If you’re considering using Phixer for real estate photo editing services you should read this detailed review first!

In this review, we take a careful look at the real estate photo editing services provided by Phixer.

Our review will include an overview of their ordering process, pricing plans, image quality with examples, their revision process, customer support, as well as their other services.

Overall Rating Table

Let’s start with an overall comparison of Phixer’s and PhotoUp’s real estate photo editing services:

Overall Rating
	3.6	4.8
Provider	Phixer	PhotoUp
Current Ranking	3rd of 25	1st of 25
Best For	n/a	overall
Cost per Image	starting at $2.00 per image	$1.00-$1.50 per image
Turnaround Time	12-24 hours	12-24 hours
Quality
Overall Quality	quite good	excellent
Consistency	most notes followed	all notes followed
Pricing
Cost of Single Shot/HDR	starting at $2.00 per image	$1.00-$1.50 per image
Rush Delivery	yes	yes, 12 hours rush= 50% extra
Cost per Revision	unlimited free	free revisions
Volume Discount	no	varies
Ordering
Order Form Interface	good & easy to learn	good & easy to learn
Turnaround Time	12-24 hours	12-24 hours
Weekend Service	yes	yes
Upload Speed	fast & smooth	fast & smooth
Payment Accepted	debit/credit	debit/credit, ACH
Services
Photo Editing	yes	yes
Video Editing	yes	yes
Virtual Staging	yes	yes
Floor Plans	no	yes
Virtual Assistants	no	yes
Systems and Extras
White labeled sub-Photographer Accounts	yes	yes
Photo Delivery	no	yes
Property Websites	no	yes
Home Flyers	no	yes
Photo Backup	yes	yes
Online Scheduling	no	yes
Virtual Tours	no	yes
Support
Support FAQ	yes	yes
Email	yes	yes
Chat	yes	yes
USA Phone	yes	yes
Response Time	5 min	5 min
Website	phixer.net	photoup.net
Other Services	virtual staging photo editing video editing	photo editing virtual staging single property websites home flyers house portraits virtual tours

Phixer

3.6

• Ranked 3rd of 25
• best for: n/a
• starting at $2.00 per image per Image
• 12-24 hours turnaround time

Quality

• overall quality: quite good
• consistency: most notes followed

Pricing

• starting at $2.00 per image per Image
• rush delivery: yes
• unlimited free
• volume discount: no

Ordering

• 12-24 hours turnaround time
• Weekend Service
• upload speed: fast & smooth
• payment accepted: debit/credit

Services

• Photo Editing
• Video Editing
• Virtual Staging
• Floor Plans
• Virtual Assistants

System and Extras

• White Labeled Sub-photographer Accounts
• Photo Delivery
• Property Websites
• Home Flyers
• Photo Backup
• Online Scheduling
• Virtual Tours

Support

• FAQ
• Email
• Chat
• Chat
• USA Phone
• response time: 5 min
• phixer.net

PhotoUp

4.8

• Ranked 1st of 25
• best for: overall
• $1.00-$1.50 per image
• 12-24 hours turnaround time

Quality

• overall quality: excellent
• consistency: all notes followed

Pricing

• $1.00-$1.50 per image
• rush delivery: yes, 12 hours rush= 50% extra
• free revisions
• volume discount: varies

Ordering

• 12-24 hours turnaround time
• Weekend Service
• upload speed: fast & smooth
• payment accepted: debit/credit, ACH

Services

• Photo Editing
• Video Editing
• Virtual Staging
• Floor Plans
• Virtual Assistants

System and Extras

• White Labeled Sub-photographer Accounts
• Photo Delivery
• Property Websites
• Home Flyers
• Photo Backup
• Online Scheduling
• Virtual Tours

Support

• FAQ
• Email
• Chat
• Chat
• USA Phone
• response time: 5 min
• photoup.net

OK, now that our side-by-side comparison is done, let’s take a closer look at various aspects of Phixer’s real estate photo editing services. 

