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Royalty free stock photo subscription buyers guide
As a service to our readers, we have compiled a comparison-shopping list of Royalty-Free subscription services available on-line. We hope you find the comparison useful in assessing these subscription offers. As with just about anything, numbers can deceive. We include, therefore, the following observations to help clarify the information compiled about each of these products:
1) Quantity ain’t Quality (necessarily): The number of images (or items) included in these subscriptions varies wildly. Subscription shoppers should keep in mind 3,000,000 clip-art illustrations might not necessarily have as much value as 20,000 high-res. images.
2) We have provided the number of images or items each service includes in their subscription. We found these numbers on the services’ web-sites. The companies continually update these numbers as they add or remove images.
3) When considering purchasing more than one subscription service, look closely at what collections the services include. Some services have overlapping collections.
A brief summary of royalty free stock photo subscription services is listed below. If you know of another subscription service we have not included, please click here to let us know. We’ll gladly add subscription services we may have missed.
123rf Subscription
http://www.123rf.com is a service of Inmagine Corp offering 200,000 images in sizes up to up to 70MB. 123rf allows up to 5 downloads per day.
Premium Pricing
One month price = $199
Three month price = $499
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $n/a
Basic Pricing
One month price = $89
Three month price = $199
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $n/a
AbleStock
http://www.AbleStock.com is a service of Jupiter Images offering 100,000 images in sizes up to 25MB+. AbleStock allows up to 100 downloads per day.
One month price = $229.95
Three month price = $299.95
Six month price = $449.95
One year price = $699.95
Clipart.com
http://www.clipart.com is a service of Jupiter Images offering 6,000,000 images in various sizes (mostly lo-res). Clipart.com has no limit on downloads per day.
One month price = $n/a
Three month price = $59.95
Six month price = $99.95
One year price = $169.95
Comstock 1700K [see Comstock Complete]
www.Comstock1700k.com is a service of Jupiter Images offering 110,000 images in sizes up to 1.7MB. Comstock 1700K allows up to 50 downloads per day.
One month price = $299
Three month price = $499
Six month price = $799
One year price = $1199
Comstock Complete [updated September 7 2006]
www.ComstockComplete.com is a service of Jupiterimages offering 100,000+ images from the Comstock and Thinkstock collections. Comstock Complete allows up to 50 downloads per day.
Print Resolution (14MB images)
One month price = $499
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $1999
Web Resolution (1.7MB images)
One month price = $299
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $1199
Creative Express
Creative Express is a service of Getty Images offering 75,000 images. Creative Express allows up to 50 downloads per day.
Print Resolution (10-16MB images)
One month price = $499
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $1999
Web Resolution (1-3MB images)
One month price = $399
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $1599
Index Open
http://www.indexopen.com is a service of Index Stock Imagery offering 80,000 images in sizes of 30-50MB. Index Open allows up to 25 downloads per day.
One month price = $199
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $599
One year price = $999
PurestockX
http://www.purestockx.com is a service of A21 Group offering 100,000 images in sizes of 30-55MB. Purestock allows up to 250 downloads per week (=35 per day).
One month price = $139
Three month price = $249
Six month price = $449
One year price = $599
Jupiter Images Unlimited
http://www.jiunlimited.com is a service of Jupiter Images offering 400,000 images in sizes up to 75MB. Jupiter Images Unlimited has no limit on downloads per day.
High Res Pricing (75MB)
One month price = $2499
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $9999
Medium Res Pricing (12MB)
One month price = $1249
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $4999
Multimedia Pricing (1MB)
One month price = $599
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $2499
Liquid Library
http://www.liquidlibrary.com is a service of Jupiter Images offering 90,000 images in sizes up to 50MB. Liquid Library has no limit downloads per day.
One month price = $n/a
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $1140
One year price = $2160
PhotoObjects
http://www.PhotoObjects.net is a service of Jupiter Images offering 100,000 images in sizes up to 16MB. PhotoObjects allows up to 250 downloads per day.
One month price = $99.95
Three month price = $169.95
Six month price = $249.95
One year price = $399.95
Photos.com
http://www.Photos.com is a service of Jupiter Images offering 170,000 images in sizes up to 16MB. Photos.com allows up to 250 downloads per day.
One month price = $139.95
Three month price = $249.95
Six month price = $349.95
One year price = $549.95
PhotoSpin
www.PhotoSpin.com is a service of PhotoSpin Inc. offering 20,000 images. PhotoSpin Super Plus has no limit on downloads per day.
Super Plus (28-70MB)
One month price = $n/a
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $499
Plus (5-50MB)
One month price = $n/a
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $299
Photos To Go Unlimited
Photos To Go Unlimited is a service of Index Stock Imagery offering 80,000 images in sizes up to 2MB. Photos To Go Unlimited allows up to 25 downloads per day.
One month price = $49
Three month price = $n/a
Six month price = $99
One year price = $149
ShutterStock
http://www.ShutterStock.com is a service of ShutterStock, Inc offering 587,000 images in sizes up to 4000x3000pxls (+/- 40MB). ShutterStock allows up to 25 downloads per day.
One month price = $139
Three month price = $395
Six month price = $n/a
One year price = $n/a
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