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iCloud Photos vs Immich: catalog facts
iCloud Photos	Immich
Freemium Uses the storage in the user's iCloud plan.	Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…
macOS, iOS, Web	Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS
Syncs automatically across Apple devices Web access for viewing and sharing	Automatic background backup from Android and iOS with selective album backup, album sync and Free Up Space to… Search by metadata, objects, faces and CLIP; facial recognition and clustering; reverse geocoding and a global map
Tied to an Apple account Closed source cloud service	Server needs Docker with at least 6 GB RAM and 2 CPU cores (8 GB and 4 cores… The Postgres database must not sit on NTFS, exFAT or a network share and should use local SSD
Web application, Hosted service	Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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