe account, revisit shared viewing rooms, review owned works and shop orders, and open diligence documents—scoped to that contact only.
Most gallery CRMs stop at emailing payment links. Some sell a separate collector product (Artlogic Collector is a distinct module). The Collector client portal row in the matrix below shows who ships a persistent, self-service collector home inside the same workspace as invoicing and rooms.
FAQ
- Will Art.industries cost less for a growing team?
- Almost always, yes. Per-user pricing scales linearly with the team; per-workspace pricing does not. Get an ArtCloud quote at your real seat count and compare against the Art.industries pricing matrix.
- Are the Stripe stories equivalent?
- Both connect to your own Stripe account. The deciding question is whether refunds, deposits, instalments, and consignment splits are wired into the invoice record, or whether you reconcile in Stripe and again in the platform.
- Can I import my ArtCloud data?
- Yes. Export inventory and contacts from ArtCloud to CSV and run the Art.industries import. Columns map with an AI-suggested mapping you can adjust, and a validation preview runs before commit.
- How do we migrate our existing data?
- CSV import for works and contacts with field mapping and a validation pass. Most teams finish the operational inventory migration in 2-3 weeks.
- Does Art.industries take a percentage of sales?
- No. You connect your own Stripe account; funds settle directly to you. Stripe takes its standard processing fee.
- Does Art.industries work in languages other than English?
- Yes. The app runs in seven languages (English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Chinese), and the same records publish multilingual public sites, viewing rooms, and PDF exports. If your collectors or your team work across languages, check this against any platform on your shortlist.
- How do we know the comparison is honest?
- Every competitor cell links to a public source on their own site, with the date we last verified the claim. Anything we cannot verify is marked N/A, never asserted.
See if Art.industries fits your practice
Start on free Core, import 30 works, send a viewing room, take a Stripe payment, or catalogue your collection and run one sale cycle. One platform for the workflow you actually run.