Comparison

Collecting wedding photos in a cloud folder: Google Photos, iCloud, Dropbox and co.

The folder is already there and costs nothing. Whether it stands up to eighty guests’ phones comes down to four questions — account, quality, limit, expiry.

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Wedding album ‘Anna & Michael’ on a phone: a gallery instead of a file list in a cloud folder

Four questions the cloud folder usually fails on

The account already exists, the storage is paid for, a link is quickly sent. For eighty guests, four questions come up:

Does the guest need an account? Not with Dropbox file requests; with a shared iCloud album, yes; with Google it isn’t stated.
Does the original quality arrive? Not in shared iCloud albums: photos ‘am langen Rand auf 2048 Pixel reduziert’, video up to 720p — permanently.
How big is the limit? 15 GB free with Google, 5 GB with iCloud and OneDrive, 2 GB with Dropbox Basic.
When does it disappear again? WeTransfer deletes after 3 days on the free plan, SwissTransfer after 15 days.

What the table says in three sentences

The account question decides it

Dropbox file requests, WeTransfer and SwissTransfer ask for no account, iCloud for an Apple ID, and with Google it isn’t documented. With us, the link is enough.

iCloud costs you resolution

2048 pixels on the long edge is permanent. For a 20 × 30 cm print at the usual 300 dpi, that isn’t enough; it covers around 17 cm.

A folder is not a wall

A Live Wall for the projector isn’t documented for any of the seven tools. With us, it’s a link of its own.

And WhatsApp or Telegram?

WhatsApp sends videos at a maximum of 100 MB and 720p by default; Telegram takes 2 GB per file. The rest is on Sharing photos without a WhatsApp group.

And afterwards into your own folder

You don’t have to choose. Collecting happens here — one link, no account, full quality — and afterwards we put every photo and video into your own Google Photos or Google Drive. You connect the account, choose the event or an album, and the rest runs in the background: you can close the page.

All we’re allowed to do there is add — not read, not delete. Apple Photos goes through the device, because Apple offers no route into iCloud: the iPhone app creates an album in Photos, Safari hands over the originals through the share sheet, and iCloud syncs from there. Every route, screen by screen: Export photos.

Eight tools side by side

From the help pages of Google, Apple, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Infomaniak and Microsoft — the four questions above, answered for each tool.

Feature	Migumento	Google Photos (shared album)	Google Drive (shared folder)	iCloud (shared album)	Dropbox (file request)	WeTransfer	SwissTransfer (Infomaniak)	OneDrive (‘Dateien anfordern’)
No account needed for guests	Among the best: yes — opening the link is enough	according to the help page, view and add via a link; whether an account is needed isn’t stated there	no information — not officially documented	no — contributing requires joining the album; the public website is view-only	Among the best: yes — ‘brauchen Sie kein Dropbox-Konto’	Among the best: yes	Among the best: yes — the email address is confirmed with a code	only for OneDrive for Business — ‘für… OneDrive für privat… nicht verfügbar’
Original quality	Among the best: yes, up to 50 MB per photo and 1 GB per video	only with the backup quality ‘Originalqualität’; for contributions from others, no information	Among the best: yes	no — photos reduced to 2048 pixels on the long edge	Among the best: yes	Among the best: yes	Among the best: yes	yes (Business only)
Limit	Best in row: no photo limit and no guest limit; the plan depends on event size	15 GB free, shared with Gmail and Drive	15 GB free; sharing with up to 600 email addresses	5000 photos and videos per album, 100 subscribers; albums don’t count towards the 5 GB	2 GB total storage on Dropbox Basic; 2 GB per file	free: 10 transfers or 3 GB in total within 30 rolling days	Among the best: up to 50 GB per transfer	5 GB on the free personal account
Expiry	6 months free from the day you create the event, 12 or 24 months paid from the unlock depending on the plan, extendable as often as you like	no expiry date documented; after two years of inactivity, content can be deleted	no information	Among the best: no expiry	no information for Basic — deadlines only from Professional	3 days (Free and Starter)	15 days; an extension to up to 30 days is offered on day 12	no information
Video	Among the best: yes	yes, size limit: no information	yes, size limit: no information	yes, up to 15 minutes and 720p	Among the best: yes, up to 2 GB per file	yes, within the allowance	Among the best: yes	yes, size limit: no information
Combined view	Best in row: yes — one album and a Live Wall for the projector	Among the best: yes, shared album	no, just a folder	Among the best: yes, shared album	no, just one destination folder	no, separate transfers	no, one-way transfer	no, just one destination folder
Costs	collecting free, one-off unlock from $23	free up to 15 GB, then Google One	free up to 15 GB, then Google One	free (5 GB account), then iCloud+	free up to 2 GB, then Plus, Family or Business	free with limits, then Starter, Ultimate, Teams	free	free up to 5 GB, then Microsoft 365

