How many GB do you need for 100 photos?

Multiply the photo count by the average file size: 100 x 8 MB = 800 MB = 0.8 GB, and 100 x 25 MB = 2,500 MB = 2.5 GB. The sizes in the table are example averages, not camera specifications. Resolution, detail and export quality all move the number, so measure your own set: divide the size of the export folder by the number of photos in it.

The gallery size calculator runs the same sum with presets of 8 MB per JPEG and 25 MB per RAW file, and you can type in your own average.

The free plan gives you 2 GB of storage and every delivery feature. 100 photos fit as long as they average 20 MB or less (2,000 MB / 100). At 8 MB they use 0.8 GB, 40% of the plan, which leaves room for about 150 more photos of that size: the free plan holds about 250 in total.

RAW files are the exception. 100 RAW files at 25 MB come to 2.5 GB, 0.5 GB over the free plan, which holds about 80 of them. Deliver JPEG exports instead, or use Pro: 100 GB for USD 9 a month or USD 90 a year before tax, or EUR 8 a month or EUR 80 a year in Europe with VAT included. On Pro, the RAW set uses 2.5% of your storage.

You can upload all 100 as a draft and see the exact size before you decide. Only the files you upload count; previews, thumbnails and the full-size JPEGs made from RAW files do not. See pricing.

shoots.page counts storage in decimal units, 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes, the way Apple says storage makers measure capacity. Windows File Explorer counts in steps of 1,024 but still writes KB, MB and GB, so sizes look about 5% smaller in MB and about 7% smaller in GB. An 800 MB set shows as about 763 MB in Windows, and 2.5 GB of RAW files as about 2.33 GB. In the same terms, the free 2 GB is about 1.86 GB.

When you check a folder against your plan, compare like with like: the shoots.page app shows gallery sizes in decimal GB. Apple notes that some older systems, such as iOS 10 and earlier and OS X Leopard and earlier, report storage in binary too.

0.8 GB is far more than email attachments allow (see how many photos you can email). A gallery link carries the whole set instead. Your client opens it in a browser with no account and never pays. At 60 photos per page, 100 photos fill 2 pages.

Clients save originals byte for byte, one at a time or all together as one ZIP, or take 2000 px JPEGs. RAW uploads reach them as full-size JPEGs unless you switch on RAW downloads for the gallery.

Uploads run in the browser in 8 MiB parts. 0.8 GB takes about 5 to 7 minutes at 20 Mbps, and 2.5 GB about 17 to 22 minutes. If the connection drops or you close the tab, press Resume upload and only the missing parts are sent. A gallery is a delivery, not a backup, so keep your own archive of the shoot.

Apple Support: How storage capacity is measured on Apple devices and About Apple ProRAW. Microsoft Learn: Windows support for hard disks that are larger than 2 TB. The Old New Thing, Microsoft: Why does Explorer use the term KB instead of KiB? Microsoft Q&A, May 2026: thread on bytes and GB in Windows. Totals and conversions are our own arithmetic from the example averages shown. Checked 29 October 2026.