Estimate your outsource wedding editing cost.
Outsourcing trades cash for time, but only your numbers tell you whether that trade is worth it. Use the calculator to estimate outsourcing cost against the hours your team currently spends editing in house.
Estimate it with the calculator
All fields estimate-onlyWhat outsourcing actually buys you
When you outsource wedding editing, you are not just paying a per image or per wedding fee. You are buying back the hours you would otherwise spend at the desk, plus the calendar space those hours occupy during peak season.
The calculator helps you set the outsourcing price you have been quoted next to the internal time it replaces, so you can see the trade in time and cash side by side instead of guessing.
How to compare the two honestly
A fair comparison includes more than the headline rate. Internal editing has a real cost even when no invoice changes hands, because your hours have value somewhere else.
- Your own internal hourly value for editing time
- Hours per wedding spent on culling, first pass, and finishing
- The outsourcing rate you have actually been quoted
- Volume of weddings across your season
Where the math gets personal
Two studios with identical outsourcing quotes can reach opposite conclusions. The one with a packed shooting calendar may value reclaimed hours far more than the one with quiet weeks. There is no universal answer, only the answer your inputs produce.
The point is not to declare outsourcing good or bad. It is to organize your own figures so the decision stops being a gut feeling.
Common questions
Does this tell me whether I should outsource?
Do you publish standard outsourcing rates?
Can I compare outsourcing against an AI-assisted workflow too?
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