All smartphones have a gallery where they store the images and videos made with the device, but the main lack of this option is that, once you change your phone, you will lose the files forever. That is why there are services in the cloud such as Google Photos, although there are those who prefer to bet on other alternatives such as Amazon Photos.
The purpose of this post is to check which of these two apps is better. For this we are going to use what each one offers the user in terms of options, storage and security. In this way you will know perfectly the one you should choose to save all your photos in the cloud and always have them at hand.
The space limit is very important
Previously, Google Photos was a completely free app. This means that it was not necessary to pay any type of monthly payment to enjoy unlimited storage in the cloud. However, last year everything changed and it began to offer only 15 GB at most; whereas, today, you have to pay to have 100 GB of storage available . The problem is that these amounts apply to all the services of our Google account, such as Drive, Gmail…
On the other hand, the Amazon Photos service presents obvious differences in this regard. Mainly, because if you have an Amazon account you will have 5 GB of free space and if you are subscribed to the Amazon Prime membership you will enjoy unlimited image storage and up to 5 GB of video, although you can increase this last figure with a periodic subscription.
The price of Amazon Prime is 49.90 euros per year and includes a huge number of advantages both when ordering through the platform and viewing content through the streaming platform. On the other hand, if you are not willing to contract the service, you can opt for Amazon Drive with a price of 70 euros per year, which is not entirely profitable.
Google Photos sacrifices quality
In this sense, it is important to note that the Amazon app allows you to upload files in RAW format . This means that there is the possibility of saving images with an enormous resolution quality and perfect for editing later. However, Google Photos automatically converts RAW photos to JPEG in the event that they exceed 16 MP, that is, you are losing quality when uploading the captures to the service of the great G.
While it is true that Amazon Photos is not as complete an application as Google Photos in many ways. First of all, Google’s photo editor program is much more advanced and has all sorts of cool features. In addition, it allows you to create collages, videos with images and endless possibilities.
Not to mention the organization, where Google Photos also surpasses the Amazon alternative despite the fact that the latter also has intelligent recognition to analyze the photos and save them in specific folders. However, the Mountain View company’s proposal is one step ahead thanks to the effectiveness of its search engine, which is capable of locating any image wherever it is.
which one should you choose
By way of conclusion, it is important to point out the role of Amazon Prime in all this, since if for some reason you have a subscription, Amazon Photos may be more worth it because you can upload photos without any limit, but for videos only you will have 5 GB. On the other hand, Google Photos forces you to checkout if your files exceed 15 GB, although the infinity of options that it hides inside makes it much more attractive than its competitor.
That is why we think that they are designed for two different types of users: on the one hand, Amazon Photos is ideal for those who usually work with many images, such as professional photographers or journalists; while Google Photos is an alternative for the average user who only wants to store photos of their trips, meetings and so on, in addition to carrying out image editing or creating simple content, such as a small movie with screenshots and videos or a collage.