Storage App for Photos - Recommendation

niish150887 on 10/05/2021 - 10:31

Hi All,

Wondering which apps you all use to store photos in cloud ? I use a Note 10 plus and one drive to store photos which has reached it capacity.. additional storage of 100GB is cheap but not enough and next one up is expensive.

Looking for recommendations where i can store photos in the cloud and it doesnt cost be a bomb !

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Comments

  • kusama on 10/05/2021 - 10:47

    Google Photos* is great, with it's ability to identify faces, things.

    *Not sure how much bombs cost

  • 87percent on 10/05/2021 - 10:48

    with google photos looking to stop offering free storage, what are people moving to?

    • kusama on 10/05/2021 - 10:51
      +2

      I've decided to pay in June. I could move to OneDrive but when I tested that I wanted Google features and the sync was buggy for me

    • hashtagbargain on 10/05/2021 - 10:52
      -4

      If I have to pay, I might as well pay for icloud storage.

    • xaykogeki on 10/05/2021 - 10:55
      +3

      I moved everything in my Google Workspace. $18 / month and I get 2Tb.

      Some of my friends now use the following
      - Office365 Family and each member gets 1Tb of storage.
      - Apple One Family, 200Gb each and you get other freebies.
      - NAS solution.
      - Flickr Pro

    • pharkurnell on 10/05/2021 - 11:36

      Buy a NAS.

      • fiveferrari on 10/05/2021 - 12:33
        +1

        How does NAS replicate the features of Google Photos?

        • pharkurnell on 10/05/2021 - 12:36

          he asked

          with google photos looking to stop offering free storage, what are people moving to?

          • fiveferrari on 10/05/2021 - 12:37

            @pharkurnell: with google photos looking to stop offering free storage, what are people moving to?

            • pharkurnell on 10/05/2021 - 12:37
              -1

              @fiveferrari: so people are moving to a NAS.
              Simples.

              • fiveferrari on 10/05/2021 - 12:38

                @pharkurnell: My original question still stands, NAS does not have features of Google Photos.

                • Chandler on 10/05/2021 - 13:01
                  +1

                  @fiveferrari:

                  My original question still stands, NAS does not have features of Google Photos.

                  Original comment was asking what people were moving to with Google's pricing change to it's Photos service, not for a comparable service. If you are just using Google Photos for storage, then a "NAS" is a suitable alternative.

                  Also saying that "NAS does not have features of Google Photos" is technically incorrect as the lines between NAS and server get blurred. Synology in particular is getting less of a "NAS" and more of a "server", depending on how you define the terms.

                  Going by the classical definition of a "NAS", then if you want more of the features of Google Photos a "NAS" may not be a suitable alternative.

                  If you are interested in rolling your own "Google Photos", the Self-Hosted podcast has an episode where they talk about Google ending it's free unlimited storage and discuss some alternative, self-host-able options. (they also talk about self-hosted photo managers in this earlier episode). Some "NAS" products would be able use these (or have similar options), otherwise you may need to look at a "server".

    • spackbace on 10/05/2021 - 15:27

      Pay. Take advantage of Google rewards to pay for it

  • BargainCowboy on 10/05/2021 - 11:52

    Full resolution or compressed? Easy access or dormant storage?

  • bdl on 10/05/2021 - 11:54
    +2

    If for archiving, I use photosync (https://www.photosync-app.com/home.html) and a private VPS

  • ESEMCE on 10/05/2021 - 12:35

    Amazon Photos if you keep a Prime subscription active.

    • Caped Baldy on 10/05/2021 - 15:13
      +1

      I thought this was US only for "free" unlimited photo storage.

      • ESEMCE on 11/05/2021 - 09:25

        Oh really?
        It was going to be my go to once the google storage offer expires.
        Looks like you're right going into the Amazon Photos App settings.

        This probably swings me to finally cough up for a NextCloud host and probably in doing so, switching to /e/ foundation's de-googled Android.
        I have an aim of extracting myself from Google as much as possible (Youtube and Maps/Android Auto will be my only exceptions) this year anyway and moving to Amazon was always kind of breaking that goal of minimizing my data exposure to big tech.

  • bazingaa on 10/05/2021 - 14:26
    +1

    I resize to 2 MP and upload to Google drive as last backup and keep full resolution images in other backup formats.
    Now I only use HEIC when taking photos from phone and it saves a lot of storage space without sacrificing the quality.

  • Willy Stains on 12/05/2021 - 10:26
    +2

    I use the microsoft 365 family plan, can share with 6 people and gives 1tb per user.
    You can also get a good discount if your employer is on the microsoft home use program. Mine works out to about $90 a year

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