ImmichShow your pictures in albums, with a map and camera data, and share them by link. On your own instance, where you decide who sees what.
Immich instead of Amazon Photos
Back up photos and videos from your phone automatically, search by faces, share albums with the family. In an instance that belongs only to you, with the photo archive tied to no shopping account.
about €8.80 / month All the pricing details
What you get out of it
Your photo archive is an account of its own, independent of any subscription- Faces, places and picture content are recognised inside your instance
- Share albums by link, also with people who have no account
Amazon Photos and Podless
| Amazon Photos and Podless | Amazon Photos | On Podless |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data lives | Amazon PhotosOn the provider’s servers | On PodlessIn your own instance in the EU |
| Source code | Amazon PhotosNot open to read | On PodlessOpen, you can read what runs |
| Ads and profiling | Amazon PhotosPer the provider’s terms | On PodlessNone |
| Your own domain | Amazon PhotosUsually not offered | On PodlessIncluded, certificate too |
| Getting out again | Amazon PhotosAs far as the provider allows | On PodlessSFTP, database, backups to your storage |
| If it gets shut down | Amazon PhotosYou have to move | On PodlessYou decide when you leave |
Other swaps
Flickr ImmichPlan to Eat 
MealieCollect recipes, plan the week and turn it into a shopping list, together with everyone in the household. Your recipes move over directly.
AnyList MealieShopping list, recipes and a weekly plan in one app the whole household shares. On your own instance, without a subscription.