No hire fee, no time slot
A booth is hired for a set number of hours. An album collects from arrival to clearing up.
Comparison
Photo booth alternative: guest photos without hire or set-up
Eighty cameras instead of one, everywhere in the room instead of one spot — and nothing that has to be delivered, set up or picked up again.
Pay once, no subscription · no trackers
What actually takes effort with a photo booth
The photo booth works. What rarely gets counted is everything around it: a delivery date, floor space with a socket, set-up before the drinks reception, someone for the paper jam, pick-up on Sunday morning.
Then there’s reach. A booth stands in one spot — ideal for posed group photos, a narrow slice of the evening. An album gets the photos from the garden, from the kids’ table and from the car on the way home.
The differences at a glance
Everywhere instead of one spot
The booth sees what stands in front of it. The album gets the photos from the garden, from the kids’ table and from the car on the way home — and nothing has to be delivered or picked up.
Everything lands in one place
After the celebration, the booth’s photos are on a USB stick or with the hire company. Guest photos are in your album.
Photo booth AND album
In practice the combination delivers the most: the booth as an attraction in one spot, the album for everything else. If the hire company hands the photos over digitally, you put them in the same album at the end — one complete collection instead of two separate ones.
Photo booth and guest album side by side
Hire prices vary widely by provider, region and package, so they appear as a range instead of a number. Everything else can be checked before you book.
| Hiring a photo booth | Migumento | |
|---|---|---|
| Costs | hire fee, depending on provider and package | one-off per event, from CHF 19.00 |
| Delivery and set-up | yes, with a set date and floor space | Best in row: no |
| Pick-up | yes | Best in row: no |
| On-site attendant | depends on the package | Best in row: none needed |
| Available | the booked time slot | Best in row: from arrival to clearing up |
| Location | one spot in the room | Best in row: wherever a guest is standing |
| Instant prints | Best in row: yes, depending on the package | no |
| Props and a stage | Best in row: yes | no |
| Video | depends on the device | Best in row: yes, up to 1 GB per video |
| Live display in the room | depends on the package | Best in row: yes, on a screen that’s already there |
| Photos afterwards | USB stick or the hire company’s gallery | Best in row: your event, together with everything else |
Checked on 23 August 2026 · Provider details as stated on their own websites, without guarantee · Quotations are the providers’ own wording, in the original language · Has something changed? info@migumento.com
When another tool is the better fit
If you want the whole evening’s photos from everywhere, take the album: no delivery date, no time slot, no floor space — and the Live Wall on the projector you already have. Four things speak for the booth:
- Instant prints — the strip you take home or stick in the guest book.
- Props and a stage: hat, glasses, frame. A QR code is no invitation to mess about.
- Consistent photo quality — always the same light, the same background.
- No signal at the venue: in a barn with no coverage the booth works; the album needs a connection at some point.
Collecting is free. So is keeping up to 500 MB.
All guests, all photos, videos included, 6 months online — and you download the originals free up to 500 MB. You pay once, only for everything above that and for 24 months of online time. No subscription.
- Smallup to 5 GB · ~1,250 photosCHF 19.00
- Largeup to 20 GB · ~5,000 photosCHF 29.00
- Unlimitedno limit · as many as you likeCHF 49.00
One-off per event, no subscription, in Swiss francs. A paid event stays reachable for 24 months from the unlock, never shorter than the free window of 6 months from the day you create the event. If it’s not right, you get your money back within 60 days — Terms and conditions.
Common questions
What does a photo booth cost for a wedding?
That depends on provider, region and package. Check whether travel, set-up, an attendant, prints and a late-night surcharge are included — the final total comes from there, not from the base price.
Does an album fully replace a photo booth?
No. An album can’t deliver instant prints, props or the stage effect in the room. In return, it collects photos from everywhere.
Does the live slideshow need special hardware, and what if there’s no signal?
The slideshow runs in the browser on the projector you have anyway. If there is no coverage, that speaks for the booth: uploads are queued and carry on later, but at some point a connection is needed.
Can we put the photo booth’s photos in the album?
Yes, provided the hire company hands them over digitally.
Keep reading
- Collect wedding photos from guestsFrom the QR code on the table to the download in original quality.
- Company event and Christmas partyThe same question in a work setting.
- Disposable camera alternativeThe analogue option, with the same logistics questions.
Start without a hire fee
The album costs nothing until you want the originals — create it while you’re still gathering quotes.