jAlbum 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

jAlbum

4.7

(64)

Pricing

Starting at €44.00 one time

About jAlbum

jAlbum is a web album software that creates stunning photo album websites from images and videos. The desktop application features a drag and drop interface that makes it easy to add images and videos to albums. Users simply drag and drop files onto jAlbum and press "Make" to generate a complete website ready for publishing.

The software includes a built-in image editor for processing images within jAlbum before publishing. Users can crop, sharpen, adjust levels, auto correct, or watermark images with just a few clicks. jAlbum also automatically organizes images into folders based on date taken and location from the metadata. It can identify and remove duplicate images, keeping your albums clean and optimized.

With jAlbum, users have complete creative freedom over the look of their photo albums. The software works with customizable skins that control the appearance and functionality of the generated websites. There are a diverse range of skins to choose from, each offering unique layouts, slideshows, and other features. Users can further refine the design by adjusting style and layout settings for fonts, colors, thumbnail sizes, and more. Whether users want a simple portfolio sit...

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jAlbum Pricing and Plans

Starting price: €44.00 one time

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

€44.00

per user, one time

No plan information available

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jAlbum Features

Popular features found in Digital Asset Management
Access Controls/Permissions
Asset Categorization
Content Management
Customizable Branding
Document Management
File Management
Metadata Management
Reporting/Analytics
Search/Filter
Tagging
Version Control
Workflow Management
More features of jAlbum
API
Asset Library
Asset Sharing
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
For Photography Studios
Image Editing
Photo Proofing
Point of Sale (POS) Integration
Project Management
Social Media Integration
Third-Party Integrations
Watermarking

jAlbum Integrations

PayPal

Google Maps

jAlbum User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

78%

14%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

4.5

Andy L.

Verified reviewer

Photography

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2023

Perfect fit for the job

Having used JAlbum for several years it has "just worked" most of the time. On a couple of occasions I've had to contact support and the response has been rapid and resolved the problem. Great Support.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love the ease of use, the wide selection of skins which have multiple configuration settings, and great functional albums produce get websites.

Cons:

As a Linux user it has great support but I would like a ready built package for Arch/Manjaro like they have for Ubuntu, SUSE, Redhat etc.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your kind review Andy, also for pointing out a room for improvement: -a package for Arch/Manjaro

Replied June 2023

Terry K.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

Jalbum makes showing prhotographic work very fast with excellent results

I have used Jalbum for over 10 years with excellent results. The oldest albums still present well on web.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Presentation on Web.. many options SPEED to put group of photos up with professional look.

Cons:

Finding where options are: main Jalbum and then Skins

Reasons for choosing jAlbum

East of use and maintained very well with no work from us.

Reasons for switching to jAlbum

Features and speed of use.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your review Terry! May we suggest that you try CTRL+Space within jAlbum. Then you can type whatever feature you're looking for and jAlbum will guide you to it, no matter if it's a jAlbum or skin feature.

Replied June 2023

Kenza W.

Verified reviewer

Photography

Self-Employed

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

Used for 4 years (2014-18), returned 2022 and the quality sank massively

I used to enjoy jalbum. I used it for school and for work for four years. When I left my school, I stopped using the site. I’d had tens of albums of old photos, all formatted and edited and whatnot using their resources. I came back in 2022 out of curiosity and a desire to edit and organize many of my photos. Upon logging in, I was hit with nostalgia: none of the site had changed. After an attempt to navigate the site, I realize that was not a good thing. It was slow, pixelated, hard to navigate, and very dated looking. There weren’t any features not provided by free internet apps, such as superimpose (great app). There weren’t any features that were modern, innovative or ground breaking. Sometimes, rather than tweak an old, dated interface it’s better to make sweeping and elegant changes. 4 years later and nothing has been updated besides maybe a font size and a few features. (I’ve been prompted about six times to write this review. I ignored it and again, but hopefully this will get you to stop requesting reviews.)

