Snap-e vs Wedibox
Both collect your guests’ photos without an app. Choose Wedibox if you want one code for photos, guestbook, RSVP, seating chart and wedding website, and to keep your gallery online for a long time. Choose Snap-e if the live photo wall is the centrepiece, you want to moderate before photos go public, or you want a Belgian company working in English, Dutch or French, also for events that are not weddings.
Wedibox and Snap-e side by side
| Wedibox | Snap-e | |
|---|---|---|
| App needed for guests | No, scan with the camera and upload in the browser | No, QR code or link in the browser |
| Guest sign-in | No account needed | By default name, e-mail and a confirmation code; depends on your settings |
| Live slideshow | Yes | Yes, with Fancy, on up to 3 screens at once, with slides between the photos |
| Moderation before the screen | Yes, approve uploads before they appear on screen, or show everything automatically | Inappropriate photos filtered automatically; hold photos until you approve them for the wall |
| Download everything | ZIP of every photo and video, at the size they were uploaded | Full-quality ZIP without watermark with Fancy; with Cosy, watermark and lower quality |
| How long online | Uploads for months; gallery online afterwards, extendable by a year | 7-day (Cosy) or 30-day (Fancy) online archive |
| Guestbook, audio, RSVP, seating | Yes, plus a wedding website | Not offered |
| Languages | Guest page in 18 languages | English, Dutch and French |
Wedibox details as Wedibox publishes them. The date we checked is shown at the top.
What both do well
With both, guests scan a QR code and join in the browser, without installing an app. Both collect photos and videos in one private album, show them live on a screen and let you download everything in one go afterwards.
Both also let you decide what goes on screen: with Wedibox you approve uploads or let everything stream automatically; with Snap-e you hold photos for the wall and inappropriate photos are filtered automatically.
Where Wedibox is the better choice
If you want your whole wedding in one tool. Wedibox combines photos with a digital guestbook, an audio guestbook, RSVP, a seating chart with “Find My Seat” and a wedding website. Snap-e has no guestbook, no RSVP and no seating chart.
If you want to keep the gallery online for a long time. With Wedibox, guests can still upload months after the wedding, and your gallery then stays online, with the option to extend it by a year. With Snap-e the online archive lasts 7 or 30 days, so you need to download in time.
If your guests speak many different languages. Wedibox’s guest page is available in 18 languages; Snap-e works in English, Dutch and French.
Where Snap-e is stronger
A live photo wall on up to three screens at once, driven from the server, with slides or messages between the photos. Handy for a large hall or several rooms.
Moderation before anything goes public: inappropriate photos are filtered automatically, and you can hold photos until you approve them for the wall. You can also block a guest.
For every kind of event, not just weddings: birthdays, parties and company events. Businesses get their own branding and sponsor slides.
A Belgian company: Snap-e is a product of Flow-e BV in Herzele, with the app and support in English, Dutch and French. Wedibox is Wedibox LLC; its country is not stated on the website.
Frequently asked questions
Is Snap-e or Wedibox better?
It depends on what you are looking for. Wedibox is stronger if you want photos, guestbook, RSVP, seating chart and wedding website in one tool and to keep your gallery online for a long time. Snap-e is stronger for a live photo wall on several screens, moderation before photos go public and events that are not weddings, in English, Dutch and French.
Do guests need an app with Snap-e or Wedibox?
No, with neither. Guests scan a QR code and join in the browser. With Snap-e they enter their name and e-mail by default and confirm with a code; the exact steps depend on your event’s settings.
How long do photos stay online with Snap-e and Wedibox?
With Snap-e the online archive lasts 7 days with Cosy and 30 days with Fancy, so download your album in time. With Wedibox, guests can upload for months and the gallery then stays online, with the option to extend it by a year.
Does Snap-e have a guestbook or RSVP like Wedibox?
No. Snap-e has no written guestbook, no audio guestbook, no RSVP and no seating chart. With Fancy, guests can react to photos. If you are looking for those extras, Wedibox is the better choice.