Lumen5 vs. Shutterstock

Lumen5

Shutterstock

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Lumen5	Score 8.2 out of 10	N/A	Lumen5 in Vancouver aims to enable teams to create social media content in minutes, working with enterprise brands, organizations, and creatives to produce engaging videos that get results. Powered by AI and designed for business, the vendor states their platform allows users to focus on storytelling while relying on technology to bring ideas to life. Lumen5 is presented as an ideal solution for social media and marketing teams to drive growth, scale their business, and increase engagement.	N/A
Shutterstock	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	Shutterstock is a global technology company headquartered in New York, offering a creative platform boasting high-quality assets, tools and services. With it, users can license images, video, music, and editorial assets -- as well as custom content tailored to a brand’s needs. Shutterstock offers a variety of plans for individuals, teams, and enterprise customers as well as creative editing and collaboration capabilities.	$379 per month (2 users)

Pricing

Lumen5

Shutterstock

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Single User - 10 Images: $29 ($49)
monthly, annual contract (no contract)
On-Demand Packs - Standard License: $29, $49, $299
number of images (2, 5, 25)
Single User - 50 Images: $99 ($125)
monthly, annual contract (no contract)
Single User - 350 Images: $169 ($199)
monthly, annual contract (no contract)
Single User - 750 Images: $199 ($249)
monthly, annual contract (no contract)
On-Demand Packs - Enhanced License: $199, $449, $1,699
number of images (2, 5, 25)
Teams (750 images per month): $379
per month (2 users)
Teams (750 images per month): $479
per month (3-10 users)
Teams (750 images per month): Contact Sales
per month, 11+ users

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Lumen5	Shutterstock
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Lumen5	Shutterstock
Top Pros	Pro Blog post Pro Extensive library Pro Stock photos	Pro 3d models Pro Business owners Pro Social media
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Reporting system Minus Helped a lot Minus Specific search

Best Alternatives
	Lumen5	Shutterstock
Small Businesses	Descript Score 9.0 out of 10	Pexels Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	iMovie Score 9.1 out of 10	Pexels Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	Adobe Premiere Pro Score 9.0 out of 10	Pexels Score 9.1 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Lumen5	Shutterstock
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (2 ratings)	9.5 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Lumen5	Shutterstock
Likelihood to Recommend	Lumen5 Our content marketing team easily turn their blog posts into quick and short videos, perfect for sharing on social media. The videos can be turned from a blog post or online article into a slick video in under an hour, and look just as professional as videos created in Adobe software or on iMovie. Incentivized Harry Johnston Marketing Account Manager Read full review	Shutterstock It is best suited for medium enterprises who get a lot of workload for their video productions and have many clients but lack of creative individuals. because it is a bit expensive than other competitors, but for some studios having good budget and looking for improving their work quality then shutterstock is the best platform with very good quality and quantity of graphics, photos and videos. for small studios who are just starting out i think it is bit costly you can even go for some subscription based platforms which offer unlimited downloads but their is a bit downside you will have to compromise with quality of work. so in short if you have a decent budget then shutterstock is best for your creative needs. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Lumen5 Text to video conversion Available template Customisation of script BC Bhavik Chugh Account Director Read full review	Shutterstock Large library with a great variety of high quality images "Similar images," "same model," and "same artist" suggestions to help you drill down your search for the right image Handy editing tool that lets you save your custom image sizes Incentivized Bill Kerschbaum Owner Read full review
Cons	Lumen5 Audio options aren't great Previews sometimes lag Needs some more templates Incentivized Harry Johnston Marketing Account Manager Read full review	Shutterstock i think the pricing is still higher than other platforms locating right files is sometimes difficult here like the search results could be better Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Lumen5 So much easier to use - AI automatically selects the text and creates videos that don't take hours to make Incentivized Harry Johnston Marketing Account Manager Read full review	Shutterstock Very comparable to iStock. In my experience, there isn't a huge difference between the two, but I like the way Shutterstock' provides suggested images for drill-down searching - iStock's suggestions are more limited. Shutterstock's pricing may be better as well, although it's been a while since I've compared the two. Incentivized Bill Kerschbaum Owner Read full review
Return on Investment	Lumen5 Less time to market in terms of video creation Higher customer engagement Low OPEX cost BC Bhavik Chugh Account Director Read full review	Shutterstock it improved our work quality it helped us to handle multiple projects as catered our creative needs well due to faster project creation our business scaled Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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