123RF
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you need volume royalty-free images cheaply and will use a unique password.
Comparison
123RF vs Depositphotos
123RF and Depositphotos both land on Depends.
Depositphotos
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if your team downloads many licensed images monthly and wants photos, video, and music from one library.
| Compare | 123RF | Depositphotos |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Bloggers and solo marketers on a budget | Teams needing constant fresh imagery |
| Who it's not for | Security-conscious enterprises vetting vendors | Occasional users needing one or two images |
| Privacy | Suffered a 2020 breach exposing 8.3M user records; no public security page found.⁶ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | Review sentiment not extractable from snippets | License-flag complaints; BBB disputes listed |
| Public sentiment | Users rate it 4.4/5 on G2, but independent reviewers and Trustpilot threads raise service and trust concerns.¹ | Buyers like the library breadth and pricing, but Reddit threads flag copyright-claim headaches and contributors report low earnings.13 |
| Biggest gotcha | 2020 breach leaked 8.3M accounts . use a unique password, never reuse old credentials⁶ | r/selfpublish users report infringement flags even after buying licensed images . keep purchase receipts.15 |
Pick 123RF when
- Bloggers and solo marketers on a budget
- Small teams needing bulk royalty-free images
- Designers sourcing vectors and clipart
When 123RF is not a fit
- Security-conscious enterprises vetting vendors
- Anyone wanting a top editorial recommendation . reviewers say skip it
- Contributors expecting meaningful payout (one reported ~$100)
- Buyers who want small, cheap credit packs
Pick Depositphotos when
- Teams needing constant fresh imagery
- Self-publishers and bloggers at volume
- Agencies needing photos plus video and music
- Buyers via AppSumo lifetime deals
When Depositphotos is not a fit
- Occasional users needing one or two images
- Teams terrified of copyright flags on licensed files
- Anyone avoiding subscription commitments
- Contributors expecting meaningful payouts
Sources
- 123RF Reviews on G2g2.comreview
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- 123RF review . Photutorialphotutorial.comreview
- 123RF Trustpilot reviewstrustpilot.comreview
- 123RF review . Stock Photo Secretsstockphotosecrets.comreview
- 123RF breach . Have I Been Pwnedhaveibeenpwned.comsecurity
- Popular stock photo service hit by data breachbleepingcomputer.comsecurity
- 123RF security page123rf.comofficial
- 123RF PLUS plan products page123rf.comofficial
- 123RF standard license terms123rf.comofficial
- 123RF AWS case studyaws.amazon.comofficial
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- Depositphotos Trustpilot reviewstrustpilot.comreview
- Experte.com Depositphotos reviewexperte.comreview
