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December 17, 2014

Pics.io – Manage Photos in the Cloud

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Priceless family photographs are too important to store on a desktop hard drive that could crash at any time. To truly ensure that images are protected, Pics.io has developed a cloud-based storage solution that uses Google Drive to keep people’s family heirlooms safe, secure, and accessible on any device.

Designed for individuals, families, and businesses, Pics.io offers free tools that anyone can use to store, edit, organize, and even share images in the cloud. Just sign up for Pics.io and connect the platform to your Google Drive account. Begin importing photos from your hard drive to Pics.io. The platform will automatically detect any duplicates, and you’ll get instant RAW previews. Pics.io also offers metadata access, and basic photo editing and reviewing tools. Photo syncing happens automatically, which means you don’t have to worry about the typical hassles of syncing and storage when you use the cloud-based service.

Users can get access to Pics.io’s basic photo organization and editing tools for free. For an additional $5 a month, they can also take advantage of collection sharing. Entire libraries can be shared with specific people, without making a user’s images completely public. For photo enthusiasts, amateur photographers, and anyone else who has thousands of large-size images filling up his or her hard drive, Pics.io is an interesting solution that’s worth checking out.

Practical Uses:

  • Import your entire photo collection into Google Drive
  • Share a photo library with your family
  • Organize photos on any device
  • Detect and delete duplicate images in your photo library

Insider Tips:

  • Users have complete metadata access
  • Pics.io offers duplicate detection during the uploading process
  • Sync photos from multiple devices
  • Pics.io has basic photo editing tools

What we liked:

  • Photos are saved at full resolution and quality
  • Users can organize their photo libraries whenever it’s convenient
  • People don’t have to worry about their images being saved by a startup that could go under
  • Pics.io offers RAW previews

What we didn’t like:

  • People must use Google Drive to take advantage of Pics.io

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Company Info:

  • Launched: 2013
  • Privately Held
  • Headquarters: Ukraine
  • Founded by: Konstantin Shtondenko, Yevgeniy Shpika, and Vlad Tsepelev
  • Web site: http://pics.io

Costs:

  • Free photo organization and editing tools
  • $5 for collection sharing

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