Shutterstock vs. Substack

Shutterstock

Substack

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Shutterstock	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Shutterstock is a global technology company headquartered in New York, offering a creative platform boasting high-quality assets, tools and services. With it, users can license images, video, music, and editorial assets -- as well as custom content tailored to a brand’s needs. Shutterstock offers a variety of plans for individuals, teams, and enterprise customers as well as creative editing and collaboration capabilities.	$379 per month (2 users)
Substack	Score 9.2 out of 10	N/A	Substack is a subscription-based newsletter publishing platform.	N/A

Pricing

Shutterstock

Substack

Editions & Modules

Single User - 10 Images: $29 ($49)
monthly, annual contract (no contract)
On-Demand Packs - Standard License: $29, $49, $299
number of images (2, 5, 25)
Single User - 50 Images: $99 ($125)
monthly, annual contract (no contract)
Single User - 350 Images: $169 ($199)
monthly, annual contract (no contract)
Single User - 750 Images: $199 ($249)
monthly, annual contract (no contract)
On-Demand Packs - Enhanced License: $199, $449, $1,699
number of images (2, 5, 25)
Teams (750 images per month): $379
per month (2 users)
Teams (750 images per month): $479
per month (3-10 users)
Teams (750 images per month): Contact Sales
per month, 11+ users

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Shutterstock	Substack
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Shutterstock	Substack
Considered Both Products	Shutterstock Verified User Anonymous Chose Shutterstock Shutterstock library and pricing is better than adobe stock also the preview is far better than adobe stock that's why i am still using shutterstock rather than adobe stock, their have a huge collections of images, videos than adobe stock. also the user interface of … Incentivized Helpful? Bill Kerschbaum Owner Chose Shutterstock Very comparable to iStock. In my experience, there isn't a huge difference between the two, but I like the way Shutterstock' provides suggested images for drill-down searching - iStock's suggestions are more limited. Shutterstock's pricing may be better as well, although it's … Incentivized Helpful?	Substack Verified User Anonymous Chose Substack Medium is not so good for running newsletter. I find the mail that a user gets is very easily readable. Also as a creator it's very easy for me to track the analytics and monetise my blogs unlike Medium. Blogger is a very old technology. The kind of integrations and the support … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Substack Substack is like a simple Medium that you can also set up as a paid subscription so you can monetize. Mailchimp has been around for a while so its features are pretty well thought out, but the feature set might be a bit too much for a less experienced email marketer. Substack … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Substack N/A Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Substack I believe Substack seemed to offer a monetising solution to a very time consuming, labour of love blog, but it turned out to be just another dead end. The interface and ease of use is great, but it’s not as chunky with as detailed UX as other newsletter platforms I’ve … Incentivized Helpful? Carter Owen Consumer Strategy Analyst Chose Substack Substack is the DTC version of traditional blogging sites - you own everything, both upside, and risk, which appeals to me more. Compared to Blogger, the ability to monetize and site interface is night and day better. Compared to Medium, which I think has a better interface and … Incentivized Helpful? RA Robb Auspitz Owner Chose Substack Substack is simpler and a lot easier to use than either of the above. Automattic is perpetually trying to sell you on "upgrading" their basic WordPress blogging product which is a pain to work with because of their obsession with "Blocks". It has more SEO and multimedia … Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	Shutterstock	Substack
Small Businesses	Pexels Score 10.0 out of 10	Pexels Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Shutterstock	Substack
Likelihood to Recommend	9.8 (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Shutterstock	Substack
Likelihood to Recommend	Shutterstock is ideal for creatives who need images for digital marketing such as websites, blogs, case studies, or presentations. Visual elements can make or break a brand, and Shutterstock has an enormous library with a huge variety of image styles. Yes, there are your cliché stock images that look goofy or fake, but it's easy to find world-class photos and vector illustrations that add authenticity to any brand. Incentivized Bill Kerschbaum Owner Read full review	It's well-suited for a creative writer who is comfortable writing essays or short fiction. It's especially well-suited for writers who are focused on writing essays based on personal experiences. I'm not sure it has the tools at this point for someone who wants to serialize a novel or long-form non-fiction book. I'd like to see better multi-media tools for writers/content creators who are fluent in written and audio-visual methods of communicating. Incentivized RA Robb Auspitz Owner Read full review
Pros	Large library with a great variety of high quality images "Similar images," "same model," and "same artist" suggestions to help you drill down your search for the right image Handy editing tool that lets you save your custom image sizes Incentivized Bill Kerschbaum Owner Read full review	Content organization/discovery - really easy to search. Newsletter/email integration - by far better at previewing and delivering content than any other site. Incentivized Carter Owen Consumer Strategy Analyst Read full review
Cons	i think the pricing is still higher than other platforms locating right files is sometimes difficult here like the search results could be better Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It's really difficult when multiple people are editing the blog at same time. Some things change or get overwritten due to which have to reload the page multiple times. Would like to see an experience just like in Google docs. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Shutterstock library and pricing is better than Adobe Stock also the preview is far better than Adobe Stock that's why i am still using shutterstock rather than Adobe Stock, their have a huge collections of images, videos than Adobe Stock. also the user interface of shutterstock is easy than Adobe Stock Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Substack is the DTC version of traditional blogging sites - you own everything, both upside, and risk, which appeals to me more. Compared to Blogger, the ability to monetize and site interface is night and day better. Compared to Medium, which I think has a better interface and content curation abilities, Substack's advertising and promotion of your work are much better because they don't rely on premium members like Medium - it can get very click-baity there. Incentivized Carter Owen Consumer Strategy Analyst Read full review
Return on Investment	it improved our work quality it helped us to handle multiple projects as catered our creative needs well due to faster project creation our business scaled Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Takes much much less time to produce content that you can charge for. This wasn't doable before, or you'd have to build it yourself Substack has made it much easier for me to stay on top of ex-customer communications. I get repeat business more easily now. Substack's speed & ease mean I can offload content writing & distribution to others Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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