Shutterstock is a leading global paid stock platform founded in 2003 in New York, USA, with over 400 million images, videos, and music assets from 2 million+ contributors, plus AI image generation.
Pixabay is a free CC0 stock asset platform founded in Germany in 2010 with over 4.5 million images, vectors and videos. Acquired by Canva in 2019, it offers assets free for commercial use without attribution — a go-to free library for designers and content creators.
Pexels is a free stock library founded in Germany in 2014, with millions of high-resolution photos and hundreds of thousands of videos all free for commercial use with no attribution, supporting Chinese search and acquired by Canva in 2018.
Envato Elements is the subscription creative asset platform launched by Envato in 2017, with 20 million+ assets covering fonts, templates, video, sound effects, and illustrations, offering unlimited downloads with a commercial license under one subscription.
Adobe Stock is Adobe's stock marketplace launched in 2015 with 900M+ assets, deeply integrated with Photoshop, Premiere Pro and other Creative Cloud apps for in-app search and licensing.
Storyblocks is a subscription stock media platform founded in 2009 in Virginia, USA, pioneering unlimited downloads and covering video, audio, images, and templates, all with a commercial license.
Motion Array is a US all-in-one video asset subscription platform with unlimited downloads of 10 asset types such as templates, music and sound effects, plus 50+ editor plugins and an Adobe extension, with the Everything plan from $24.99/month.
iStock is a royalty-free library under Getty Images, founded in 2000 as the pioneer of the microstock model, with a library of 8 million+ files covering photos, vectors, video, and audio, including the Signature exclusive collection.
Depositphotos is a royalty-free stock platform founded in 2009 with headquarters in Miami, USA, a library of 330M+ files, on-demand and subscription purchasing, built-in AI tools and multilingual search — a high-value stock choice.
Artlist is a royalty-free creative asset platform founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2016, offering music, sound effects and video by subscription with unlimited downloads and worldwide commercial licensing for video creators.
123RF is a royalty-free stock platform founded in 2005 with 200M+ photos and videos, credit pricing from about $0.5 per image, Chinese search support and a free section for budget-conscious teams.