Carousel by Jetpack vs NextGen Gallery by Imagely
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| Feature | Carousel by Jetpack checked 23 Oct 2026 Free Visit Details | NextGen Gallery by Imagely v4.5.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editions | — | NextGEN Gallery · NextGEN Pro ($) |
| Pros | — | Galleries, albums and slideshows at no cost; Batch upload and media library import; Gallery and slideshow widgets |
| Cons | Needs Jetpack; not a standalone plugin; Images only, no video | eCommerce, watermarks and proofing need NextGEN Pro; Large feature surface for a basic gallery; Pro upsell and onboarding licence prompts in the admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 3 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | — | Slideshow, thumbnail and imagebrowser gallery styles, Compact and extended album styles, Gallery and slideshow widgets, REST API namespace imagely/v1 for admin data, eCommerce image and gallery sales ($), Image and text watermarks ($), Image proofing for clients ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Braintree ($), Stripe ($) |
| Plugins | — | WPML |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.5.4 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | — | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | plugin.imagely.com |
| Blocks | — | 2 |