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Desktop app for uploading albums and photos to the gallery.
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An honest feature comparison of this photo gallery with similar photo management tools - including features that other services have and this site does not (yet).
Score
- Piwigo7 of 8 points
- Nextcloud + Memories7 of 8 points
- OpenPhotos3.5 of 4 points
- Immich6 of 8 points
- Zenphoto5.5 of 8 points
- jAlbum5.5 of 8 points
- Photo Gallery (this site)2.5 of 8 points
Yes = 1 point, Partially = 0.5 points, No = 0 points. The Price and license row and unverified cells are not counted - that is why the maximum differs between services.
By cost
The same services sorted by whether they will actually cost you anything.
Free
- Photo Gallery (this site) - free; not open-source (private project)
- Piwigo - free, open-source
- Nextcloud + Memories - free, open-source
- Zenphoto - free, open-source
- OpenPhotos - free, open-source
- Immich - free, open-source
Free with a paid full version
- jAlbum - free version with limits/watermark, full license is paid
| Feature | Photo Gallery (this site) | Piwigo | Nextcloud + Memories | Zenphoto | jAlbum | OpenPhotos | Immich |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nested albums (unlimited depth) | Yesgallery → albums → sub-albums without depth limit | Yesalbum structure matches subdirectories | Yestree structure follows disk folders | Yesfolder = album, subfolder = sub-album | Yesworks directly with the folder tree | Yesreal tree structure, not flat lists | Partiallyonly one level of sub-albums |
| Automatic sync from Windows | Nomanual upload via the web only, no desktop client yet | YesPiwigo Remote Sync (or FTP/WebDAV) | YesNextcloud Desktop, two-way auto-sync | Partiallyupload via FTP/rclone, new folders are indexed automatically | Yesthe Make & Upload button uploads only changes | Partiallyonly via external tools (e.g. rclone mount) | PartiallyImmichDrive - on-demand, not a mirrored folder sync |
| Web gallery | Yesalbums, fullscreen viewer, search, statistics | Yesfast interface with themes and plugins | Yesmodern interface, fast thumbnails | Yesclean gallery with many templates | Yesgenerated static HTML5/JS website | Yesmodern web UI | Yes |
| Access control | Partiallypublic/hidden galleries and albums + link with a code; no passwords or per-user permissions | Yespublic, logged-in only, group permissions and passwords | Yespublic link, password, expiration, specific users | Yesalbum passwords, hidden albums, user accounts | Partiallypassword for the whole gallery or selected sub-albums | Yesalbum locking with PIN, E2EE | Yesprivate/public albums, shared links |
| EXIF data and map | No | Yes | YesEXIF data and a map view | Yes | Yes | Not verified | Yesmap and metadata |
| Face recognition / AI search | No | No | Partiallyvia the Recognize app | No | No | Not verified | Yesfaces and smart search |
| Mobile app with automatic backup | No | Yes | Yesauto-upload in the Nextcloud mobile app | No | No | Not verified | Yesautomatic backup from the phone |
| Themes and plugins | No | Yes | PartiallyNextcloud app ecosystem | Yestemplates | Yesskins | Not verified | No |
| Price and license | free; not open-source (private project) | free, open-source | free, open-source | free, open-source | free version with limits/watermark, full license is paid | free, open-source | free, open-source |