iStock
Royalty-free stock content from human creators, guaranteed AI-free
- Also known as
- istock
Available worldwide · Popular in: GB
What is iStock?
A library of stock images, illustrations, vectors, and video content available through monthly or annual subscription plans with download limits, or via per-item credit purchases. All content includes legal indemnification and is free from AI-generated assets.
iStock pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Annual plans from £19/month. Monthly and credit options available. Free weekly photos and monthly illustrations/videos.
Annual subscription
All images with auto-renewing annual commitment
- downloads
- 10-750/month
- All images including exclusive content
- Rollover up to 250 unused downloads per month
- Legal protection $10,000 per image
- Premium + Video upgrade available
Monthly subscription
All images, videos, and music with month-to-month billing
- downloads
- 10-750/month
- All images, videos, and music tracks
- Legal protection $10,000 per image
Credits
Pay-per-image purchase option
- Buy individual images or bulk credit packs
- Unused credits do not expire
- Standard and extended licenses available
Add-ons
- Extended license (images)£18 one-time
- Extended license (videos)£21 one-time
- Film & TV Rider
- Multi-user license
What iStock does
The capabilities that matter for stock photos, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Editorial use only delineation
- ✓
- Inclusive indemnification legal shield
- ✓
- Scalable vector graphics eps
- ✓
- AI powered reverse image search
- -
- Search by hex color and composition
- -
- AI generative editing features in app
- ✓
- Adobe creative cloud native plugin
- -
- Model and property release verification
- -
- Exclusive rights managed purchasing
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Monthly download quota
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- Dropbox
- Sketch
iStock FAQ
Common questions about iStock, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is iStock?
A library of stock images, illustrations, vectors, and video content available through monthly or annual subscription plans with download limits, or via per-item credit purchases. All content includes legal indemnification and is free from AI-generated assets. It is indexed under Stock Photos.
Is iStock free?
iStock offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at £19 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does iStock support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to iStock. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Can iStock be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for iStock, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Where is iStock available?
iStock is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United Kingdom.
iStock alternatives
Other stock photos we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for iStock, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.04 | 3.0 | ✓ |
| Price level | 50 | 0.05 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 14 | 0.05 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 58% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: monthly_download_quota · Scalable vector graphics eps: Yes · Editorial use only delineation: Yes · Exclusive rights managed purchasing: Yes · Ai generative editing features in app: Yes · Inclusive indemnification legal shield: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 2 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 50% |
Pricing
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