--- title: iStock Reviews meta\_title: 'iStock Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 117 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how iStock works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.5 review\_count: 117 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Stock Media url: https://www.g2.com/categories/stock-media --- ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Shutterstock](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shutterstock") Shutterstock 4.4/5(656) ](https://www.g2.com/products/shutterstock-shutterstock/reviews) [ ![Storyblocks](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Storyblocks") Storyblocks 4.6/5(429) ](https://www.g2.com/products/storyblocks/reviews) [ ![Adobe Stock](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adobe Stock") Adobe Stock 4.3/5(194) ](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-adobe-stock/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/getty-images-istock/competitors/alternatives) # iStock Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by iStock but has limited features. Are you part of the iStock team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Founded in 2000, iStock created the crowd-sourced stock industry and became the original source for user-generated stock photos, vectors and illustrations, and video clips. For more than 15 years, we've given our artists a platform to make money with their passions by licensing their stock content to businesses and individuals around the world for use in a wide variety of projects. Today we remain an industry leader and key destination for creative business professionals who want to make a big impact without breaking the bank. We believe that imagery has the power to move the world. We also believe that our customers deserve the very best stock content - that's why we're proud to offer millions of bold, unique stock images you can only get from us. iStock is part of the Getty Images family of companies. * * * Seller [Getty Images](https://www.g2.com/sellers/getty-images-d633a9b3-4f86-4f1d-8b52-2988afad1bb7) Discussions [iStock Community](https://www.g2.com/products/getty-images-istock/discuss) Languages Supported Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Anne Flanagan (Head of Communications, Getty Images) Show More ## Typical Contract Price Pricing provided by BetterCloud and others. $$k - $$k Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing](/auth/linkedin?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fproducts%2Fgetty-images-istock%2Freviews%3Fexpanded%3Distock-review-11773856) ## User Insights Average based on 117 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) WT Walter T. Marketing Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/6/2019 "Worth the investment" 4/5 What do you like best about iStock? Group pricing with individual/admin logins. Can see corporate purchases as a whole, plus each seat's purchases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? Nothing really. Pricing is always an issue for small companies and this was a significant increase from our Thinkstock subscription. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering iStock: Look into other sites if you only need one license as this could be very pricey for individuals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? Quality stock imagery for our marketing material. Moving from Thinkstock to Gettyimages.com satisfied possible licensing issues for multipole designers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vero N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vero N.") VN Vero N. Project Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/19/2019 "All images you need in one place" 5/5 What do you like best about iStock? Definitely the most valuable thing are the filters feature, they are amazing and you can virtually find any picture you have in mind for your project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? Most of the times The pricing is out of my budget. I work for small business and the customers set a tiny or zero budget for pictures. Probably they need to create version for small companies and startups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? I don’t have to deal with agency models, photographers and all that kind of stuff to get beautiful pictures that enhance the messages we want to communicate to our customers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Design](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Design") UD Verified User in Design Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/20/2019 "For when you need anything" 5/5 What do you like best about iStock? The best thing about Getty Images is that you can be sure to find any type of stock photo you are looking for without it seeming like one of those cheesy free stock photos you find on all the sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? The pricing is a bit expensive, especially if you don't tend to reuse any images and you are a freelance artist who doesn't have a large production budget behind you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering iStock: It is the industry standard for sure so if you want to up your A game and compete with the biggest and baddest in the industry, consider using Getty Images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? The problems you can solve with Getty Images is that you don't have to go out and get the images yourself, so you are saving time and money that way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Cody S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cody S.") CS Cody S. Former Web Reporter Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/18/2019 "Great quality stock images, but pricey" 1/5 What do you like best about iStock? The images were good, and I could usually find whatever I was looking for (but not always). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? It is ludicrously expensive, especially considering https://pixabay.com/en/ is free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering iStock: They should open their business up to individuals and freelancers who may not be able to afford exorbitant prices for.....pictures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? I was a web reporter, and I used the images to make articles less-boring looking. For example, if I was writing a Veterans Day article, I would perhaps find a couple photos, maybe one of soldiers in combat gear, and maybe the other of the Vietnam Memorial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Medical Devices](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Medical Devices") UM Verified User in Medical Devices Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2019 "Getty gets us the images we need at a decent price" 5/5 What do you like best about iStock? We've been using Getty for stock images for quite a while now. We really enjoy that they have pretty much anything we can think of, and lots to choose from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? I think the main thing we dislike is that there is too much to sift through sometimes. We'll be looking for something super specific, and if you don't have the correct keywords, you'll be searching through pages of pictures trying to locate what you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering iStock: I think if you're responsible for setting up a website and don't have the funds to find images within your own arsenal, Getty Images is perfect! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? We don't have to hire photographers or purchase photos from multiple companies. Pretty much a one stop shop for those of us that are responsible for the website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kristy G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kristy G.") KG Kristy G. Paralegal Law Practice Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2019 "Highest Quality Images, many to choose from " 5/5 What do you like best about iStock? I am responsible for keeping our firms website updated and I get all of our images from Getty Images. What I like best is that the search field finds what I am looking for quickly and easily. The images are high quality and up to date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? The only thing that I dislike is the cost is quite high for what we need the images for. We only uses them once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? We are keeping our webpage updated with quality images and keeping it attractive which is important. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Medical Practice](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Medical Practice") UM Verified User in Medical Practice Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/16/2019 "Vast Collection" 4/5 What do you like best about iStock? There is a large collection of images, and most are VERY striking. They help attract many to our social media outlets that we use for marketing and hiring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? Some of the images almost look overly edited and don't have enough personal-feeling to them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering iStock: It's a great tool! They have a wide variety of images and videos and they are very striking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? Grasping potential clients and employees with single images rather than relying on lengthy posts to gain their attention.. the images help engage folks initially. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Photography](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Photography") UP Verified User in Photography Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/18/2019 "Getty Images " 4/5 What do you like best about iStock? This is the perfect place to go for your stock media needs. Filters are super helpful if you need to narrow down your search as well as keywords. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? It can be pricey. Also when searing for specific themes even with key wording it can pull irrelevant photos into your results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering iStock: Learn to really use keywords in your searches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? I use this to help source photos for our website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Lou C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lou C.") LC Lou C. Managing director, university marketing and public relations Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2019 "One of the best sites for worldwide images" 5/5 What do you like best about iStock? They have perhaps the best assortment of photos available. You can find current events, historical or anecdotal images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? It can sometimes be overwhelming to do searches that are more broad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering iStock: One of the best places you'll find for getting images necessary for your work. They quite literally cover the world, and offer images in virtually any area you could be seeking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? The biggest and most important aspect is that they can give you visuals for stories that would otherwise not have them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Art By L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Art By L.") AL Art By L. Owner, Designer, Artist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2019 "Amazing source for high quality images!" 5/5 What do you like best about iStock? I love the variety available, and that the images are amazingly high quality! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about iStock? Some of the pricing is a little high... it's worth it, but if you're on a budget, know that you'll get what you pay for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering iStock: It's definitely the place to go when looking for one of a kind images that you can't get anywhere else. Especially for publications, either in print or online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is iStock solving and how is that benefiting you? Any of our journalism pieces have greatly benefitted the addition of images from Getty Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about iStock? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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