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Immich vs Photobucket: catalog facts
Immich	Photobucket
Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…	Freemium Free tier available, with paid plans for more storage and features.
Self-hosted, Web, Android, 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	Private group sharing of photos and videos Phone photo backup into albums
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	Photos are stored on the provider's servers Closed source hosted service
Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app	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 October 2, 2026

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