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I used to enjoy the format and the ease of uploading photos that were viewable and shareable by teammates.

Cons:

Service cons: jalbum used to work well. 4 years have passed though, and my renewal left me feeling cheape-d out on. The photo quality has dropped, the capacity is low, the app and interface have not improved, the site/app is slow and outdated. The technological advances possible have not been made here. Customer service cons: this is obviously not the most integral part of the app, but if you ever want to get money back or hash out complaints, it will be an uphill battle. Customer service was harsh and rude to me. I expressed me dismay at the new app, and one of the customer service reps verbally accosted me through repeated emails demanding that the status of his site was good. It’s not. Overall, that ended my relationship with jalbum and left a horrible taste in my mouth from a once great app.

Reasons for switching to jAlbum

Curiosity

Vendor Response

We're sorry that you're so dissatisfied with jAlbum Kenza. Your criticism seems to be directed to our lite "Online jAlbum" product and not to our desktop product, which is where we've put the vast majority of our development focus. Do try out our desktop product instead!

Replied July 2023

Kevin A.

Verified reviewer

Construction

Self-Employed

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Reviewed June 2023

A *LOT* of bang for the buck.

I maintain a photo blog of my work and personal projects to share with potential clients and family/friends. The old software I was using made updates very time consuming and required a full upload of all the content with each update, not to mention the time to rebuild the entire album every time. jAlbum makes creation and updates so easy, I'm updating my albums almost nightly. Add the new photos, caption them, click the Build And Upload button and it's done. What used to take me hours, now takes just a few minutes.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The options for image handling and creating/modifying the structure of the albums are quite extensive and the entire look and feel of your project can be altered with a few simple mouse clicks. Embedded image manipulation controls are a nice feature and the smart build/upload is a huge time saver. The Developer and Community support has been top notch as well!

Cons:

The learning curve was a bit steep initially, but there are a lot of features and terms *I* wasn't necessarily familiar with so it was a bit of a struggle to figure things out.

Reasons for choosing jAlbum

I chose jAlbum over many Joomla based photo galleries because I didn't like the layout and functionality of anything I was seeing. The added complexity of managing a Joomla site wasn't something I was really looking forward to as I don't have a lot of written copy to share.jAlbum offered me the functionality and look(s) I was looking for, at a more than reasonable price. Money well spent if you ask me!

Reasons for switching to jAlbum

I was using WebAlbum Generator with a hard-coded front end and had been looking for a Joomla based solution and stumbled upon jAlbum in my search. After doing some reading, I downloaded the trial, played with it a bit and I was sold. I couldn't make the purchase fast enough.

Vendor Response

Wow! Many thanks for taking the time to write this elaborate review of jAlbum Kevin!

Replied June 2023

Paul S.

Verified reviewer

Photography

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2023

Excellent web gallery software

I have been using jAlbum to create my web galleries for more than 10 years and have been satisfied with it since I began using it. I have seen galleries created by other photographers believe there is no reason to consider moving to another piece of software. jAlbum does what I want it to do and does it well.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

I have been using jAlbum for over 10 years and found it useful and easy to use from the start. The various skins allow the creation of galleries from relatively simple to complex, including the use of a shopping cart with some. The interface is relatively intuitive and the gallery outcomes are pleasing and professional looking. The application is updated on timely basis and keeps pace with advances in technology.

Cons:

The plethora of options available in Preferences for some of the more complex skins can be somewhat overwhelming for the first time user, but many can be left as default until the user becomes more familiar with how those options can be used to enhance the gallery.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your elaborate and balanced review of jAlbum Paul! We agree that some skins have so many settings that it can be daunting or hard to navigate. Luckily the defaults works for most people, and should you need to look for a certain setting, then you can search for it within jAlbum using jAlbum's Search Bar. It will guide you to the right setting in a snap.

Replied June 2023

Newel A.

