Reviews

Shutterstock might be expensive to buy footage and music for some customers, but I keep coming back to buy royalty-free images, even after several years of using Shutterstock.

Artlist is a media platform for video creators, offering 8K footage, editing tools, and copyright protection, all wrapped in a creator-focused subscription model.

If you think unlimited access to 22 million royalty-free files and several AI tools (image, video, audio, and music gen) are what you need, then Envato is definitely worth paying for.

Storyblocks offers unlimited downloads of footage, audio, and templates starting at $21 per month. The new AI Toolkit and $20,000 indemnification make it a solid mid-tier option. It's not the cheapest or most advanced, but it's a reliable all-rounder.

Epidemic Sound is excellent if all you need is music and sound effects. The size of the library, Adobe extensions, royalty-free license, and mobile apps make it an exceptional deal for the price.

Vecteezy is one of the cheapest sources of photos, vectors, and illustrations.

Soundstripe delivers high-quality, royalty-free music and sound effects with YouTube copyright protection. It comes with integrations into Adobe and Twitch, though its library is smaller than competitors.

Alamy has a vast collection of stock images and videos, but the quality is mediocre, and prices are inexplicably high compared to competitors. Additionally, licensing terms and prices are complicated, and the company does not offer license indemnity. Customer support is relatively quick, but some customers have reported longer wait times.

We’ve tested iStock’s extensive media library, perfect for occasional high-quality downloads, though it may lack variety in certain categories.

Motion Array offers a lot for a relatively small subscription fee: unlimited royalty-free downloads from a library of 2+ million media files, integration into Adobe software, AI voiceovers, and video-editing plugins.

To clarify, in this review, I am looking at a stock photo and video marketplace called Stockphotos.com and not providing my opinion on stock imagery in general. You can read about stock photos in this guide. Stockphotos.com is the newer version of the Stock Photo Secrets marketplace, but with a slightly better license and a […]

IMAGO is an excellent budget-friendly source for editorial images and videos, offering the largest library of editorial content through partnerships.

I pay a lot of attention to how pleasant it is to browse a website and whether or not it looks spammy. Pngtree has pretty good vectors and PNG images, and if you like what they have, it’s a pretty good deal. However, you will have to deal with constant ads and getting redirected to […]

Dreamstime has a huge selection of images and videos, but the quality often disappoints, and the interface is outdated. Read our review to see if it’s the right stock photo site for you.

We do not recommend Death to Stock to anyone because of the unresponsive customer support, unclear pricing, awfully small image collection, and non-functional website.

Adobe Stock is an excellent source of stock materials if you're a user of Adobe applications.

Freepik is not just a stock photo site anymore—it's slowly becoming an all-in-one design platform, with its own media library, AI generators, and even some editing capabilities. It's competing with the likes of Canva, Envato Elements, and even Adobe.

Getty Images is a fantastic stock photo agency for enterprises and large businesses, but it’s not the best option for individuals and businesses with smaller budgets.