Immich vs PicBackMan
Immich
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| Figure | Immich | PicBackMan |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $8.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Photo Backup Software | 8.1 (#11) | 7.9 (#16) |
| Integrations | Immich supports OAuth identity providers, API keys for programmatic access, and Prometheus monitoring. | The pricing page lists Google Photos, Flickr, SmugMug, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, pCloud, and YouTube as supported services. |
| Organization | Features include albums, hierarchical tags, maps, memories, favorites, and a folder view. | It can retain folder structure, preserve metadata, and skip duplicate photos during upload. |
| Purpose | Immich is a self-hosted app for backing up photos and videos from Android and iOS devices. | PicBackMan backs up, downloads, and transfers photos and videos between a computer and online photo and storage accounts. |
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In their own words
Immich
Immich is a free, open-source app for backing up photos and videos from Android and iOS devices to a server users manage themselves. Uploads can come through the mobile app, browser, or command-line interface; external libraries can be added as read-only folders. The web app opens in a browser at the server address on port 2283. Albums, hierarchical tags, maps, memories, favorites, and a folder view help organize media. Smart Search accepts natural-language phrases, and facial recognition detects and groups faces. Users can share libraries with friends and family, create public links for collections, or share with partners. Immich supports OAuth identity providers, API keys, and Prometheus monitoring. Deployment documentation covers Docker Compose and Kubernetes, with community NAS guides also available. The documentation recommends a 64-bit Linux or Unix-like system, requires Docker Compose, and gives minimum server resources of 6 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores. Automatic database backups contain metadata only, so uploaded photos and videos need separate backups. The listed plan is free, with a self-hosted server required.
PicBackMan
PicBackMan has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.