Comment by mbrochh
6 months ago
Great effort! For photos I can highly recommend Ente. Fully E2E encrypted. Works on all systems, syncs reliably, has great on-device AI stuff to build a vector database of your images, has very good UI/UX and is reasonably priced. Once I had all my 20k+ photos uploaded into Ente, I was finally able to delete all my photos from iCloud and cancel my iCloud subscription.
I’m trying to choose between Ente and Immich. What helped you make your choice?
Not sure I have a satisfying answer. I didn't do too much research and did not compare all available options. Isn't Immich self-hosted? That rules it out for me, can't be bothered to run my own servers, I just want to pay a fair amount of money and get peace of mind in return.
Ente can be self-hosted, too. The difference, either way, is that Ente is E2E-encrypted while Immich isn't. I don't trust myself enough to run a server no one will ever be able to break into (nor do I want to trust a third party with my photos), so E2E encryption is mandatory for me.