However, in our opinion, it’s not worth it to sign up for Amazon Prime just for Amazon Photos, or to sign up for Amazon Photos on its own without Amazon Prime. Although the vague security listed in the privacy policy is somewhat troubling, unlimited storage of your full-resolution photos essentially for free is a great benefit. Users who are already paying for Amazon Prime for the free shipping or video streaming benefits might as well check out Amazon Photos. The native integration of iCloud makes it even more convenient to use than Amazon Photos at a comparable price. On the paid side, Google Photos is comparably priced and offers a similar app experience to Amazon Photos.Īpple or iOS users may want to consider Apple iCloud as an alternative to Amazon Photos. Amazon’s 5GB for non-Prime members-so if you’re looking for the best free cloud storage experience, Google Photos is worth checking out. Google Photos offers more free storage to users than Amazon-15GB vs. Google Photos offers a comparable app experience to Amazon Photos (Image credit: Future) The competition

With Amazon Photos, you can share an album with another user, send albums via text or email, and send and react to photos with a built-in messenger feature on the app. On the desktop app, you can schedule automatic backups at times that work for you.Ī huge benefit of the cloud is it makes it easy to share photos. FeaturesĪmazon Photos offers an app for both iOS and Android that enables you to sync photos automatically from your device to the cloud, meaning all your pictures will be instantly backed up. However, the unlimited full-quality storage for Prime members only applies to photos: if you want to store videos, you’ll need to purchase extra storage. Even if you only plan on storing photos, it’s worth it to get the Prime membership for the added benefits. $1.99 a month or $19.99 a year will get you 100 GB of storage, whereas $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year will get you 1 TB of storage.Īfter that, Amazon Photos becomes comparably priced to an Amazon Prime membership.

Is there a maximum picture dimension? I know there is a minimum height/width and maximum file size but can you upload images with dimensions that are too big? My images are 3mb each and are pretty good quality.If you’re not interested in Amazon Prime, you can still use Amazon Photos, paying just for the storage you want. I tried delisting and relisting, I thought that might give the Amazon servers a push, but still doesn’t seem to be doing anything… I uploaded 3 images on my existing listing yesterday afternoon, uploaded one as a main image and two extras and waited… Almost 20 hours later they are still not showing? Apologies for asking another question, dont want the forum thinking I’m bombarding everyone!

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