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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Photobucket

    Score5 out of 10
    N/APhotobucket headquartered in Denver offers their cloud services for uploading, sharing, linking and finding photos, videos and graphics. Service plans may include hosting, photo editing, private album sharing or sharing to social media, and caption and title creation and editing.N/A

    WeTransfer

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AWeTransfer offers a large file transfer service which includes up to 20 GB transfer with its Pro service, as well as 100 GB of cloud storage.

    $12

    per month

    Pricing
    PhotobucketWeTransfer
    Editions & Modules
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    Pro
    $12.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PhotobucketWeTransfer
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PhotobucketWeTransfer
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    Photobucket
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    WeTransfer
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    PhotobucketWeTransfer
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Photobucket and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Photobucket
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Photobucket and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Photobucket
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Photobucket and WeTransfer
    Feature
    Photobucket
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    WeTransfer
    -
    Ratings
    Performance7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    PhotobucketWeTransfer
    Small Businesses
    Progress ShareFile
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Dropbox DocSend
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Dropbox DocSend
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PhotobucketWeTransfer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.9
    (2 ratings)
    9.7
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PhotobucketWeTransfer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Photobucket
    Photobucket used to be great in the late 2000s to early 2010s. Even free account holders could enjoy many of its features and quickly and easily share photos. However, these days there are so many better alternatives, while Photobucket's feature set has been limited to premium and higher-tier accounts. Cloud storage providers now offer generous bandwidth caps, so offloading media is a thing of the past - even for the most budget-conscious freelancers. Photo-specific features provided by these service providers are constantly improving. [...] As time goes on, the list of reasons that used to differentiate Photobucket grows thin given their [in my experience,] shady past in holding photos hostage without a premium plan, I can no longer recommend this service. Price-wise, only their unlimited plan is worth considering since, for capped storage plans, the usual suspects (Apple iCloud, Google Photos, Amazon Prime) have them beat. Likewise, Photobucket's built-in image editor is very convenient for making basic changes without having to fire up a separate photo editor
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    WeTransfer
    It is the most appropriate tool to quickly share documents with someone you don't want to give access to your company's own online library, yet you have to share files. It's great that there's no need to create a user, nor for uploading or downloading files. Just have in mind that the documents on the link have an expiration day!
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    Pros
    Photobucket
    • 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
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    WeTransfer
    • You don't have to sign up for an account, you can just use it when visiting the website.
    • It is really simple and straightforward to use.
    • It has never failed me.
    • It tells you when your files have been successfully sent and when the other person downloaded it.
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    Cons
    Photobucket
    • Plans are awkwardly priced compared to competitors
    • [In my opinion,] made shady practices in the past forcing users to their premium plans
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    WeTransfer
    • With the free version, you are limited to 2GB of file transferring. Likely if you are sending lots of files, you'll be upgrading to Plus instead.
    • Download links expire after a certain amount of time. It's important to download each link immediately and not forget where you left the downloaded files.
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    Usability
    Photobucket
    No answers on this topic
    WeTransfer
    WeTransfer is one of the most usable software. Incredibly smart and simple interface that I’m not sure has a comparable example that is as easy to use. The immediate ability to do what WeTransfer provides a solution for is a genius-level move from the creators. Well done, WeTransfer, well done.
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    Performance
    Photobucket
    No answers on this topic
    WeTransfer
    WeTransfer is extremely reliable 99% of the time. There has been twice in 4 years that their service was unavailable due to server outage for several hours.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Photobucket
    No answers on this topic
    WeTransfer
    I've only reached out to WeTransfer support once, but they were prompt, courteous, and answered my question. I assume that future interactions would be the same, I'm looking forward to being a long term customer.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Photobucket
    [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.
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    WeTransfer
    While Dropbox does offer features that WeTransfer does not in terms of collaboration & organization, WeTransfer is the better option for simple file transfers. In my experience, WeTransfer is much faster for uploads & downloads. The premium version of WeTransfer also offers a lot of customization options that Dropbox does not.
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    Return on Investment
    Photobucket
    • The peace of mind is priceless. Time is money and I spend a lot of time stressing over accidentally losing files. This helps.
    • I no longer have to use multiple services to send files to clients. It's more specifically designed for photos rather than documents of all types
    • I want the positive experience for clients to continue from beginning to end and I like that this system is simple for them to use as well.
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    WeTransfer
    • When we've had our BETA testing programs for our products, we always used WeTransfer to send our BETA version of our products. Doing this using WeTransfer was free and we also didn't have to worry about unauthorized people later down the road downloading these versions as WeTransfer deletes the files after a small number of days.
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