[mbrochh]

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.

[physicles]

I’m trying to choose between Ente and Immich. What helped you make your choice?

[mbrochh]

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.

[codethief]

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.