Stock Photo Subscriptions
If you are a stock photography power-user you may find a subscription plan offers the best value while freeing you from the hassles of purchasing individual images.
Each stock agency has it's own pricing plan, and although they are subscriptions plans - most limit the amount of images downloaded per day - so do your research to find the stock subscription that best fits your needs. See also: free stock photos and cheap stock photos.
Top Stock Photo Subscription Libraries:
ShutterStock - Almost 4 million stock photos available. Subscriptions start at $249/mo, and include up to 25 downloads per day.
Also offers an Enhanced License which allows for unlimited runs for merchandising uses as well as high-viewership commercial uses at $449/mo with 5 downloads per day.
Photos.com - If you want to download a lot of images per day, Photos.com offers up to 250 downloads per day on their monthly subscription plans which cost about $99/mo.
GettyImages - Getty Images offers the subscription service "Creative Express" for stock photo power-users. The catalog includes about 150,000 images and allows up to 50 downloads per day.
Editors note: It looks to me like GettyImages may be phasing out "Creative Express".
Stock Xpert - Offer stock photo subscriptions starting at $199/mo and $1499/year. Downloads are limited to 25 per day.
DreamsTime - With over 3 million images, dreamstime offers a subscription service starting at $89/mo. for 10 downloads per day.
The subscription model scales all the way up to 1899.99/year with 25 downloads per day.
AbleStock - 120,000+ High-Resolution Images, Stock Photos and Photo Objects with Clipping Paths. Subscriptions start at $229/mo with downloads limited to 100 per 24 hour period.
123 RF - Subscriptions starting at around $95/mo for 5 downloads per day. The $200/mo package allows up to 26 image downloads per day.
Accepts MoneyBookers, Paypal & Credit Cards
Snap Village - Subscriptions cost $199/mo and include 25 downloads per day.
JupiterImages Unlimited - JupiterImages offers subscriptions from $59 - $834 per month.
Basic plans include image collections such as: AbleStock.com, liquidlibrary, Photos.com and PhotoObjects.net. With their premium plans featuring: Brand X Pictures, BananaStock, Comstock Images, Creatas Images, Goodshoot, Pixland, Polka Dot Images and Thinkstock Images.
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