Stock Media · pricing · Updated September 2026
Adobe Stock pricing (2026)
Adobe Stock starts at $49.99/mo (10 Assets / month (annual)) as checked on 2026-09-26, read from Adobe Stock's own pricing page; 4 plans. Best for Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers who want in-app licensing without context switching. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $49.99/mo (10 Assets / month (annual)) · 40% off with annual billing
- Free tier: No · 30-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR —
- Best for: Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers who want in-app licensing without context switching; Teams mixing image, video, audio, and template needs under one Adobe account; Projects requiring AI-assisted asset editing (Firefly integration) before purchase; Buyers needing mixed asset types (photos, 3D, templates) on a single subscription
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-09-05
Adobe Stock plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
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| 10 Assets / month (annual) STALE · 2026-09-05 | $49.99 | −40% | Flat monthly | 10 standard assets per month (images, vectors, templates; includes up to 1 HD/4K video). $29.99/mo on an annual plan billed monthly; $49.99/mo month-to-month. Unused downloads roll over while active. | stock.adobe.com |
| 40 Assets / month (annual) STALE · 2026-09-26 | $99.99 | −20% | Flat monthly | 40 standard assets per month (includes up to 6 HD/4K videos). $79.99/mo on an annual plan billed monthly; $99.99/mo month-to-month. | stockphotosecrets.com |
| 750 Assets / month (annual) STALE · 2026-09-26 | $249.99 | −20% | Flat monthly | 750 standard assets per month (includes up to 25 HD/4K videos). $199.99/mo on an annual plan billed monthly; $249.99/mo month-to-month. | stockphotosecrets.com |
| 5-Credit Pack (on-demand) STALE · 2026-09-26 | not priced monthly | — | Flat monthly | One-time credit pack (not a monthly subscription): 5 credits for $49.95 ($9.99/credit), valid 1 year. Larger packs: 40 credits $359.99, 150 credits $1,200.00. No monthly price is recorded because this is a non-recurring on-demand purchase. | stockphotosecrets.com |
Last verified 2026-09-26. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. Every plan above is marked — we flag rather than silently retain. Official stock.adobe.com/plans geolocated to Germany under an automated read (showing EUR), so US 2026 USD rates were taken from the StockPhotoSecrets and Photutorial 2026 Adobe Stock pricing guides. The monthly price recorded here is the annual-billed-monthly rate; month-to-month rates are noted. A standard asset = one image/vector/template or one HD/4K video credit per the listed allowance. Cross-checked against photutorial.com.
Price changes
Price on record
$49.99/moRe-based on record 2026-10-16
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
From 2026-10-16 our record reflects a correction we published, not a vendor price move, so earlier figures are not compared with it.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Adobe Stock, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Adobe Stock. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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10 Assets / month (annual). Basis corrected, no new figure. The recorded monthly price was the annual-billed rate while the plan's own note named the month-to-month one; the schema reserves this field for the month-to-month price and carries the saving in the annual discount, so the two recorded figures swapped places. Both were already in the record and neither was re-read.
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40 Assets / month (annual). Basis corrected, no new figure. The recorded monthly price was the annual-billed rate while the plan's own note named the month-to-month one; the schema reserves this field for the month-to-month price and carries the saving in the annual discount, so the two recorded figures swapped places. Both were already in the record and neither was re-read.
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750 Assets / month (annual). Basis corrected, no new figure. The recorded monthly price was the annual-billed rate while the plan's own note named the month-to-month one; the schema reserves this field for the month-to-month price and carries the saving in the annual discount, so the two recorded figures swapped places. Both were already in the record and neither was re-read.
Capabilities
Integrations: Adobe Photoshop (native panel), Adobe Illustrator (native panel), Adobe InDesign (native panel), Adobe Premiere Pro (native panel), Adobe After Effects (native panel), Adobe Express.
Key features: Native panels inside all major Adobe Creative Cloud apps for watermark-free preview and one-click license; Royalty-free images, vectors, templates, 3D assets, audio, and HD/4K video in one subscription; AI Studio (Adobe Firefly) for generative AI editing before licensing; 30-day free trial: 10 free images or 1 video (via promo link); Standard license includes $10,000 legal indemnification; Unused monthly downloads roll over while subscription is active.
Plan limits: Credit packs expire in 1 year (6 months in Japan); Standard license indemnification: $10,000; 30-day free trial converts automatically to paid plan at end of trial; Premium and Extended collection assets not available on all subscription tiers; Unused rollover downloads lost on plan cancellation.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Adobe Stock cost?
Adobe Stock starts at $49.99/mo (10 Assets / month (annual)); it has 4 published plans. Verified 2026-09-26.
Is Adobe Stock cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Adobe Stock publishes a 40% discount for paying annually (on the 10 Assets / month (annual) plan). Verified 2026-09-26.
What are cheaper alternatives to Adobe Stock?
Cheaper stock media than Adobe Stock (entry $49.99/mo) include Shutterstock at $7/mo, Depositphotos at $12.99/mo, Storyblocks at $21/mo. Verified 2026-09-26.
Does Adobe Stock support HIPAA?
Adobe Stock's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA.
Does Adobe Stock have a free plan?
No — Adobe Stock publishes no free tier; it offers a 30-day free trial.
Adobe Stock vs alternatives
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Cheaper stock media alternatives
- iStock from $40/mo
- Envato Elements from $39/mo
- Pond5 from $25/mo
- Storyblocks from $21/mo
- Depositphotos from $12.99/mo
- Shutterstock from $7/mo
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This standing as a plaque
Adobe Stock currently holds a silver deskmark here — Rank 4 of 8 · Stock Media. Anyone may show it. There is nothing to apply for, nothing to pay, and displaying it changes no score: the standing comes from the published algorithm, which never reads commission data. We never ask anyone to show it, and its link carries rel="nofollow".
The image is drawn from our live data, so it follows the standing rather than freezing it: if Adobe Stock moves up or down a tier, the plaque on your own site says so at our next publish. Nothing is tracked beyond the ordinary web-server log that records any image request.