# Which stock photo site works best for small businesses running on a tight budget?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Been going through <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/stock-photos">Stock Photos</a> category reviews filtered to small business accounts specifically, since a lot of "best of" lists seem to assume you've already got a Creative Cloud seat and a marketing budget. Curious what's actually holding up for teams under 50 people who are watching every dollar.</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/vecteezy/reviews"><strong>Vecteezy</strong></a> (4.7 stars, 8,621 reviews): freelancers and small teams keep pointing to the free tier as the thing that saves their budget, with a deep vector, photo, and video library that doesn't force you into a premium plan right away.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-adobe-stock/reviews"><strong>Adobe Stock</strong></a> (4.3 stars, 194 reviews): makes sense if you're already paying for Creative Cloud, though small business reviewers mention the credit system burns through fast if you're not careful.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/storyblocks/reviews"><strong>Storyblocks</strong></a> (4.6 stars, 427 reviews): a flat subscription covering photos, video, and audio, which small teams like because there's nothing to track per download.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/pixabay/reviews"><strong>PixaBay</strong></a> (4.4 stars, 163 reviews): completely free with no attribution needed, and small business users mention it's their default for quick jobs even when search results aren't always spot on.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/unsplash/reviews"><strong>Unsplash</strong></a> (4.7 stars, 105 reviews): free, easy to plug into Figma and Canva, and shows up a lot in reviews from smaller teams building presentations or decks without worrying about licensing.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For a team under 50 people, has a paid subscription like Storyblocks or Adobe Stock actually earned its cost over stacking free tools like Vecteezy and Pixabay? And if you've ever dropped Adobe Stock for something cheaper, what made you switch?</p>

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&lt;p&gt;For us stacking Vecteezy and Pixabay ended up covering almost everything we needed without paying for anything extra. Unsplash filled in the rest for slide decks, so a paid subscription never really came up as necessary for a team our size.&lt;/p&gt;

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