Orbit
Orbit is a web platform for photographers and photography studios that combines client management, booking, payments, communication, email marketing, and cli…
What Orbit is
Orbit is a web platform for photographers and photography studios that combines client management, booking, payments, communication, email marketing, and client galleries. Its CRM captures website inquiries, tracks lead stages and sources, supports email replies and follow-ups, and reports on form activity. Clients can book mini sessions or full-session services and complete contracts, questionnaires, and payments in the booking flow. Galleries deliver photos and video with favorites, password protection, download permissions, watermarks, and engagement analytics. Newsletter tools support image-rich campaigns, scheduled delivery, and reporting on delivery, opens, and clicks. Orbit lists Stripe and PayPal for payments and Google Calendar and Apple Calendar for scheduling. Photographer workspaces are available in English and Spanish. Orbit says it uses TLS in transit and encrypts databases, backups, storage volumes, and OAuth refresh tokens at rest, with least-privilege access controls and administrative multi-factor authentication. It also says third-party calendar content is typically cached for 24 hours or less. Every plan includes the same business tools, while gallery and archive capacity varies.
Good
- CRM tracks lead stages and sources
- Booking flow includes contracts, questionnaires, and payments
- Galleries support photo and video delivery
- Supports Stripe, PayPal, Google Calendar, and Apple Calendar
- Business tools are included across all plans
Watch out
- No free plan
- Gallery and archive capacity varies by plan
- Listed monthly plans range from 5 GB to 100 GB for each storage type
Who it suits
Photographers and studios that want client inquiries, booking, payments, email marketing, and galleries in one platform. It is also suited to users who need photographer workspaces in English or Spanish.
Verdict
Orbit brings several photography-business tasks into one web service, with booking and galleries alongside a CRM and email marketing. Compare the included storage capacity and billing terms with your needs before choosing a plan.
Plans and prices
From Orbit's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Starter 5 GB | $17 a month | 5 GB active gallery · 5 GB archive · all features · month-to-month |
| Starter 10 GB | $19 a month | 10 GB active gallery · 10 GB archive · all features · month-to-month |
| Launch 25 GB | $21 a month | 25 GB active gallery · 25 GB archive · all features · month-to-month |
| Launch 50 GB | $25 a month | 50 GB active gallery · 50 GB archive · all features · month-to-month |
| Launch Pro 100GB | $31 a month | 100 GB active gallery · 100 GB archive · all features · month-to-month |
The facts
Each one read from Orbit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API and SDKs
- The public product and help pages describe embeds and integrations but do not provide public API reference documentation or SDK downloads.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Orbit is designed for photographers and photography studios.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Automation covers confirmations, payment reminders, session details, email workflows, SMS reminders and follow-up tasks.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Booking
- Clients can book mini sessions or full-session services and complete contracts, questionnaires, and payments through the booking flow.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Client galleries
- Galleries deliver photos and videos with branding, passwords, favorites, download controls, paid upgrades, watermarks and engagement analytics.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CRM
- The CRM captures website inquiries, tracks lead stages and sources, supports email replies and follow-ups, and reports on form activity and conversion context.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Currencies
- The service advertises support for 25 currencies, with availability depending on the connected Stripe or PayPal account.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data practices
- Orbit says it does not sell personal information or use Google Calendar data for advertising or marketing, and it does not access Gmail, Drive, or Contacts through its Google integration.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Orbit says third-party calendar content is used transiently and not persisted beyond short-term caching, typically 24 hours or less.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The help center lists 37 guides across seven topics, including setup, booking, CRM, galleries, store, integrations and troubleshooting.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Email marketing
- Orbit provides image-rich newsletters with scheduling plus delivery, open and click reporting.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founder and location
- Orbit says Keith Bachand built it in Monroe, North Carolina.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Full sessions
- Full-session booking supports recurring or date-specific availability, booking windows, buffers, calendar conflict rules and golden-hour planning.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Galleries
- Client galleries support photo and video delivery, favorites, password protection, download permissions, watermarks, and engagement analytics.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Gallery store
- The store uses price sheets to sell prints, physical products, individual downloads and full-gallery upgrades.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Google data handling
- Orbit says it requests only calendar-related Google scopes, does not read Gmail or Drive, and lets users disconnect and revoke access.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent coverage
- SaaSHub categorizes Orbit Photo as photography business software covering inquiries, bookings, contracts, payments, reminders and galleries.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent description
- A Reddit launch post describes Orbit as a web app for photographers running paid sessions.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent feedback request
- The creator’s Reddit post asks photographers which handoff causes the most friction: inquiry-to-booking, booking-to-paperwork or session-to-gallery.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent launch activity
- A Reddit post dated October 2026 presents Orbit alongside another product as a newly built small-business tool.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App-store availability
- The opened Apple result is a different app named ORBIT: Photo & Storage Cleaner by developer 娇 李, so it is not Orbit Photo’s photography-business service.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founder
- The maker identifies Keith Bachand as founder and says he built Orbit in Monroe, North Carolina.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The terms identify the service provider as Orbit Photo.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- The opened company pages do not state a founding year.checked 15 Oct 2026
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