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Stock assets: what 5 tools cost

Stock photos, video, music and design templates licensed for reuse. Every price is the plan a buyer actually lands on to get this capability — not the headline figure on the pricing page, and not the free tier that leaves it out.

5 tools, 7 plans pricedfrom $29read 2026-09-26

Stock Vectors iStock Scalable vector graphics and illustrations for design projects. $29/mo Basic Details → Stock Photos & Vectors Shutterstock Licensable library of stock photographs, illustrations, and vector graphics spanning hundreds of millions of assets, sold via image packs or subscriptions — licensed downloads keep perpetual usage rights even after a plan ends. $29/mo Unlimited Images (annual) Details → Adobe Stock Royalty-free stock images, vectors, and video $29.99/mo Monthly Subscription$72 flat commission per new subscription Details → Envato Marketplace Marketplace for buying and selling graphics, themes, videos, audio, and 3D models $30/mo Item Details → Stock Photos iStock Marketplace of millions of professional stock photographs for commercial and creative use. $70/mo Premium (annual billing) Details → Stock Video iStock Royalty-free video clips and motion graphics for multimedia projects. $99/mo Premium + Video (annual billing) Details → Envato Elements Subscription Digital asset library $120/mo Annual or monthly subscriptionFlat fee per new customer referral Details →

This page compares what each tool does and what it costs. It does not name a winner: picking one honestly needs a researched verdict for every option, and the corpus does not carry those yet — so nothing here is ranked by anything but price.

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Vendors change plans and quietly move capabilities between tiers. We re-read the terms and send one note a week with what moved — including stock assets.

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