Google Photos vs jAlbum
Google Photos
google.comjAlbum
jalbum.netSide by side
| Figure | Google Photos | jAlbum |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 6 |
| Spec score · Photo Management Software | 9.3 (#3) | 8.8 (#7) |
| Editing | The product lists AI editing tools including Magic Eraser and Photo Unblur, and says these features are available in the Google Photos app. | The built-in image editor supports cropping, sharpening, level adjustments, auto-correction, watermarks, and batch processing. |
| Integrations | Google Photos lists camera and digitization partners including Canon and Photomyne, print partners including Walgreens and Shutterfly, and TV platforms including Google TV and Samsung. | The jAlbum community site says users can connect with Facebook or Twitter to share albums. |
| Privacy | Google says Photos does not sell users’ photos, videos, or personal information and does not use their photos and videos for advertising. | jAlbum says hosted files are stored on its servers in Sweden and AWS servers in Ireland and Germany, with access limited to a few people. |
| Product | Google Photos provides tools to edit, organize, search, back up, and share photos and videos. | jAlbum is desktop software that creates photo and video gallery websites from local media for publishing to a personal site or jalbum.net. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.5 out of 5 from 814 reviews | 4.5 out of 5 from 4 reviews. |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.4 out of 5 from 53,899,623 ratings | 2.4 out of 5 from 85 reviews. |
Plans
Google Photos
- FreeFree
- Basic$1.99 a month
- Google AI Plus$9.99 a month
- Google AI Pro$19.99 a month
- FreeFree
- Basic$1.99 a month
- Google AI Plus$9.99 a month
- Google One Basic (100 GB)¥290 a month
- Google AI Plus (2 TB)¥1,450 a month
- Google AI Pro (5 TB)¥2,900 a month
jAlbum
- FreeFree
- Power AccountPrice not published
- Premium AccountPrice not published
- Pro LicensePrice not published
- Standard LicensePrice not published
- Super AccountPrice not published
In their own words
Google Photos
Google Photos is a service for editing, organizing, searching, backing up, and sharing photos and videos. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web. A Google Account includes 15 GB shared among Photos, Gmail, and Drive at no cost; Original quality backups use that storage. Users can back up media automatically or manually, and share photos, videos, and albums with people who do not use Google Photos. The app lists AI editing tools including Magic Eraser and Photo Unblur. It supports full-resolution RAW image backup and cloud storage for 4K video. Google lists paid monthly plans including Basic at $1.99 a month for 100 GB, Google AI Plus at $9.99 a month for 2 TB, and Google AI Pro at $19.99 a month for 5 TB; each allows up to five additional people. The natural-language search example is limited to eligible US users aged 18 or older who meet specified language and settings requirements. Google says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and users can delete or export their content.
jAlbum
jAlbum is desktop software for building photo and video gallery websites from local media, then publishing them to a personal site or a jalbum.net account. Its editor supports cropping, sharpening, level adjustments, automatic correction, watermarks, and batch processing. The organizer can arrange photos by date and location, remove duplicates, and add tags. Users can choose among hundreds of customizable album templates, called skins. An included FTP client uploads galleries to web hosting. jAlbum says generated albums do not rely on server-side scripting. The free license allows galleries of at most 24 objects; the page says gallery size may otherwise depend on computer memory. Listed platforms are Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows, though desktop is the primary platform. Standard and Pro licenses include one year of priority email support, with replies within 24 hours on business days. The maker identifies photographers, artists, businesses, organizations, and families as potential users. jAlbum supports RAW photos, face recognition, and metadata tools, but does not offer cloud sync.