Fabric vs CloudSpot: which should you use to share work with clients?

Last updated August 2026

CloudSpot is a client gallery platform for photographers. Upload photos. Create a branded gallery with custom covers and layouts. Clients view, favourite, download, and order prints. Contracts, invoicing, and a mobile app round out the photography business toolkit.

Fabric is an AI-powered creative workspace that includes polished client sharing. Publish any file or folder with password protection and per-recipient analytics. But also: the full creative workflow behind the deliverable. AI, search, canvas, annotations, recording, kanban.

CloudSpot delivers photos beautifully. Fabric delivers any creative work beautifully and handles the project around it.

Side-by-side comparison

Where Fabric works

Any creative deliverable, not just photos. Publish design mockups, brand guidelines, pitch decks, video edits, PDFs, or entire project folders. The presentation is polished. The experience is better than a Google Drive or Dropbox link. And per-recipient analytics show exactly who opened it, when, and how long they spent. CloudSpot presents photos. Fabric presents anything.

The project behind the deliverable. CloudSpot handles the last step: deliver the photos to the client. Fabric handles the entire project. Collect references with the web clipper. Build moodboards on the canvas. Write the brief in the editor. Annotate feedback directly on the work. Record the feedback call. Track stages on kanban. Then publish. One workspace from ideation to delivery.

AI that knows your projects. The AI assistant (Gemini, Claude, Grok, OpenAI) has memory across sessions. Semantic search finds anything by meaning: inside PDFs to the paragraph, inside recordings to the timestamp, across images by visual similarity and colour. Background agents produce project summaries on a schedule. Smart organisation with AI tags and dynamic collections. CloudSpot has limited AI.

$5/month flat. No per-user pricing. No storage tiers. A creative agency on Fabric pays $5/month total. On CloudSpot Pro, $30/month for one photographer's account. On CloudSpot Unlimited, $45/month.

Where CloudSpot works

Photography client galleries. Branded galleries with custom covers, layouts, and colours. The client experience is purpose-built for that moment: opening the gallery for the first time and seeing their photos presented beautifully. Favouriting, proofing, and selective downloads. If you're a photographer delivering wedding or portrait galleries, CloudSpot understands that moment.

Print store. Clients order prints, albums, and cards directly from the gallery. CloudSpot handles fulfillment through lab partnerships. 2.5% commission — lower than most competitors. Fabric has no print store.

Client mobile app. Clients download the app and view their gallery natively on their phone. Sharing is a tap away. The experience feels personal, not like opening a web link.

Contracts and invoicing (US only). Photography business tools inside the gallery platform. Book the client, sign the contract, collect payment, deliver the photos. One platform for the business side.

How to choose

Use CloudSpot if you're a professional photographer in the US. You need client galleries with proofing. You sell prints. You want contracts and invoicing in the same platform. Your delivery is photos.

Use Fabric if you're a creative professional who delivers more than photos. Designers, agencies, freelancers, video editors. You want polished client delivery with analytics alongside a full creative workspace: AI, search, canvas, annotations, recording, kanban, and 30+ integrations.

Use both if you're a photographer who wants CloudSpot for the gallery and print experience, and Fabric for the creative workflow around the shoots.

FAQs

Can Fabric replace CloudSpot for photographers? For polished client sharing with analytics, yes. For photography-specific galleries with proofing, favouriting, print fulfillment, and a dedicated client mobile app, no. CloudSpot is purpose-built for photography.

Which has better sharing analytics? Fabric. Named tracking links per recipient. Compare engagement across stakeholders. CloudSpot tracks gallery activity but without per-recipient named analytics.

Which is cheaper? Fabric at $5/month flat. CloudSpot Lite at $15/month. CloudSpot Pro at $30/month.

Does CloudSpot work outside the US? Galleries work globally. Invoicing and online payments are US only.

See also: Fabric vs Pixieset, best creative collaboration tool, Fabric vs WeTransfer, Fabric vs DocSend.