Phixer Overview

Phixer is a global photo editing technology company whose services are aimed primarily, but not exclusively, at real estate photographers and sales agents. 

Founded in Seattle, Washington, in 2009, it quickly expanded with editing teams in India, the Philippines, and Singapore by 2010.

Today, they employ over 900 digital photo editors, serving real estate sales professionals in over 40 countries. 

Some of their services include:

• Photo editing and image retouching
• Virtual staging
• Sky replacement, twilight effects, and landscaping augmentation
• Object removal and decluttering
• And video editing

Phixer is a large company. According to its website, Phixer processes over 50,000 real estate images and videos a day from international clients.

Now that we know who they are, let’s go deeper into our review of Phixer’s real estate photo editing services.

Pricing

First, let’s examine Phixer’s pricing for their real estate photo editing services. 

Unfortunately, Phixer doesn’t have its pricing readily available on the website. I had to Google Phixer’s pricing separately and eventually found some information buried toward the end of a blog post.

Here’s what I discovered in terms of an overview of their pricing:

• Basic photo editing services — color enhancement, cropping, and exposure correction — $2 to $5 per image
• High-End Photo Editing – HDR blending, sky replacement, and object removal — $10 to $25 per image

Granted, they do provide a bit more pricing details once you’ve started your order, but again, they don’t provide specific prices. For example:

• It was hard to find any mention of bulk discounts 
• Unfortunately, there are no pricing or service FAQs 
• They do offer a free $30 trial, so that’s good

In my opinion, whenever a company makes it hard to know its pricing before placing an offer, it makes one wonder whether they are trying to hide something. 

Ordering From Phixer

Moving on, let’s take a look at the real estate photo editing ordering experience with Phixer.

To start, it helps that Phixer’s website is well organized, with a minimal look, making it easy to use.

1. Placing an Order

Placing a photo editing order with Phixer was quick and straightforward.

You create an account as you go through the order placement process. All the steps were clear and easy to understand. They also allow you to choose additional editing services by using checkboxes. 

One small, positive feature stood out to me — if you need sky replacements,  they give you a variety to select from, including:

• Clear blue
• Wispy clouds
• Dramatic skies
• And twilight effects

Next, let’s look at how uploading photos with Phixer works.

2. Uploading Images

One of the last steps in the ordering process is uploading your images. And again, a couple of positive features to note:

• The uploading function is built into the ordering process — you don’t have to use a different function or third-party site
• My photos – 24 in total, and fairly large — were uploaded in 16 minutes
• Thankfully, there were no uploading failures

After experiencing difficulty uploading images with several other photo editing service companies, Phixer’s uploading process was a pleasant surprise. 

Overall, placing a photo editing order with Phixer was a positive experience. All right, so what about Phixer’s production turnaround time?

3. Turnaround Time

Phixer allows you to select your turnaround time. They offer the following options:

• 12 hour
• 18 hour 
• 24 hour

Do note that there are additional “rush fees” for the 12 and 18-hour options. Interestingly, the Phixer app allows quicker edits and a quicker turnaround time of up to 8 hours.

Well, now having explained the ordering process, let’s turn our attention to the overall results. 

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Photo Editing Examples

When I placed my order with Phixer, I uploaded 24 HDR photos to be blended into 8 images. 

And these were my additional editing instructions for those 8 images:

• Sky replacement on all the exterior shots
• Remove the cars from all exterior images
• Grass greening on one exterior photo 
• Window masking on all interior photos
• Remove a small towel from the bathroom photo

As you will see, the quality of the work was very good.

The photos are clear and sharp. The car removal was done well, and the exposure and HDR blending look good.

The sky replacement on the front exterior shot was nicely executed, but the sky replacement on the aerial image was a bit oversaturated and lacked clouds, gradient, and overall detail. 

The bathroom image was alright, but a bit too dark for my liking. They did follow my directions to remove the hand towel, which was nice.

