If your photos already sit sorted in folders: PiGallery2 shows them as they are, with no import and no renaming.
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Immich instead of Google Photos
Automatic backup from your phone, search by faces and places, albums to share. Except the library is yours and sits in the EU.
about €8.80 / month All the pricing details
What you get out of it
Your photos live in your own instance, not in someone else’s account- Face recognition and search run on your side, not elsewhere
- You decide how much storage you book
Google Photos and Podless
| Google Photos and Podless | Google Photos | On Podless |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data lives | Google PhotosOn the provider’s servers | On PodlessIn your own instance in the EU |
| Source code | Google PhotosNot open to read | On PodlessOpen, you can read what runs |
| Ads and profiling | Google PhotosPer the provider’s terms | On PodlessNone |
| Your own domain | Google PhotosUsually not offered | On PodlessIncluded, certificate too |
| Getting out again | Google PhotosAs far as the provider allows | On PodlessSFTP, database, backups to your storage |
| If it gets shut down | Google PhotosYou have to move | On PodlessYou decide when you leave |
How to move from Google Photos
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