An analytical look at three different photo sharing platforms.

1. Photo Share Project
AN ANALYTICAL COMPARISON OF THREE DIFFERENT PHOTO SHARING
WEBSITES/APPS

2. Overview
DropBox
A powerful, data sharing platform
that where you can upload your files
including pictures.
PhotoBucket
A user-friendly photo sharing app
that works great to quickly upload
and share pictures.
Tumblr
A content-driven platform where
people can find others with similar
interests through browsing users’
tumblr pages.

3. DropBox
Pros
 The photos you upload remain as yours and can be set to
be invisible for everyone but you.
 DropBox’s website runs fast.
 DropBox’s user interface is clean and easy to navigate.
 Ability to upload images of many different file types, as
well as other pieces of media if needed.
 Secure, and requires account login
 Full-size upload + download
Cons
 Only 2gb of space allotted for free accounts.
 No photo editing features.
 Not easy to create cohesive, sharable storyboards,
collages, etc.
 DropBox isn’t a popular as some competitors.

4. PhotoBucket
Pros
 You can decide if people can see your photos, and if
they’re able to follow you for future updates.
 Full-size upload + download
 Basic photo editing features
 PhotoBucket is fast and loads quickly.
 Secure, and requires account login
 Ability to upload pictures of many different file types.
 PhotoBucket is a popular choice for picture storage
Cons
 Only able to store 250 images for free, past that you’re
required to pay monthly for their service.
 Photobucket’s user interface isn’t as nice as some
competitors and showing pricing tiers as the first
homepage screen isn’t very artistic.
 Not easy to create cohesive, sharable storyboards,
collages, etc.

5. Tumblr
Pros
 Making a Tumblr account and storing images is free.
 Secure, and requires account login.
 Ability to upload images of many different file types, as
well as other pieces of media if needed.
 User interface is cohesive and easy to navigate.
 Very easy to create visual story boards, collages, gifs, etc
 Website/app is fast and loads quickly
 Tumblr is popular amongst artists and photographers.
Cons
 Limits you to images at 1280x1280 pixel resolution.
 Although you can post images as private, Tumblr partners
with third-parties who do have access to the data you’ve
provided.
 No photo editing features.

6. Criteria
 1. Cost of storage
 2. Privacy
 3. Full-size upload + download
 4. Photo editing features
 5. Required account login
 6. Ability to upload different picture file types
 7. User interface is cohesive and easy to navigate
 8. Easy to create visual story boards, collages, gifs, etc
 9. Website/app is fast and loads quickly
 10. Popularity