--- title: Microsoft Photos Reviews meta\_title: 'Microsoft Photos Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 297 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Microsoft Photos works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 297 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Photography url: https://www.g2.com/categories/photography --- # Microsoft Photos Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Microsoft Photos but has limited features. Are you part of the Microsoft Photos team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Microsoft Photos is a comprehensive image viewer and organizer developed by Microsoft, designed to provide users with an intuitive platform for managing, editing, and sharing their digital photos and videos. Integrated seamlessly into Windows operating systems, it offers a user-friendly interface that caters to both casual users and photography enthusiasts. Key Features and Functionality: - Photo Management: Organize your digital media effortlessly with features like album creation, tagging, and metadata support. The app's gallery view allows sorting by date, album, or folder, providing flexible navigation options. - Photo Editing: Enhance your images using built-in editing tools that support cropping, rotating, exposure correction, color adjustments, and noise reduction. Advanced features include AI-powered background blur, object removal, and integration with Microsoft Designer for creative enhancements. - AI-Powered Auto-Categorization: Leverage artificial intelligence to automatically sort photos into meaningful categories such as screenshots, receipts, identity documents, and notes, making it easier to locate specific images. - Optical Character Recognition (OCR): Extract text from images and perform web searches directly from the app, enhancing productivity and information retrieval. - Super Resolution: Upscale low-resolution images using AI to enhance detail and clarity without compromising quality. - Seamless Integration: Sync with OneDrive for cloud storage, share photos directly to social media platforms, and utilize the app's integration with File Explorer for quick access and management. Primary Value and User Solutions: Microsoft Photos addresses the need for a unified platform that combines photo viewing, organization, and editing within a single application. By integrating AI-driven features, it simplifies the management of extensive photo libraries, enhances image quality, and streamlines the sharing process. This all-in-one solution eliminates the need for multiple third-party applications, offering users a cohesive and efficient experience for their digital media needs. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [Microsoft Photos Community](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-photos/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Atul Goyal (Student at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 16 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-photos/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic") Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 4.6/5(898) ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-classic/reviews) [ ![Photos](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Photos") Photos 4.5/5(812) ](https://www.g2.com/products/photos/reviews) [ ![Adobe Bridge](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adobe Bridge") Adobe Bridge 4.3/5(349) ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-bridge/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-photos/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 297 real user reviews. Implementation Time 3 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Gerardo Samuel P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gerardo Samuel P.") GP Gerardo Samuel P. 100 Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/1/2023 "The simple is perfect" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? Its interface, I mean when I have to review my memories like from school and high school in Microsoft Photos, I can do several things with the brush haha it's fun sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? Well, I wouldn't say that I don't like it, but rather the least useful part for me would be the appearance aspect. I don't know, it just doesn't go with the photos, but that would be more my taste than a problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Having everything organized with the timeline, well that's what I call it, is quick, it doesn't consume much battery, and I can move and obtain the photos easily and quickly when I need them for a collage or something like that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 12/2/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ![Jasmit Singh J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jasmit Singh J.") JJ Jasmit Singh J. CEO & Technology Specialist Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/15/2023 "Lightweight essential tool for day to day use" 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? The ability to edit screenshots quickly, Straightening Scanned images/photos clicked with the device and save them instantly is what I like about this app. Best app for basic photo editing and color corrections. There is a host of free filters available within the app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? Saves RAW Image files as JPG after cropping them. Does not open .PSD, .PDF files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Quick editing of Screenshots Cropping of Photos taken during business events. Enhancing scanned documents and images using built-in filters. Quick Colour correctionof already saved photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shubham S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shubham S.") SS Shubham S. Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/12/2023 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Microsoft Photos is app to manage and organise a large collection of photos & videos." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? Microsoft Photos provides the best interface and allow us to import photos and videos from different sources; we can use filters and effects to edit our photos into impressive; it is also integrated with other microsoft services and supports cloud storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? It supports editing, but there are only basic editing features in it; it does not support advanced editing; also, it has a significant dependency on Microsoft, that's why it only integrated with a few external services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Managing our Photos was quite difficult until Microsoft Photos came in the seen; it is internally integrated with Microsoft services, so it became easy to manage our photos and videos Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RB Robby B. Higher Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/23/2023 "Easy to use and organize your photos!" 