Photobucket Reviews in May 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

Absolute shower of crooks basically…

Absolute shower of crooks basically holding my pictures to ransom. Have used Photobucket for 15 years plus. No better than scammers DO NOT GIVE THIS COMPANY ANY CUSTOM.

I was an photobucket user since 8 maybe…

I was an photobucket user since 8 maybe 10 years. Lately I didn't use it often. Right now I checked my bucket and all of my pics get downsized to max 800/1000px. I contacted with a support but they can't do anything about that. So insted of my old pics i can download miniatures now. Ridicules.

So I had photobucket for about 12 years…

So I had photobucket for about 12 years and over 3k pictures over the years and I have not been on for a while so when I did go back on recently all my pictures were blocked so I emailed them and they said no worries we unblocked them for you I was so excited because there pictures I have of people who are no longer living and only had them on my photobucket . I went on and seen no pictures at all. I emailed them back saying I don’t see any pictures. They email me back and say sorry they ...

RUN! Don't trust this company!

I have been paying this company for about $20 USD per year for 2 years and this year i got debited for $86 USD. it's my fault for not cancelling the membership as I totally forgot it exists. I went on customer service and they said they only allow refund within 48 hours. They took money on april 8. I emailed them on April 14. No compassion at all even if i said I am already behind my bills and a baby to feed!I asked them to look into it as my account is inactive for a long time and this is ...

I WAS A CUSTOMER FOR OVER 8 YEARS BUT…

I WAS A CUSTOMER FOR OVER 8 YEARS BUT THERE BLACKMAILING WAYS TO GET YOU TO PAY AND THE TOTAL AND UTTER APPAULING SERVICE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE CAUSED ME TO MOVE 3700 IMAGES TO SMUGMUG DONT USE THEM

Just an FYI.,

Just an FYI.,I was 54 photos over so I downloaded the 250 to my laptop then deleted them from my account and then I was able to see the 54 photos and videos. I reached out to Photobucket before I found all the complaints and asked them how they could keep my photos hostage and how can I get my 54 pics without having to pay a monthly fee. They said I could pay to upgrade and then cancel anytime. I didn't trust that since there was no warning about a change. Try this way before you pay anything!

Extortion.

Photobucket has continuously become worse and worse over the years, but instead of learning from their mistakes, they just continue to double down.I have 1200 photos that were uploaded from 2007-2014. Nearly a decade of files that I believed to be stored in a relatively safe and easy to access repository, while photobucket was free. Out of the blue, Photobucket required a subscription fee to host pictures. No warning. People left en masse, and PB's userbase vanished almost overnight. In an ...

You have to pay to access photos

You have to pay to access photos, even if you are just downloading/deleting them. Do not use

Scammers

Scammers no better than those that release viruses that encrypt computers, promised lifetime hosting then locked out my photos unless I pay them.

You can s**k my c**k scammers

You can s**k my c**k scammers. I'm uploading my images elsewhere. Takes a bit of time but no problem. Just look at your ratings! :)