Adobe Illustrator CC vs. Adobe Stock

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Illustrator
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Illustrator CC is a vector-based graphic design software.
$20.99
per month
Adobe Stock
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Stock consists of curated asset collections that allow users to explore diverse collections of high-resolution, royalty-free, stock assets for use in digital projects.
$29
per month
Pricing
Adobe Illustrator CCAdobe Stock
Editions & Modules
Yearly - Billed Monthly
$20.99
per month
Monthly
$31.49
per month
Yearly - Billed Upfront
$239.88
per year
Individuals
Starting at $29
per month
Teams
Starting at $29.99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe IllustratorAdobe Stock
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Adobe Illustrator CCAdobe Stock
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Adobe Illustrator

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Adobe Stock
Chose Adobe Stock
The pricing is much better on Adobe Stock with the subscription and the rollovers. It's also a reasonable amount of photos in the subscription, not a ton like the others. Beyond that the pricing per photo if you exceed that is a great value as well. I feel that Adobe Stock is …
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Adobe Stock stacks well against Getty, Depositphotos, Wix, and Unsplash. Although I sometimes find their stock imagery options to be less robust than Getty, I do like how purchased assets integrate nicely into CC libraries.
Chose Adobe Stock
Generally, Adobe Stock is cheaper than its big competitors but still has many of the same or similar images, though not quite the breadth of photography/illustrations either. However, it has significantly more options than its cheaper (or free) alternatives as well. The …
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Adobe Stock is very user friendly. It’s the only one with full integration into other Adobe products. It’s also much more affordable than others like Getty. While it’s lacking some editorial content, there is a wide selection of images to choose from that stand out against the …
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Adobe Stock is comparable to all other products I have used. The prices are usually cheaper, and the availability of images is robust enough for me to go to Add Stock first before I search all other image stock websites. Also, the ease of integration with all other Adobe …
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I think the Adobe brand brings a lot of clout with their design services and bundled options. Unmatched against the other services mentioned. Whether it be the name or the logo, Adobe stands for higher quality, longevity in the industry, and products that you know are just …
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Adobe Stock has a much larger library, but, Unsplash for Brands has much higher-quality images and the images from their main website are free to use if you provide attribution.
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IStock doesn’t have the breadth of assets that Adobe has, and doesn’t have an accessible price point for individuals to pay a monthly subscription rate for its photo and other assets.Unsplash and Pexels have decent options for stock photography and texture backgrounds, but can …
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Another similar service/product we used is called Motion Array. Adobe Stock is better because the content/assets available on Adobe stock are better.
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Though Adobe Stock can be good for corporate work sometimes they can look very staged Americanized so do not look relatable for a european market. Adobe stock has improved over the 10 years i have used them. I personally like using them most for vector based assets and …
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Adobe Stock offers more images and videos as well as templates and graphics. It is a more well-rounded software.
Chose Adobe Stock
For many years iStock has been the choice for royalty-free images and videos, while it is still a very good choice, over the last couple of years Adobe Stock has risen in importance and got the advantage of the Adobe Creative Cloud "integration" to be able to offer a great …
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Adobe Stock integrates far more easily into design software (e.g. Adobe XD or illustrator) than products like Pexels and Shutterstock. Adobe Stock generally has one price for full access, whereas Shutterstock offers different pricing tiers for different types of images which …
Chose Adobe Stock
not as good, not as easy to navigate, unable to create a bespoke account, links nicely with Adobe PhotoShop, good quality images
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User Ratings
Adobe Illustrator CCAdobe Stock
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(108 ratings)
7.9
(69 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(3 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(6 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(25 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Illustrator CCAdobe Stock
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
It is the only tool that I use to create logos. It gives me the flexibility to create sharp text and marks and they can then be resized at will, color changes in a second and perfect way to export. I know that some people use Illustrator for document layout, it is not ideal. While I can easily create documents here, it really is InDesign that is the perfect tool.
