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jAlbum has a rating of 4.4 stars from 122 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with jAlbum most frequently mention photo albums. jAlbum ranks 1st among Photo Sharing sites.

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  • Quality
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Thumbnail of user charlesf1417
Maryland
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July 11th, 2023
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I build small albums infrequently and I am not a power user. For me, the overall workflow is very smooth and quick. A key for me is the FTP capability. Support has been great. But I have gotten confused choosing image sizes and setting parameters and have had a few do-overs. I am not sure I take full advantage of jAlbum capabilities. I think it comes down to limited documentation and lack of good tutorials and Youtube videos. That is why I gave it 4 stars instead of five.

Date of experience: July 11, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thanks for your review. We take note of your suggestions. New YouTube videos are planned.

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California
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February 26th, 2023
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I'm an amateur photographer. I needed a place to post some of my pictures and videos to share with family and friends. JAlbum software was simply to use to create a website. The price for a Premium Account which includes website hosting was reasonable. The skins included are very good. I would highly recommend jAlbum software!

Date of experience: February 26, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you Tom for sharing your positive experience with us. Means a lot to us.

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New Jersey
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March 9th, 2024
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I've used jAlbum for a number of projects and find it a pleasure to work with. It is easy to use, flexible and I've gotten great results. I especially like the ability to tag photos and have the tags display in the Tag Cloud that gives users a table of contents.

Date of experience: March 9, 2024

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thanks for your review Rich. We especially like that you exemplify things you like.

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Ohio
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June 25th, 2023
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I have been a long time user of jAlbum on my own website where I use it to display the photos of my photography trips. It allows me to quickly incorporate my edited photos in an album form that ensures my repeat viewers are familiar with the format. I love it!

Date of experience: June 25, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Happy to hear that. Thank you for your review and for choosing jAlbum Rick!

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Virginia
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January 10th, 2024
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With a variety of professional-looking skins, and the ability to create on your local PC (for upload), or to create entirely online, jAlbum provides maximum flexibility. It is easy to use -- and jAlbum provides exactly what I need without viewing clutter, advertisements, or pop-ups. Simple, clean, and reasonably priced. I have been a jAlbum user for over 6 years.

Date of experience: January 10, 2024

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Connecticut
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April 5th, 2023
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I have been using jAlbum for several years now to maintain my personal family website and I am very pleased with its expansive functionality, ease of use and performance. I have researched several others and find jAlbum to be superior in functionality for the price. I highly recommend it.

Date of experience: April 5, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you for taking your time writing this review Gerard. We're so happy that you're so pleased with jAlbum.
/David -jAlbum founder

Thumbnail of user jimm2623
Washington
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November 16th, 2023
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I'm very pleased with jAlbum on my iMac. I've been using it to compile annual albums of the plants and flowers in my garden for several years, and it really makes the project simple. The service is outstanding -- questions are answered promptly and the staff has been most helpful. Now if Apple would only put its comments, captions, etc into the standard format for metadata, all would be well. As it is, I use MetaImage to edit all of that stuff before running jAlbum, and it puts everything in the right places.

Date of experience: November 16, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

We're happy to hear this. Thank you for explaining how you use jAlbum and about this metadata hint as well. Yes, wouldn't it be good if all IT companies avoided lock-in, like jAlbum, by using open formats?

JAlbum does the job well!
July 15th, 2023
Verified purchase
• Previous review

I've been using jAlbum for years and just in the last couple of years have started uploading my albums to your servers. The process works flawlessly and easily, so kudos are in order there. JAlbum itself works great -- it would be even better if Apple stored titles, captions, and comments in EXIF like everyone else, but they don't. So I use a third party app (Metaimage) to get the data into EXIF where jAlbum can extract it effortlessly and use it in building the albums. Overall, I'm very pleased with both the jAlbum app which has gotten consistently better and faster over the years, and with the service and technical help I've gotten.

Date of experience: July 15, 2023

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Illinois
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July 23rd, 2023
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I have never found another application that is more suited to publishing your photos for the web. Easy and intuitive to use. Provides the freedom to change styles to suit your needs or design your own.

