Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Dreamstime

The 20 closest stock photography alternatives to Dreamstime, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 7 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Dreamstime? The closest matches are DepositPhotos, Vecteezy and Shutterstock. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Dreamstime

Dreamstime dreamstime.com

Stock Photos & Images, Vectors, Video & Audio - Dreamstime

Find the perfect stock photos, images and vectors for your project. Quickly search over 377 million images including free and public domain images.

Top 10K · #4,167 English 7 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
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Summary by Claude

Stock media marketplace licensing royalty-free photos, vectors, illustrations, editorial images, video footage and audio from contributors, sold via subscriptions, credit packs and enterprise plans, plus some free images.

Who it’s for
Designers, marketers, publishers and businesses
Business model
Subscriptions and credit pack sales

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Dreamstime’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

500pxPexelsunsplash.comistockphoto.comPixabayGetty ImagesAlamy123RFShutterstockVecteezy

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Dreamstime

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Dreamstime, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
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    DepositPhotos depositphotos.com Top 10K English

    Royalty-free Images, Photo Stock, Video & Music | DepositPhotos

    Royalty-free stock images at affordable prices on DepositPhotos. Download stock photos for commercial use. Pictures, videos, music for every topic.

  2. 02
    Vecteezy vecteezy.com Top 10K English

    Online marketplace where users can license stock photos, vector graphics, and stock footage

  3. 03
    Shutterstock shutterstock.com Top 10K English

    shutterstock.com

    American stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools provider

  4. 04
    123RF 123rf.com Top 10K English

    Stock Photos, Vectors and Royalty Free Images from 123RF

    Search and download from millions of HD stock photos, royalty free images, cliparts, vectors and illustrations

  5. 05
    Alamy alamy.com Top 10K

    British stock photography agency

  6. 06
    Getty Images gettyimages.com Top 10K English

    Royalty-Free Stock Photos, Creative Images & Vectors | News, Fashion, and Entertainment imagery - Getty Images

    Discover Getty Images' unrivaled collection of royalty-free images to find the perfect stock photo, vector, or illustration that resonates with your customers.

  7. 07
    Pixabay pixabay.com Top 1K English

    free online media library

  8. 08
    Envato® envato.com Top 10K English

    Envato® | AI Tools and Unlimited Creative Assets

    Create and customize content with AI tools and unlimited creative assets for professional and commercial use.

  9. 09
    istockphoto.com Top 10K English

    Stock Images, Royalty-Free Images, Illustrations, Vectors and Videos - iStock

    iStock has millions of exclusive stock photos, videos, vectors, and illustrations that are researched and shot by a diverse global community. © 2023 iStockphoto LP.

  10. 10
    unsplash.com Top 1K English

    Checking your browser before accessing unsplash.com

    website dedicated to sharing copyright-free photography under the Unsplash license

  11. 11
    Pexels pexels.com Top 1K English

    free online media library

  12. 12
    500px 500px.com Top 10K English

    photo sharing website

  13. 13
    The Motley Fool fool.com Top 10K English

    Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Motley Fool

    The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier & Richer.

  14. 14
    Seeking Alpha seekingalpha.com Top 10K English

    Seeking Alpha | Stock Market Analysis & Tools for Investors

    Join Seeking Alpha, the largest investing community in the world. Get stock market news and analysis, investing ideas, earnings calls, charts and portfolio analysis tools.

  15. 15
    magnific.com Top 10K English

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    stock photography site

  16. 16
    Canva canva.com Top 1K English

    Canva

    online graphic design platform

  17. 17
    Adobe adobe.com Top 100

    Adobe: Creative, marketing and document management solutions

    Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. We help our customers create, deliver and optimize content and applications.

  18. 18
    imgsrc.ru Top 10K English

    Unlimited photo hosting @iMGSRC.RU

    Your free and unlimited host iMGSRC.RU presents Unlimited photo hosting

  19. 19
    Freelancer freelancer.com Top 10K English

    Hire Freelancers & Find Freelance Jobs Online | Freelancer

    Access the world's largest cloud workforce. 25.9+ million jobs completed across 3400+ skills. Post your job free, compare quotes, and hire top talent today.

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    Flaticon flaticon.com Top 10K English

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    database of icons

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to dreamstime.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Dreamstime uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Dreamstime is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Tag managers
Advertising
Security
Web servers
  • nginx header server: nginx
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Stack changes

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Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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