123RF vs Stockvault

123RF is a stock-content service for photos, vectors, videos, audio, fonts, and AI creative tools. The site advertises more than 302 million stock assets, including vector, illustration, and editorial content. Its AI Suite includes image and video generation, upscaling, generative fill, background blur and remix, background removal, and image extension. Stock images are described as royalty-free for marketing, advertising, and business use. The Standard License permits up to 500,000 print-runs but excludes merchandise for sale; the Extended License permits unlimited print-runs and merchandise for sale. Buyers can use credits or PLUS subscriptions. Credits start at $7.95, paid once, with credits valid for one year. PLUS starts at $24.50 a month for one user and has a daily download limit; PLUS Team costs $16.10 a month per seat for up to five users. The service runs on the web and offers an API for integrating image search, viewing, and downloads. Compatible AI clients can use its MCP connection to search and license photos and vectors with an active plan. 123RF was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Stockvault is a community where photographers, designers, and students share photographs, graphics, and vector files. Its catalog includes free photos, textures, and illustrations, with new images added every day. Visitors can search by keyword, photographer, category, shape, date, license, and color, or browse curated collections covering subjects and formats such as nature, people, vectors, and textures. Downloads are available without signing up, and membership is free. Members can comment, message other members, and save photos to favorites. Photographs are JPG files; graphics are PSD, EPS, or AI files supplied in ZIP archives. Stockvault lists Non-Commercial, Commercial, and Public Domain (CC0) licenses, and the applicable image license governs use. The site describes the collection as intended for personal and non-commercial design projects. Non-Commercial and Commercial images may not be distributed as standalone images without alteration. Stockvault moderates submitted photos and checks accepted images for quality. Members may upload any number of files if they comply with submission guidelines, but images smaller than 3 MP (2048×1536 pixels) will not upload.