Date of experience: July 23, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Blushing here:-). Thank you Dennis!

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Florida
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October 6th, 2023
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Jalbum works seamlessly with your domain and web server. This tool makes making web albums easy. Perfect way to organize and share your year's worth of pics! Endless options so you can display your pics the way you want to!

Date of experience: October 6, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Well put Lance. Thank you for taking the time to write this review!

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Georgia
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January 9th, 2024
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I used jAlbum to build my first website and it was very user friendly. I have also used it as a repository for photo projects that I have used on other sites. JAlbum has allowed me to catalog my photos and apply copyright notices. It continues to be a valuable tool for me.

Date of experience: January 9, 2024

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you for taking your time to write this review Enos!

Thumbnail of user kellyd1580
Utah
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February 23rd, 2023
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I've been using jAlbum for a number of years now and have always been extremely happy with both the product and the customer service and support when I've had questions. The best product available of it's type! Highly recommended!

Date of experience: February 23, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you Kelly. We're happy to hear this!

Thumbnail of user reneh190
Washington
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October 12th, 2023
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I have been using jAlbum for 23 years. I like the way I am able to create one-of-a-kind albums, as well as organizing my photographs within the album. I am very pleased with jAlbum and will continue to use the product, as well as recommend the product to others.

Date of experience: October 12, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you Rene! You spreading the word on jAlbum means a lot to us.

Thumbnail of user mickk62
Florida
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December 5th, 2023
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I find the jAlbum interface and structure difficult to learn. It takes a lot of time to figure it out. Creating a gallery structure and getting photos into it should not be difficult, especially when trying to avoid duplicate uploads. Some of teh terminology is odd.

Date of experience: November 28, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

That's saddening to hear, but I value your comments. What the few negative people fail to explain is specifically what they find hard. It's sadly always sweeping terms. If you could detail more specifically what words and user interface parts you've found confusing in an email to us at support@jalbum.net then we promise that we will read it carefully!

Thumbnail of user warrenm279
Wisconsin
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June 8th, 2023
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I am the president of a community band and have a large portfolio of videos of our concerts. I had an issue of the titles disappearing from the videos once the portfolio was generated. Within a day they were able to update the software and I was able to make a very handsome portfolio. They also helped me with a server to host my portfolio.

Date of experience: June 8, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you for taking the time to write this review Warren!

Thumbnail of user jamesl4966
California
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May 7th, 2024
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I have used this off and on for several years. Don't expect a fully featured app. The point of jalbum is to publish your images quickly and easily. And for that, it works very well;.

Date of experience: April 24, 2024

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thanks James. If you're missing anything in particular, let us know by writing support@jalbum.net

Thumbnail of user berkeleyf1
Oregon
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January 12th, 2024
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I use jAlbum as my way to build and share collections of my 50 years of photography.
(I used my slow but terrific Nikon slide scanner to high-res digitize mountains of slides and negatives!)
Example? See https://www.dragon-and-lion.com/FranceSlidesMap/ [please see if you wish but DO NOT PUBLISH, thank you!). (For this photo series -- I built a simple one-page "website" -- having URL links to various JAlbum slide shows up on my domain.) Love the ability to display my carefully created "file names" as explanatory legends for each image. JAlbum program is solid, non-buggy and fun to use. Thank you!

Date of experience: January 12, 2024

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you for writing this and sharing that wonderful scenery. Makes me want to move to France!
/David -jAlbum founder

Thumbnail of user bills2099
Washington
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March 22nd, 2023
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I've been using jAlbum for quite a while, I can't say I use it every year, but I keep current, and when I do use it, I tend to do a big complex project and then leave it alone for some time...

Does what it says it does and pretty damn well too!

Date of experience: March 22, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

We're really happy to hear this. Thank you Bill!

Thumbnail of user thomasb4724
Ohio
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February 22nd, 2024
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I've used JAlbum for several years. It's highly flexible and looks very professional plus their support is second to none. I would highly recommend it.

Date of experience: February 22, 2024

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you Thomas!

