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Immich vs Google Photos: catalog facts
Immich	Google Photos
Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…	Freemium Every Google Account includes up to 15 GB of storage shared across Google Photos, Gmail…
Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS	Web, Android, iOS
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	Automatic backup from Android and iOS in Original quality or compressed Storage saver quality Natural-language search plus face groups, places and things; AI editing tools such as Magic Eraser and Photo Unblur
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	Storage saver resizes photos above 16 MP and videos above 1080p, and since June 1, 2021 still counts… Content may be deleted after 2 years of inactivity or 2 years over the storage quota
Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app	Hosted service, Web application, Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Account needed	Account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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