Pluto Photos Pricing
One desktop purchase, no subscription, free updates for the life of the licence. The free tier is not a countdown — it is a smaller version of the same app.
Free — $0
One library of up to 500 photos, with folders, albums, tags, star ratings and colour labels, and export at any time. Not time-limited, no watermarks. Does not include the editors, the AI tools, batch operations or smart albums.
Pro — $29 one-time
Unlimited photos and libraries, the photo editor and video editor, and every on-device AI feature: face detection, plain-English photo search, background removal, object removal, smart albums, the photo map, the duplicate photo finder and batch operations.
Why There Is No Subscription
Cloud photo services charge monthly because they store and process your library on their hardware. Pluto Photos does neither — your photos sit on your own disk and every AI model runs on your own CPU, so there is no per-month cost to pass on. A 2 TB cloud plan runs roughly $100 a year indefinitely; a Pluto Photos licence is $29 once. See the Google Photos alternative page for the full comparison.
Updates and Upgrades
Updates are free for the lifetime of the licence, including feature releases. No upgrade fee between versions, no annual maintenance charge. See the release notes.
The Mobile Companion Is Separate
The mobile companion app is free to install and free for browsing and backing up your phone's photos over your own network. Its optional smart features are a separate monthly add-on — the only part of Pluto Photos that is ever billed monthly.
Refunds
Purchases are non-refundable, which is why the free tier has no time limit: install it, point it at a real folder, and confirm it does what you need before paying. For a genuine problem, email support@plutophotos.com.
Download Pluto Photos and try the free tier, or check the system requirements first.