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Texas
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March 14th, 2023
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I've been using jAlbum for a really long time. Never have I found an application to be so reliable and comprehensive. It helps me create professional photo albums that my viewers enjoy using.

Date of experience: March 14, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thank you so much for your review Egidio!

Thumbnail of user josephineb207
Vermont
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August 24th, 2023
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I wanted to get access to an album my sister created before she died. Her subscription had expired. I emailed for help, got an answer quickly and the solution was clearly explained.

Date of experience: August 24, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

I'm glad we could help out and I'm sorry for your loss. Thanks for writing this review

Thumbnail of user gordons402
Kansas
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October 28th, 2023
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Very frustrating no serious support. Difficult sign up finally worked it out myself. I album excuse no help on line. The program is very good once you learn the basics.

Date of experience: October 21, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Hi Gordon. Really sorry you feel that way. We're actually known for top class support. Please contact us at support@jalbum.net and explain why you had difficulties signing up. Apart from our email support, we and other jAlbum users also support each other at our forum at https://jalbum.net/forum

Thumbnail of user jayg910
New York
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April 30th, 2023
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I've been a Jalbum user for many years. It keeps on getting better. My only complaint is that Jalb um albums seem to have a low priority for indexing by Google.

Date of experience: April 30, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thanks Jay. We haven't heard about any such indexing problems. Do discuss it with fellow jAlbum users at https://jalbum.net/forum

Thumbnail of user cathyr636
Florida
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January 26th, 2024
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Have used jAlbum for so many years, I'm not sure when I started. Incredible, flexible software. I have recommended to many peers and students in those years. Excellent support and response.

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Date of experience: January 26, 2024

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Happy to hear that. Thanks for spreading the word too Cathy!

Thumbnail of user marks6085
District of Columbia
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April 7th, 2023
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I had a question about adding a URL link to an album and got a quick reply with my solution.

Highly recommend these guys for their product design and always great support.

Date of experience: April 7, 2023

Thumbnail of user scottm3359
California
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August 20th, 2023
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The software is pretty straight-forward and easy to use. There is a learning curve, but it was quite easy. The staff helps out tremendously when I need help.

Date of experience: August 20, 2023

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David E. – jAlbum Rep

Thanks Scott! We're glad you contacted us for help.

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The jAlbum desktop software creates rich web photo galleries for any web site. Perfect for photographers, individuals and organizations wanting to share images and videos on their own sites without relying on centralized services.

jAlbum has been in business since 2006 and is a trusted solution for independent photo sharing. To date, jAlbum galleries are used on over 220 million web sites (Data from Majestic.com). jAlbum has received top user reviews with SiteJabber, TrustPilot and Capterra
Why use jAlbum?
<ul>
<li> Integrity: YOU have full control of the management, storage, and presentation of your images no lock-in. Host your images with us or with any web hotel you like. Your galleries will work - even without us.
<li> Convenience: Manage large amounts of images right from your PC no need to upload them to an online service in order to pick the best ones for presentation and add captions. This is better done locally, and works offline too!
<li> Expression: Not all web sites look alike, so why should your galleries? With jAlbum, you can customize the visuals and functionality of your galleries to your liking.
</ul>
jAlbum is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Business History

Returning from a skiing trip in 2002, founder David Ekholm intended to share his newly taken pictures with his friends. David started to look for photo album software and tried out what the market had to offer. After numerous disappointments with various album clients, being a programmer, he decided to take matters into his own hands...

With jAlbum you have full control of the look of the generated album, not just the color theme and basic layout. Making an album is still just a simple matter of drag and drop, plus a button click if you prefer to use one of the many existing looks. jAlbum will process your images, make index pages, create slide show pages and even upload the final album to the Internet for your friends to see. jAlbum runs on all platforms and speaks over 30 languages.

Today, jAlbum is one of the world's most popular applications for producing web photo albums. jAlbum galleries are today present on over 220 million web pages (Majetic.com). The variety of album skins and the possibility to personalize the presentation makes jAlbum extremely flexible. jAlbum has an active community that contributes to the development of the skins, plugins and language options.

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