Built for serious photographers

Serious photographers need a reliable storage system that doesn't get in the way.

There are many cloud providers to choose from when needing to store your images. Initially, most photographers just store their images in the same place where they store their personal documents (e.g., Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive, etc.). However, these are very different use-cases and photographers end up compromising on cost, speed, and experience.

PhotonDisk is purposely built for photographers to store their images in the cloud and access them locally, as if you were using an external drive.

Cloud storage that feels like local storage

The main issue with using cloud storage is that it can feel slow. Photographers need instant access to their RAW images without slowing down their workflow.

Besides for obvious internet connection issues, other general-purpose cloud providers might be slowing you down by selling you slower cloud storage to keep their costs low. This is fine, if you don't care that much about speed, but it's a deal breaker for photographers.

We use high-performance cloud storage and smart-caching to proactively ensure your cloud files are available locally when you need them.

More reliable than local storage

Yes, using an external drive is easy because you just plug it in and you can access your files. It might feel like your files will always be there, but there's a hidden risk to this workflow.

Unfortunately, external drives can fail, get lost/stolen, or even damaged. If you're lucky, your data can be recovered, otherwise you've lost countless hours of your work.

The convenience of an external drive ends when something goes wrong.

We ensure your data is protected against disk failure, physical damage, and theft.

More scalable than collecting external drives

Buying yet another external drive is easy because it worked the first few times. It might seem like a good idea until you end up with 30+ external drives in your cupboard, with no idea which files are where.

With each additional external drive, it becomes a little more difficult to maintain and access your files.

We make all your files accessible to you as if it were one big external drive that scales to your needs.

Don't hassle with the tech

You've probably heard of NAS or Network Attached Storage solutions. It's kind of like running your own tiny cloud storage server at home, and it's pretty cool if you know what you're doing.

NAS shares a lot of the benefits of using cloud storage (i.e., better data redundancy, more scalable), but comes with the cost of a high upfront investment and ongoing technical maintenance.

We make cloud storage feel like local storage, without the technical upkeep.