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The same cull, without the middleman

Typical cloud culler

ZeroBlur

Pricing

Cloud cullerSeats, plus credits, plus overages

ZeroBlur$9.99 a month, and that's the whole bill. Founding Members from the waitlist: $4.99 a month, locked for as long as you stay subscribed.

Credits & metering

Cloud cullerPay per photo. Big race weekend, big bill.

ZeroBlurNone. Unlimited frames, same price.

Where it runs

Cloud cullerTheir data center, on hardware you don't control

ZeroBlur100% on your machine

Your photos

Cloud cullerUploaded, queued, and stored in the cloud

ZeroBlurNever leave your drive. Everything runs on your machine.

Works offline

Cloud cullerDead without a connection

ZeroBlurYes. Cull offline for up to 30 days at a time, and ZeroBlur renews itself in the background whenever you're online.

Embargoed shoots

Cloud cullerYour client's unreleased car, on someone else's server

ZeroBlurYour client's unreleased car stays on your drive. No server copy exists to leak.

Training on your images

Cloud cullerWhatever their terms of service say.

ZeroBlurNever, unless you explicitly donate them. Opt-in, never a default.

Borderline frames

Cloud cullerAuto-binned by a confidence threshold

ZeroBlurQueued as Needs Review, for your eyes. You make the final call.

Analytics

Cloud cullerUsage tracked and tied to your account.

ZeroBlurAnonymous and optional. Flip it off in Settings. Never your photos.

Speed

Cloud cullerUpload 150 GB first, then wait in the queue

ZeroBlurStarts the second the card hits the reader. Zero upload.

What the app phones home

A license check, plus anonymous diagnostics. Nothing that identifies you or your photos

We never upload your images. The diagnostics the app sends are anonymous and optional (off-switch in Settings); nothing in them identifies you or your shoots. We only look at signals that help us tune performance and keep up with the cameras and formats people actually use.

Rough image counts per run (how much you cull, not what you shot)Anonymous system specs & platform (so we optimize for real-world machines, new hardware releases, etc.)File types processed (RAW formats, JPEG, etc.) so we can keep compatibility current with the latest camerasAnonymous crash & performance dataLicense check-in, in the background, every 30 days at most

✕ No personal data · ✕ No image content · ✕ No selling data · ✕ Never used to train on your work