Alternative to HoneyBook
HoneyBook raised its monthly prices by up to 89% in February 2025. Karavex is built around the booking for photographers and creative studios — services, availability, deposits, contracts and client galleries — with every plan's price and limits on the pricing page.
Why studios leave HoneyBook
In February 2025 HoneyBook's Starter plan went from $19 to $36 a month billed monthly, an 89% increase; annual billing is $29 a month. Essentials and Premium rose at the same time. Studios on monthly billing pay noticeably more for the same plan.
HoneyBook serves a wide range of service businesses, with photographer and videographer memberships on top. Photo studios adapt general project templates to shoots, sessions and delivery rather than starting from a booking built around them.
HoneyBook galleries need a photographer or videographer membership. On Starter they carry "Powered by HoneyBook" branding and 200 GB of storage; the branding comes off and storage becomes unlimited on Essentials and Premium.
Side by side
| Feature | HoneyBook | Karavex |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $36/month billed monthly ($29 billed annually) | Free plan; paid plans on the pricing page |
| Online booking pages | Yes | Yes |
| Client galleries | Yes — favorites, download sizes and limits (photographer membership) | Yes — named selection lists with notes, guest access, download controls |
| Contracts | Yes | Yes |
| Invoicing | Yes | Yes |
| Team members | Up to 2 on Essentials, unlimited on Premium | 1 to 15 staff users by plan |
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Why Karavex
Karavex starts from the session: service types, availability and buffers, deposit rules, contracts, gallery delivery and client selections, all connected by the booking record.
From the Starter plan, Karavex gives you booking links for social bios and messages that take a client straight to the right service, time, intake and deposit, so an Instagram conversation ends in a confirmed booking.
The client gallery, signed contract, payment history and messages sit under one booking in Karavex rather than across separate tools.
Every plan, limit and add-on is listed on the Karavex pricing page, with no per-booking fees beyond standard payment processing.
FAQ
It suits photographers and studios who want the booking at the centre: services, availability, deposits, contracts and client galleries on one booking record, with published plan limits.
In February 2025 HoneyBook's monthly-billed Starter plan rose from $19 to $36, about 89%, with Essentials and Premium rising too. Annual billing is lower; check HoneyBook's pricing page for current figures.
Yes. Karavex imports clients from a CSV file, so you can export your contacts from HoneyBook and bring them in. New bookings then run through Karavex.
An onboarding checklist in the dashboard walks you through services, availability, payments and your booking page. How long it takes depends mostly on how many services you offer.
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