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Envato vs Shutterstock
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Envato if…
- you want the lower entry price ($16.5/mo vs $25/mo)
- you're in its core audience: video editors, graphic designers
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Choose Shutterstock if…
- you're in its core audience: marketers, graphic designers
Side by side
Feature Envato Shutterstock
Pricing modelPaidPaid
Starting price$16.5/mo$25/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyEnvatoShutterstock · United States · since 2003
Full feature lists
E Envato
- 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
S Shutterstock
- Royalty-free stock photos, vectors and illustrations
- Stock video clips
- Royalty-free music licensing
- AI image generator with monthly credits
- Unlimited download subscriptions
- No-commitment image packs
- Standard license for creative and digital use
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Envato | Shutterstock |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Shutterstock
Image downloads subscription$25/mo ($300 billed yearly)
Unlimited Images$29/mo billed yearly ($348)
Unlimited Plus$69/mo billed yearly ($828)
Image packsFrom $29
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
Shutterstock
- Image packs available with no commitment
- Unlimited plans cover a library of 100+ million assets
- Annual billing lowers the monthly price
- Covers images, video, music and AI generation
- Unlimited Images plan applies only to a qualifying part of the library
- Base subscription is limited to one seat
- Lowest unlimited prices require annual billing
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 13, 2026. Editorial policy