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Envato vs Pond5
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Envato if…
- you're in its core audience: video editors, graphic designers
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Choose Pond5 if…
- you want the lower entry price ($10/mo vs $16.5/mo)
- you're in its core audience: video editors, filmmakers
Side by side
Feature Envato Pond5
Pricing modelPaidPaid
Starting price$16.5/mo$10/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyEnvatoPond5
Full feature lists
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- Unlimited downloads from 30M+ creative assets
- Stock video, photos, music, sound effects and fonts
- Video and design templates, graphics and 3D
- AI image, video, voiceover and music generation
- Commercial license covering client work
- Team plans with shared access and management
- Enterprise custom licensing and indemnification
P Pond5
- Royalty-free HD and 4K stock video footage
- Royalty-free production music library
- Sound effects library
- Stock images and After Effects templates
- Pay-per-asset, credit pack and subscription purchasing
- Unused subscription downloads roll over
- Individual License with indemnification
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Envato | Pond5 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $16.50 Core | no published plan |
All plans and prices
Envato
Core$16.50/mo billed annually ($39 monthly)
Plus$39/mo billed annually ($59 monthly)
Ultimate$168/mo billed annually ($259 monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
Pond5
Music$10/mo (limited-time offer) or $60/yr
Music & SFX$15/mo or $90/yr
Footage Plus$199/mo or $999/yr
Pay per assetVideo from $39
Strengths and limitations
Envato
- Unlimited downloads on every individual plan
- Commercial license covers client work and monetization
- AI generation credits included in all plans
- Discounts for students and teams
- Cancelled subscriptions are not refunded
- Licensed items can't be used in new projects after you unsubscribe
- Each download licenses only one project
- AI music has extra restrictions on standalone use and streaming
Pond5
- Subscription is optional; single assets can be bought
- Unused downloads roll over
- Footage Plus includes all music and SFX
- Subscription license includes indemnification
- Footage Plus costs $199/mo
- Subscriptions are capped at 10 downloads a month
- Credits and subscription downloads cannot be combined
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 13, 2026. Editorial policy