Adobe Stock

Score8.5 out of 10

111 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Adobe Stock are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Wide Variety of Creative Assets: Users have appreciated the inclusive and diverse range of creative assets available on the platform, finding them to be inspiring and conducive to their creative projects. They particularly enjoy the vast selection of professional images, high-quality vector illustrations, and the simplicity of the licensing process.

Efficient Search Engine: Reviewers have praised the platform for its highly efficient search engine that not only offers a wide selection of options but also provides quick access to desired assets at a great value. Users find it convenient to redownload previous images easily and appreciate the mix of free and paid options when filtering through images.

User-Friendly Features: Customers have found the platform exceptionally user-friendly, with simple sign-in procedures, an intuitive end production process, and a consistent format throughout, making it easy for both new and experienced users. The seamless integration with other Adobe products enhances their workflow efficiency.

Reviews

69 Reviews

Adobe Stock Great Option

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

May 27, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Stock is great if you need a basic, but polished-looking stock photo. Some options are a bit too "stock photo" (as in they're a bit obvious), but the library is lare so if you're specific and spend some time searching you'll likely find what you're needing. Easy to use!

Pros

Large Library
Ease of Use

Cons

Some scream "stock photo"
specifications for what photo you want

Likelihood to Recommend

When we need a high-resolution, quality photo Adobe Stock is a great option. When we want something more customized to products, team or people, or really specific scenarios or visuals - Adobe Stock is a bit more challenging to use. Sometimes it's time-intensive to find what we need, but overall it's a good tool to have in our toolbox and at the team's disposal.

Bridget Deutz

Founder & Chief Marketing Strategist in Marketing at Greenline Marketing (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Verified on LinkedIn

Adobe Stock a creative library with high quality and right assets

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 31, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As an animation company we do alot of projects including video where we need to find the right video with right quality so we use Adobe Stock, it is easy to use with a large library of high quality premium stock videos and vector files. we usually get vector files and video for our work, it helps us to get the creative needs fulfilled without spending a lot of time recording or animating in our studio.

Pros

its vector files library helps us to create social media post infographics and animations.
its video library helps us to deliver great quality presentations and video to our clients.
the library of Adobe Stock is far better than any of its competitor and its really easy to use. we get the exact same amount of features we usually need so its a good solution.

Cons

the user interface of Adobe Stock library is very basic than its competitor but it is fairly simple to use than others.
sometimes when we want to get see the other items for specific users it is bit difficult than other stock websites.
the template library need a bit improvements but it is finest one, because you dont need a lot of files floating around you just need the finest and it has but still we need more finest. so that was the gap for me.

Likelihood to Recommend

I am using Adobe Stock from a long time and i can surely say that in microstock industry Adobe Stock holds its strong reputation in terms of quality with justified pricing its integration with creative cloud helps us to quickly work in our project even with collaboration part is also amazing. the interface looks old or outdated and but that is the thing which can be improved.

Verified User

Director in Professional Services (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Adobe Stock is a great free stock option

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

January 6, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Stock allows us to choose from a variety of stock photos, including free options from stock photos to graphics and videos. As we require lots of imagery, it saves us lots of time being able to download free assets. With publishing over 10 articles a month on our website, lots of photos are required.

Pros

Lots of different options
Free and paid for options
Lots of assets

Cons

The ability to add free to other categories, e.g free videos/vectors
Some assets are expensive
Some free photos are form paid for collections

Likelihood to Recommend

Having to use a lot of stock photography, Adobe Stock has a plethora of assets and is more often that not higher quality in comparison to other free stock photo websites. However, it can sometimes be hard to find the right asset, and made be easier if you could search for free videos or free vectors, rather than just everything in the ‘free’ category.

Verified User

Employee in Marketing (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Adobe is great for print design

Rating: 7 out of 10

November 15, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the Adobe programs for design purposes within our organization. This includes logo design, print and promotional pieces, etc.

Pros

Simple sign in
Easy end production process
Consistent format

Cons

File sharing
Cloud saving
Less technical malfunctions

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe is still used widely for print purposes, but for web based design, newer products like Sketch are faster, more fluid and have less technical issues

Verified User

Employee in Product Management (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

15 years of experience

Reliable, Robust, Professional

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

November 15, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Adobe Stock for interesting and thematic images for our training materials. It looks like our content was made custom for our workbooks - even though it wasn't. It gives us a more professional look, but there are options outside of the typical, "stock-y" and "corporate" images all of our competitors use. We also use Adobe Stock for our calendars we gift to clients and employees each year. It's a highly anticipated calendar as we change the theme each year - and are never lacking in inspiration or options.

