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Add to SafariWhen comparing Shoebox vs Flickr, the Slant community recommends Flickr for most people. In the question“What is the best cross-platform photo backup and viewer service?” Flickr is ranked 5th while Shoebox is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Flickr is:
Flickr has an app on Windows, OSX, iOS and Android, called Flickr Uploadr (available for download in the [tools](https://www.flickr.com/tools/) section) that can automatically upload images to Flickr. It can even pull images from external drives and other cloud storage services such as iCloud.
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Pros
Pro This day in history and similar notifications
This day in history" is a feature that flashbacks to any photo taken on the same date but in different year.
These features bring nostalgia to the users. Who doesn’t like that feeling?
Pro Automatically backup all photos from any device
Shoebox can automatically backup all photos a user has taken from any mobile device, including the existing copies inside the device.
Pro Free unlimited backups
Shoebox allows users to backup their photos in an unlimited fasion for free, which means that most users need no longer worry about their storage .
Pro Can be set to auto-upload images
Flickr has an app on Windows, OSX, iOS and Android, called Flickr Uploadr (available for download in the tools section) that can automatically upload images to Flickr. It can even pull images from external drives and other cloud storage services such as iCloud.
Pro Photos are backed up elsewhere
I mainly use Google Photos and keep separate local backup of all my photos, but also use the IOS app which transfers all new photos onto Flickr storage as well.
Pro Good search
Flickr is capable of searching images by a combination of content, color, shape, depth of field, style, pattern, size, license and other options.
Pro Built-in image recognition
Flickr will automatically attempt to figure out the contents of a picture and tag them appropriately. This will allow you to look for, for example, all images of flowers, bridges or butterflies.
Cons
Con Shut down on June 2nd 2019
On April 23rd that the Shoebox service was shut down. The shutdown process completed on June 2nd, 2019.
You can no longer view photos and videos in our applications.
You can still export your photos and videos. After the export grace period, all user content will be deleted from the Shoebox service.
Con Maximum length for video backup
Shoebox only supports a maximum length of video for backups to this service which is 3 minutes for free-tier; or 6 minutes for paid-tier account.
Con Free unlimited backups compress images
Due to it's free model nature, free unlimited backups will compress any original image to 1024 px if the image size exceed the intended free limits.
Con No offline view
While Google Photos and iCloud Photo Library allow you to select if you want to keep local copies of your photos, Flickr only allow you to view your photos online.
Con There are limits on file sizes
Images can't be more than 200MB a piece and each video can't take up more than 1GB of space.
Con No support for lossless file formats
Photos can only be saved as .jpg, .gif (non-animated) and .png files.
