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Contact sheet makers compared: price, watermark, PDF export, file names, and client proofing (2026)

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Ten ways to put a shoot on printable pages, from free browser tools to Adobe Bridge and Lightroom Classic. They differ most in what the free version lets you download, whether it adds a credit line, whether it opens RAW files, and whether your client can pick photos from a link. Every price and limit below comes from the vendor's own page, read on 2026-11-02.

Short answer

  • Free PDF with file names and no watermark: ImgTweak in the browser ("No watermark"), and Adobe Bridge, a free desktop download (No Watermark is its default). Make Contact Sheet is free too; its page doesn't say whether exports carry a mark.
  • Free, with a credit line: ContactSheetKit (up to 30 images a sheet, A4) and PhotoPartage ("Created with PhotoPartage").
  • Client picks from a link: ContactSheetMaker Ultimate and ContactSheetKit Ultimate, $19/month each; PhotoPartage from €4.99/month. Make Contact Sheet gives you a free HTML gallery file to send instead.
  • Pay once: Make A Sheet Lifetime, $49, adds PDF export. Hangar, a Mac and Windows app, is $45 for one computer after a 3-day trial.
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Quick picks

  • Free, no watermark

    ImgTweak

    A PDF in your browser with file names and numbers, no watermark, and no photo cap. Nothing goes to a server.

    Free

    imgtweak.com

  • Client proofing link

    PhotoPartage

    Send a link with a selection limit; your client adds notes to each photo, and you get an email on submit.

    From €4.99/month

    photopartage.com

  • Free desktop app

    Adobe Bridge

    Builds a PDF from any folder with file names, page numbers, and an optional password. No watermark by default.

    Free

    adobe.com

Contact sheet maker prices, free limits, and watermarks

App Price Free plan or trial Watermark on free output
ContactSheetMaker Pro $8/month; Ultimate $19/month or $190/year. Annual billing "includes two months free" Create and preview only; "PDF download on Pro or Ultimate". Free sheets auto-delete after 30 days No free download
ContactSheetKit Pro $9/month; Ultimate $19/month. Annual billing "includes two months free" Up to 30 images a sheet, A4 only, PDF up to 300dpi; 3 saved projects kept 30 days "Exports carry a small credit line"; none on Pro
Make Contact Sheet Free; no paid plan priced on its page No sign-up; photo count "bounded only by your device's available browser memory" Not stated
Make A Sheet Lifetime $49 one-time: up to 500 images a sheet, PDF, multi-page sheets Up to 50 images a sheet; PNG, JPEG, and WebP, no PDF "No watermarks"
ImgTweak Free, "no account needed" "No fixed photo limit" "No watermark"
PhotoPartage €4.99 per Pro export, or 10 for €39.90; subscriptions: Lite €4.99, Starter €7.99, Premium €14.99, Teams & Agencies €39.99 a month No account, unlimited multipage PDF and JPEG exports "Created with PhotoPartage" credit; removing it is a Pro option
Hangar One-time: Solo $45 (1 computer), Crew $99 (3), Fleet $239 (10), shown as launch prices against $79, $179, and $429 3-day trial of every tool, no account, no card Not stated
Adobe Bridge Free: "Download Adobe Bridge for Free"; installed through Adobe Creative Cloud The whole app None: No Watermark is the default setting
Adobe Lightroom Classic In the Lightroom plan, US$11.99/month, annual, billed monthly Free trial; length not stated on the product page Not stated
XnView MP Company use: €29.00 per license (less from 2 licenses) Free for "private, educational, public services or non-profit use" Not stated

Prices and limits read on the vendors' pages on 2026-11-02. PhotoPartage and XnView list prices in euros; no conversion applied. Adobe's US page shows US dollars. "Not stated" means the vendor's pages read for this table don't say.

