Flickr or Photobucket?

It seems to me that more people like Flickr over Photobucket why is that? What's the pro's and con's for each site? Is it worth it to pay for the Flickr or Photobucket Pro-Acct? -rick

Neither. Zenfolio for me.

I haven't found a true need for a Photobucket Pro account...had one for about a year, didn't renew it. Just use an ordinary account now.

I only used photobucket back when I was 15 and I needed it for myspace, it is total crap honestly. They'll erase some pictures randomly, they have a crappy image compression and bandwidth is very limited.

To host pictures I use imageshack, but to share my pictures flickr does the job. Back in the day it was purely photographers which is why it still has a strong following even with the flood of non-photography people.

maverick75 wrote in post #15048155
I only used photobucket back when I was 15 and I needed it for myspace, it is total crap honestly. They'll erase some pictures randomly, they have a crappy image compression and bandwidth is very limited.

In 8 years I haven't seen that, but I took the time to set it up according to their prefs.

You said "Pro", so I wonder what you want to use the site for? I use Photobucket for forum images & it works just fine.

Suggestions - a good FREE website?

How do I make a website?

My Wordpress website details

Personally I find the interface and presentation at flickr superior to photobucket - which isn't saying much. Photobucket does a lot more with popup dialog boxes and is slower getting from one thing to the next for me. I can't say for sure if that's the case for everyone.

At the time when I chose flickr over photobucket, I was able to get more free space and the pro account cost less at flickr. I don't think that is the case any longer.

That's my two cents.

I had a pro account but found Photobucket to be slow, in a lot of cases painfully so (but I am on Oz as well) and I tried all ways of uploading but still lost a lot of the sharpness and images looked slightly lifeless. I switched to Flickr and apart from the occasional burp I have not had any issues. Every so often depending on the forum I link to the images will look soft but it is a rare thing. I would never switch back to PB now and only use my account for crap joke type shots I don't want on my Flickr photostream.

I have the free acct, but Flickr hit me up to upgrade to a "pro-Acct", so I was wondering if people are paying ($39-$44 for 2 years) to have the pro accts on Flickr or Photobucket. The pro accts allow for unlimited downloads, and storage among other features.

@ PhotosGuy, Maybe I'm reading more into your reply than you meant, but you made my simple question sound kind of sinister. -rick


[QUOTE=PhotosGuy;15048​173]You said "Pro", so I wonder what you want to use the site for? I use Photobucket for forum images & it works just fine.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #15048173
In 8 years I haven't seen that, but I took the time to set it up according to their prefs.

I see it all the time on car forums where most people use photobucket, I never did set up the preferences which probably caused my issues. I'll pass that tip along to my friends who still use it, thanks!

alazgr8 wrote in post #15047726
It seems to me that more people like Flickr over Photobucket why is that? What's the pro's and con's for each site? Is it worth it to pay for the Flickr or Photobucket Pro-Acct? -rick

I use both Flickr and photobucket (free), Flickr seems to be faster and offer a better range of sizes for photo hosting

alazgr8 wrote in post #15048259
@ PhotosGuy, Maybe I'm reading more into your reply than you meant, but you made my simple question sound kind of sinister. -rick

Nope. If you're doing weddings for instance, or selling art prints, I'd never use PB. If it's just to show forum images, it works just fine for me.

maverick75 wrote in post #15048270
I see it all the time on car forums where most people use photobucket, I never did set up the preferences which probably caused my issues. I'll pass that tip along to my friends who still use it, thanks!

Some people have issues with PBs resizing. From their support:

If your mouse cursor becomes a (+) when you mouse over the image, then you need to access that larger image that you uploaded. I always click on the image to get the 100% size that I've uploaded, & then use that URL for display.

I like flickr. I havent used photobucket in years. Flickr's versatility as far as image resizing is very nice and convenient.

I used photobucket back in my eBay days (2004-2007ish). It still hosts all of my old ebay P&S photos. I liked the site back then, but I was just using it to host ebay stuff.

Today, the site is a hot mess. It appears to be stuck in 2005.

I now use Flickr pro ($25/yr) to host all of my photos. I like that I can have access to original file, should something happen to my two hard drive backups. The site design is sleeker than Photobucket and I like that I can see my photo stats, organize, put stuff on a map, etc. It's easy to share with others.

I don't like Smugmug because I cannot stand white-text-on-black-background websites. Also, they are more expensive.

I like how theres no noticable degradation of the images on flickr with the files they automatically resize for you. And the flickr pro acct isn't a bad deal at all.

SmugMug.