Community Essentials Plus PikaPods
Price FREE € 2.00 / mo from € 6.00 / mo from $ 6.50 / mo
Installation Self-Hosted Self-Hosted Self-Hosted Fully Managed
Help & Support Public Forums &
Community Chat		 Public Forums &
Community Chat		 Private Chat Provider
Storage Limit unlimited unlimited unlimited flexible
Instances unlimited personal use personal use flexible
Back Our Mission –
Full Data Ownership
Regular Updates
Plus License
AGPL License – – –
Build from Source –
Invoice with VAT-ID – – –
Mobile Apps PWA & PhotoSync PWA & PhotoSync PWA & PhotoSync PWA & PhotoSync
Accessible over the Internet optional optional optional
User Management
Account Roles Super Admin, Admin Super Admin, Admin, User, Viewer, Guest Super Admin, Admin, User, Viewer, Guest Super Admin, Admin, User, Viewer, Guest
Session Monitoring –
CLI Commands –
Admin Web UI – –
File Support
Maximum Resolution 900 MP 900 MP 900 MP 150 MP
JPEG, PNG & HEIC
Animated GIFs
JPEG XL Images
Vector Graphics – –
RAW Conversion
Video Transcoding
XMP, JSON & YAML
Duplicate Detection
Automatic Stacking
Keep Folder Structure
Automatic Organization optional optional optional optional
Metadata Compatibility
Embedded Exif
ExifTool JSON
Google Photos JSON
Adobe XMP partially partially partially partially
Artificial Intelligence
Face Recognition
Image Classification
NSFW Detector
Search
Powerful Filters
Fast Scrolling
Sort Results
Browse
People
Places
Moments
Calendar
Labels
Files and Folders
Maps & Places
Reverse Geocoding Rate Limited
Location Estimates
World Maps High-Resolution
Vector Map		 3D Vector &
Satellite Maps		 3D Vector &
Satellite Maps		 3D Vector &
Satellite Maps
Organization
Create Albums
Flag Favorites
Edit Metadata
Quality Review
Archive & Delete
Hide Private
Hide People
Sharing
WebDAV Upload
Download as ZIP
Album Links
File Links hourglass_top hourglass_top hourglass_top hourglass_top
Remote Access
WebDAV Server
Web Upload & Download
HTTPS optional optional optional
Domain Name optional optional optional
VPN optional optional optional –
Backups
WebDAV Sync
YAML Export
SQL Database
User Interface
Multiple Languages
Premium Themes
Configuration
Advanced Settings
Advanced Web Security – –
Mobile App (PWA)
Login Wallpaper
Legal Information
Social Preview
Hardware Video Transcoding –
Content Delivery Network (CDN) optional optional optional optional
Community Essentials Plus PikaPods
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