Booksui vs Táve
A Booksui alternative to Táve
Táve rewards the photographer who configures everything. Booksui makes the opposite promise: a wedding pipeline, contracts, inbox and galleries that work on day one, with the depth in the places a studio actually uses every week — the inquiry, the contract, the deposit, the delivery.
Táve is known for a powerful, highly configurable studio-management system for photographers, with deep reporting and automation for those who invest in setting it up. The table below sets Booksui’s own features next to that, in plain terms.
| Topic | Booksui | Táve |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Pick your trade; pipeline, checklists, templates and price sheet are installed. Edit, do not build. | Extensive configuration — job types, custom fields, automations, reports — that many users spend weeks on. |
| Client galleries | Built in — proofing, favorites, downloads, print and album offers, and search by what is in the photo. Delivery is part of the same job record as the contract and the invoice. | Not built in; delivery through a separate product. |
| The inquiry | A shared inbox where a website inquiry, its email replies, texts and private team notes sit on one thread next to the event details, and replies to what you send come back to the same conversation. | Lead capture into the job with configurable questionnaires and email templates. |
| Reporting | Revenue, bookings, pipeline and gallery sales on the Reports page, drawn from real records, no configuration. | A strength: deep, configurable reports. |
| Payments | Through your own Stripe account. Deposits, balances and print sales land in your Stripe, on Stripe’s terms, and Booksui never holds the money. | Through connected payment processors. |
| AI | Optional drafts you read before anything sends: a first reply to an inquiry written from your calendar and price list, contract review notes, and gallery search. Nothing emails a client on its own. | Varies; check their current offering. |
| Price | Starter is free with no card (3 galleries, 1 booking page, 10 active inquiries). Pro $29/mo, Studio $59/mo, Agency $99/mo. 30-day refund on your first paid month. | Set by Táve and changed by Táve; their current pricing page is the only honest source, so this page does not quote it. |
Who switches, and why
- Photographers who set Táve up years ago, use a fifth of it, and would rather stop maintaining the rest.
- Studios that want galleries and delivery inside the job instead of alongside it.
- Anyone who wants an inquiry answered from the inbox with the event details beside the reply, not from a job screen.
What you keep
- Your clients and jobs — the import wizard reads Táve exports directly.
- Your custom fields: they arrive as custom fields, and you promote the ones that matter.
- Your reporting questions: bookings, revenue, conversion and gallery sales are answered without building a report.
What changes
- Far less to configure — which also means fewer knobs if you relied on unusual ones.
- Automation is phase-based plus opt-in sequences rather than a full automation engine.
- Delivery, proofing and print sales join the job.
How the move happens
- 1Export jobs and contacts from Táve.
- 2Import → Táve in Booksui; upload, review the mapping (custom fields included), confirm.
- 3Recreate the handful of automations you actually use as phase emails.
- 4Connect Stripe; set your reply address and signature.
Importing
The import wizard reads Táve’s job and contact exports directly. Táve’s many custom fields come across as custom fields; you decide which become real fields in Booksui.
When Táve is the better choice
If you run a multi-shooter studio on custom reporting and automation you have refined over years, Táve’s depth is a real asset and Booksui will feel simpler than you need. The move makes sense when the maintenance outweighs the use.
Questions
- Can Booksui import Táve jobs?
- Yes. Import → Táve reads job and contact exports; custom fields come across and you choose which become native fields.
- Is Booksui as configurable as Táve?
- No, on purpose. Pipelines, templates, price sheets and phase emails are editable; there is no general automation engine or report builder. What most studios need is answered without one.
- What reports does Booksui have?
- Bookings, revenue, pipeline conversion, outstanding invoices and gallery sales, drawn from the real records — no setup.
- Are galleries included?
- Yes: proofing, favorites, downloads, print and album offers, paid into your own Stripe.
Táve’s pricing and feature set are set by Táve, change over time, and are worth checking on their own site — this page reflects Booksui’s own features accurately and describes Táve in general, well-known terms rather than a line-by-line audit of their current product.