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FotoGrids vs Envira Gallery

Envira is a well-made gallery with a genuinely fast front end. It is also sold as five tiers plus add-ons, where the $99.50 plan called Pro still isn’t the one with everything in it. FotoGrids has three prices and a free plugin that covers most of the rungs.
FotoGrids
8 vs 1
Gallery layouts in FotoGrids Free vs Envira Lite
5
Paid tiers before Envira has everything
11 of 14
Editor tabs in Envira Lite that are upsell panels
$139
What Envira Plus renews at, after the $69.50 first year
27
27

27 features Envira sells separately — or doesn't offer at all — are free in FotoGrids.

Why FotoGrids

Four reasons to pick FotoGrids over Envira Gallery

FotoGrids
Envira Gallery
Layouts without a licence
FotoGrids
Eight in Free, all of them selectable
Envira Gallery
Lite shows sixteen tiles and fifteen are marked upgrade
Starting a new gallery
FotoGrids
30+ ready templates in Free
Envira Gallery
Templates begin at Basic — $39.50 first year, $79 after
Grouping a second shoot
FotoGrids
Albums and collections in Free
Envira Gallery
Albums begin at Pro — $99.50 first year, $199 after
Letting visitors filter
FotoGrids
Filtering in Free, advanced filtering in Pro Starter
Envira Gallery
Filtering begins at Plus — $69.50 first year, $139 after
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Display & layout

Sixteen tiles, one you can click

Open the gallery editor in Envira Lite and you are shown sixteen layout tiles.

Envira — Fifteen of sixteen are locked

The other tiles carry an upgrade-to-pro class in the markup and an overlay reading “Access 10+ creative layouts”. Eleven of the fourteen editor tabs are upsell panels rather than settings.

FotoGrids — Eight layouts, all selectable

Grid, masonry, justified, slider, image viewer and single item among them, plus 30+ templates. Every tab in the editor does something.

Plans and tiers

Five tiers, and Pro is the third

Envira sells Basic, Plus, Pro, an Elite Bundle and Ultra.

Envira — Pro is not everything

Watermarking, password protection, EXIF and tag filtering unlock at Plus. Albums, video, social sharing and WooCommerce need Pro. The add-on catalogue keeps going after that.

FotoGrids — Three tiers, each contains the last

Free, Pro Starter at $39, Pro Plus at $79 and Pro Agency at $129. Pro Agency is the whole product plus agency licence terms, not a rung holding features back.

No-code design

Albums shouldn't be a premium idea

An album is a set of galleries with a cover. Photographers need one the moment they have shot two weddings.

Envira — Pro, at $99.50 then $199

Albums are a Pro feature. So are gallery defaults, social sharing, and the Elementor and Beaver Builder integrations.

FotoGrids — In the free plugin

Albums and collections, gallery and album defaults, social sharing and the page-builder integrations. The second wedding doesn't trigger an invoice.

Pricing

Read the second year, not the first

Envira’s own footnote says it: renewals are charged at full price.

Envira — $79 to $399 on renewal

Plans are advertised at $39.50, $69.50, $99.50, $149.50 and $199.50, and renew at $79, $139, $199, $299 and $399. Lite users are offered 50% off in eleven separate places inside the plugin.

FotoGrids — One set of numbers

Free, $39, $79, $129. They are the joining price and the renewal price, because they are the same price.

Feature by feature

What Envira puts behind a licence

Envira’s prices are first-year promotional rates. The renewal is shown too, because that is what you will actually pay.
Feature
FotoGrids
Envira Gallery
Albums & Collections
Free
Pro — $99.50 first year, $199 after
Templates Library
Free
Basic — $39.50 first year, $79 after
Filtering
Free
Plus — $69.50 first year, $139 after
Tags, People & Locations
Free
Plus — $69.50 first year, $139 after
Video
Free
Pro — $99.50 first year, $199 after
Gallery & Album Defaults
Free
Pro — $99.50 first year, $199 after
Page Builder Integrations
Free
Pro — $99.50 first year, $199 after
Social Sharing
Free
Pro — $99.50 first year, $199 after
EXIF Data
Free
Plus — $69.50 first year, $139 after
Open Graph Tags
Free
Not offered at any tier
Watermarking
Free
Plus — $69.50 first year, $139 after
Password Protect Gallery
Free
Plus — $69.50 first year, $139 after
Migration

Move from Envira Gallery in an afternoon

Step 1
Bring the galleries across
FotoGrids imports from Envira and other gallery plugins, so the galleries and albums you have built don’t need rebuilding.
Step 2
Keep the URLs
Galleries get their own addresses, and the permalink settings let you match the URLs you already have on Envira.
Step 3
Try it alongside
Free is a full plugin, not a trial. Build one gallery in FotoGrids beside your Envira one and compare on your own site.
Step 4
Make it yours
Set the layout, watermark and password Envira keeps at Plus, then save them as defaults for the next gallery.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. The free plugin ships eight layouts, 30+ templates, albums, watermarking, password-protected galleries and tag filtering — everything most sites need to publish, protect and organise a gallery, without a licence key.
Yes. Migration from other gallery plugins is built into the free version, so you can move your albums across and see the result on your own site before spending anything.
Eight layouts, 30+ templates, albums and collections, twelve hover effects, textual watermarking, password-protected galleries, EXIF viewing and the analytics dashboard. The full breakdown is on the Free vs Pro page.
The same as this year. Pro Starter, Pro Plus and Pro Agency are $39, $79 and $129, and those are the renewal prices as well as the joining ones. The tiers are set out on the pricing page.
We read each plugin’s actual source rather than its marketing pages, then run a second pass whose job is to disprove every claim. The method is in the methodology section, and every line in the table has a source behind it.
Albums, watermarking and password protection. Free, on unlimited sites

Install the free plugin, apply a template, and change the parts that are not yours yet. Customize every detail from your very first gallery.

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