Verified reviewer

Online Media

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2023

Quick and easy way to organize your assets.

I have an active license because of how good it is for asset management, especially if you're creating content for a team of designers and developers and you also need to present your assets to the client. It allows other designers to grab the assets they need in a straightforward, visual manner. Clients can also easily decide which assets they want and which assets they don't without fuss.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's an excellent asset management tool. It's great for demoing large quantities of images in a clean, succint manner.

Cons:

Very limited as to what you can create. You're basically stuck with the same rehashed template. You have very little control over text integration and often you're often confined within the boundaries that the skin author created. I could go on and on. It's great for asset management but for creating a personal portfolio or anything else that steps outside the box the skin developer imagined, it's disappointing.

Reasons for choosing jAlbum

I use Jalbum because of how quickly I can populate asset libraries.

Vendor Response

Thanks for taking the time writing this review Newel. As you point out areas you're disappointed with, please write us at support@jalbum.net and outline in more detail what you're missing. From our perspective, it sounds like you simply should switch to another of the many skins we provide, but I may be missing something here. One of the strengths with jAlbum's skins is that they not only control the visual appearance, but can also add new functionality. For inspiration, check out https://jalbum.net/skins and tick the "feature boxes" you're looking for.

Replied June 2023

Dale C.

Verified reviewer

Graphic Design

Self-Employed

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

UI Needs Work

Mostly satisfied.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The skins have far more features and power than is obvious. While the sample skins are interesting, there is no tutorial on how to use the skins to their full potential.

Cons:

Pricing model. You should offer a lifetime pricing option, and keep an archive of skins that work with all versions. The upgrades to newer versions most often do not justify the price of the upgrade, as the "new" features are incremental at best.

Vendor Response

Thanks for your feedback Dale. We do archive older skins, but they tend to not play well with mobile devices and modern web standards, so we discourage the use of them. Although appealing to the end user, it's hard to offer a lifetime license, including lifetime updates. Along that road, it will eventually be an unbalanced offer. We instead offer lifetime licenses including 12 months of free updates.

Replied June 2023

Tracy J.

Verified reviewer

Entertainment

Self-Employed

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

Amazing All in One Website

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Back in the 90's I use to build and code my own websites. After years of code changes keeping up with all the new formats was overwhelming. I started using more robust and integrated templates then build upon them. The problem became re-educating myself with the new platform then keeping up with the new upgrades. Sometimes these platforms would fall out of favor and more robust platforms would arise that would better suit my needs. It always became very time consuming and frustrating. When I stumbled upon JAlbum it was like a small miracle had happened. This platform takes away all the heavy lifting and complicated learning curve of all the other platforms. When I tell people how easy it is to build a site on JAlbum they don't believe me because a lot of other platforms portray themselves as super easy to use to get users to commit but only JALBUM is the real deal.

Cons:

Needs better social media integration and customization.

Reasons for choosing jAlbum

Easier to use and incorporate images and video.

Vendor Response

Well spoken! :-) Thank you so much for your kind review Tracy!

Replied June 2023

marc w.

Verified reviewer

Writing and Editing

Self-Employed

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2023

Home user

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease to make a photo website, I have family photos

Cons:

learning curve, not easy to use in headless mode when moving from windows to my unix nas

Vendor Response

Thanks for your review and for pointing out something we can improve. If you have more details on the problem, please write us at support@jalbum.net

Replied June 2023

Mike L.

Verified reviewer

Computer Networking

Self-Employed

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2023

My travel site photo tool

Maintaining my travel website took a lot of time using photo editing software them uploading

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Makes a professional web site easy to create

Cons:

need more themes amd instant brief view of result of change would help

Reasons for switching to jAlbum

Do it all in one package

Vendor Response

Thanks for your review Mike! Yes, we have new themes/skins in the working as well as updates to existing skins. Do check out "Plain" by the way: https://jalbum.net/skins/skin/Plain

Replied June 2023

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