Alternatives and competitors

Sites like istockphoto.com

The 20 closest stock photography alternatives to istockphoto.com, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 10 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to istockphoto.com? The closest matches are DepositPhotos, Shutterstock and Vecteezy. 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 istockphoto.com

istockphoto.com

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.

Wikidata: microstock photography website

Top 10K · #2,420 English 10 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit istockphoto.com

Summary by Claude

iStock is an online library of royalty-free stock photos, illustrations, vectors and video clips licensed for commercial use through subscription plans and credit packs. The images come from a global contributor community.

Who it’s for
Marketers, designers, publishers and businesses
Business model
Subscriptions and per-image licensing fees

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to istockphoto.com’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

Flaticonunsplash.comPexelsEnvato®Pixabay123RFGetty ImagesDreamstimeShutterstockDepositPhotos

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to istockphoto.com

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

Only in English
  1. 01
    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
    Shutterstock shutterstock.com Top 10K English

    shutterstock.com

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

  3. 03
    Vecteezy vecteezy.com Top 10K English

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

  4. 04
    Dreamstime dreamstime.com Top 10K English

    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.

  5. 05
    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.

  6. 06
    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

  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
    Pexels pexels.com Top 1K English

    free online media library

  10. 10
    unsplash.com Top 1K English

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

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    Flaticon flaticon.com Top 10K English

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    database of icons

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

    photo sharing website

  13. 13
    magnific.com Top 10K English

    That request didn't go through. Our security filter flagged something. You don't have permission to access this page.

    stock photography site

  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
    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.

  16. 16
    imgsrc.ru Top 10K English

    Unlimited photo hosting @iMGSRC.RU

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

  17. 17
    iSpot ispot.tv Top 10K English

    iSpot: The New Standard for TV Ad Measurement

    Struggling to prove and optimize TV ad performance? Fast, accurate and actionable measurement across linear and streaming is the key to TV advertising success. Say hello to the new standard for TV ad measurement.

  18. 18
    Robinhood robinhood.com Top 10K English

    Explore Classic Stock Tokens & Crypto | Robinhood EU

    From Classic Stock Tokens to crypto – buy, sell, and manage it all in one place with Robinhood EU. Start investing today with as little as €1.

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    Picsart picsart.com Top 10K English

    Picsart: The AI Creative Platform

    Picsart is an all-in-one creative platform with a wide selection of free AI design tools. Create content fast with expert-crafted templates, built-in asset libraries, and generative AI tools.

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    fastdl.app Top 10K English

    Instagram Downloader - Download Instagram Video, Photos, IGTV & Reels

    FastDl.app is an tool to help you with Download Instagram Videos, Reels, Photos, IGTV & Albums. It's easy to use on any device, mobile, tablet, or computer.

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

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

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

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
Tag managers
CDN
  • Amazon CloudFront header x-amz-cf-id: L12Gu4hfZN-LeXg6BRgnAsBK0G3b58-oZLv99D2jhhttzxx0KF0G0Q==
Languages & backends
  • Ruby on Rails page source: <meta name="csrf-param" content="authenticity_token"
Email hosting
  • Mimecast MX us-smtp-inbound-1.mimecast.com
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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