Pros

Robust image filtering & matching
Keyword searches are very helpful/accurate
Full size previews available for download so you can check quality before buying

Cons

Saved Library folders could be easier to navigate - lots of wait time and reloading for no reason, etc. before being able to select what you actually want to open

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Stock is well suited for calendars, training materials, marketing materials (with correct permissions paid/credit given). It's a convenient and affordable way to look professional without creating/funding the content yourself. The filtering and search functions make it so simple to use. The licensing options are very clear and easy to understand. We never seem to be lacking options with Adobe Stock.

Lauren Love

Director of Business Strategy at Caring Solutions San Antonio (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Find that unique image

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

July 26, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Stock helps you find images of high quality at a price. The images are good because of their high resolution, massive variety, and strict standards. They are free of common defects like poor lighting. We want to use the images for making digital and paper flyers. Search is good, and it is easy to see your history in case you need to download your pictures again. The files are large in size which takes care of the blurry pictures found in low-resolution images. The selection of images is ideal for big events where you want to attract a lot of attention. There are many images available on Google search, but Adobe Stock filters out the common and boring images which are unique to their platform.

Pros

Search
Easy to redownload previous images
Wide selection of images

Cons

Price
More Free pictures

Likelihood to Recommend

If price is not a big deal, then Adobe Stock has an attractive collection of diverse images. They also have an easy-to-use website and dashboard. It would be better if they offered an integrated photo editor and convertor for the images. The option to download a preview before buying a license is helpful to see the fine details of the pictures. The competition for companies providing images is intense. So there are a lot of choices.

Osama Khan

Support Specialist in Information Technology at NurulQuran (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

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Adobe Stock: Solid Overall

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 26, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Adobe Stock allows designers in my company to use vector and stock imagery to create digital content with ease and efficiency. This product has been helpful in providing resources that allow designers to manipulate and iterate off of pre-existing creativity in order to satisfy specific design requests. It is easy to use, and there is a large bank of creative assets available.

Pros

Provides a large inventory of creative assets, both stock and vector.
Allows assets to be purchased, and then synced with CC libraries.
Optimizes user-experience and search.

Cons

Stock imagery inventory doesn't seem to be as robust as Getty's.
Sometimes I come across stock imagery that is very dated.

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Stock is a good alternative to Getty. Although I sometimes find their stock imagery options to be limited, I do appreciate how well purchases can be integrated into CC libraries. As a designer, it is helpful to use Adobe Stock for pulling vectors and imagery to enhance or inspire my work.

Leila Nasser

Designer in Marketing at Consulting Company (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Solid software package

Rating: 6 out of 10

July 25, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my last organization, the main people in the business that used the software were myself and the design team. we had lots of issues particularity with search tool drop down menus. The new abode stock addresses this very easily as it has much more of these. i like the extra long landscape size in particular.

Pros

Drop down menus
Image lay out
Creating templates
Typekit

Cons

Cancel window cost
Not like photoshop
Subscription timing

Likelihood to Recommend

It's a great software for images to use as headers. The backgrounds on websites are also great. A particular issue for me however is the way that you cannot uncheck a box, it makes you clear them all which is very irritating. This makes you have to reselect all again which I do not like.

Rory Larkin

Development chef in Sales at Lactalis (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Easy to use and affordable for your campaigns

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 24, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Adobe Stock in combination with our own stock imagery in situations where our own images are not suitable, or there is a gap in content (where we need a particular type of image and we don't have one readily available in our own stock library). The images are used in marketing campaigns, internal promotions, and technology drives to illustrate our core values plus demonstrate how our products benefit our customers.

Pros

Thousands of images to choose from.
Easy to use filters to narrow down search.
Easy to use and navigate UI.

Cons

Reverse functionality: Currently you can expand keyword tags but not collapse them.
Add text to icon buttons: it's difficult to know what the icons represent as there is no hover text or tooltip.
Increase font size for small text: currently small text is not accessible for those who are visually impaired.

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Stock is fantastic for internal promotional campaigns where you need a certain image but your internal company library of images is lacking. It's also great for use on internal websites (intranet) for banners and other illustrative imagery. It would be less appropriate for large-scale, public-facing marketing campaigns depending on company policy.

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

The BEST Place for Licensed Images!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 20, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Adobe Stock to find images for sales and marketing collateral, client presentations and proposals, company websites, social media pages, graphics, and more. We represent four different industries, so finding quality images to reflect our ideal clients are key to conveying a professional image in our client facing materials.

Pros

Professional images.
Quality images.
Variety of images.
Various angles and versions of same image.

Cons

Less foreign images and more United States, American images.
No option to filter out European images of vehicles.
More images of vehicles and different types.

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Verified User

Administrator in Sales (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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