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Immich vs Stingle Photos: catalog facts
Immich	Stingle Photos
Free Free to use with every feature; the project states nothing will be put behind a paywall…	Freemium 1 GB of storage is free; more space is available on paid plans.
Self-hosted, Web, Android, iOS	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	End-to-end encryption including metadata Background backup and multi-device sync
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	Free tier limited to 1 GB Backup requires an account
Self-hosted, Web application, Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
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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