PDF export, file-name labels, browser or install, and client proofing

App PDF export File-name labels Runs in Client proofing
ContactSheetMakerPro and UltimateYes: "filenames and sequence stay visible"Browser; whether photos are uploaded isn't statedUltimate: a review link, client picks and notes, an email when they respond, selected file names to copy
ContactSheetKitYes, every planYes: "Filenames under every frame"Browser; the free editor uploads nothingUltimate: a link with password and expiry, picks and notes, an email, the selects list as CSV
Make Contact SheetYes, plus JPEG and PNGYes: plain file names, index numbers, or custom labelsBrowser; "never uploaded"A single-file HTML gallery you send; the client picks and sends selections back. File-name lists for Lightroom
Make A SheetLifetime onlyLifetime reads names and titles from file names, for conference headshotsBrowser; "No images are uploaded"Not stated
ImgTweakYes, plus JPG, PNG, and WebPYes: file names and numbers, both on by defaultBrowser; "Nothing is sent to any server"Not stated
PhotoPartageYes, multipage PDF and JPEGYes: "enable filenames and numbers"Browser; "Nothing is ever sent to our servers"Subscriptions from Lite: a link, a selection limit, notes on each photo, an email when submitted
HangarYes, plus PNG and JPEG; text in the PDF can't be selectedYes: its Review layout has "file names, pixel sizes and numbered tiles"Mac and Windows app; files stay on your computerNot stated
Adobe BridgeYes: Export to PDF, with an optional open passwordYes: Include Filename and Include File ExtensionWindows and macOS appNot in the Output workspace
Adobe Lightroom ClassicNot in the Print module: a printer or a JPEG file; for a PDF, use your computer's PDF printerYes: Photo Info › FilenameDesktop app; photos in your catalogA shared synced collection with comments and likes; Adobe's page (2021) says anyone with a valid Adobe ID can open the link
XnView MPYes, plus JPEG, PNG, and TIFFYes: captions with file name, EXIF data, or your own textWindows, macOS, and Linux appNot stated

Read on each vendor's own site or help center on 2026-11-02. ContactSheetKit's pricing page sets the 30-image limit on its free plan; its FAQ says a sheet takes "As many as you want."

Which contact sheet maker fits which job

  • ContactSheetMaker: photographers who want the sheet, a review link, and the client's picks in one account. Nothing downloads on the free plan.
  • ContactSheetKit: a free PDF of up to 30 images a sheet on A4, with a small credit line; $19/month adds review links and a CSV of the picks.
  • Make Contact Sheet: free, nothing uploaded, reads the JPEG preview inside RAW files, and a gallery file the client can pick from, with no hosting.
  • Make A Sheet: conference and team headshots, where names and titles come from the file names. $49 once for PDF.
  • ImgTweak: a free PDF with file names and numbers, no watermark, and no photo cap.
  • PhotoPartage: free PDFs with its credit line; pay per export to remove it, or subscribe for online client selection.
  • Hangar: a desktop app paid once that works straight from RAW and HEIC files, for people who also want its other file tools.
  • Adobe Bridge: a free desktop app that builds a PDF from any folder, with headers, page numbers, and a password.
  • Lightroom Classic: photographers whose shoots and picks already live in its catalog.
  • XnView MP: free on Windows, macOS, and Linux for private use; a €29.00 license for company use.

The step-by-step menus for Bridge, Lightroom Classic, XnView MP, a Mac, and Windows are in how to make a printable photo contact sheet with file names.

Our product

Contact Sheet: free, in your browser, with no sign-up and no limit on photos or pages. JPEG, PNG, and WebP photos (HEIC where your browser opens it; no RAW files) on US Letter or A4, portrait or landscape, 2 to 8 across. Label each photo with its file name, its frame number, or both, and add a title and page numbers. Download a PDF or JPG pages, or print. No watermark, and the photos are never uploaded. It has no client proofing.

Open Contact Sheet

Our product · in development

Blink Proof: a private proofing link of your contact sheet. Your client stars picks and comments on frames, and you get the picked file names in one line, to paste into Lightroom Classic's Library Filter (Text › Filename › Contains). Planned price $9/month.

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All read on 2026-11-02.

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