ScoutFoto Alternative: Move Your Race Photos to 9Pic AI

What happened to ScoutFoto

As of October 2026, scoutfoto.com does not load. The domain is still registered, but it has no web address records, so browsers have nothing to open. The last race listed on the archived site is from 2019, and the archived past races page showed no events in October 2025.

We found no public announcement of a closure, a rebrand, or a buyer. In practice that means two things for a race that relied on it:

• Old gallery links on your race website, in registration emails, and in social posts now lead nowhere.
• There is no website to export photos from. If you still want past years online, the photographers who shot your race are the best place to find the originals.

What ScoutFoto did for races and photographers

ScoutFoto's archived pages describe two services.

For race organisers, it ran a free photo service. It hired local photographers, found one local business to sponsor the photos, and put that sponsor's logo as a watermark on every runner image. After the race, its software matched photos to runners by bib number, and each runner got an email with free photos to save, print, and share.

For photographers already working a race, it tagged uploaded photos by bib and face, added watermarks, emailed runners, and hosted the gallery on ScoutFoto or on the photographer's own site. Photographers kept ownership and could sell their photos. Pricing was per photo, with tiers from tagging only up to hosting with sponsor watermarks.

That gives you a clear checklist for any replacement: bib matching, a sponsor-branded free gallery, an easy way for runners to get their photos, and a photographer workflow that does not cost hours of manual tagging.

How each ScoutFoto job maps to 9Pic AI

What you get beyond the old setup

Replacing ScoutFoto is also a chance to fix what the old model could not do. These are optional. Add them when they help your race.

• Three ways to search. Runners can search by bib, by selfie, or by name. Name search uses a bib-to-name CSV from registration or your timing company, so a runner who forgot their number still finds their photos. See how name search works.
• Sponsor proof. Context search finds every photo with a sponsor's name on a banner, arch, or jersey, which makes the post-race sponsor report much faster. See search by sponsor.
• Finisher certificates. Certify turns your results CSV into a certificate for every finisher and publishes it in the same gallery as their photos (Pro plan).
• Video. If you film the course or the finish line, Motion cuts clips for each runner and Flow builds a short highlight reel from their photos and clips.
• Paid downloads when you want them. If a sponsor does not cover the photos, Checkout sells watermark-free downloads through your own Stripe account with no 9Pic commission (Business plan).

Pricing is public. Pay as you go is $0.03 per photo processed with no annual fee, and it includes Uplink, Stamp, BibTrack, and FaceFind. The pricing page lists every plan.

How to move your race to 9Pic AI

1. Gather the photos you still have

Ask each photographer for their originals from past races you want online again. Keep one folder per photographer or per course location, such as start, mile-5, and finish. Those folders can later become albums runners browse.

2. Find and replace dead ScoutFoto links

Search your race website, past results pages, registration confirmation emails, and pinned social posts for scoutfoto.com. Replace each link with the new gallery link, or remove it for years whose photos are gone. Runners who click a dead link assume the race lost their photos.

3. Create the event and upload

Create the event in the 9Pic AI dashboard. Photographers upload with Uplink, or with the browser uploader if a volunteer is helping. The getting started guide walks through a first event.

4. Turn on bib, selfie, and name search

Turn on BibTrack for bib search and FaceFind for selfie search. Enable selfie search before the photos are processed. For name search, upload a CSV of bib numbers and names from your registration or timing export.

5. Choose free or paid

For a ScoutFoto-style free gallery, add your sponsor's logo with Stamp and a sponsor frame with Buzz, and share the gallery for free. To sell photos instead, connect Stripe in Checkout and set your prices.

6. Tell runners where the photos are

Put the gallery link and QR code on your results page, in the post-race email, and on a sign at the finish. Keep the message short: where the photos are and that they can search by bib, name, or selfie.

For photographers who used ScoutFoto Pro

If you paid ScoutFoto per photo to tag and host race galleries, the 9Pic AI workflow is close to what you know: upload after the race, let bib and face matching do the tagging, and send runners one link. You keep your originals and your client relationship.

Two differences matter for your business. You pay per photo processed rather than per hosting tier, and when you sell photos the money goes through your own Stripe account. If several photographers cover one race, photographer credits name the shooter on each photo.

FAQ

Is ScoutFoto shut down?

Its website no longer loads and it has listed no race since 2019. We found no public statement about a closure, so treat it as inactive and plan your next race without it.

Can I get my old ScoutFoto photos back?

Not from ScoutFoto's website, which is offline. Ask the photographers who covered your race for their originals, then upload them to 9Pic AI so runners can search them again.

Can runners still get free photos paid for by a sponsor?

Yes. Share the gallery for free, put the sponsor's logo on every photo with Stamp, and add a sponsor frame with Buzz so the logo travels with every share.

Do runners need an app or an account?

No. Runners open the gallery link or scan the QR code in their browser, then search by bib number, name, or selfie.

How much does 9Pic AI cost for a race?

Pay as you go is $0.03 per photo processed with no annual fee. Selling photos needs the Business plan, and certificates need Pro or Business. See pricing for the full plan list.

Next steps

Start with the links: fix every page that still points to scoutfoto.com. Then set up your next race in 9Pic AI with BibTrack, FaceFind, and your sponsor's logo, and share one link with runners. If you want help planning the switch, talk to the 9Pic AI team.