6 best service to store your photos in the cloud

1. «Google Photos»

• cost: 15 GB of storage are free, after exceeding the volume of photos and video will be compressed. You can find the tariff plans on page Google Drive.
• applications: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
• Support for the Russian language: there is.

Perhaps the best service for storing photos - no matter how many you have. It really is a universal solution that fits users of all popular platforms: Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.

The principle of operation of the service is simple. You fill up your photos, and they are automatically grouped according to time and place of shooting. To do this, Google uses the metadata stored in the photo files. In addition, photographs are scrutinized artificial intelligence that can recognize things imprinted on the pictures, and to search for specific objects. Simply type in the search bar "car" or "cat", and the service will find all the cars caught in the lens of your camera, or all photos from seals.

Search - this is, as expected, the strongest side of Google.

Another delicious chip service - unlimited space for photos. «Google Photos" can be free to store any number of your photos and videos. True, your photos will be pressed down to the resolution of no more than 16 megapixel and video - no more than 1 080p. Photo and video at a lower resolution will remain unchanged. Such a definition will still suffice for most users.

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2. iCloud

• cost: 5 GB of free storage. 50 GB - 59 rubles a month, 200 GB - 149 rubles per month, 2 TB - 599 rubles a month. Details about the tariff plans can be found here.
• applications: macOS, iOS.
• Support for the Russian language: there is.

If you are using Apple devices, iCloud - your choice. Otherwise, look at him makes no sense. This cloud storage is tightly integrated with macOS and iOS, and it can synchronize all of the data from these systems: documents, calendars, contacts and photos. iCloud works in conjunction with the native application "Photos" for macOS and iOS.

Users Windows, which only began to migrate to the iPhone and Mac, you may download for free attachmentThat helps upload photos and videos to your library iCloud. Arrange everything will be in the "Photos" on iPhone, iPad, and Mac or Web version of iCloud.

Application "Photos" has an amazing opportunity to build your library. It allows you to create albums, edit geotags and read metadata. Especially cool feature "Picture" - "smart albums" something like Smart FoldersIn which photos are automatically placed according to your specified conditions. "Photo" is really very handy thing, and we can only sigh at the fact that it does not exist in Windows.

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3. Dropbox

• cost: 2 GB free, 1 TB of 8.25 dollars a month. You can learn more about the tariff plans here.
• applications: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.
• Support for the Russian language: there is.

Dropbox He added to your desktop and mobile clients pictures startup function even before it became mainstream. It is well suited for any kind of file types, including photos.

The main advantage of Dropbox - it convenient application available on all desktop and mobile platforms. Lack - little space in the free version. In addition, there are no chips like Dropbox search the contents of the photos peculiar specialized «Google Photos" and Flickr.

In general, if you need a service that is easy to upload and store your photos, and you can do without Pribluda like embedded artificial intelligence and editor to remove red-eye, then Dropbox - your choice.

By the way, you can place a free increaseBy sending links to friends and installing applications.

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4. OneDrive

• cost: 5 GB free, 1TB for 339 rubles per month. You can learn more about the tariff plans here.
• applications: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
• Support for the Russian language: there is.

In fact, OneDrive does the same things as Dropbox, but with pictures drawn not much better. When downloading the service automatically tags photos Tags: OneDrive determines the image type (portrait, landscape, and so on) and objects imprinted on it (a person, animal, object or nature).

In addition, OneDrive recognizes geotags, so you can see where the photo was taken, on the tab "Places". Also, the service allows you to create albums, folders and tags to sort the photos.

If you are a Windows 10, Microsoft has set for you OneDrive.

Connect the camera to a computer or smart phone, and the app will prompt you to save photos to your library OneDrive. This is an excellent service for fans Microsoft ecosystem, and if you subscribe to Office 365 OneDrive is definitely your choice.

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5. Adobe Creative Cloud

• cost: 1 TB, and subscribe to Adobe Lightroom for $ 9.99 per month. Details about the tariff plans can be found here.
• applications: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
• Support for the Russian language: there is.

But this is a decision for either professional photographers or for avid fans. Adobe Creative Cloud not cheap, but with it you get Adobe Lightroom, which can make snapshots do anything.

Photos in Adobe Creative Cloud is stored in a convenient and beautiful gallery, which is very easy to navigate. Supports Creative Cloud and group of the library, so you can sort and process the images with friends and colleagues.

Adobe Lightroom in conjunction with Creative Cloud is able to organize your photos by rating, tags, can filter out the defective pictures, showing the attributes and metadata of the photos. This tool is very many functions, but they are useful not for everyone.

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6. Canon Irista

• cost: 15 GB of free, 1TB 12.99 dollars a month. There are tariff plans for the 100 and 500 GB, 1, 2, 5 and 10 TB. Details can be found here.
• applications: iOS, Android.
• Support for the Russian language: there is.

Cloudy pictures repository created giant Canon - manufacturer of various digital devices. Irista have a bunch of functions that allow it to compete on equal terms with «Google Photos" and Flickr. General Albums for co-viewing and sorting images, intelligent search on the contents of images, send photos to the cloud directly from their mobile devices - all that is here.

Artificial intelligence service may seek not only images containing specific people, objects and places, but also to perform a search on the style of photography, and even on the camera model.

Irista supports computers and mobile devices. In addition, the new service is compatible Canon digital camera.

Photos are stored in the cloud in the original quality: the service does not compress them, in contrast to the same «Google Photos." The only thing that can upset - rather high prices, but Irista worth it. This is an excellent choice for owners of Canon digital cameras and just take pictures of fans.

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