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Motaware Photos

Your memories, organised

Upload your photos and videos to one private library and find them again by date, album, tag, person or place. Make quick edits without touching the original, and share a photo or a whole album with a link that you control.

Included in every plan, Free too. An alternative to Google Photos, iCloud.

What you can do with Photos

Upload photos and videos

Pick files from your computer or drop them onto the timeline. Dates, camera details and location are read from each photo as it arrives.

  • Files up to 1.1 GB each
  • MP4 and WebM videos play in the browser
  • HEIC and RAW files kept as originals to download

Your timeline

Browse everything by day, newest first, and jump to a year or a month. Favourites, videos and ratings keep the best shots close at hand.

  • Favourites and 1 to 5 star ratings
  • Correct a photo's date or location
  • Find exact duplicates and remove the extra copies

Albums, tags and people

Gather photos into albums with a cover of your choice, colour-code them with tags, and name the people in them. Search looks across all of it at once.

  • Search by file name, camera, tag, person or album
  • Tag people by hand and merge duplicates
  • A Places page for your geotagged photos

Edits that keep the original

Rotate, flip and adjust brightness, contrast and saturation. Your original file is never changed, so you can revert to it at any time.

  • Adjustments from -100 to +100
  • Thumbnails and exports show your edit
  • One click back to the original

Download and export

Export a photo as JPEG, PNG, WebP or TIFF, optionally at a smaller width. Select many photos, or a whole album, and download them as one zip.

  • Up to 1,000 items in one zip
  • Videos, HEIC and RAW download as the original file
  • Exports on the Free plan carry a small Motaware watermark

Share with a link

Share a single photo or an album with anyone, no account needed. Add a password or an expiry date, and revoke the link whenever you like.

  • Links that expire after 1, 7 or 30 days, or never
  • Every link you have made, on one page
  • Visitors can report a link that breaks the rules

What your plan includes

Photos is in every plan, Free included, with the same features on every plan. Your plan sets your storage, and Free exports carry a watermark.

  • Free $0

    Storage
    5 GB
    Largest file
    1.1 GB
    Exports
    With watermark
    Malware scanning
    Every upload
  • Personal $10/mo

    Storage
    200 GB
    Largest file
    1.1 GB
    Exports
    No watermark
    Malware scanning
    Every upload
  • Pro $18/mo

    Storage
    2 TB
    Largest file
    1.1 GB
    Exports
    No watermark
    Malware scanning
    Every upload
  • Family $25/mo

    Storage
    4 TB shared
    Largest file
    1.1 GB
    Exports
    No watermark
    Malware scanning
    Every upload
  • Business Starter $10/mo per seat

    Storage
    1 TB per seat
    Largest file
    1.1 GB
    Exports
    No watermark
    Malware scanning
    Every upload
  • Business Standard $18/mo per seat

    Storage
    2 TB per seat
    Largest file
    1.1 GB
    Exports
    No watermark
    Malware scanning
    Every upload
  • Business Plus $25/mo per seat

    Storage
    5 TB per seat
    Largest file
    1.1 GB
    Exports
    No watermark
    Malware scanning
    Every upload

Photos counts the original files you upload to it. If a paid plan ends, your library stays readable for 90 days and you can still export it, with the Free watermark on exported photos.

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Security and privacy

Scanned before it's stored

Every upload is checked for malware first. Infected files are refused and never saved, and if the scanner can't give a verdict the upload is refused rather than let through.

Checked by content, not name

Photos looks at what a file really is, not what it claims to be. Only images and videos are accepted, so web pages and scripts can't be slipped in as photos.

Private, signed links

Your photos are never in a public folder. They are served through signed links that expire within 12 hours, and deleting a photo stops its links working at once.

Protected share links

A share link can need a password, which is never put in the address. Password guesses are rate limited, and a revoked link stops working straight away.

Questions about Photos

How large can a photo or video be?

Up to 1.1 GB per file. Your plan's storage sets how much you can keep in total; see Pricing for each plan.

Can I upload HEIC or RAW files?

Yes. They are stored safely and you can download the original at any time, but browsers can't show them, so they appear as a labelled tile without a preview and can't be edited.

Does Photos recognise faces?

Not yet. You name people yourself and tag them on photos, and each person gets a page of their photos.

Can I get back a photo I deleted?

No. There is no trash yet, so deleting a photo removes it for good. Photos asks you to confirm first.

Why do my exports have a watermark?

Photos exported on the Free plan carry a small Motaware watermark in the corner. Every paid plan exports without it. Your originals are never changed.

What happens to my photos if my paid plan ends?

Nothing is deleted straight away. Your library becomes read-only for 90 days: you can still view, download and export everything, and existing share links keep working. Subscribe again to make changes.

Give your photos a private home

Photos is in every Motaware plan, including Free. Start uploading in your browser in a minute.