Portfolio builders
Cliux vs Pixpa
Pick Cliux if you want a freeform canvas, bookings and memberships beside the store, and an agency console with per-site client access. Pick Pixpa if you want a photographer's all-in-one from USD 9 a month: client proofing galleries, a store and a blog on every plan, with human support around the clock.
In Pixpa’s own words: “The portfolio website builder for photographers, artists and designers.”
Side by side
What each product offers
Every figure in the right-hand column links to the page it was read on and the day it was read. Cliux figures are read from the product's own catalogue.
| Feature | Cliux | Pixpa |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest paid plan | $9 a month per published site, or $90 a year; building and previewing is free | Basic: USD 5.40 a month billed yearly (a first-year rate; the page footnotes a 25% introductory discount), USD 9 a month billed monthly[1] |
| Free plan | Free to build and preview with a password-protected share link. A personal site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $9 a month. An agency's Starter plan is free and publishes 2 client sites; Agency and Scale add sites and seats. | No free plan is listed; the entry is a 15-day trial during which the site is not public[1] |
| Fees on your sales | 0% platform commission on any sale; payments go to your own Stripe account and Stripe's processing fee applies | 0% Pixpa commission on every sale on every plan; processor fees apply[1] |
| Editor model | Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout | Pages are built by dragging ready-made content blocks into place[2] |
| Sites per plan | Personal: as many sites as you publish, $9 a month each; Starter: free, 2 client sites and 2 seats; Agency $49 a month for 15 client sites and 10 seats; Scale $99 a month for unlimited client sites and unlimited seats | Several sites under one account, each with its own subscription and a discount on additional sites[3] |
| Team seats and client access | Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles with 8 permission keys | Contributors with per-area permissions: none on Basic, 2 on Creator, unlimited on Professional and Advanced[4] |
| Selling online | Online Store: physical and digital products, card or bank transfer, shipping zones, stock, discount codes; no product variants | A store on every plan: 3 products on Basic, 10 on Creator, 100 on Professional, unlimited on Advanced[1] |
| Blog | Blog with categories, tags, authors, comments and scheduling | On every plan with unlimited posts; one blog on Basic[5] |
| Forms | Forms with a submissions inbox, spam filtering, email alerts and webhooks | Custom forms on all plans; more field types above Basic[1] |
| Custom code | Page code panel in the editor: your own JavaScript, addressing elements by name, in a sandbox; no server-side code | Custom CSS on every plan, page HTML editing and an HTML/JS block[2] |
| Custom domain | Connect a domain you already own: two DNS records (@ and www) pointing at Cliux, certificate issued for you; every site also keeps a Cliux address | Connect any owned domain on all paid plans; a free domain for the first year via a partner registrar[6] |
| AI site generation | None | No AI site generation found; an AI text writer drafts copy[7] |
| Starting points | 11 design themes x 8 site types, then change anything | More than 200 templates, switchable after launch with content retained[8] |
| Code export | None | No site or code export; media and data can be downloaded[9] |
| Support | Live chat and email with humans around the clock on every plan; no paid tier[1] | |
| Pages or projects per plan | One-click publish with version history and rollback; up to 200 pages per site | Up to 10 pages or galleries on Basic; unlimited from Creator[1] |
| Views per month | Hosted by Cliux on a Cliux subdomain; no published uptime figure | Bandwidth is not numerically capped; storage for original files is the meter, from 3 GB to 100 GB[1] |
| Client proofing | Password-protected share previews with an expiry and a comment thread for whoever reviews; no per-image proofing galleries | Client galleries on every plan with proofing, favourites, comments, secure delivery, expiry and watermarks[1] |
Where they lead
Where Pixpa is stronger
Zero commission on every plan for store, gallery and image sales[1]
Client galleries with proofing, favourites, comments and print-lab fulfilment built into every plan[1]
Low entry prices with a 15-day trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee[1]
Custom CSS and page HTML editing on every plan, including the cheapest[2]
Human live chat and email support on every plan, around the clock[1]
Where we differ
Where Cliux is different
Freeform canvas: drag anything anywhere, pixel placement, with a separately tunable phone layout
11 built-in apps on every published site, no per-tier ladder: Blog, Online Store, Bookings, Events, Restaurant, Community, Donations, Members Area, Paid Subscriptions, Forms, Smart Chat
Starter: free, 2 client sites and 2 seats; Agency $49 a month for 15 client sites and 10 seats; Scale $99 a month for unlimited client sites and unlimited seats
Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles with 8 permission keys
Proposals, contracts and invoices in the agency console, paid into your own Stripe account
0% platform commission on any sale; payments go to your own Stripe account and Stripe's processing fee applies
Moving over
How a move from Pixpa works
There is no import tool. This is what a switch involves, step by step.
There is no import tool, and Pixpa publishes no site export. Download your media from Pixpa first, then open the old site beside a new Cliux site and rebuild each page on the canvas.
Publish on your free Cliux address, share the password-protected preview with whoever signs off, and keep the old site live until you are happy.
Point your own domain at Cliux: two DNS records, and the certificate is issued for you; the Cliux address keeps working beside it.
Frequently asked questions
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Cliux: drag anything anywhere and it stays put, with a derived phone layout. Pixpa builds pages by dragging ready-made content blocks into place.
Neither: Cliux takes 0% and Pixpa states 0% commission on every sale on every plan. Processor fees apply on both.
Not as a gallery. A Cliux site can share a password-protected preview with an expiry and a comment thread for the reviewer, but there are no per-image proofing galleries. Pixpa includes client galleries with proofing, favourites and comments on every plan.
A personal site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $9 a month. An agency's Starter plan is free and publishes 2 client sites; Agency and Scale add sites and seats. Pixpa has no free plan; the entry is a 15-day trial with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
On Cliux, yes: bookings with staff, availability and online payment are built in. A native booking feature was not found on Pixpa's official pages.
Get started
Build it on the canvas, then decide.
Building and previewing costs nothing. Publishing with your own domain is $9 a month on a personal site, and the agency Starter plan publishes 2 client sites for free.
Sources (9) and editor’s note, checked on 2026-09-18
- [1]pixpa.com › pricing
- [2]pixpa.com › websites
- [3]help.pixpa.com › managing-multiple-websites
- [4]help.pixpa.com › contributors
- [5]pixpa.com › start-blog
- [6]help.pixpa.com › get-one-year-free-domain-registration
- [7]help.pixpa.com › aitext
- [8]pixpa.com › templates
- [9]help.pixpa.com › can-download-pixpa-website
Editor’s note: the facts on this page were checked on 2026-09-18 against Pixpa’s own pages; prices and plans change, and the other product’s site is the authority on itself. Not read on official pages: Visible prices render client-side; the figures come from the schema.org offer data on the same page and the annual figures are first-year rates; Standard annual renewal prices are described only as a percentage off monthly; Local-currency pricing: which regions see other currencies was not captured; Built-in visitor analytics: not found; Google Analytics is connected by ID; Native bookings, memberships and a general CMS: not found on official pages. Pixpa is a trademark of its owner; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Pixpa. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.