The bedroom image was also quite nice, although they did remove some clarity in the window pull, which was a bit disappointing. 

Overall, the image of the nursery was well done, although again I’d like it if the image was a bit brighter.

The living room image was the best/brightest image of all of the interior shots, although the view through the window was washed out yet again… Not ideal. 

Revisions

Phixer delivered my photos within the promised 24-hour turnaround period. 

When I reviewed the photos, I only saw the need for one slight revision — the removal of a storage tank to the left of the patio. 

I requested my revision, and they finished it within an hour, and it looked good.

Image Quality

To summarize, the quality of Phixer’s real estate photo editing was very good, and they followed all of my directions. 

They produced clear, crisp, high-quality edited photos, which is expected from a big photo editing company like Phixer.

Now, let’s turn our attention to Phixer’s customer support.

Phixer’s Support

As noted earlier, my experience with Phixer’s customer support was excellent. For starters, they offer the following contact options:

• US telephone support
• Email support
• And live Chat

Also, I should note that Phixer offers 24/7 customer service on their live chat feature. 

There was an additional pleasant customer support surprise as well. Before I had even finished uploading my photos, a customer account representative called me to welcome me to Phixer and to see if I had any questions. 

If you’ve read some of my previous reviews of other photo editing companies, you’ll quickly see that the ordering and customer support experiences with most other companies left much to be desired.

Refreshingly, Phixer’s ordering process and customer support are quite good. 

Additional Services

As we’re getting ready to conclude this review, allow me to mention one more consideration — one-stop shopping.

It’s really convenient to work with a marketing service provider who can address all my business needs. For example, for my real estate sales, I regularly rely on:

• AI Virtual staging
• Single property websites
• Virtual tours
• And property flyers, too

While Phixer offers real estate photo and video editing, as well as virtual staging, it does not offer some of these other services. 

It’s rare that all I’ll need is just photo editing and not some of the other services as well. 

So, if I needed a single property website or several other marketing support items, I’d have to work with two or more companies, which wastes time and takes extra effort. 

Having noted the issue of limited service options, let’s now conclude our review of Phixer’s real estate photo editing services.

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Pros and Cons of Phixer

But first, as a quick overview, here are some pros and cons of working with Phixer:

Verdict: Is Phixer’s Real Estate Photo Editing Services Worth It?

My overall experience with Phixer was very positive. They offer and deliver high-quality photo editing, customer support, and an order placement process.

Also, they have a quick turnaround time, even for revisions. Were there any negatives to note? Just a few:

• It was difficult to find pricing information before placing an order
• Limited services — other than photo editing and virtual staging, they don’t offer any other real estate marketing services

One more observation, while the editing work was good, Phixer’s pricing is slightly high — at least more expensive than PhotoUp:

• Higher-end photo editing with Phixer – $10 to $25 per image
• Higher-end photo editing with PhotoUp – $1.50 to $15 per image

Now, it’s time to render a verdict — is Phixer worth working with for real estate photo editing? Based on all of the above, the answer is yes. 

However, if you want even better quality photo editing, excellent customer support, and a wider range of real estate marketing services at more affordable prices, PhotoUp is a better choice. 

PhotoUp’s expert photo editor team can handle any editing job — big or small. And PhotoUp offers bulk discount pricing and is happy to work on ongoing and custom editing projects.

To recap, here’s an infographic of Phixer vs PhotoUp and which company is the overall winner:

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• BoxBrownie Real Estate Photo Editing Review

by Jeremy Daniel

More and more real estate photographers are discovering the value and benefits of partnering with companies like PhotoUp, Phixer, and BoxBrownie for their real estate photo editing needs. Beautiful, quality real estate photos are vital in today’s real estate industry, and these three companies are at the top when it comes to quality, turnaround, and customer service.

But it’s easier said than done to become one of the best real estate photo editing companies on the market. Companies in the space are being pushed by the industry to offer faster turnaround, better quality, more consistent editing, and additional services in order to meet the demand of photographers and their real estate clients.

