Online photo storage best suited for storing photos - 8 2015 edition


ByErich Z

As the number of photos taken with smartphones and cameras increases more and more, managing all the data is a difficult task. Storing pictures on the cloud will make it possible to access all photos from any terminal, but online photo storage differs in user-friendliness depending on the service. The Verge reporter is summarizing the 2015 edition of 8 online photo storage services that can be used to manage photos.

The best way to manage your photos online in 2015 | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8467289/cloud-photo-storage-comparison-dropbox-icloud-flickr-onedrive-free

The Verge put together 10 online storage services as "the best photo app that lets you memorize in the cloud" in 2013. About 2 years passed since then, as of 2015, at that time I was told that "one of the world's best photo applications""Everpix" has already finished service provision. Several startups are repeatedly born and closed to select services, and the appearance and development speed of new services is becoming stagnant. Meanwhile, the IT industry giant like Apple and Amazon tried to improve the service and reviewed the price.

It will be uploaded to the web over 900 million photo files annually throughout the world in 2015, and all major online storage services adopt "automatic upload function". As the penetration rate of smartphones continues to rise, the ability to automatically backup the camera roll pictures is essential. As of 2015, The Verge picks up eight online storage services that can actually be used.

◆ 01:Amazon Cloud Drive/ (Prime Photos)


Amazon offers free photo storage "Amazon Cloud Drive" that can use up to 5 GB. In November 2014 we started "Prime Photos" unlimited capacity photo storage service for prime members. Even non-prime members can use it for 12 dollars a year (about 1,400 yen). Web · iOS · Android · Kindle Fire · Fire Phone · Windows · Mac is compatible, but service provision for Japan is not started yet as the article writing.

Amazon storage service seems to lack the intuitiveness of operation compared with other services, but the advantage of storage capacity unlimited is its strength. In addition to the online shopping function of Amazon.com's Amazon prime, streaming viewing of movies and TV programs and millions of songs of music can be played, so already prime members are enough It is said to be a function. The person who uploaded 300 GB or more to Prime Photos and verified it, "I can upload RAW images", "We are saving the same file as original file" is evaluated.

Things you can upload over 300 GB to Amazon's "Prime Photos" that can store photos indefinitely - GIGAZINE


◆ 02:ICloud


As an online storage service, Apple can save up to 1000 pictures and videos to iCloud for 30 days at no charge "Photo stream"You can save up to 5 GB of photos and videos on iCloud for free"Photo Library"Is provided. Photo library is"Photos" application newly added to MacAnd iOS terminals, and editing the saved file can be reflected to all terminals at once.

It is an online storage service that can be used by Apple users, such as setting to save the files taken with iOS terminal to the main body at low resolution and to save the original file to iCloud, and in addition to 5 GB of freeAdditional capacity of 20 GB can be added with only 100 yen per monthis.

◆ 03:Dropbox


Dropbox is "Carousel(Carousel) "iOS / Android photo gallery application is offered. Automatically back up photos and movies taken with smartphones to Dropbox, you can check the uploaded file from the smartphone in timeline format. Although it is a convenient application that can save the built-in storage of the terminal, the download number of Android application is less than 5 million times, and the name recognition is still low. It is said that sharing functions to SNS and sharing functions between applications are superior, so it seems that it will be more convenient if users increase in the future.

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In addition, Dropbox which is the backup source has 2 GB capacity free of charge, and it has a charge setting of 1 TB at 1200 yen / month. Although it is not the lowest price compared with other services, it is the strongest level of storage service regarding synchronization capability.

◆ 04:Flickr


Flickr The biggest point is that you can save files up to 1 TB for free. Regardless of professional or amateur, high level photographers are gathered at Flickr which can be released while preserving photos. However, Flickr adopted the square display in the mobile application against the Instagram, and it was said that confusion occurred, for example, it was difficult to see the list when viewing photos with full bleed display in square size. However, as there are users who save pictures for many years, there seems to be trust in "safety" important for online storage.

◆ 05:Google+


Google+ is a social networking service,Google+ photo featuresIt is also excellent as online storage. If the picture is up to 2048 pixels, you can save with unlimited capacity and the uploaded photo will be corrected to a beautiful photo by "auto correction function" which performs red eye processing and brightness correction. The automatic correction function can be turned off or individually corrected. In addition to being able to create GIF animation with more than 5 pictures shot with burst shots etc, it is also excellent for photo selection function of "highlight" that gather photos that are beautifully taken from among uploaded pictures.

In addition, we have abundant features such as automatic synchronization of images taken with smartphones and web-based photo editing tools, so that we can not beat the other online storage services when managing photos.

◆ 06:OneDrive


Microsoft's storage service, which has been renamed from SkyDrive to OneDrive, can use up to 30 GB of free storage capacity and supports automatic uploading from smartphone and other devices via mobile application. A distinctive feature is the ability to automatically tag uploaded photos and tags such as "buffet", "car", "city" "crowd" etc. are attached by machine discrimination from the photograph. However, there seems to be a case that a tag that does not match the picture is attached.

According to The Verge reporter, OneDrive says that it is not at the top level as a storage to store photos, but it states "level usable without problems".

◆ 07:Picturelife


Picturelife is a photo storage service that can use 8GB of storage for free. Most of the storage services provided by technology giants such as iCloud and Google+ do not have sharing and importing functions to other services, but Picturelife can click Flickr, Foursquare, Google, Instagram , Tumblr, Twitter, and so on. Therefore, it is suitable for backing up all the photos uploaded to multiple SNS at once.

Also, in Picturelife's mobile application, there is a function to highlight a day's picture, and unexpectedly I can remember what happened several years ago. Among online storage services, Picturelife can be used as a way of putting all the photos together in one place, designed with an easy-to-use UI, but since it was sold to StreamNation in February 2015, It is a place to wonder if it will change to.

◆ 08:SmugMug


SmugMug has a 14-day free trial, but there is no storage available for free. After the trial, you can use unlimited storage with basic plan of about 40 dollars (about 4800 yen) per year. Although it is a different approach from other services, it is said that it is a service suitable for professional and semi-professional cameramen. Photos saved in SmugMug are specialized for use in portfolios, etc. Furthermore, because any plan has website creation function, it is now possible to create a website using photos saved in SmugMug.

In addition, it is also possible to sell photos saved in SmugMug as products. It is not suitable for simply saving photos but it is a service for professionals involved in cameras.

In addition, the things considered in hitting pickups are differences in functions and ease of use. The functions and prices of the eight services are summarized in one table, and each item is as follows.
"Auto-Upload (automatic upload)"
"Share to External Social Networks (Shared to SNS)"
"Share to Web Gallery (Sharing to Web Gallery)"
"Public, Writeable API (Writable API)"
"Intergrated Printing Service (print service)"
"Cloud Editing"
"Display RAW Files (Display RAW file)"
"Host and Stream Video (uploading and playing movie files)"
"Timeline View for Photos (photo timeline display)"
"Mobile Album Creation (mobile album creation function)"
"Search by Filename (File Name Search)"
"Import from Social Networks (imported from SNS)"
"View EXIF ​​Data (Browse EXIF ​​data)"
"Photo Deduplication"
"Platforms (Supported platform)"
"Free Strage (free storage area)"
"Pricing Tiers (price)"

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