Depositphotos
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if your team downloads many licensed images monthly and wants photos, video, and music from one library.
Comparison
Depositphotos and Shutterstock both land on Depends.
Buy if your team downloads many licensed images monthly and wants photos, video, and music from one library.
Buy only if you need volume licensed stock media and will track auto-renewals closely . the library is real, but billing practices earned a $35M FTC settlement.
| Compare | Depositphotos | Shutterstock |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Teams needing constant fresh imagery | Marketing teams buying licensed images at volume |
| Who it's not for | Occasional users needing one or two images | Anyone needing a few free images |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.14 | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | License-flag complaints; BBB disputes listed | Cancellation complaints dominate negative reviews |
| Public sentiment | Buyers like the library breadth and pricing, but Reddit threads flag copyright-claim headaches and contributors report low earnings.¹ | Public reviews skew sharply negative on billing and cancellations, while long-time contributors report steadily shrinking earnings. |
| Biggest gotcha | r/selfpublish users report infringement flags even after buying licensed images . keep purchase receipts.³ | Auto-renew traps: FTC fined $35M over cancellation hurdles. Calendar your renewal date and cancel in writing.16 |