ProductionCrate vs Storyblocks

ProductionCrate is a library and toolset for VFX artists, creators, filmmakers, and motion designers. Its resources include visual effects footage, 3D models, royalty-free music, and plugins; the service says it hosts over 10,000 custom-made HD production resources. Free accounts can use basic libraries and download up to five items per day. PRO provides access to all libraries, higher-quality downloads, three times as much exclusive content, and faster CDN downloads. The PRO plan costs $49 a month and allows up to 50 downloads per day. FootageCrate materials are available in ProRes, MP4, and PNG sequences for import into Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Nuke, and After Effects; the homepage describes video encoding up to 4K. ProductionCrate Portal installs, manages, and updates plugins, and includes an asset manager for downloaded media. FootageCrate Blender connects assets to Blender through a web link. Downloaded materials may be used in commercial or non-commercial projects, but the asset files themselves cannot be redistributed.

Storyblocks provides subscription access to stock media and tools for video production. Its library contains over 10 million human-made assets, including footage, templates, music, sound effects, photos, vectors, and illustrations. The AI Toolkit offers video editing, video generation, and image generation; voiceover is available on some plans, and features use monthly credits. An Adobe Creative Cloud plugin brings the library into Premiere Pro and After Effects for searching, previewing, and downloading assets. Maker is an online video editor connected to the library, and Maker for Teams adds brand kits, collaboration tools, and custom templates. Templates are available for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Apple Motion. A free account includes watermarked previews, folders, and Maker video creation, but there is no free trial membership. Essentials costs $21 a month billed annually; Unlimited All Access costs $30 a month billed annually; Small Business costs $40 a month billed annually. Small Business covers one employee at an organization with fewer than 50 employees and excludes agencies, production companies, and broadcast companies. Business pricing is available by quote.