Sunday, February 11, 2007

The Web Photo Sharing Site Faceoff

Streamload MediaMax most file type. 25GB, 1GB/month download. $44.95/year for high resolution download, original?
Fabrik free 1GB $0.49/GB/month
Joggle
Sharpcast Photo photo synchronizing in Windows XP originals last for 30 days only, then 1600x1200 $64.99 to keep originals
SugarSync sync, backup 60GB $99.99

AOL Pictures Free Unlimited Storage. Keep photos in their original high resolution format. Techcrunch review
Sony ImageStation Unlimited picture storage capacity. Access to full-size original images, Silver Membership, $4.99/year. video (format: MPEG, MP4, 3GP) has a 40MB limit per clip. provides online storage for up to 15 minutes of video clips
Flickr If you upgrade to a pro account for $24.95, your original files are available for download. Video 90 seconds 150MB free, 500MB pro 720p
Kodak EasyShare Gallery KodakGallery Premier subscription for $24.99 per year, you can have a unique kodakgallery.com/your name Web address, one-click publishing, and free high-resolution downloads of all your images. video has limit of 15 megabytes per file, with a maximum of 150 megabytes of video files per member account. The Gallery will store each video file for 30 days
CNET Webshots only have 1600x1200 pixel, video 150 MB 10 minutes 432x324 $2.49 per month, free account has 75mb/5min/352x240 AVI MPEG4 DV
PhotoSite Unlimited $35.88
* SmugMug unlimited Standard account, $39.95 per year, 8MB 48MP. video 600MB 10 min DVD for power users $59.95, 10 min 1280x720 for pro users $149.95
* Phanfare unlimited photo video synchronization $6.95/month $54.95/year $299.95 Lifetime, 20MB image, 10 min video 2GB 26.6 Mbps archived at 4 Mbps MPEG-4, AVI, MPEG, WMV and QuickTime, streaming at h.264 1.3Mbps, .., 512kbps, and flash 7 .., .. 640x480 If an uploaded video's bitrate is greater than 4 megabits per second, and the video's width is greater than 640 pixels or its height is greater than 480 pixels, the video will be converted to a 5 mbps H.264 video. Otherwise it will be converted to an archival 3 mbps H.264 video.

Comparison of video services
* YouTube 10 minutes 2GB 26.6Mbps Windows Media Video(.avi) .3GP (cell phones) .AVI (windows) .MOV (mac) .MP4 (ipod/psp) .MPEG .FLV (adobe flash) .SWF (shockwave flash) .MKV (h.264) 2Mbps 1280x720 H.264 232kbps 44.1K stereo AAC
* Vimeo 720/24p 1.6Mbps VBR 512M/week 1HD/week, Plus $59.95 1GB/file (5GB/week)
Daily Motion HD 1280x720 1GB
HD Share 4GB 1280x720
VReel 2GB HD

Google Picasa Web Albums 10GB $20 per year, 40GB $75. video size should be no larger than 100MB in various formats to Picassa Web, 1GB to YouTube Free 250MB
HP Snapfish high resolution original download 25c per photo Snapfish Home Movie Videos $24.99 a year. MOV, AVI, 3gp or MPG (motion jpeg), 10 minutes

Yahoo Photos Only customers of Rogers Yahoo!, AT&T Yahoo!, Verizon Yahoo!, and BT Yahoo! can download full-resolution versions of their photos.
Shutterfly we do not have high-resolution downloading available. However, we do have an Archive CD

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