Unfortunately, unlimited storage on Google Photos will end in June 2021, with all photos uploaded after that count towards 15GB of free Google Drive storage. That means it’s best to have a few years of free storage left before you start paying for more. So right now you can choose alternative services to Google Photos with higher free storage.
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You can choose Google One as Google’s cloud storage service for $2/100GB. For those looking to “move home” soon, the good news is that there are already a number of Google Photos alternatives on the market. This is a review of free photo storage services if your Google Photos runs out of space.
Before you start, you should read the article How to move Google Photos photos to another place for storage. Then choose 1 of 5 free photo storage services below.
Dropbox
Dropbox Definitely more expensive than Google One, you get a Free account 5Gb archive, if you invite more friends to join you will get give away 0.5Gb/participant. Alternatively you can buy a “basic” plan – 2TB for $10/month. While you won’t get fancy features like Google Photos’ facial recognition, Dropbox offers a lot:
- Automatic backup for photos, videos and screenshots;
- Scan documents;
- Support on mobile application
- Comprehensive access management (including password and timer functionality) for any content you share with others.
You’ll also have access to Dropbox Transfer (for sharing large files), Dropbox Passwords (for securely storing and using all your passwords), and Vault (PIN-based authentication for important files). that you have stored in Dropbox).
Alternatively, switching to a service like Dropbox can also seem like a virtuous move: Some people simply don’t like the idea of having to pay Google to store the data that Google is ultimately using. , in a way, to improve its own technology. For example, you can “help” Google improve object recognition by using your own photos. Shouldn’t Google give you something for support?
MEGA
MEGA is an alternative cloud storage solution to Google Photos, Dropbox, Box and every other cloud storage service available that automatically uploads photos. The thing is, MEGA offers more free storage than any of those services. You will get 50 GB free cloud storage if start using this app. 50 GB certainly sounds better than the 15 GB Google is offering, and that’s what you’ll have to deal with from June 2021.
That being said, You can get more storage on MEGA if you pay. You can buy 400GB for €4.99/month and 2TB for €9.99/month. You can also pay annually and save even more cash. MEGA also offers an extremely easy to use user interface. This application has been around for a long time and is a good solution for you today’s best Google Photos replacement service.
Flickr
Flickr famous when photographers choose where to store their works. Flickr is run by Yahoo and has been around for a long time. It was only recently updated to meet modern standards and now has a lot of the same features as Google Photos. Flick offers you 1000 photos for storage and video in the cloud, while Google Photos has only 15Gb, AnonyViet will choose Flick as an alternative to Google Photos.
In particular, Flickr has a full suite of photo and video editors so you can crop, add filters, and edit photos in a variety of ways right from the app. Your first 1000GB is free to use, but after that, you can purchase more storage.
OneDrive
Next is Microsoft’s cloud storage solution. OneDrive is a popular choice for business users due to its integration with Office applications, but it also has the potential to replace Google Photos. You can download the app to your phone and it will automatically sync your photos to the cloud. Gallery allows to search and automatically tag photos based on their content (just like Google Photos).
The free version is more limited than just 15GB. You can increase your OneDrive storage for free 0.5Gb for each referral by sign up for a OneDrive account.
Then visit the page Capacity management select Earn More and send the link to your friends, for each subscriber you will receive an extra 0.5Gb of free storage.
You can go up to 100GB for just $2 a month. Microsoft 365 users also get 1TB of storage as part of a $7 per month (or $70 per year) plan. This is a good choice for anyone who uses Microsoft applications for work or personal purposes.
icloud
If you use an iPhone, chances are you are using icloud. It’s also as powerful a cloud storage tool as Google Photos, if not with some even better features. iCloud Photos is the part that AnonyViet will focus on here, and like Google Photos, it’s an easy way to keep all your photos securely stored in the cloud. It doesn’t have the same search capabilities, but you can access your photos from almost any device.
Free users are limited to 5GB of storage, but Apple iCloud offers some of the cheapest expansion plans. 50GB for only 20,000 VND/month, 200GB for 100,000 VND/month and 2TB for 200,000 VND/month. You can also save money on other subscriptions by combining them with Apple One
However, if you are not an iPhone user, you should choose the alternative Google Photos services I just introduced above. Currently iCloud has no official support for Android phones and it looks like it will be coming soon. You can access some limited functionality through a mobile browser, but it doesn’t offer that much of a convenience.
AnonyViet prefers to use OneDrive because this is a Microsoft product, so it integrates many applications such as Office 365, data synchronization, this is the service that replaces Google Photos I find the most suitable.
