About

Ente Photos is a cross-platform photo backup and sharing service that stores images and videos with end-to-end encryption. The service supports Android, iOS, web, Mac, Linux, Windows, and a command-line interface, and it keeps backups in three locations.

The product includes face recognition on-device, natural-language search, curated memories, shared albums, public links, family plans, widgets, import and export tools, hidden photos, and legacy contacts. The pricing page states a 10 GB free forever allowance, so the hosted service has a perpetual free tier with a concrete storage cap.

  • 10 GB free forever storage
  • End-to-end encrypted photo backups
  • Three-location backup storage
  • On-device face detection and grouping
  • Natural-language photo search
  • Shared albums and public links
  • Family sharing at no extra cost
  • Cross-platform apps and CLI support

Free Tier Value

36
FTV score
Est. value $1.00 / month
Credit card Required
Feature parity 55%

This free tier is perpetual and genuinely usable, but it is capped at 10 GB, so its value is anchored by the cheapest paid plan rather than by an uncapped offer. The paid plan is about $1/month, and the free tier delivers roughly the same core backup experience for small libraries, so about $1/month is a fair buyer-side estimate.

What's included in the free tier

  • 10 GB of free storage forever for photo backups.
  • End-to-end encrypted backups included in the free tier.
  • Stored in 3 locations for redundancy in the free tier.

Paid plans

Individual

$1 / mo
storage
10 GB
  • 10 GB storage
  • End-to-end encrypted backups
  • Stored in 3 locations
  • Cross-platform apps
  • Open-source
  • Family sharing available on paid plans

Pricing extracted from Ente Photos's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.