Three formats, three different businesses. This comparison is written by the factory that sells all three — including where each one loses.
| Mirror Booth | 360 Platform | iPad Booth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The product | Full-length portraits with a glamorous interactive mirror | Slow-motion orbiting video clips | Selfies and GIFs from a styled shell |
| Best market | Weddings, venues, galas | Parties, activations, launches | Volume rentals, venues, budget packages |
| Output | Prints + digital | Video (digital) | Digital first; print on selected shells |
| Guest flow | Groups pose in front of the mirror | 1–4 guests on the platform per clip | Fast, self-serve, minimal queue |
| Staffing | Usually attended | Attended (safety + hype) | Can run drop-off formats |
| Weakness | Highest hardware cost of the three | No prints; needs floor space and a safety zone | Image quality ceiling of a tablet camera |
Buy the mirror if weddings and venues are your market and your packages are premium: it is the only one of the three that doubles as décor, and décor justifies price. Start with the 15.6-inch mirror for mobility or the large mirror for a venue install.
Buy the 360 if social reach is the product: no format puts a client's brand into more feeds per guest. The listed anchor (selected configurations from $999) also makes it the cheapest serious entry into the business.
Buy the iPad booth if you are building coverage: multiple stations, drop-off rentals, venue residencies. It is the fleet format — and the one whose limits (low light, print quality) are solved by adding a DSLR booth later rather than by replacing it.
Most grown fleets end with all three. The order matters more than the set: hero first, workhorse second. The rental business page lays out that order as a buying plan.
Model, configuration, quantity and destination — that is all a real quote needs. A named manager replies.