Why I stay with Classic? Here's a quick list
- Local storage of original photos (cost of storage)
- Publish Services
- Folders
- Smart collections
- Hierarchical keywords
- Print module
- Map Module
- Full access to metadata
- More robust search/filter capability
- Ability to use when in places with no internet
- Much better user interface (buttons, menus, panels,
- Faster
- custom view options
That's just off the top of my head. I'm sure there is more
Reasons to use LR Cloudy
- Multi platform
- Adobe takes care of backup and recovery
- Sensei search
For me, not even a glimmer of a contest between the two
At this point in time I use LR Cloudy only as an easy way to have selected images available on my mobile devices for showing to people (using sync and local storage on my phone), and as an easy way to get mobile image captures over to my Classic system. Nothing else, Editing on a small phone or tablet screen is a fools errand (IMHO) and if I'm on my desktop computer with a big high res screen then I might as well launch Classic instead of LR Cloudy Desktop. Nothing else in LR Cloudy seems easier to do, more efficient, or functions better than in LR Classic. In some cases equivalent, but so far never superior.