4,000 photos: 32 GB JPEG, 100 GB RAW
How many GB do you need for 4,000 photos?
4,000 photos take about 32 GB as 8 MB JPEGs, which fits shoots.page Pro with 68 GB to spare, or 100 GB as 25 MB RAW files, which fills all of it. The free 2 GB holds about 250 such JPEGs, so a set this size needs Pro.
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4,000 photos at example average sizes
| Average size | 4,000 photos | Free, 2 GB | Pro, 100 GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 MB JPEG | 12 GB | No | Yes, 12% |
| 5 MB JPEG | 20 GB | No | Yes, 20% |
| 8 MB JPEG | 32 GB | No | Yes, 32% |
| 12 MB JPEG | 48 GB | No | Yes, 48% |
| 25 MB RAW | 100 GB | No | Yes, all 100 GB |
| 50 MB RAW | 200 GB | No | No, 100 GB over |
How the estimate works
Multiply the photo count by the average file size: 4,000 x 8 MB = 32,000 MB = 32 GB, and 4,000 x 25 MB = 100,000 MB = 100 GB. The averages in the table are examples, not camera specifications, so divide your own export folder's size by its photo count, then try it in the gallery size calculator.
Right at the Pro limit
Pro stores 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. 4,000 JPEGs at 8 MB use 32% of it. Even at 12 MB each they take 48 GB, under half.
RAW files are different. 4,000 photos fit only if they average 25 MB or less (100,000 MB / 4,000), and at exactly 25 MB they use every byte. Your account holds at most 100 GB, drafts included, so the set fits only if nothing else is stored. At 50 MB per RAW file it comes to 200 GB, twice what Pro holds.
Only the files you upload count; previews, thumbnails and the full-size JPEGs made from RAW files do not. See pricing.
Why Windows can mislead you here
shoots.page counts 1 GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes, and Apple says storage makers measure capacity the same way. 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. Pro's 100 GB is about 93.1 GB in Windows terms.
That catches people right at the limit. Say Windows shows your RAW files at 24 MB each, which is 25,165,824 bytes. 4,000 of them look like 96 GB on paper, and Windows shows the folder as 93.75 GB. In decimal units they are 100.66 GB, which is over Pro. Compare like with like: the shoots.page app shows sizes in decimal GB.
Delivering 4,000 photos, or more than fits
Your client gets one gallery link and needs no account. At 60 photos per page, 4,000 photos fill 67 pages, so a few galleries, by part of the day or by theme, are easier to browse. Clients save originals byte for byte, one by one or as one ZIP, or take 2000 px JPEGs. RAW uploads reach them as full-size JPEGs unless you switch on RAW downloads for a gallery.
When the RAW set is bigger than your plan, you have two options. Deliver JPEG exports and keep the RAW files in your own archive. Or deliver in rounds: publish part of the set, and once your client has downloaded it, delete that gallery; the storage comes back after cleanup (see delete and expire galleries).
At 100 Mbps, 32 GB takes about 43 to 55 minutes to upload and 100 GB about 2 hours 13 minutes to 2 hours 53 minutes. Check your own speed with the upload time calculator. If you leave mid-upload, press Resume upload later and only the missing parts are sent. A gallery is a delivery, not a backup, so keep your own archive.
Common questions
How many GB is 4,000 photos?
Do 4,000 RAW files fit in 100 GB?
How many photos fit in 100 GB?
Why does Windows show 4,000 RAW files as 93.75 GB when they do not fit?
How long does uploading 4,000 photos take?
Deliver 4,000 photos with one link
Upload the set as a draft, check it against 100 GB, and publish when it fits.
Sources
Apple Support: How storage capacity is measured on Apple devices. 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.