Despite the fact that there are a countless number of real estate photo editing companies out there, there are only three that really stand out from the pack, in my opinion: PhotoUp, BoxBrownie, and Phixer. The others are playing catch-up and still have a ways to go.

So, I decided to take a comparison tour of their services, prices, and websites, to look for similarities and differences, and try to help you decide which real estate photo editing company gives you the best value for your money.

PhotoUp – Real Estate Photo Editing and Marketing

PhotoUp is a real estate photo editing and real estate marketing company headquartered out of Grand Rapids, Michigan with their editing, design, and development teams based out of Cebu City in the Philippines.

Services

• Real Estate Photo Editing (starting at 0.75 credits/image): PhotoUp offers high quality real estate photo editing that matches your style and editing techniques. PhotoUp also allows you to select who edits your images. You can select from:

• * Distributed Editing (0.75 credits/image) – Any available team member
  
• * Standard Editing (1 credit/image) – Their system will match your images with your best rated available editors.
• * Top Editor (1.5 credits/image) – PhotoUp automatically matches you with your top rated editors to ensure the best possible quality.
• * Editing Virtual Assistant (starting at $7.71/hour) – Choose to work directly with one of your best editors on a daily/monthly basis.
• * Virtual Staging (25 credits/image): PhotoUp offers a virtual staging uploader and white labeled catalog full of over 1000+ pieces and sets of virtual furniture categorized by room type and style.
• * Virtual Assistants (starting at $7.71/hour): Experienced, english speaking and affordable virtual assistants based in the Philippines to help with administrative tasks, photo editing, or real estate transactions.
• * Floor Plans (starting at 20 credits): Choose 2D or 3D floor plans, or a combo of the two. Prices start at $20 and go up from there, depending on how the number of floors. All that is required from you is a simple sketch or floor plan mock up, and floor plans will be ready in under 24 hours
• * Property Websites (starting at 9 credits): Customizable single property websites that are easy to build and manage with simple, elegant templates. All property websites are fully mobile responsive, which means they will look great on any device.
• * Photography & Realtor Websites (starting at $5/month): Great portfolio websites for real estate professionals to showcase their work. PhotoUp’s website brand, Folio, offers template-based or fully customizable websites that are quick, easy to manage, and affordable.
• * Video Editing & Design Services (coming soon!): Some insider info that I picked up from PhotoUp is that they will soon be adding real estate video editing and real estate design services sometime in 2021, so stay tuned!
  

Pricing

• * Credits – PhotoUp uses a credit system where credits can be used for just about everything that PhotoUp has to offer.
• * Plans – You’ll select a plan based on the size and needs of your business and all plans come with credits starting at $1.00. Subscriptions start at $49 per month and include credits, free storage, a number of free rush deliveries and rollover credits.
• * Overage – If you use your allotment of credit, there is a small overage fee for going over your plan.
  

Turnaround Times

• * 24 Hours (included) – All PhotoUp plans come with 24 hour turnaround on every photo editing batch.
• * Rush Options – PhotoUp offers 12, 15, and 18 hour rush options for most editing orders.
• * Free Next Day Delivery (Pro Plus and above) – Upload orders by 6:00 PM or 9:00 PM on weekdays to have your orders delivered by 9:00 AM next morning or 12:00 PM next day. You automatically receive free next day delivery when you subscribe to a Pro Plus plan or above.
• * Late Delivery Refund – PhotoUp will refund 1 credit for every 5 minutes a batch is delivered past the quoted deadline.
• * If images are delivered late enough, they will provide up to a 50% discount on the entire batch.
  

Customer Support

• * PhotoUp offers live chat, email and phone support with all of their plans. They are available 24 hours/day Monday through Saturday and all of their customer support and sales people speak great english! Their core sales/support team is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• * Don’t believe me? Give them a call at (888) 330-7559 and ask for Alec or Devon.
• * For a quick answer to your basic questions, check out their support portal, FAQ page, or simply chat with a member of their sales/support team.
  

