Compare - for buyers
You are designer, and you want to buy images? On this page, you can find almoust all you need to know about stock sites, prices, available images, etc. This will help you to decide which stock site to choose. They are sorted randomly so read this page to the end. This page purpose is to compare all popular stock sites on one page, with, as much is possible information. I hope it will help you to choose best stock for your usage. Successful stock site must have good prices, useful licenses, and big image database so you can find all on one place. Which one is the best, you decide…
Shutterstock
Images - ~2.8 mil.
Price - subscription-based stock (1 month - 199$, 3 months - 559$, 6 months - 1059$ and 1 year - 1999$)
Downloads per month: - max 750 (25 images per day)
Comment: Good stock site with hi-quality images. Recommended for publishers who need images every day.
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iStockphoto
Images: ~2.4 mil.
Price: image size based (small - 1$, web ready - 1.2$, print ready - 3$, full page - 5$, x-large - 10$, xx-large - 20/40$, etc.)
Minimum purcase - 10 credits (=10$). Credits are valid for one full year from the date of purchase.
Comment: First microstock site with many exclusive photographers. Images seen here you probably won’t find on other stock sites. Good searching engine, with rollover preview.
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Dreamstime
Images: ~2 mill.
Price: Depends from package. (19.99$ - 20 images, 49.99$ - 60 images, 99.99$ - 130 images, and best buy “subscription model” - 89.99$ - up to 300 images)
Comment: Good microstock site with quality images. They offer free images.
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Featurepics
Images: ~ 466 000
Price: established by author
Comment: Unique stock site. An Artist uploads an image, establishes a price (optionally changes that price), and licenses the image, alone or as part of a collection of images.
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Fotolia
Images: ~ 2.9 mil.
Price: depend from size. Small - 1$, Medium - 2$, big - 3$ etc.
Comment: Huge image collection, but strange searching mechanism. They use unique searching engine with “relevant” keywording technique. It is sometimes hard to find what you are looking for, but I must confess, that image number is so big
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StockXpert
Images: 1 mil
Price: depend from size. Small - 1$, Medium - 2$, big - 3$ etc. Subscription model for 199.95$ for 1 month, 499.95$ for 3 month and 1499.95$ for 1 year.
Comment: Quality images with affordable price.
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This page is still under construction. I’ll try to update it every few days. Please come back later if you need more information. For detailed description about specific stock site, please go on their FAQ pages.
