Flickr vs Picasa: Side-by-Side Comparison

Google has transited major photo service from Picasa to Google+ Photo. The former kings of photo socializing are yet to be compared nowadays. Flickr vs Picasa: Which one fits you best?

Flickr vs Picasa Comparison Table

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Registration Required,Yes,Yes
Availability,”Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Website”,”Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Website”
Free storage,1 TB,Unlimited for photos smaller than 2048 x 2048 pixels@@15 GB shared among Google Products
Maximum storage,2 TB at $499 / year,30 TB shared among Google Products at $299.99 / month
Limitation,Video: Max 1 GB / video@@Video Playback: 3 min.@@Photo: Max 200 MB / photo@@Photo Size: Width*31.25 <= Height,Video: 1080p@@Photo: 100 MB / photo
Formats,Modern formats,Modern formats
,”Native support: JPEG, static GIF, PNG@@Others will be transformed into JPEG”,RAW support
Compression,Original and uncompressed@@Offer alternate photo sizes,Uncompressed@@Compress if original file exceeds space quota
Drag-n-Drop support,Yes,Yes
Syncing,No@@Possible via 3rd-party apps,Yes
Visibility settings,”Public, private, friends, family, friends & family”,”Private, your circles, specific users, users with a link, public”
Copyright settings,All rights reserved;@@Creative Commons:@@CC BY;@@CC BY-SA@@CC BY-NC;@@CC BY-NC-SA;@@CC BY-NC-ND;,None
People tagging,Supported@@No face recognition,”Supported@@Face recognition on uploading, sharing and editing”
Geotags,Supported@@Need to manually assign locations,Supported@@Read from photo
Bulk action,Supported,Supported
Presentation style,Default: Auto-fit collages@@Optional: slideshow,Default: Grid@@Optional: slideshow
EXIF viewing,Supported,Supported
Photo editor,Yes,”Yes, with auto enhancement”
Others,”Photo Books, Wall Art”,”Stories, auto-awesome”[/table]

Recommendations

For professional photographers, use Flickr as it provides amazing 1 TB storage which is generous for large and plentiful photo storage. 200MB / photo limitation is clement for high-res pictures. The price of extra space is acceptable. Copyright settings protect you from unauthorized sharing in law layer.

For common users, try Picasa (Google+ Photo). It provides handy tool for you to get photos better looking with fewest clicks. Standard sized (compressed) photos don’t occupy any Google shared storage. Syncing and auto-backup supported, forget about uploading and downloading the photos by yourself. The auto enhancement is ready for every single photo, whatever you do: downloading or viewing. Videos are unlimited in duration.