Honest comparisons
SurePassportPhoto costs $6.99 and shows the full checklist before you pay. That is not the right choice for everyone, so each comparison below has a section on when the alternative is the better choice. Every fact about another service comes from a page we saved, with the date we saved it; where a page says nothing, neither do we.
Built from 720 real customer complaints about online passport photo services.
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Where no online photo works
Not every document can be done online. Where the authority restricts photos made at home or online, no online service's file fits, ours included: among them the Canadian passport, the Australian passport, Ireland's Passport Online, and the French and German passports and ID cards. For those documents the tool shows the authority's rule before checkout and the refund guarantee does not cover them. See the full list and the reasons.
- SurePassportPhoto vs PhotoAiDAI plus a human expert check, a 200% refund guarantee and mailed prints, against measured checks shown before payment.
- SurePassportPhoto vs Passport Photo OnlineThe same company as PhotoAiD: expert review, a 200% guarantee and free mailed prints, against measured checks before payment.
- SurePassportPhoto vs VisafotoA $9 flat fee with a preview before payment and email support that fixes photos by hand, against our measured checklist.
- SurePassportPhoto vs Smartphone iDAn app with expert review, UK photo codes and French e-photo codes, against a browser tool with measured checks.
- SurePassportPhoto vs a store or photo boothPharmacy counters, post offices and booths take the photo in person; sometimes that is the only route that works.
- SurePassportPhoto vs doing it yourself for freeGovernment portals and free tools cost nothing; often they are all you need.
Want to know whether a photo you already have passes, without paying anyone? Use the free photo checker. Pages checked 2026-10-11.
We are an independent service, not a government website. Applying for a passport or visa is done with your government; we only prepare the photo.