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 | $192 a year per published site, billed yearly; 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 site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business at $348 a year. An agency buys each client site's plan at its workspace discount; Pro and Scale add seats and white label. | 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 your site makes; payments go to your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account and that provider'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 | One site plan per published site, from $192 a year; agencies buy them at their workspace discount (Starter: free, 2 seats; Pro $588 a year for 10 seats, white label and 20% off every site plan; Scale $1,788 a year for unlimited seats, white label and 30% off every site plan) | 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 from 9 permission keys. One account can belong to several agencies with a role in each, and an agency can invite people who already use Cliux | 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: Blog, Online Store, Bookings, Events, Restaurant, Community, Donations, Members Area, Paid Subscriptions, Forms, Smart Chat; taking payments starts on Business, recurring payments on Business Plus
Starter: free, 2 seats; Pro $588 a year for 10 seats, white label and 20% off every site plan; Scale $1,788 a year for unlimited seats, white label and 30% off every site plan
Agency console: owners and admins reach every client site; a site role reaches only the sites it is granted; custom roles from 9 permission keys. One account can belong to several agencies with a role in each, and an agency can invite people who already use Cliux
Proposals, contracts and invoices in the agency console, paid into your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account
0% platform commission on any sale your site makes; payments go to your own Stripe, PayPal, Square, Mollie or Adyen account and that provider'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 site is free to build and preview; publishing it is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business at $348 a year. An agency buys each client site's plan at its workspace discount; Pro and Scale add seats and white label. 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 on your own domain is $192 a year on the Website plan, and selling starts on Business.
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.