Is Mylio right for you?
Mylio isn't for everyone, and we'd rather tell you now to use your time well.
This is learned from real Mylio customers who told us
what they actually use Mylio for.
Does this sound like you?
If you recognize yourself in the left-hand column, Mylio is probably built for you. If the right-hand column sounds more like you, we've said where you'll be happier instead.
If you are thinking...
“I want one photo library across every device I own.”
Mylio is a strong fit
This is the heart of it. Your whole library on every device, syncing directly between them. Smartly optimizing the photos for the capabilities and storage of each device. As an example, we have one customer that has his entire 1.7M photo and video library on his mobile phone, in addition to multiple full resolution masters on his Mac and external hard drives.
If you are thinking...
“I'd rather a cloud company didn't hold all my photos.”
Mylio is a strong fit
Your photos live on your own drives and devices. No provider in the middle, and nothing to lose if we disappear (your files are all organized in your OS file system). If you want the flexibility of the cloud, Mylio offers encrypted SecureStorage (hosted by BackBlaze) for an additional monthly or annual cost.
If you are thinking...
“I want to know my photos are genuinely safe — not just uploaded somewhere.”
Mylio is a strong fit
Mylio keeps copies on the devices and drives you choose, and shows you exactly where every photo lives. You can have the safety of redundancy and the speed of local search.
If you are thinking...
“I have decades of family photos and nobody's names are on any of them.”
Mylio is a strong fit
Face tagging is one of the feature our customers praise the most — and it runs on your own computer, including on old scans. Batch Face Tagging allows for hundreds or thousands of pictures to be tagged with very quick human review and then Mylio doing the rest in seconds.
If you are thinking...
“My photos are scattered across old drives, phones and a box of prints.”
Mylio is a strong fit
Pulling scattered photos into one place is a job Mylio was built for — including everything you're scanning. So take from all the old sources such as prints, negatives, slides and from new sources like SD cards or mobile phone camera rolls and Mylio helps you consolidate one true library.
If you are thinking...
“I have far more photos than a phone app can cope with.”
Mylio is a strong fit
Customers run libraries of hundreds of thousands of photos across several terabytes, and still browse them quickly. We have several customers with well over one million media assets. Mylio scales and searches fast.
If you are thinking...
“I edit in Lightroom or improve photos with Photoshop and I'm not giving that up.”
Mylio is a strong fit
Keep your tools. Mylio is the library underneath it, and writes its information into standard files beside your photos that are completely compatible with Adobe or other toolsets.
If you are thinking...
“I lost Picasa — or Aperture — and never really replaced it.”
Mylio is a strong fit
You already know why this matters. Your photos stay in ordinary folders you can open without us. Mylio has been around for more than a decade and it continues to improve its editing tools, in addition to all the great organization functionalities.
If you are thinking...
“I already own a NAS, or drives I keep my own files on.”
Mylio is a strong fit
Mylio is designed around storage you control. Many of our customers use attached Hard Drives or NAS systems to store full resolution copies. Mylio works great with external storage or cloud storage and keeps the copies synchronized in the background so you can have peace of mind on backup.
If you are thinking...
“I'll happily spend an afternoon setting this up properly.”
Mylio is a strong fit
Honestly, this is the one that matters most. The customers who set Mylio up properly are the ones who love it — and we offer live human onboarding to help guide you, included in your subscription.
Things Mylio doesn't try to be
Mylio is excellent at organization and can meet most of your editing needs. Here's what we deliberately leave to other apps.
If you want to...
“Edit and develop my RAW files properly.”
“Post and share on social media.”
“Make photo books, prints and gifts.”
“Have my family all editing one album at once.”
“Search for 'the dog on the beach'.”
“Do everything from my phone.”
Edit video
What Mylio does
Mylio does read RAW and manages simple adjustments, saved beside your files so your editor can read them.
Export, with control over what information travels with the photo.
Find and gather the right photos — usually the hardest part of any book.
Family members keep their own synced copy of the library.
Fast search by date, folder, face, place and keyword.
Your phone is a full part of the library — but Mylio is at its best on a computer.
Mylio has very basic video editing tools and is best used to manage already edited / completed videos.
People who love Mylio often match these roles
You'll probably recognise yourself in one of them.
Sync across multiple devices
Access and sync your photo library across computers, phones, and tablets. Start organizing on one device and continue on another.
The enthusiast photographer
A library that holds everything and syncs everywhere, without fighting Lightroom or Capture One.
The one who wants control
Photos on hardware they own, in ordinary folders, with no provider able to change the terms.
The family keeper
Getting the family photographs organised and safe, with a real person to help set it up, and handing them on.
Traveler
Quickly load, cull and organize using Mylio, knowing that synchronization will happen automatically in the background to all your devices.
Marketing Manager / Media Manager
Organize and manage media for the right people and the right requirements. In control on media coming in from multiple sources and going out to many specific outputs or different people. Fast local search vs. waiting for the cloud
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