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? Microsoft Photos is extremely user-friendly and a great way to organize your company or personal photos in one place. You can find any image you need to pull up and keep things organized for anyone on your team to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? At this time, I do not have any limitations with Microsoft Photos. We enjoy the interface and ability to pull up any photo we may need quickly. I'm sure there may be improvements depending on how the user needs to organize/recall pictures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Microsoft Photos is storing all of our team's images in one easy to access/organize location which allows our team to access our stock images from anywhere they may be working on a given day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![sheeraz a.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "sheeraz a.") SA sheeraz a. Digital Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/16/2023 "Microsoft Photos Review" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? It is user friendly and help us to store and manages our photos and videos. It has also editing options which is good it also easy to sort and organize our photos and easily sharable via onedrive and emails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? Everything is good in Microsoft Photos but a feature called people used to recognize face can be improved it's I have used google photos also when compared both google photos is better and Microsoft can also work to improve it significantly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? The main problem Microsoft photos solve is organizing and managing abundance of data and also it's very user friendly to view and share the photos and videos. And also it have facial recognition which helps to detect any person Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SP Soumyayan P. USER Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/2/2023 "One of the most convenient Application to store your Digital Memories." 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? The new Photos app makes it fun and easy to enhance your digital memories. And if you liked making videos with Windows Movie Maker, you'll love what you can do with Photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? The application has a feature to purchase stoarge. This is the only con about this app. Buying additional storage is not convenient for every users and this is something we can work on to provide a little more free storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? The new Photos app makes it fun and easy to enhance my digital memories. The application has a very smooth way to display the images under one screen. It also sort the images based on the date and time which is easy to track in case you wish to recall the event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/5/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Puneet Y.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Puneet Y.") PY Puneet Y. Senior Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/26/2023 "Simple yet effective tool for everyday use and power users" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? Ease of use and UI that keeps the same over time so no learning curve on every new version. This allows easier to find tutorials as well online when you need to learn something new. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? Load times for photos can sometimes go slow and additional features such as filter, ai based charecter addition to photos etc can be added to the software suite. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? editing slightly the photos, managing sets of albums and photos together and browsing photos on the devices to back up on the system and sync to multiple devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Giulia P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Giulia P.") GP Giulia P. Project manager | ADV Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/7/2023 "Useful" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? Microsoft Photos app is intuitive and elegant Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? There isn't something that I don't like so fare Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? View, organize, and share photos from PC, OneDrive, and other devices all from one fast gallery. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Organic TM Tyler M. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/25/2023 "Mircosoft Photos Review" 5/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? A great and simple-to-use photo viewer. As my default viewer, I can open photos quickly, review and zoom in easily if required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? When opening a photo, it opens a new window rather than keeping tabs. This can some times make it difficult when trying to review and compare multiple images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? Microsoft Photos is the most straightforward photo viewer I have used. They have made it very easy to view photos quickly and efficiently. Great editing tools are available when needed, and the collections tab makes reviewing my most recent images simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/25/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Real Estate](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Real Estate") UR Verified User in Real Estate Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/27/2023 "I used this app for designing custom clothes and editing images" 4/5 What do you like best about Microsoft Photos? It had the tools that enabled me to work on a custom design that I could transfer to some clothing. It also stored other projects I've worked on without me even realizing it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Microsoft Photos? Some of this could be chalked up to user error but these are my complaints: It wasn't very user friendly, I did struggle with editing and I couldn't figure out how to use some tools. Eventhough it helped me that it saved pictures I didn't intend it to, it still was a little concerning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Microsoft Photos solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps me manage photos that I have to save for business purposes. Sometimes its images saved from security camera footage, and sometimes its just editing photos to post to our social media. It has also helped for editing images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Microsoft Photos? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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