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Add to SafariWhen comparing Shoebox vs Shutterfly, the Slant community recommends Shoebox for most people. In the question“What is the best cross-platform photo backup and viewer service?” Shoebox is ranked 6th while Shutterfly is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Shoebox is:
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?
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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 Used by a lot of sports teams for free photo gathering
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 Hard to download photos
Downloads are limited to single photos, not full albums.
Con No Lightroom integration
Shutterfly apparently has or had an API for uploading photos, but the only Lightroom plugin to do so is outdated and crashes while trying to upload.
Con Poor site design
There are multiple "silos" in the site with different user interfaces for the same function, and with different bugs in each. For instance, trying to import from Flickr the support person had me navigate to the Flickr connection UI via Create Photo Book (which actually worked, but didn't give me an easy way for others to draw from my Flickr-hosted photos), because the "Connect to Flickr" function in the main upload screen was broken. Albums in "My Photos" have drastically different capabilities compared to albums in "Shared Sites". This leads to confusion and completely unhelpful support/help documentation.
