SuperStock vs Yay Images
SuperStock
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| Figure | SuperStock | Yay Images |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 10 |
| Spec score · Stock Photo Websites | 8.2 (#18) | 9.0 (#6) |
| Spec score · Stock Illustration Websites | 7.7 (#22) | 8.3 (#11) |
| Founded | 1973 | Company profiles place the launch or founding in January 2008. |
| Library | The About page describes a library of 35M+ images and videos. | The homepage lists more than 29.69 million stock images, 307.15 thousand HD videos and 4.41 million vectors. |
| Licensing | Customers can license content à la carte or by subscription, with Royalty-Free, Rights-Managed, and Editorial licensing options. | Standard royalty-free use permits digital and print projects but restricts resale-focused products when the asset is the main value; an extended license removes those resale limits. |
| Product | SuperStock licenses stock images, illustrations, footage, fine art, vintage, and editorial content for creative, editorial, educational, publishing, and commercial work. | Yay Images offers royalty-free stock images, videos and vectors for creative projects. |
| Security | The privacy policy says connections are encrypted, access to personal information is limited to staff and providers who need it, and payment card details do not reach SuperStock’s systems. | The privacy policy says Yay Images uses industry-standard encryption for data transfers and does not store credit card numbers on its servers. |
| Support | The site lists [email protected] and +1 866 236 0087 for contact. | The contact page says support inquiries are typically handled within 2–3 business days. |
Plans
Yay Images
- Unlimited Single SeatPrice not published
- 50 Credits$50 a month
- Free account downloadsFree
- Unlimited Plan$8.25 a month
- 50 Credits$25, paid once
- 50 Credits$25, paid once
- Mighty Plan$49 a month
- Max Plan$99 a month
- Lifetime Membership$149, paid once
- Lifetime Membership$149, paid once
In their own words
SuperStock
SuperStock is a licensing service for stock photography, illustration, vectors, and footage. Its API page describes a catalog of more than 40 million images, footage, fine art, vintage, and editorial assets; its subscription library lets subscribers search more than 10 million assets and receive discounts on SuperStock Premium Collection media. Customers can license assets individually or by subscription, with Royalty-Free, Rights-Managed, and Editorial options. The service is available on the web and through a REST API for searching, downloading, and deploying content in a customer’s local system. API queries are free; licensed content is paid. Its MCP server works with clients including Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, and Gemini CLI, and can search, organize, price, and order assets and retrieve licensed downloads. Orders require approval of the exact total. SuperStock also offers free research assistance, with a team-prepared curated board customers can download. A student license provides 30 images and 10 videos per month for student and personal non-commercial projects, with a valid.edu email.
Yay Images
Yay Images is a web service for royalty-free stock images, videos, and vectors, with search tools and image-generation utilities. Its homepage lists more than 29.69 million images, 307.15 thousand HD videos, and 4.41 million vectors. The AI image generator makes images from text prompts and offers photographic, digital art, and cinematic styles. Its upscaler provides 2x, 3x, and 4x options. Search can be narrowed by color hues, number of people, text space, or orientation, and includes image search. Listed formats are JPEG for images, EPS or SVG for vectors, and MP4 or MOV for video. Standard and extended royalty-free licenses are available, but account licenses are limited to the account owner and their employees. A free account provides 10 downloads per day after account creation. The Unlimited Plan is listed at $8.25 a month, with a yearly option at 99.00 USD every 12 months; a 50-credit option is $50 a month as a one-time payment. Automated scripted downloads are prohibited, and some unlimited-plan users may be capped at 30 downloads per day.