SmugMug has announced a price hike on their Pro plans. They were already expensive compared to Flickr and 500px… Now they are even more expensive.

The company is now offering two type of Pro plans:

Portfolio is $150/year or ($20/mo) and still provides access to our pro labs for both you and your visitors, plus pro features like watermarking.

Business lets you set prices and earn profit. It will be $300/year (or $35/mo) for new customers, but existing subscribers who set prices will be asked to renew at $250/year (or $30/month) beginning October 15, 2012.

As expected SmugMug users are not very happy. We suggest checking out alternatives in the market. 500px has some amazing plans. Flickr of course also remains a viable alternative.