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Stock Photography Supplier Review

The following table compares a number of the top Stock photography suppliers. We have rated each supplier out of 10, 10 being excellent and 1 not so good.
 
Hamish Braddick
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The following table compares a number of the top Stock photography suppliers. We have rated each supplier out of 10, 10 being excellent and 1 not so good.

We have tested each supplier for the selection and range by using 2 popular search phrases "New Zealand" and business person"
 

Stock photography supplier

Overall rating

Selection

Photo Quality rating

Pricing structure

iStockphoto Review
www.istockphoto.com
9
Great price
Excellent quality images
Great selection
(The best selection of illustrations)
9 8 Average US$1 for a low quality web graphic and $US7 for a scalable vector illustration
Payment via a credit system
7
Great price
Good quality
Good selection
7
5
Range from Free using the www.sxc.hu catalogue
and average US$1 via a credit system
imagine
www.inmagine.com
6
Good selection
Good quality images
Reasonable pricing
Good size comp images without watermark
6 7 Average of $NZ65 - $NZ150 for low res screen images

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7
Great price
Good quality
Good selection
5
7
1 month US$139.95
 
3 Months US$249.95
 
6 Months
US$349.95
 
1 Year
US$599.95

getty images
 
7
Very expensive but very high quality
Great selection
8
9

Combination of royalty free and royalty images
Range from US$100 - US$500


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http://pro.corbis.com/
7
Very expensive but high quality
Great selection
7   Combination of royalty free and royalty images
Range from US$100 - US$500

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6
Good price
Good selection
Good quality
8
6

Buy ANY photo as low as $1.48 (Buy credits – Discount oferred for bulk credit purchase)


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5
Good price
Average selection
Average quality
5
5
Subscription model -
1 Month -25 per day
US $139

3 Months -25 per day
US $395
 
6 Months -25 per day
US $749
 
1 Year -25 per day
US $1359

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5
Very expensive
Great NZ selection
5
7

Rights protected only – quoted manually by account manager

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