Why choose Gather?
With Gather, the shared album is part of the celebration. Choose its look, share the link and bring guest photos and videos into one place, ready to browse and download.
A design that belongs to the occasion.
Curated typography, colours and photo layouts turn the collection into a personal album. All managed themes and their customization options are included.
Hosting and backups come with it.
The $79 plan includes hosting, backups, cohosts, moderation and album downloads. You don’t need to connect your own Google Drive to use hosted Gather.
Your own server is an option, too.
The self-hosted edition is free and open source. Run the album yourself, choose your storage settings and connect your own S3 backups.
The difference, at a glance.
WedUploader sends browser uploads directly to the host’s Google Drive, with original-quality files and capacity tied to that Drive account. Gather stores contributions in its own shared album, with integrated themes and moderation. Gather compresses photos while keeping important capture metadata by default.
WedUploader features and storage FAQ ↗
Written by Gather · Official source reviewed September 10, 2026.
Make it yours.
Give the collection a look of its own. Explore the themes and imagine opening your album with everyone’s side of the day already coming together.
Explore the album themes