Dareful vs Shutterstock

Dareful is a free web library for downloading HD and 4K stock video clips. The homepage describes hundreds of clips and displays 242 videos. Visitors can search, use category tags, and sort by popular or recent items. Dareful says clips may be used in personal and commercial projects under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, and identifies the license type as royalty-free. The site asks users to show appreciation by linking back to Dareful. Its Free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited downloads, with a maximum resolution of 4K. Dareful says downloading starts by clicking a video and does not require a credit card. One listed clip, Snowy Tree Branches, is a 21-second MP4 at 1920 × 1080 and 59.94 fps. The footage was shot by Joel Holland, who is identified as the founder of Dareful and VideoBlocks. Dareful says its aim is to make footage accessible to video hobbyists and enthusiasts.

Shutterstock is a paid creative platform for finding and licensing photos, vectors, illustrations, video, 3D models, music, and sound effects. It is available on the web and through an API, which can bring library search and licensing into third-party applications. The company says its library contains more than 450 million images and grows by 200,000 images a day. Image tools include Expand Image, Variations, Magic Brush, and Background Remover; the remover works only on images up to 7000×5000 pixels and does not remove vector background layers. Its AI image generator returns four results per prompt, downloadable under a Standard or Enhanced license. Both licenses allow perpetual use of downloaded content; Enhanced adds permissions for merchandise, templates, and unlimited physical print runs. Unlimited plans include models from Runway, Google, OpenAI, and others, but cap downloads at 100 assets daily. Monthly subscription downloads do not roll over. The API license bars raw asset-file access or downloads and requires assets delivered in an app to be limited to projects created there. The listed 10-image subscription is $25 a year, billed yearly at $300; a one-time image pack is 29.00 USD.