Google Photos Vs Flickr: Storage Space, File Formats and Cost

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Google and Yahoo has photo storage services i.e. Google Photos and Flickr respectively. Both offer an useful features such as automatically photo backups, organizations of photos, online editing tools, and sharing. The main feature of Google Photos is an unlimited standard-resolution photo and video storage. And the main feature of Flickr is auto uploading and photo organization. If you want to backup photos in their original resolution and need RAW support, then Flickr is better option. If you want to backup videos, then Google Photos is better option because there is no length limitation.

Difference between Google Photos and Flickr: Storage Space, File Formats and Cost


Google Photos:

  1. Google Photos works brilliantly on platforms like Android, iOS and Web.
  2. Google Photos offers unlimited free storage capacity for up to 16 megapixels per 1080p HD video or 15 GB for full resolution to all its users.
  3. You can upgrade your free account to a paid monthly subscription plan for more storage space. It offers 100GB space for $2/month, 1TB space for $10/month and 10TB space for $100/month and this storage space is shared with other Google services.
  4. The photo file extensions that are supported by Google Photos: .jpg, .webp., .png, .gif, .crw, .cr2, .nef, .dng, .orf, .raf, .arw, .pef, .srw, .rw2, .bmp, .ico, .tiff.
  5. The video file extensions that are supported by Google Photos: .mpg, .mod, .mmv, .tod, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .divx, .mov, .m4v, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m2t, .m2ts, .mts, .mkv.
Flickr:

  1. Flickr works brilliantly on platforms like Android, iOS, Windows Phone and Web.
  2. Flickr offers 1 TB of dree storage space with no limitations on resolution to all its users. There are file size limits for an individual photos up to 200MB per photo, 1 GB per video, limited to 3 min. each.
  3. It offers ad-free option (1TB) for $6/month or $50/year.
  4. The photo file extensions that are supported by Flickr: .jpg, .gif (non-animated), .png (other formats converted to JPEG).
  5. The video file extensions that are supported by Flickr: .mov, .avi, .3gp, .mp4, .m2ts, .wmv, .mpeg, .ogg, .ogv.

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