Flickr vs Lychee
Flickr
flickr.comLychee
lycheeorg.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | Flickr | Lychee |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $6.83/mo | €5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · Photo Management Software | 9.3 (#2) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Spec score · Photo Sharing Software | 9.3 (#2) | 9.1 (#3) |
| Purpose | Flickr is an online photography community for managing, sharing, and discovering photos. | Lychee is a free, self-hosted photo-management tool for uploading, managing, and sharing photos. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.5 out of 5 from 15,000 ratings | No rating overview because the app has not received enough ratings or reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 4.1 out of 5 from 332 reviews | 4.1 out of 5 from 10 reviews |
| Security | Flickr says it takes physical, technical, and administrative measures to protect information, while stating that it cannot promise information will remain secure. | The maker recommends putting production deployments behind a reverse proxy with TLS. |
| Support | Flickr directs users to contact its help service for questions, concerns, and customer service inquiries. | The maker points users to documentation, GitHub Issues, and Discord for help. |
| What it does | Flickr is an online photo management and sharing community for uploading, organizing, displaying and discussing photographs and videos. | Lychee is a free, open-source photo-management system that runs on a user's server or web space for managing and sharing photos. |
Plans
Flickr
- Flickr FreeFree
- Flickr Pro$8 a month
- Flickr Pro Monthly$11 a month
- Flickr Pro Annual$82 a year
- Flickr Pro 2-Year$148, paid once
In their own words
Flickr
Flickr is an online photography community for managing, sharing, and discovering photos. Users can store and organize images, make galleries, and explore galleries from photographers they follow. Groups, contests, and a photography blog provide community activities, while daily curation and Creative Commons images support discovery. Privacy settings let users choose default visibility and control who can view, download, or interact with individual photos and videos. The mobile app can upload camera-roll photos and videos automatically, keeping them private until the user chooses to share them. Image recognition can find visually similar images and assist with search and organization. Users may authorize third-party apps to work with their accounts and later revoke access in settings. Flickr offers an API for non-commercial use; commercial use requires prior arrangement. The free plan permits 1,000 public photo and video uploads and displays ads. Flickr Pro costs $8 a month, billed annually, and includes unlimited full-resolution sharing and backup, ad-free browsing, detailed statistics, and enhanced privacy settings.