BoxBrownie – Real Estate Photo Editing & Virtual Staging

Services

• * Image Enhancement ($1.60/image)
• * Virtual Staging ($24/image)
• * Day to dusk ($4/image ) – Replace the daytime sky with a customized dusk look
• * Object removal ($4 for 2 items; US $8 for 3 or more items) – Billed separately from virtual staging
• * Copywriting (From $28 and up) – BoxBrownie will assign a copywriter to write the text for your marketing material
• * 360 Virtual Tours ($16-24) – Showcase your property from every angle with a quick and easy no subscription tour creation service
• * 2D and 3D Floor Plan Redraws ($24-36)
• * Renders ($280 and up) – Bring plans to life for a wide range of plans and designs
  

Pricing

BoxBrownie charges per action per item. Prices start at $1.60 for basic image enhancement and go from there.
They have a large menu of items that they offer, and the price list is quite extensive.

Turnaround

• * Quick and efficient. One day for images and two days for virtual staging.
• * Unfortunately, no rush options are available.
• * All purchases are final and BoxBrownie does not offer refunds.
  

Customer Support

• * Customer support was available, although not entirely helpful.
• * The size of the company and the number of options that they offer means that their support lacks that personal touch.

There is no doubt that BoxBrownie is a quality offering when it comes to real estate photography marketing. The service is fast and professional, albeit a little more expensive than the PhotoUp subscription services. But unless you’re a large, commercial realtor, it can sometimes feel like overkill. Personally, the number of services offered overwhelmed me a little. The commercial real estate, online retail, and automotive aspects of the services added little value and more complexity as compared to PhotoUp and Phixer, in my opinion.

Phixer – Real Estate Photo Editing & Video Editing

Services (All services are offered on a Pay As You Go system)

• * Photo Editing
• * Video Editing – Upload your raw footage and the team will turn it into 4K quality video
• * Lawn Replacement – The team will replace your lawn with a lush green, perfectly manicured landscape.
• * Declutter – Removal of items from any photo
• * Virtual Twilight – Choose a beautiful twilight sky for your daytime images.
• * Virtual Staging
• * Phixer App – DIY applicaton geared towards real estate agents that promises photos back in 8 hours or less. First 10 images you process on the app are free.
  

Pricing

Phixer operates on a monthly credit system. You can get 40% off your first month, thereafter it’s $1 per credit, with more services being added (e.g quicker turnaround time, revisions, and priority support on the bigger packages).
For video, the basic video starts at 65 credits for anything under one minute and goes all the way up to 149 credits for two-minute-long videos with all the bells and whistles.

Turnaround

• * 24 hour turnaround time for Starter and Standard packages.
• * 18 hour turnaround for Advanced and Professional packages.
  

Customer Support

• Priority support is on offer for Professional customers who purchase at least 3000 monthly credits ($3,000/month).
• For any other questions, the FAQ section is surprisingly helpful and informative.

A lot of Phixer’s focus is placed on their smartphone app, which tells me that their main focus is heading towards real estate agents and realtors, not real estate photographers. They encourage their users to do a lot of the editing themselves, which I find to be almost counterintuitive. It’s a decent photo editing service but in that regard, it differs substantially from PhotoUp and BoxBrownie.

Conclusion

PhotoUp, BoxBrownie, and Phixer are all great services in their own right. Each offers a tremendous amount of scope for real estate professionals, whether you are a photographer, real estate agent, or property manager. I found BoxBrownie to be a little too geared for large-scale, commercial users and Phixer a little too niche and unresponsive.

PhotoUp struck the right balance for me – they’re big enough to handle any real estate job but small enough to offer intimate personal guidance and a chance to really get to know their customer support team and the editors who are working on your images.

Do some digging into each service yourself and choose a real estate photo editing company that works best for you!