well, a few years ago i went with smugmug because the customization options were plentiful and in my opinion (hell it's my blog) the sites just looked better. as my subscription grew near an end and my frustration grew i looked elsewhere.

i went back to zenfolio because i "heard" good things. first and foremost their customer service was fast, friendly and helpful. i was given samples of websites that required no code to be written by me and they looked great, they were highly customizable, easy to set up and highly intuitive.

i had subsequent questions that seemed like they were answer before i hit send. the help available on the website itself is straight forward and easy to understand. and i'm pleased with the layout of the "editing tool". the ability to set price lists and sell products either fulfilled by them or me is easy as could be.

i'm in the process of moving my nearly 80 gigs of content from sm to zf then i'm moving forward with zenfolio!!

while smugmug may have won an early battle, the war goes to zenfolio.