PixelsID started on the sideline, not in a boardroom. It was built to solve the problem every sports photographer knows too well.
The Problem
You just shot 1,200 photos at a football game. The AD needs them tagged and posted by morning. You're sitting in a hotel parking lot with a laptop balanced on your steering wheel, squinting at jersey numbers and trying to remember which kid is #34.
That was the problem. Every game. Every week. Hours of manual tagging that had nothing to do with photography and everything to do with data entry.
PixelsID exists because we lived that exact scenario — and decided to build the tool we wished existed. Not a stock photo marketplace trying to bolt on AI. Not an enterprise DAM system that costs $500 a month. A purpose-built platform for sports photographers who need one thing: athlete names on their photos. Fast.
How We're Different
Every decision we make starts with one question: does this help the photographer on the sideline?
Face recognition, jersey OCR, and roster matching are included in every paid plan — starting at $10/month. No add-ons, no premium tiers to unlock core features. Other platforms charge extra for what matters most.
When you download photos from PixelsID, athlete names are baked into the EXIF/XMP metadata. Import into Photo Mechanic or Lightroom and the tags are already there.
Face recognition doesn't work through football helmets. Rather than lie for conversions, we tell you. Our jersey OCR and roster matching fill the gap — and that's the point of a multi-model approach.
Every plan shows exactly what you get. No per-image surcharges, no bandwidth charges, no "contact sales" tiers. See the price, know what it costs, upgrade or cancel anytime.
This handles game-day conditions: varied lighting, action blur, multiple jerseys in frame, away team identification. Generic photo AI can't do this.
FTP export to your existing server. PhotoShelter or SmugMug? Fine with us. Photo Mechanic compatibility baked in. We fit how you already work, not the other way around.
What We Believe
Everything else — tagging, sorting, exporting — should be as fast, as invisible, and out of the way. If you're spending more time on a keyboard than behind a lens, something's broken.
A wrong tag is worse than no tag. We flag uncertain matches for human review instead of auto-approving garbage. Your reputation is on the line when you send tagged photos to an athletics department.
We're not trying to extract maximum revenue from every customer. We're trying to build a tool that photographers actually want to pay for because it saves them real time. That means fair pricing and no nickel-and-diming.
Product decisions are driven by what helps photographers do their job, not what looks good in a pitch deck. If a feature doesn't help someone tag, share, or deliver photos faster, we don't build it.
Who It's For
Freelancers, stringers, and full-time shooters covering prep, college, and pro sports. The people who shoot 1,000+ photos at a single game and need them tagged by morning.
Athletics departments, SIDs, conference offices, and media teams managing photo content across multiple sports seasons, and photographers.
No add-ons. No upsells. No surprises.
AI identification included in every plan.
No credit card required · Free plan available