Amazon Photos vs Cluster

Amazon Photos stores, searches, shares, displays, and prints photos and videos from compatible devices. It is available on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Auto-Save can back up a mobile camera roll, while Desktop Backup saves folders from Windows or Mac computers. Image recognition organizes photos by people, places, things, and dates, and the service supports natural-language search. Family Vault can include up to six members, each with an account at no additional cost; sharing groups can have up to 50 members each. Photos can also appear on Echo Show, Echo Spot, and Fire TV devices. The built-in editor can crop, adjust, and filter photos, while U.S. customers can use Amazon Prints for prints, photo books, and gifts. Free storage is 5 GB shared across photos and videos. The Amazon Prime Photos benefit includes unlimited full-resolution photo storage and 5 GB for videos and other files. Paid options include 50 GB for $0.99 a month and 2 TB for $11.99 a month. The service is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Cluster provides private group sharing for friends and family outside social media. Members create groups for photos, videos, comments, and chat, with album access limited to invited users. Owners can share a private invitation link, and recipients can request to join. Notifications show when something new is added, while members can see who viewed or liked posts. Group photos can be turned into printed photo books. Cluster runs on Android, iOS, and the web, with no desktop app listed. Its free plan allows up to 10 groups, 1,000 photos per group, and 50 members per group; free video uploads are limited to one minute and SD quality. Cluster says photos are stored in redundant cloud locations and accessed over encrypted connections. Its policy describes SSL communications, does not guarantee complete security, and allows data downloads and deletion requests. Cluster is maintained by Fotoloce.