ThisLife provides online photo storage, management and sharing with a focus on archival safety and easy organization. The service imports photos from Facebook, Instagram, Picasa, Shutterfly, Flickr, Twitter and SmugMug, and offers a desktop uploader for Mac and Windows to transfer iPhoto galleries, folders or individual files. Uploaded images are presented on a horizontal timeline and can be organized into editable "stories"; sharing is available but accounts are private by default. Key features include a proprietary deduplication algorithm that prefers the highest-resolution file and a facial-recognition tool that can pull names from Facebook when connected. To keep prices low, ThisLife stores originals in Amazon Glacier and uses S3 for thumbnails and low-res images. Pricing tiers include an Icebox plan at $3/month for 25,000 photos (100GB) without advanced features, and a Super Box at $6/month for the same capacity with deduplication, facial recognition and stories; additional 25,000-photo increments cost $3 or $6.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Dec 2012