Google Photos backs up your camera roll privately. Obsydian is the public page you share from — with protection built in.
Google Photos is Google's personal photo backup and storage service: 15GB free (shared with Gmail and Drive), with paid Google One tiers from $1.99/mo for 100GB up to multi-terabyte AI-bundled plans. It's built for private backup and family sharing, not for presenting a public page to an audience — there's no creator profile, no link hub, and no watermarking or scrubbing on what you share out.
We're biased — but honest.
Google Photos and Obsydian barely overlap — one is where your photos live privately, the other is the page you point an audience at. If you're using Google Photos (or a shared album link from it) as a stand-in for a creator page, you're missing the things a public-facing tool should do: watermarking, automatic metadata scrubbing before content leaves your hands, and a page that represents you rather than a raw camera roll. Obsydian is built for the sharing side; it's not a backup service and doesn't try to replace one.
| Feature | Obsydian | Google Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Visible watermarking | Text, tile, edge-frame & motion | — |
| Invisible (steganographic) watermark | Yes — LSB stego | — |
| Automatic EXIF / GPS removal | Always on | — |
| Link-in-bio page included | Yes — full profile | — |
| Creator-friendly content policies | Yes — won't deplatform your niche | Not creator-focused — general consumer backup |
| Pricing | Free · £9 · £19 | Free (15GB) · from $1.99/mo |
Comparison reflects each provider's publicly listed plans and features as of June 2026. Details change — check each provider for the latest.
Comparison reflects each provider's publicly listed plans and features as of June 2026. Details change — check each provider for the latest.
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