Canon has entered the cloud-based storage arena, albeit a bit late.
Previously marketed only in Europe as a beta program under the name Project1709, irista is the photo company's first foray into the storage universe, which has long been dominated by platforms like Google Drive and iCloud.
The platform offers users up to 10GB of free storage space. In comparison, photo-sharing site Flickr provides more than 100 times that amount with room for 1,000GB worth of photos per user, according to its website. File-saving site Dropbox comes in last with only 2GB.
Interestingly, irista does not have its own sharing area. Rather, it allows users to share photos via Flickr and Facebook.
Similar to Flickr but unlike generic sites such as Dropbox, irista's focus is solely on photos. It does not store items like documents and apps. Additionally, irista appears primitive in its lack of editing and filter options, such as those offered by Flickr and Instagram.
irista is now accessible via its new website, irista.com.