smugmug v zenfolio-stick a fork in it!!

well, a few years ago i went with smugmug because the customization options were plentiful and in my opinion (hell it's my blog) the sites just looked better. as my subscription grew near an end and my frustration grew i looked elsewhere.

i went back to zenfolio because i "heard" good things. first and foremost their customer service was fast, friendly and helpful. i was given samples of websites that required no code to be written by me and they looked great, they were highly customizable, easy to set up and highly intuitive.

i had subsequent questions that seemed like they were answer before i hit send. the help available on the website itself is straight forward and easy to understand. and i'm pleased with the layout of the "editing tool". the ability to set price lists and sell products either fulfilled by them or me is easy as could be.

i'm in the process of moving my nearly 80 gigs of content from sm to zf then i'm moving forward with zenfolio!!

while smugmug may have won an early battle, the war goes to zenfolio.

smugmug v zenfolio- the battle continues

well, not really! at this point i just need to move my pictures from sm to zf and see how it looks/works with a lot of photos and galleries. Amazingly enough zf's demo site has full functionality including photo transfer.

i have to say, in this case smugmug brought a flimsy plastic spork to a gun fight. zf is wiping the floor with them, neat clean easy to use interface, plenty of options, cheaper to join, better profit margins, OUT FRIGGEN STANDING customer service. are there limitations? i'm sure there are some, but none that matter to me thus far and none that are overshadowed by sheer awesomeness!!

Unless something goes horribly wrong in the remainder of the trial, i can't imagine that i will renew smugmug.

smugmug vs zenfolio

i was loyal to smugmug for the last few years but a few rounds of poor customer service got me looking around. i know zenfolio had better pricing but ugh the customization and creative options were weak.

well that's all changed! i'm doing a 2 week trail with zenfolio right now. check out the test site.
http://fotosbyneil.zenfolio.com/