Shutterpoint
Skip
Confidence: Low
Almost nobody should buy today: the legacy stock-photo marketplace drew 'avoid like plague' forum reviews, and the domain now reads as a stock-photo content blog.
New check
Comparison
Shutterpoint vs Pexels
Shutterpoint lands on Skip, and Pexels lands on Worth it.
Pexels
Worth it
Confidence: Medium
Use it if you need free, high-quality stock photos or videos . there is no purchase decision or paid tier at all.
| Compare | Shutterpoint | Pexels |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Skip | Worth it |
| Best for | Reading stock-photo marketplace comparisons | Bloggers and marketers needing free images |
| Who it's not for | Photographers hoping to sell stock today | Anyone reselling stock images as-is |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.11 | No public vulnerabilities found for itself; severe CVEs affect its third-party WordPress plugin, and no public security page was found. |
| Support quality | No usable evidence found | App Store reviewer says company doesn't care |
| Public sentiment | 2000s forum sentiment is sharply negative and recent independent feedback is essentially absent.³ | Reviewers largely praise Pexels as a dependable, easy, high-quality free stock source, with occasional complaints about curation and support. |
| Biggest gotcha | Guess: legacy complaints center on paying to participate; verify terms before paying anything³ | WordPress plugin users must patch: SSRF CVE-2024-25915 (CVSS 8.8) and RCE CVE-2024-6132 |
Pick Shutterpoint when
- Reading stock-photo marketplace comparisons
- Finding free Shutterstock alternatives
When Shutterpoint is not a fit
- Photographers hoping to sell stock today
- Anyone needing licensed images with real support
- Teams that vet vendors by recent reviews
- Buyers wanting a current, verifiable product
Pick Pexels when
- Bloggers and marketers needing free images
- Video editors sourcing B-roll
- Developers wanting a free stock API
- Small businesses with zero content budget
When Pexels is not a fit
- Anyone reselling stock images as-is
- Guess: Brands needing indemnified, model-released imagery
- Guess: Agencies wanting exclusive or editorial photos
- Guess: Teams needing paid support or SLAs
Sources
- Shutterpoint homepage . 'Free Stock Photos Explained by Experts'shutterpoint.comofficial
- Best Websites to Sell Photos Online . Shutterpointshutterpoint.comofficial
- Avoid Shutterpoint Like Plague . DPReview forumsdpreview.comreview
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- Shutterpoint.com Site Review . Microstock Insidermicrostockinsider.comreview
- What about Shutterpoint? . Microstock Groupmicrostockgroup.comreview
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- How To Sell Your Photographs Online . PhotographyIconphotographyicon.comreview
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- Shutterpoint.com security pageshutterpoint.comofficial
- Shutterpoint.com privacy policyshutterpoint.comofficial
- Pexels Free Stock Photo & Video Licensepexels.comofficial
- Is the Pexels API free to use?help.pexels.comofficial
- Pexels Reviews on G2g2.comreview
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