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Adobe
If you're looking for quality professional images for sales and marketing collateral, presentations, social media pages, and graphics, it's great. If you have a very specific industry or subject, sometimes it is too cumbersome to find what you need. They need a better variety of people in their images as well.
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Pros
Adobe
  • Vector graphics for scaling to large sizes
  • Filling an object with a texture
  • Easily adjusting and expanding an artboard to fit the size of the content (especially for infographics)
  • Compatibility with other Adobe CC programs, but also exporting for PPT graphics
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Adobe
  • Presents a huge collection of distinctive graphics with all sorts of options to fit the user's particular need of the day.
  • Allows for easy grab-and-go, cut-and-paste of the sample proofs so that a graphic designer can work up an idea and present it to the team before purchasing it.
  • Operates a user-friendly platform so that team members who haven't used the program but is suddenly needed to jump in on a project can figure it out quickly.
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Cons
Adobe
  • It's tough to master. If you haven't used Adobe products like Photoshop or Illustrator before, there is a lot to take in.
  • It would be great to have some better options to preview the final product if you're creating a multiple page document.
  • Better integration and pricing points with Adobe Stock for the useful stock images to complete your projects.
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Adobe
  • I really do wish Adobe Stock would offer editorial-based content. There are no historical photos, photos of world figures, or other event-based content. We have to go to Getty for that.
  • Their video offerings are OK, but there is room for improvement.
  • The current enter-level monthly plan does not provide for any video downloads at all.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
While Adobe Illustrator CC is one of the only true design software out there, it really stands heads above the other products. It's clean UI and menu structure is easy to navigate.
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Adobe
Because it is easy to use, has a robust database of all kinds of photos, has industry photos that we serve clients in, is quick and easy to download the licensed images, easy to find similar images, cost effective, acts as a source of quality images we can use on high resolution art.
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Usability
Adobe
There's a bit of a learning curve to this software vs other similar tools that can take some time to learn and get familiar with but the amount of functionality that Adobe Illustrator CC offers is quite large compared to simpler tools.
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Adobe
the user interface is very basic their filter function is difficult for beginners to use although after sometime of use you wont find any problem in that, their library is good but again. they still have to work on their library volume with current quality standards. apart from interface which is a personal perspective everything is amazing in this platform.
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Reliability and Availability
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Adobe
It's always available
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Performance
Adobe
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Adobe
It loads quickly and we have not had any issues
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Support Rating
Adobe
I normally already know how to do whatever I'm trying out, but the documentation (as well as a simple Google search) makes any question quick to resolve. The Adobe boards themselves are a fantastic resource, especially for resolving questions between new programs and iterative releases.
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Adobe
Never really used it.
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Implementation Rating
Adobe
It was very easy to purchase and download.
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Adobe
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Adobe
I chose Rhinoceros 3D because it is accurate to make drawings in it and it is better to make drawings in Rhinoceros 3D and then put them in Adobe Illustrator. But while printing or scaling it is much easier to put it in Adobe Illustrator. This makes the whole printing aspect of it much easier.
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Adobe
In comparison to other options, Adobe Stock is far more user-friendly. Adobe Stock has helped me find quality photos. One-stop licensing's convenience and variety were important. Instead of buying photos per image, we usually find something similar at Adobe and license it under our subscription. I prefer Adobe's curated resources over other services. Adobe Stock's filters make finding the right image easy.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Adobe
It's a little expensive
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Scalability
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Adobe
It's very easy to integrate
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Helps us quickly and easily create and manage numerous logos
  • Cloud libraries allow us to access commonly used colors, fonts, logos and other design elements quickly
  • We are able to provide high-quality, scalable college logos for print and digital which give us a more professional, credible look.
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Adobe
  • I used stock photos for my blog posting on medium and website creation. I found adobe stock a very amazing site for high-quality images.
  • It has resolved the issue where I would spend countless hours looking for a photo on Google or other stock-image websites, no other stock photos website is perfect and stunning like Adobe Stock. Overall, it's a fantastic time-saver.
  • Overall, I found images impact more than words while blog posting on medium and other social media, so I can say that Adobe Stock helps me in growing my startup…
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