


This means that no one, not even the pCloud team, can access your images.

pCloud provides its premium Crypto customers with end-to-end encryption for all files. Those working in creative industries, where images are part of your livelihood and clients trust you with the privacy of their data, will especially appreciate a cloud storage platform that provides encrypted storage. If you want to ensure your photo library is only seen by you and those you choose, you won't find finer. Worried about the security of your photos? Then rest easy with pCloud, the most secure of all the platforms reviewed on this list. Enormous storage capacity with top-quality encryption at low cost makes IDrive the best Google Photos alternative overall. In short, if you miss the unlimited storage on Google Photos and are worried about their ambiguous security and privacy policies, then iDrive is your best alternative. Although it isn’t end-to-end encryption (such as that used on Microsoft’s Vault), it still far surpasses the security policies of Google Photos. Security is another strength, with comprehensive encryption of data both when it is in transit and when resting on iDrive's servers.

The iDrive web client is also impressive, making it easy to access your files from any web-enabled device. Over a rigorous testing period, we found no significant issues with any of iDrive's apps and found all the main features straightforward to use. IDrive (which, by the way, is nothing to do with Apple) also scores highly for accessibility, with reliable apps available on iOS, Android, and Windows devices. Photographers shooting in RAW format will find IDrive particularly appealing due to the format's large file sizes. So if you manage a sizeable image library, this could be your best bet. Remember that Google's maximum account storage also includes services like Google Drive and Gmail as well as Google Photos, so if you've used up your storage elsewhere, any new files you add won't be backed up automatically.On a per-GB basis, you won't find any other cloud storage as affordable as this. Google updated its unlimited storage policy (opens in new tab) for Google Photos in June, and you now get 15 GB of Google account storage for free. Helpfully, Google also lists the types of RAW files (opens in new tab) that you can backup, so if you're a photographer who shots and stores RAW images (opens in new tab), check that first. There's a few restrictions on the type of files (opens in new tab) that can be backed up – your photos can't be larger than 200 MB or 150 MP, and videos need to be under 10 GB. If you don't want Google Photos to eat up a lot of your mobile data, then you'll also need to set it to only backup media when you're connected to WiFi. To backup Google photos, you'll need to ensure you have a decent internet connection. How to backup Google Photos: before you start
