How much cloud storage do I need for photos and videos?

Start from what you have.

On iPhone, open Settings, General, iPhone Storage and note the size of Photos. On Android, open Settings, Storage and look at Images and Videos. That number is your starting library.

Then think about growth. Most people add about as much each year as the size of their last full year of photos.

Typical file sizes.

These are rough figures. Real sizes depend on the phone, the scene and the settings.

• A 12-megapixel HEIC photo: about 1.5 to 3 MB.
• The same photo as JPEG: about 3 to 5 MB.
• A 48-megapixel or RAW photo: from around 20 MB to more than 75 MB.
• One minute of 1080p video: roughly 60 to 130 MB.
• One minute of 4K video at 30 fps: roughly 170 to 350 MB.

What fits in each size.

Using a mixed library of mostly HEIC photos with some video:

• 10 GiB: a few thousand photos and a handful of short clips.
• 100 GiB: tens of thousands of photos, or years of casual phone use.
• 400 GiB: a large family library with regular 4K video.
• 1 TiB: heavy video, multiple devices, or a long archive of originals.

Add headroom.

Choose a plan with at least 30 percent more space than your current library. It covers a year of growth and avoids the moment when uploads stop.

Remove exact duplicates before you buy. They often account for a surprising share of a library.

CloudWink plans.

CloudWink offers Free with 10 GiB, Starter with 100 GiB, Plus with 400 GiB and Premium with 1 TiB. Every plan stores originals without compression, and going over quota only pauses new uploads. Nothing already stored is ever deleted for being over quota.