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Next Generation Smart Photo Storage

Introducing durable, powerful, and the most secure photo backup solution. No monthly fees.

The next era in storage

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Blisteringly Fast

High speed CPU and integrated AI coprocessor to deliver the best performance.

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Smarter

Advanced photo organization features to keep your content organized.

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Built-in SSD

User-replacable, highly reliable SSD storage offers extreme durability and performance.

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Secure

Password protect your private photos and albums to keep them safe and always under your control.

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Stay organized

Now, Monument is even smarter to organize all of your memories by people, scenery, location, camera and more while eliminating duplicates — automatically. It's more intuitive and without clutter.

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Face recognition
People in your photos are grouped automatically with a high accuracy.
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Image & scenery detection
Find a photo quickly using keywords. Type in "mountains", "dog" to find memories that matter the most.
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Advance duplicate detection
Monument prevents duplicate photos and videos in your library. Even more, it helps you find and eliminate different resolutions of your photos.
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Similarity grouping
Group and find photos that are visually similar for a decluttered view.
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ONE CENTRAL PLACE FOR YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS

Reliable storage

With built-in SSD, Monument provides you the reliability that you can trust to keep your precious memories.

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Upgradable

Upgrade SSD storage capacity easily by replacing the M.2 drive when you need more storage.

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Highly reliable

With the SSD inside, enjoy the top performance and keep your content safe.

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Flexible external storage

Opt for the driveless model and use external drives to create even more storage space.

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BACK UP AND ACCESS FROM ANYWHERE

Effortless backups

Automatically back up all of your photos and videos from your devices: phones, computers, hard drives, SD cards and cloud accounts.

Cross Platform Smart Photo Storage Backup

Import from
SD Cards

USB Drives
Computers

Smartphones
Tablets

Sync with
iCloud

Organize the way you want

Import your existing folders and Monument will automatically carry over the folder/album structure. So you can keep things the way they are.

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Have old photos lying around on old hard drives?

Simply plug in the drive and Monument handles the rest by scanning all photos and videos by eliminating duplicates and sorting them like magic.


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Take control of your photos

Designed with privacy in mind

Put your private data on Monument with advanced security that protects what's yours. Only you have the access - no compromises!

Encrypted Zero Knowledge Storage

Why it matters?

Giving away your private data could leave you vulnerable to misuse of data, hacking or manipulation.

Many companies collect personal information by processing your photos in the cloud, it means they can use or sell your personal information.

How is it different?

End-to-end encryption gives you the confidence to keep your content completely secure and private. There are no ads, data mining, or user profiling.

Your data never leaves Monument and it is processed locally. The built-in Neural Processing Unit (NPU) allows Monument to analyze your content to recognize faces, scenery and other properties locally, on your device.

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EASIER TO SHARE

Share seamlessly

Create albums and add photos, videos to share your favorite moments with your friends and family effortlessly.

Share Photos Securely
ONSITE & OFFSITE BACKUPS

Additional backup options

Add another layer of redundancy by creating additional backups on your external hard drive or existing NAS (Network Attached Storage) automatically.

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Cloud-level experience

With its cutting-edge performance, Monument gives you everything you need: speed, smarts and privacy —above and beyond without any monthly fees.

10x faster
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Speed for processing content
2x smarter
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Multiple users

Add up to 5 users to enjoy photos and albums together.

Always-on

Access Monument from anywhere in the world securely.

Faster connection 🏄🏻

Enjoy high speed on your network using WiFi 6 or Gigabit Ethernet.

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Technical Specifications

Since the launch of the original Monument, we have been listening to the immense feedback from our community and improved the experience in every way.

The result is the Monument 2. Ten times faster and smarter than its predecessor, it's the world's smartest storage device.

With the addition of  Neural Processing Unit (NPU), it's now more accurate, faster and provides new levels of artificial intelligence that makes Monument smarter than ever.

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Processor

1.9 GHz quad core ARM
1.2 TOPS NPU      

Storage

Built-in storage models:
  1TB/2TB M.2 2280 Form Factor
  SATA SSD
 
Diskless models:
  External USB drive

Connectivity

Wi-Fi 6 - 802.11ax
Gigabit Ethernet
Bluetooth 4.0 (BLE)

Ports

x2 USB 3.0
x1 SD Card
x1 4K TV Out (HDMI)

Intelligence

On-device local inference:
- Pet detection
- Image recognition
- Face detection/recognition

Applications

- iOS (iOS 11 or newer)
- Android (Android 5 or newer)
- Mac OS
- Windows
- Linux

Dimensions

Width: 5.2" (134mm)
Length: 5.2" (134mm)
Height: 1.4" (36mm)

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And much more

Monument is designed to help you organize and keep your photos secure.

Beautifully designed, intuitive apps will give you everything you need to manage your photos and videos.

Free up space

Photos and videos that are already backed up can be removed to save up space from your phones or computers.

No monthly fees

Monument does not require any recurring fees.

RAW Support

Preserve the original, highest level or quality of your photos.

Use your own NAS

Create an additional backup to your existing NAS.

256-bit AES and SSL/TLS encryption

End-to-end encryption for maximum security.

Photo editor

With the easy-to-use powerful editing tool, transform your photos and create the impact they deserve.

Password protection

Password protect your photos and albums with a password.

Dark mode

Dark mode theme makes it easier on your eyes to view and browse your memories. Perfect for low-light environments.

Email support

Should you have any questions, our support team is available to assist you via email.

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Join the movement

We believe our photos reflect our private lives and they should not be a tool for companies to sell our data, serve ads or influence our choices.

Monument 2 is 100% ad-free, private and without any monthly fees.