ArkCentral vs Piwigo
ArkCentral
arkcentral.com
Piwigo
piwigo.orgSide by side
| Figure | ArkCentral | Piwigo |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €32/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 8 |
| Spec score · Photo Storage Services | 8.4 (#12) | 8.3 (#17) |
| Headquarters | Sheridan, Wyoming, United States | France |
| Integrations | The product is presented as a private alternative for family chats and photos scattered across services such as WhatsApp, Google Photos, Drive, and iCloud. | The pricing comparison lists Google Analytics and Matomo as external analytics tools that can be added. |
| Product | The Ark is a private home device for storing family photos, videos, files, and messages on hardware the buyer owns. | Piwigo is open-source photo management software for organizing and sharing photo and video collections. |
| Support | The company lists [email protected] as its support contact. | Cloud subscriptions include email support, with priority support on higher plans; self-hosted professional support is available through support plans. |
Plans
Piwigo
- Free (self-hosted)Free
- Pro€32 a month
- Light (self-hosted support)€43 a month
- Standard (self-hosted support)€87 a month
- Team€109 a month
- Premium (self-hosted support)€165 a month
- Enterprise€219 a month
- VIP€439 a month
In their own words
ArkCentral
ArkCentral has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Piwigo
Piwigo is open-source photo management software for organizing and sharing photo and video collections. Albums, sub-albums, tags, metadata, and search help structure a library; roles, groups, and permissions let users publish galleries or restrict access. The software can be extended with plugins, themes, settings, and custom code, and both cloud and self-hosted versions provide API access.
Piwigo Cloud is hosted in France on Piwigo’s own infrastructure; the company says customer data is not transferred to the United States. Android and iOS apps support browsing libraries, editing photo details, and uploading photos and videos. Piwigo describes automatic tag and description generation and OCR text extraction, with its AI hosted on its own infrastructure. Users can export photos, videos, and metadata without charge and switch between Cloud and self-hosted deployments. The self-hosted plan is free. Cloud Pro costs €32 a month, billed annually and excluding VAT, and includes 10GB storage, one administrator, unlimited users, and no contributors. Other listed plans vary in storage, formats, contributors, and support. A Cloud subscription is limited to one Piwigo.