What is Lightmeter?
Lightmeter is an AI-native CRM for photographers that reads client inquiries, drafts replies, and handles proposals, contracts, and payments from one link. It connects to your Gmail and uses AI to read incoming inquiries, extract names, dates, and budgets, and draft replies in your voice while you shoot, organizing your inbox into Drafts, Unread, and All tabs. Its one-link checkout combines a proposal, an e-signature contract, and card payment, and auto-generates an invoice PDF after payment, removing the need for separate DocuSign-style tools and back-and-forth emails. As an AI CRM for photographers, Lightmeter also includes a dashboard with revenue, booking trends, and inquiry sources, a calendar for tracking shoots and payment deadlines, a per-client timeline of every email, proposal, contract, and payment, and Stripe payments built in. It offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required and lists a single plan starting at $19/month with everything included; the homepage compares it against HoneyBook ($29/mo) and Dubsado ($28/mo).
What is Lightmeter used for?
Photographers use it to auto-draft client inquiry replies and manage proposals, e-sign contracts, payments, and bookings in one CRM.
How much does Lightmeter cost?
Simple pricing
Single plan with everything included: AI inbox with auto-reply drafts, unlimited proposal templates, one-link proposals/e-sign/payments, dashboard, analytics, and calendar; 14-day free trial, no credit card required
Pros and cons
Pros
- Connects to Gmail, reads inquiries, and drafts replies in your voice while you shoot
- Auto-extracts client names, dates, and budgets from incoming emails
- One link combines proposal, e-sign contract, and card payment, with an auto-generated invoice PDF
- Dashboard, analytics, calendar, and per-client timeline in one place
- Stripe payments built in with reusable proposal templates
Cons
- Requires connecting your Gmail account for the AI inbox to work
- Single plan may offer less tier flexibility than some competitors
- AI-drafted replies still need review before sending
Questions about Lightmeter
What is Lightmeter used for?
Lightmeter is an AI CRM for photographers that connects to Gmail, drafts replies to client inquiries, and handles proposals, e-sign contracts, and card payments from a single link, with a dashboard, calendar, and client timeline.
How much does Lightmeter cost?
Lightmeter lists a single plan at $19/month with everything included and a 14-day free trial that requires no credit card. Its comparison table lists HoneyBook at $29/mo and Dubsado at $28/mo.
How does Lightmeter's one-link checkout work?
One link handles the proposal, e-signature contract, and payment together. The client opens it, signs the contract, and pays by card, and an invoice PDF is generated automatically after payment.
Does Lightmeter reply to inquiries automatically?
Its AI inbox reads inquiries, extracts names, dates, and budgets, and drafts replies in your voice, keeping them in Drafts/Unread/All tabs so you can review before sending.
Lightmeter vs HoneyBook and Dubsado?
Lightmeter positions itself with AI auto-reply drafts, client info auto-extraction, and one-link proposal-plus-contract-plus-pay that its table marks as absent in HoneyBook and Dubsado, and starts at $19/mo versus $29/mo and $28/mo respectively.
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