The problem
Every month it's the same message. Swap this photo. Delete those. “I'll send you a new album.” Multiply that by every client and it quietly eats your week.
Delete all the photos and I'll send you the ones I want. Just one collage, no captions.
Sure, I'll get to it this week.
How it works
Video and showcase embeds and the client portal work this way today.
Add a showcase or a video to any site with one component or embed.
They get a simple portal, even on their phone, to manage their own site's media.
New photos, reorders, and replaced videos show up live. You don't lift a finger.
What's included
Showcases, mixed photo and video, category filter tabs, and the client portal are live today and included in the plan. The Next.js component is in early access, and the rest is on the way.
Mix project photos with walkthrough videos. Videos come straight from your library, so nothing is uploaded twice, and vertical phone clips keep their shape.
Sort work into categories like Finished homes or Cabin builds. Visitors filter with tabs that show a count, and one item can sit in several.
Embed just the kitchens on the kitchens page and the whole showcase on the portfolio, from the same set.
Masonry collage or a tidy grid, cropped to fill or showing each item whole, styled to sit inside your design.
Show the first nine, then a Load more button, so a showcase with hundreds of items still opens fast.
Drop in a whole shoot at once. No resizing first, no renaming files.
Clients put their best work first, and it shows up on the site straight away.
Clients add photos and videos from their camera roll through the client portal.
Images are resized and compressed for each screen, and everything lazy-loads without layout shift.
Replace one photo without touching the rest of the layout or the site's code.
Turn captions on per showcase, or leave them off for a clean collage.
A component for Next.js and AI-built sites, and one embed for everything else.
Works with your stack
Built for sites without a CMS, especially the fast-growing wave of Next.js and AI-built sites.
The video and showcase embeds work on every one of these today, WordPress included. The Next.js component is in early access.
Client portal
No logins to your CMS, no training call, no screenshots of where to click. They open the portal, add the photos, and get on with their day.
Fast by default
Built to keep Core Web Vitals green on the sites you hand over. Video and showcases do this today.
Video streams in the quality each viewer's connection can handle, from 360p up to 1080p.
The player downloads no video until someone presses play. Showcases lazy-load images as visitors scroll.
The player reserves its space before it loads, so nothing jumps. Showcases work the same way.
Showcase photos are resized and compressed for each screen, straight from whatever your client uploads.
Resell it
Add “media management” to your care plans and charge each client a small monthly fee. They get a site that stays current. You get paid for the thing you used to do for free.
Upload a video. Paste one embed. Done.
Early access
Showcases and the client portal are live today. Tell us what you build with and how many client sites you look after, and we'll invite you to the Next.js component as spots open up.
Pricing
One plan for every client site, with unlimited showcases. 14-day free trial, no credit card required.
$15/month
Photos and videos for all your client websites.
14-day free trial, no credit card required.
Add a capacity pack for $10/month: +100 GB storage and +500 GB monthly delivery, pooled across every site.
FAQ
Straight answers about galleries, clients, and what's live today.
Showcases are Dropl's gallery module: photo and video galleries with filter tabs that you embed on a client's site once. After that, your client keeps them up to date from a simple portal, including from their phone's camera roll.
Web designers, freelancers, and studios who build and maintain sites for clients, on Next.js, Framer, Webflow, WordPress, or plain HTML.
No. The client portal gives clients a simple place to upload photos and videos from their phone, sort and reorder showcases, and copy embed codes. They only see their own site and never touch the website code.
No. Showcases serve optimized images, lazy-load as visitors scroll, and reserve their space so nothing shifts. Videos in a showcase adapt to each viewer's connection and download nothing until someone presses play.
Client handoff is coming soon. The plan: transfer a client's site to their own Dropl account without breaking any embeds, archive it, or export all their media in one click. It isn't built yet, so if you need to move a client before it ships, contact us and we'll help.
Yes. One showcase can hold photos and videos together, with category filter tabs. Videos come from your Dropl video library, so nothing is uploaded twice.
Yes. The plan includes an ad-free player in your colors, private, unlisted, and password-protected videos, and one embed for any site. Showcases are included when a client needs them.
No. One plan, $15/month, includes unlimited client sites, showcases, and team members, with 100 GB storage and 500 GB monthly delivery pooled across every site.
Add a showcase to your next client site, and invite your client to keep it up to date.
