Photobucket vs. Wasabi Object Storage

I can see this being useful for a lot of different scenarios. A professional photographer could use it to store and share photos with clients. They could also use it to share their work on social media if they do photography for the sale of prints. An individual could use it to store all of the family photos that they don't have room for on their phone or computer so they don't have to delete any to save space. They could share it with family and friends via Photobucket or via social media. It isn't a feature I use but you can even turn photos into gifts for friends and family. It is a paid service so I'd say if the extra storage isn't needed or you don't have a lot of photos to store it may not be for you, but anyone else could benefit from at least 1 or 2 of the offerings.

Incentivized

If you have a huge collection of files where they are unlikely to change over time, like videos and photos, then Wasabi is a great place to back things up.

Incentivized

• Houses very large photos that I don't have the capacity to store on my computer
• Allows for a great online backup just in case something happens with my computer or external hard drive
• Allows me to quickly and easily share photos with clients after their photoshoot is done
• Organizes photos into a streamlined setup

Incentivized

• AWS S3 compatible APIs.
• Supports custom policies and sub-accounts.
• Much cheaper when compared to AWS S3.

Incentivized

• Plans are awkwardly priced compared to competitors
• [In my opinion,] made shady practices in the past forcing users to their premium plans

Incentivized

• Id love to see them add a FIPS compliant container to allow for secure storage for DoD.

Incentivized

[I] also had an ImageEvent premium account, and it was far easier to manage images in Photobucket. ImageEvent's UI is very dated, and its feature set has largely remained stagnant. Photobucket has evolved over the past decade and offers a clean enough user interface to quickly accomplish what needs to be done.

Incentivized

Azure was too expensive for a cold solution. While it was backed up across 3 different data centers, it wasnt worth the cost. Google cloud is comparable in price, but Google is Google. And they arent good for DoD backups as your data could end up in a foriegn datacenter.

Incentivized

• No maintenance necessary since it usually "just works"
• Saves time for quickly sharing content to clients

Incentivized

• The cost savings from previous Cloud backup solution is over 70%
• Ease of backups - Incorporation with Veeam already in place
• Our biggest bottleneck for throughput is our on-prem storage offloading to Wasabi. COuldnt be happier with thier network bandwith.

Incentivized