Private alternative to Google Photos
Siegu vs Google Photos
Both organize your life in photos. Siegu keeps everything on your device — private, searchable, and yours. No cloud, no ads, no training on your memories.
Why people leave Google Photos
Google Photos scans your library, shows you ads, and trains its AI on what you share. Your photos live on Google’s servers, and leaving the service means exporting thousands of files you never fully controlled. Siegu flips that: your photos and the AI that organizes them both run on your device.
At a glance
| Google Photos | Siegu | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your photos live | Google servers | Only on your device |
| Offline search | Limited | Full on-device AI search |
| Ads / data mining | Yes | Never |
| AI that knows your library | Trains on your uploads | Runs locally, privately |
| Free storage limit | 15 GB (shared) | Unlimited, your disk |
| Export / lock-in | Takeout required | Files stay local |
| Open source | No | Yes |
What you get instead
- Private by design. Nothing is uploaded, ever. Not photos, not faces, not your search history.
- Search that understands you. Ask in natural language and get answers from your own library — computed on your hardware.
- Yours to keep. The app is open source and your library never leaves your drive. There is no service to cancel.
Curious? See the plans or download Siegu for free.