ExecHeadshots vs HeadshotPro (2026) — Honest Comparison

If you have shortlisted ExecHeadshots and HeadshotPro, you are looking at the two most price-aware products in the AI headshot category. HeadshotPro plays for the lowest sticker price in the space. ExecHeadshots plays for the lowest effective price per usable shot. Those are not the same thing, and which one matters to you depends entirely on how the photo will be used after it leaves the generator.

This article is written by the team behind ExecHeadshots. We pulled the comparison from each tool's public pricing pages, current sample galleries, independent reviews on Trustpilot, G2, and Reddit captured in early 2026, and our own customer base of 8,500+ paying users.

At a glance

• ExecHeadshots: $39 Basic (20 portraits) up to $99 Executive (80 portraits in HD, one-hour delivery). About two hours standard turnaround. 4.8 Trustpilot across 528+ reviews. Optimized for likeness and resolution on the conservative, work-ready end of the category.
• HeadshotPro: The most aggressive pricing in the category — lower-tier plans publicly start under $30. Has a built-in per-seat team checkout aimed at company rollouts. Output quality is acceptable for thumbnail use and weaker on enlargement.

The simplest decision rule: if your photo will be enlarged beyond a thumbnail — MLS listings, conference banners, printed marketing, press features, or any close-up usage — ExecHeadshots is the safer pick. If your photo will live at thumbnail size on an internal directory and never be enlarged, HeadshotPro will cost less.

Sticker price vs effective cost per usable shot

HeadshotPro wins the sticker-price comparison cleanly. Their entry plans go under $30 in promotional pricing; ours start at $39. On dollars in your cart at checkout, there is no contest.

The metric that actually matters is different: how many of the photos in the pack would you put on a public-facing profile? The cheapest plan loses on that math more often than the headline suggests.

In our own pipeline, customers report 5 to 10 portraits per session that they would actually use. The most-cited complaint about HeadshotPro in independent reviews — Trustpilot, Reddit, comparison sites — is over-smoothed skin and artifacted eyes when the photo is enlarged. If only 2 to 3 photos in a 100-image pack survive an enlargement test, the effective cost per usable shot lands higher than the sticker.

That is why we describe HeadshotPro as the right product for a specific job (team rollout, internal directory, thumbnail use) rather than the wrong product overall. The math on its lower-tier plans works if you do not need the photos to survive a 200% zoom.

Realism — the metric that decides print and MLS use

Resolution and realism are the same problem. A model that produces over-smoothed skin and slightly-off pupils will pass a 200x200 LinkedIn thumbnail and fail a real estate sign or an annual report cover.

ExecHeadshots: Tuned for conservative, recognizable portraits at higher resolution. HD output on the Executive plan. The most repeated phrase across our 528+ Trustpilot reviews is "it actually looks like me." We are not the most-stylized tool in the category, on purpose.

HeadshotPro: Acceptable at thumbnail resolution. The dominant complaint at scale is artifacts that show up on close-ups — eyes that lose detail, skin that looks airbrushed past the point of credibility. If your photo will appear on an MLS listing, a yard sign, a press kit, or any printed asset, the failure rate matters more than the price.

If you are a real estate agent, a lawyer, an executive whose photo will land in a press feature, or a doctor whose photo lives on a practice site at high resolution, the resolution gap is the deciding factor.

Team and volume use cases — where HeadshotPro is legitimately strong

HeadshotPro built explicitly for high-volume team rollouts, and it shows in the checkout flow. Per-seat pricing, volume discounts, a single point of contact for the rollout — it is a turnkey product if your job is "give every employee a serviceable directory photo by Friday."

ExecHeadshots also serves teams — we have plans tuned for company rollouts and remote team directories — but our checkout assumes a single-user purchase by default. For a 50-person company where the deliverable is a unified internal directory and the photo will not appear in any external asset, HeadshotPro's pricing and flow win.

The honest framing: if your output is the internal company About page or the HRIS profile, HeadshotPro is enough. If the same photos will end up on the brokerage website, the press kit, the conference badge, or the annual report, the quality gap matters and ExecHeadshots is the right call.

Turnaround

Both tools deliver in roughly the same window. ExecHeadshots' standard turnaround is about two hours from upload; the Executive plan ships in one hour. HeadshotPro's baseline delivery is similar — a few hours on standard plans. Neither is a bottleneck for any realistic deadline.

If you are within a same-day window and need premium speed, the Executive plan is the most reliable rapid path on our side.

Commercial license, resolution, and refunds

Both products ship commercial rights on paid plans, but the resolution gap shows up here.

ExecHeadshots: Full commercial rights on every plan. HD output on Executive. We will re-run your set for free if the first batch does not look like you. The guarantee sits on the pricing page in plain English.

HeadshotPro: Commercial use on paid plans. Resolution adequate for digital thumbnail use. Refund policy is less generous than ours on baseline tiers; check current terms before you buy.

The license itself is comparable. The difference is what you can actually do with the output — a license to use a photo at 4096×4096 is worth more than a license to use one at 1024×1024 if you will ever print it.

Where HeadshotPro is the right answer

HeadshotPro is the better pick when:

• You are buying for a 20-plus person team and need a consistent internal directory at the lowest possible per-seat price.
• The photos will live at thumbnail size and never appear on a client-facing site, an MLS listing, or any printed asset.
• You want the cheapest viable AI headshot option and "good enough" is the bar.
• You have a procurement constraint that favors per-seat pricing over per-photo quality.

If that is you, HeadshotPro is the rational choice and we are not going to talk you out of it.

Where ExecHeadshots is the right answer

ExecHeadshots is the better pick when:

• The photo will appear on a public-facing site — a brokerage profile, a law firm directory, a corporate About page, a medical practice site.
• The portrait will be enlarged beyond thumbnail — MLS listings, conference banners, printed marketing, press features.
• Likeness is non-negotiable. Clients or recruiters will meet you in person and the photo has to match.
• You want a clear "re-run for free if it doesn't look like you" guarantee on every plan.

That covers most working professionals: executives, lawyers, doctors, real estate agents, financial advisors, consultants. We built the model for that exact audience.

Two recurring questions

Will HeadshotPro photos look fake on my LinkedIn profile?

At thumbnail resolution on LinkedIn, most HeadshotPro outputs look fine. The problem shows up when a viewer clicks the photo and it expands — the artifacts on the eyes and the over-smoothed skin become visible at full size. If you only care about the thumbnail and your LinkedIn audience never clicks through, you can probably get away with it. If your photo also appears on a higher-resolution surface, you will see the gap.

Can I move my training data between tools?

No. Each tool trains a one-off model on the selfies you upload and discards it after delivery (per their stated retention policies). You upload your selfies fresh to whichever tool you use. The 10–15 minutes of selfie prep is the same on either platform.

Bottom line

HeadshotPro wins on sticker price and on team-rollout checkout. ExecHeadshots wins on likeness, resolution, and effective cost per usable photo on every plan. Neither is wrong; they are built for different jobs.

If your photo has to survive a 200% zoom on a public-facing page, upload your selfies to ExecHeadshots and have your portraits in about two hours. Plans start at $39, every plan ships with full commercial rights, and we will re-run your set for free if it does not look like you.