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ELI Forums => Getty Images Letter Forum => Topic started by: Matthew Chan on November 19, 2016, 05:23:06 PM

Title: Alternatives to Getty Images & iStockPhoto (non-subscription preferred)
Post by: Matthew Chan on November 19, 2016, 05:23:06 PM
For years, I have been pretty shut down to the idea of using any stock photo companies. People have also asked for recommendations and I not given any.  I have expended almost no time or energy to vet or evaluate any stock photo companies. But others of you have and I want to revive that discussion. There is an abundance of companies wanting people to subscribe but I am not interested in that. I think more people are served when people can pick and choose the images they want without committing to any one company long term.

The last time we had the discussion was in this thread but I never acted on it:
http://www.extortionletterinfo.com/forum/getty-images-letter-forum/alternative-source-of-images-to-getty-images-shutterstock-fotolia/

This is what I've researched so far.

CanStockPhoto's plan & license:
http://www.canstockphoto.com/plans-and-pricing/
http://www.canstockphoto.com/eula.php

PhotoDune's plan & license:
https://photodune.net/
https://photodune.net/licenses/terms/photodune_regular

Dreamstime's plan & license (Purchase credits):
https://www.dreamstime.com/credits
https://www.dreamstime.com/elterms.php#royaltyfree

Fotolia's plan & license (Purchase credits or subscription):
https://us.fotolia.com/Info/HowToBuy/Overview
https://us.fotolia.com/Info/SizesAndUses/Images

Shutterstock's plan & license:
http://www.shutterstock.com/subscribe
http://www.shutterstock.com/license-comparison

Someone mentioned Pond5.com before but they seem to require a subscription which I am not crazy about.
https://www.pond5.com/membership

Any feedback and suggestions to this thread is appreciated.
Title: Re: Alternatives to Getty Images & iStockPhoto (non-subscription preferred)
Post by: Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi) on November 20, 2016, 07:37:32 AM
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

always read and understand the terms of any images used..

@pond5.om no "membership" or registration is required,upon checkout one has the choice to check out as "guest" if one so chooses.