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

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.