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Immich vs iCloud Photos: catalog facts
Immich	iCloud Photos
Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…	Freemium Uses the storage in the user's iCloud plan.
Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS	macOS, iOS, Web
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	Syncs automatically across Apple devices Web access for viewing and sharing
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	Tied to an Apple account Closed source cloud service
Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app	Web application, Hosted service
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 23, 2026

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