You might have heard the news recently that Google Photos unlimited storage is going away and photos that you store from this point forward will count towards your total Google storage quota (which includes your Gmail and Google Drive data).
Even with that change, you probably still want to store your photos in the cloud. There are plenty of options to choose from but some are better than others.
Here are some options for you to consider for cloud storage, presented in a handy chart.
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| Name | App Availability | Price | Photo Features | Benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google One | Android iOS Windows On The Web |
15GB – Free 100GB – $2 per month/$20 annually 200GB – $3 per month/$30 annually 2TB – $10 per month/$100 annually 10TB – $100 per month 20TB – $200 per month 30TB – $300 per month |
Easy to Navigate Organization by subject or location Easy search Photo Editing Sharing Creation of montages, collages, animations, and more Photo books |
Works across all Google Apps, including Google Drive Can be shared with your family 24/7 Support Can be paid for with your Google Play Balance Google Play Points towards in-game credits, Google Play credit, or even donations to charities Up to 40% off at hotels Cash back at the Google Store, up to 10% for the 2TB plan A VPN at the 2TB option or higher Pro Sessions where Google tech support can help you learn more about Google Products if you have the 2TB plan or higher (currently only available in English) |
| Amazon Photos/ Amazon Drive |
Fire OS Android iOS Windows |
5GB – Free with Amazon Account Unlimited storage – Free with an Amazon Prime account (Still only 5GB video/file storage) 100GB Video/File – $2 per month 1TB – $7 per month 2TB – $12 per month |
Photo Editing Merchandise (Hardcopy, merch, and decor) Image recognition search |
Family Sharing Document Storage |
| Dropbox | Android iOS Windows |
2GB – Free 2TB -$12 per month/$120 per year Family 2TB (Up to six users – $20 per month/$204 per year |
No specific photo features | Sharing Collaboration with Dropbox Paper App Integrations Security features such as password protections |
| Box | Android iOS Windows Mac |
10GB – Free 100GB – $14 per month/$120 per year |
No specific photo features | Two factor authentication aes-256 encrpytion Admin Console Integration with Office 365, Google Workspace, Adobe Creative Cloud |
| Mega | Android iOS Windows Mac Linux |
50GB – Free 400GB – $6.09 per month/$60.96 per year 2TB – $12.18 per month/$121.94 per year 8TB – $24.38 per month/$243.89 per year 16TB – $36.57 per month/$365.84 per year |
No specific photo features | Easy Sharing Transfer Center Open Source End-to-End Encrypted Secure Chat |
| BigMIND Home by Zoolz |
Android iOS Windows Mac |
1GB – free 100GB – $35.88 per year Family 500GB – $83.88 per year 1TB – $155.88 per year |
Image Discovery using AI Smart filters search Direct video streaming |
Zoolz is a very experienced cloud service provider based on AWS AES-256 Encryption |
| pCloud | Browser Extension Android iOS Windows Mac Linux |
500GB – $47.88 per year/$175 lifetime 2TB – $95.88 per year/$350 lifetime |
Built-in video player Video Streaming |
Sharing 5 copies of files AES-256, option for extra encryption |
| iDrive Photos | Android iOS |
Unlimited Photo Backup – $9.95/year Currently available Promotion – $0.99 cents for the first year |
Original resolution uploads Sharing Timeline view Favorites Album |
AES-256 Encryption |
| Tresorit | Android iOS Windows Mac Linux |
500GB – $12.50 per month/$125.04 a year 2.5TB – $30 per month/$288 per year |
No specific photo features | Switzerland-based company End-to-end encryption RSA-4096 encryption |
| Degoo | Android iOS Web |
100GB – Free (Ad-supported, no zero-knowledge encryption) 500GB – $3 per month 10TB – $10 per month Also available via AndroidGuys Deals: 1TB – $50 lifetime 2TB – $60 lifetime 3TB – $70 lifetime 10TB – $100 lifetime 15TB – $130 lifetime 25TB – $200 lifetime 35TB – $250 lifetime 50TB – $300 lifetime Two 10TB Plans – $160 lifetime |
Photo compression Direct Video Streaming AI engine to highlight best photos |
Zero-knowledge storage with end-to-end AES-256 Encryption Unlimited File Size |
| Sugarsync | Android iOS Windows Mac |
100GB – $7.49 per month 250GB – $9.99 per month 500GB – $18.95 per month |
No specific photo features | File Sharing AES-256 encryption Easy restoration/rollbacks |
| Onedrive | Android iOS Windows |
5GB – Free 100GB – $2 per month With Microsoft 365 1TB – $7 per month/$70 per year Family(6TB for up to six people) – $10 per month/$100 per year |
On This Day feature to see past photos Photo scanning |
Personal vault feature for extra file protection Two-factor authentication |
| Verizon (Carrier-specific) |
Android iOS Windows Mac |
600GB Free with Do More Unlimited or Get More Unlimited or $5.99 per month 2TB – $14.99 per month Unlimited – $20 per month |
Cloud Storage Search by Subject Photo prints and other gifts |
Sharing |
| AT&T (Carrier-specific) | Android iOS |
500GB – $4.99 per month 2TB – $9.99 per month |
Photo editing | Can backup call logs and messages on some devices |
| Starchive | Android iOS |
Free – 21GB 100GB – $12.50 per month for up to 5 people or $24.50 per month for up to 50 people Also available via AndroidGuys Deals: 100GB – $30 lifetime 500GB – $70 lifetime 1TB – $72.74 lifetime |
RAW images/Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop files Collections to group files and search Tags and custom fields for searching Import from social media AI organization and search In-built file previews |
Sharing Any types of files AES-256 Encryption Custom metadata editing and extraction |
| 4sync | Android iOS Windows |
1TB – $17 per month/$100 per year Also available via AndroidGuys Deals: 1TB – $50 for a year |
No specific photo features | Sharing |
| Koofr | Android iOS Windows Mac |
Free – 2GB 100GB – $30 a year 250GB – $59 a year 1TB – $147 a year 2.5TB – $293 a year 10TB – $879 a year Also available via AndroidGuys Deals: 100GB – $30 lifetime 250GB – $60 lifetime 1TB – $169.99 lifetime |
No specific photo features | Two step verification Sharing Support for Facebook or Chrome Versioning and recovery Integration with other cloud storage |
| ElephantDrive | Android iOS Windows Mac Linux |
Also available via AndroidGuys Deals: 1TB – $38 for two years |
No specific photo features | AES-256 Encryption NAS backup Sharing Recovery and restoration |
