Digital vs Print Photo Booth: Which Is Better?
The only real difference is whether guests take a printed strip home. Here is how to decide which suits your event, and when the extra $200 is worth it.
The booth is identical
This surprises people. Our digital booth and print booth are the same physical booth, the same camera and the same lighting. The photos are indistinguishable.
The only difference is a printer. That is a $200 difference: $299 versus $499 for two hours.
When prints are worth it
A printed strip is a physical object that goes on a fridge and stays there for months. A digital file goes into a camera roll with four thousand others.
For weddings, milestone birthdays and anything with older guests, prints usually win. Guests who are not going to hunt through their phone for a photo will absolutely keep one handed to them.
Prints also carry your branding out of the room. For corporate events, every strip is a business card with your logo that someone chose to keep.
When digital is the smarter buy
If your crowd is young and everything they do ends up on a phone anyway, the printer is the part you can skip. A 21st where every guest shares to their story within minutes does not need paper.
Digital also wins on volume. There is no printer to reload and no queue while a strip develops, so you get through more guests in the same two hours.
And if the budget is tight, this is the honest place to save. You are not buying a worse booth.
You can have both, in a sense
Every print package includes all the digital copies as well. So the print booth is strictly a superset — you are not choosing prints instead of digital, you are choosing prints as well as digital.
Not sure? Compare both on the prices page, or tell us your guest list and we will give you an honest answer, including when the cheaper option is the right one.
Ready to book?
Every package includes props, setup and pack-down, with a basic backdrop on every booth except the 360, and the print, glam and 360 booths attended. Booths start at $299. See every price on one page, or send us your date and we will confirm availability — usually the same day.