Comparison
Art.industries vs Artfolio
Artfolio is a young AI-assisted gallery platform with a 30-day free trial and a strong inventory record. Art.industries has the broader operating surface around the same record.
At a glance
| Capability | Art.industries | Artfolio |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | YesPer-workspace, no per-seat tax | N/APricing not public on landing |
| Free plan (no card) | YesCore, no card required | Yes30-day free trial, no credit card |
| Artwork cataloguing | Yes | Yes28-field record, smart collections |
| Editions & print runs | YesEdition runs; commit on sale | YesEditions in smart collections |
| CRM with activity history | YesTimeline, custom fields | YesContacts and CRM module |
| Private viewing rooms | YesPer-recipient grants, analytics; redacted when confidential | YesViewing Rooms module |
| Real-time viewing room alerts | YesLive alerts on opens and artwork views | N/ANot stated on landing; verify on free Core |
| Stripe-direct payments | YesYour Stripe account; credit notes | N/ANot stated on landing; verify on free Core |
| Multi-currency invoicing | YesDeposits, instalments, refunds | N/ANot stated on landing |
| Consignment splits + statements | YesMulti-party splits, sub-consignment, three-way; statements; confidential; portal | N/ANot in advertised modules; verify on free Core |
| Consignor portal | YesShare-link portal | N/ANot in advertised modules |
| Sales pipeline / offer tracking | YesBoard, holds, offer emails | YesSales pipeline module advertised |
| Public website on own domain | YesWebsite Studio on custom domain | N/ANot in advertised modules |
| Web storefront | YesCart, checkout; print-on-demand on Advanced | N/ANot in advertised modules |
| Built-in events & ticketing | YesFree RSVP, waitlist, paid tickets via Stripe on your site | N/ANot in advertised modules |
| Multilingual app & publishing | Yes7-language app; multilingual sites, rooms, and PDF exports | N/ANot stated on landing |
| Email campaigns + segments | YesBroadcasts, contact filter segments | PartialAI drafting noted; campaigns module not stated |
| AI workspace agent | YesPlaybooks, tool-calling actions | YesAI-assisted inventory and CRM |
| Collector client portal | YesInvoices, Stripe pay, rooms, owned works | N/ANot in advertised modules |
| Native iPhone + iPad app | NoComing soon | N/ANot advertised on landing |
Source: artfolio.ai (verified 2026-06-18).
Where Artfolio fits
Artfolio (artfolio.ai) is a modern, AI-assisted gallery platform with a 28-field artwork record, smart collections, in-situ preview, and a 30-day free trial that does not ask for a card. The inventory record is genuinely well-designed for a registrar.
Where teams pick Art.industries
Artfolio is shipping deals—inventory, CRM, viewing rooms, and pipeline. Commerce and broadcast marketing are the usual gap: a public website on your domain, storefront checkout, and email campaigns tied to the contact list. Art.industries ships deals and commerce together, with Stripe-direct invoicing for deposits and refunds on the same record.
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.
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
- How does the AI side compare?
- Art.industries ships a workspace AI agent with playbooks and tool-calling actions on every plan. Compare on free Core with your real records, not on demo data.
- Will Artfolio replace our website and email tools?
- Their advertised modules cover inventory, CRM, pipeline, viewing rooms, and exhibitions. Public website and email campaigns are not advertised. With Art.industries Advanced, both are included on the same workspace.
- 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.
- 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 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, mint a collector portal link, and take a Stripe payment. If the operational loop works on a slice, the rest of your workspace will too.