Considering moving away from Smugmug
A few months ago I discovered that Smugmug have increased the subscription price significantly
| Year | Subscription |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $75 |
| 2017-2024 | $89.95 (I payed for three years in 2021) |
I remember thinking that $90/year was a lot of money, but since I liked SmugMug I decided to renew. However, the current price for my plan is $138 … a 53% increase compared to the last time I renewed. I also noted that they had removed the cheapest plan, and I’m now on the cheapest plan.
I’m starting to think that $138 is a bit too much money to spend each year for a gallery site. I’m not selling any photos so I don’t make any money that could help offset the cost. These $138 are coming from my “have fun” account … an additional 10 years means $1380 assuming no further price increases, and I can have a lot of fun that amount of money.
My main use for my SmugMug site have been to show off photos from various events, and to let people download photos. I’m very satisfied with how Lightroom and SmugMug integrates with each other, and the site looks good. So I have no complaints regarding the functionality of SmugMug. In other words, my only hesitation is about the price, can I really justify spending $138/year to have somewhere to upload my photos. I really don’t know, right now I’m leaning towards switching to something else.
The good thing is that I’ve payed for another year so I have time to investigate what my alternatives are before making a decision. I’m currently looking at Piwigo and jAlbum which are very different types of software. Piwigo is similar to SmugMug (although not as nice) in that it’s a dynamic web site where you upload you photos and manage them using the site. jAlbum is desktop application where you generate a static web site and then upload it to your server. Piwigo is free, while jAlbum will cost you some money (but you don’t need to upgrade each year). Piwigo and jAlbum assumes that you have a web site where you can upload your site (both have alternatives where they host your site, but I’m looking for the possibility to self-host), I already have this web site space so this is no extra cost for me.
I really don’t know what to do … but I have about 9 months to decide (need a couple of months to actually move my photos if I decide to move).
There is of course an additional alternative, sell enough photos so I could pay for SmugMug with that money … which is a very unlikely alternative 😁.
Hemmagym
Gymmet utan avgift
Jag tycker nog att det här gymmet är roligare än de som man hittar inne på stan. Och det är ju gratis också !!
Sista april
Bra att vara säker
Sista april igår och naturligtvis en massa brasor som skulle brännas. Det känns bra att en del tar detta med gräsbränder etc på allvar, nu är det ju inte så stor risk ännu då det är ganska mycket snö kvar på marken. Men det är ju bra att vara på den säkra sidan.
Vi var ganska slöa och stannade hemma för första gången på en massa år, så vi slapp frysa i alla fall.
Förändringar
Här ska det uppenbarligen byggas nåt nytt
Det ska bli intressant att se vad de kommer att bygga här istället. Blir det bostäder, affärer, kontor eller nån kombination? Blir nåt vackert eller bara en ny glas/plåt/stållåda?
Albus gillar snö
Snö är skönt
Var ute på en väldigt kort promenad med Albus idag … och det är ganska uppenbart att han gillar snö. Han kommer säkert att vara lite sorgsen när snön försvunnit. Men å andra sidan så går det väldigt bra att kasta sig i närmsta sjö/vattendrag, så jag gissar att han kommer att tycka att livet är ganska OK ändå.