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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Stock

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAdobe 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

    Depositphotos

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AFounded in 2009 and headquartered in New York, USA, Depositphotos is a microstock agency that serves customers from over 192 countries, giving them support in 20 languages. Being a creative content marketplace, Depositphotos allows users to buy and sell stock photos, vectors, illustrations, music, and videos.

    $36

    per month 25 images

    Pricing
    Adobe StockDepositphotos
    Editions & Modules
    Individuals
    Starting at $29
    per month
    Teams
    Starting at $29.99
    per month
    Music & SFX
    $19
    per month unlimited downloads
    Photos & Vectors (for companies)
    starting at $829
    per year 50 images per month
    Videos
    starting at $89
    per month 5 videos
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    unlimited users
    Photos & Vectors (for individuals)
    starting at $36
    per month 25 images
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe StockDepositphotos
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discounts available for annual pricing (about 12%) for individuals, with volume pricing available across all plans.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe StockDepositphotos
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Stock
    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.
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    Chose Adobe Stock
    Adobe Stock was given to us as initially an inexpensive add-on to our Creative Cloud subscription. Once the trial pricing expired, we found it so convenient, that we continued subscribing. The convenience of one-stop licensing and its wide variety was key. You do find some …
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    Depositphotos
    Chose Depositphotos
    Even though Shutterstock is currently the best place to buy creative stock assets and there is a lot of competition, I have used Depositphotos a lot because I think it has the best collection and selection of creative assets at a reasonable price. The site is also convenient to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Depositphotos
    In terms of the size, variety, and quality of stock photos, Depositphotos is already competing with bigger and more popular stock sites like Shutterstock and Adobe Photos. However, in terms of the per asset pricing, Depositphotos is more reasonably priced than its competition. …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Adobe StockDepositphotos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (69 ratings)
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe StockDepositphotos
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Depositphotos
    The site offers great deals on royalty-free high-quality images that are perfect for any type of project. I love how easy it is to search through the different categories to find exactly what I need. The site has an intuitive interface that makes it easy to navigate through the different categories or sort by date or price range.I also like how easy it is to download the files I need without having to worry about any additional fees or monthly subscriptions. I prefer the image download pack, where you pay once and then you can download selected images of your choosing from their library whenever you need them! This site has been very useful in helping me achieve my creative goals in terms of making my own films and creating beautiful graphic designs for websites or advertisements.
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    Pros
    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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    Depositphotos
    • Search function is accurate and robust.
    • Selection is different from the most used free image sites. The quality of the images is professional and high resolution.
    • Their search filtering options are useful to match the type of image you are looking for. Let's you choose the type of person you want in the background, landscape versus isolation, orientation, etc.
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    Cons
    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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    Depositphotos
    • All in one subscription to download all types of assets.
    • Missing a feature to create a collection to organize favorites.
    • Lacking the option to download an entire collection of assets like for Summer, etc.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Depositphotos
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    Usability
    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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    Depositphotos
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    It's always available
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    Depositphotos
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    Performance
    Adobe
    It loads quickly and we have not had any issues
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    Never really used it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Depositphotos
    Different focus. InVideo is for editing and creating videos
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    It's a little expensive
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    Depositphotos
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    It's very easy to integrate
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    Depositphotos
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Depositphotos
    • Deposit photos allows me to have professional images on hand when I need them
    • Being able to choose between a monthly subscription or pay for on demand images allows me to budget better. Depending on the need I have for images.
    • The ROI has been good as I spend less time trying to find suitable images.
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