Quick take: Two free GB of storage is pretty meager. If you want to store lots of photos, you’ll probably need to buy a paid tier. However, you can stretch your free storage a bit. Each time you refer a friend who joins the service, you get 500 megabytes more, maxing out at 16GB.

Dropbox’s paid tiers cost $10 per month for 2TB of storage (there’s also a $17 family plan that includes up to six users) or $17 per month for 3TB. Pros: Free but limited storage, automatic photo uploading, photo printing service.Ĭons: Downsizes photos archived in the unlimited storage. Quick take: The unlimited storage space option ends June 1, 2021. After that, new photos uploaded with high-quality and express-quality resolutions will count toward the user’s 15GB Google Account storage allotment. When you reach the limit, you have to subscribe to a Google One account to back up photos. At high-quality resolution, photos are compressed to 16 megapixels. According to Consumer Reports’ experts, that’s adequate for most purposes. For example, it’s enough to print a 16.40x10.88-inch image at the industry standard of 300 pixels per inch.

At express quality, images are compressed to 3 megapixels. If you’d like, you can store images at their original resolution by choosing that option in your settings, but they will take up more space in your Google Drive. For more space, you can pay $2 per month for 100GB or $10 per month for 1TB.

The service features a mobile app that offers photo editing, tagging, live photo support, and machine-learning-supported search.Ĭons: Only 5GB of free storage, no in-app photo editing. Quick take: While it’s a bit sparse on helpful photo features, OneDrive might appeal to Windows users. Whether or not you use Microsoft Office, you can access and share photos using the OneDrive app, which does not require an additional download for computer use.

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