Checked on 1 October 2026 · Provider details as stated on their own websites, without guarantee · Quotations are the providers’ own wording, in the original language · Has something changed? info@migumento.com

The verdict

As soon as eighty guests are meant to contribute, the account question becomes a problem, and 2 to 15 GB free rarely covers a wedding with videos. An album solves both — opening the link is enough, and the plan is sized to the event. In four cases, that doesn’t hold.

When another tool is the better fit

Everyone uses the same brand and the loss of quality doesn’t matter: a shared iCloud album costs nothing and doesn’t expire.
The photographer is sending one big folder: SwissTransfer takes 50 GB per transfer, without an account.
Ten guests, few files, no video: a Dropbox file request is enough.
You only want to look at the photos, never print them.

Migumento is free until the event grows past 400 MB

The free plan is not a trial run: all guests, all photos, all videos, the Live Wall — and up to 400 MB of event size you download the originals too, for 6 months. For bigger celebrations there are one-off plans with 12 or 24 months from the unlock. No subscription.

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400 MBStorage
6 monthsAccess to your event
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For special occasions

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Special days deserve more room.

$23

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5 GBStorage
12 monthsAccess to your event
Memories protected for longerYour originals, additionally secured
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For your big day. And every moment of it.

$60

one-off, per event

UnlimitedStorage
24 monthsAccess to your event
Memories protected for longerYour originals, additionally secured
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Included with every event – and more

Every plan has every feature. Collect, share and enjoy it together.

As many guests as you like
Collect photos and videos
QR code and invitation link
Live Wall and slideshow
Photo tasks and reactions
Choose colours and cover photo
Automatically detect duplicate uploads
Quality checks on upload

Prices in USD. Outside this currency area, Stripe converts at checkout using the day’s rate. A paid event stays reachable for 12 or 24 months from the unlock, depending on the plan, never shorter than the free window of 6 months from the day you create the event. Extending gives you the plan’s months again, as often as you like. If it’s not right, you get your money back within 60 days — Terms and conditions.

Common questions

Can guests upload photos without an account of their own?

With Dropbox file requests, WeTransfer and SwissTransfer, yes. iCloud requires joining the album, and for Google it isn’t documented. With Migumento, the link is enough.

Do photos lose quality in a shared iCloud album?

Yes. Apple writes that shared photos are ‘am langen Rand auf 2048 Pixel reduziert’; videos go up to 720p.

Does ‘Dateien anfordern’ work on a personal OneDrive too?

According to Microsoft’s help page, no: the article covers OneDrive for Business and lists the feature as not available for ‘OneDrive für privat’.

What does an album cost instead of a folder?

Collecting is free, no matter how many guests come; you unlock once, from $23 — no subscription.

Can I get the photos into my own cloud afterwards?

Yes. You connect your Google account, and we copy every photo and video into your own Google Photos or Google Drive — in the background, in full quality. Apple Photos goes through the device: the iPhone app saves to an album in Photos, Safari to the library through the share sheet, and iCloud syncs from there.

Keep reading

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An album instead of a folder

Two minutes, free — your guests need neither an app nor an account.

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