Lifetime Downloads
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Also Applies to Stock Contributor
On this page, find details about payments to contributors for licenses to photos, illustrations, vectors, and videos at Adobe Stock.
See this page for details about getting paid.
Adobe Stock’s standard pricing and contributor payment rates are listed in the tables below.
Adobe Stock also licenses content through custom agreements and non-standard plans not reflected in the tables below, such as Pro Edition plans for Creative Cloud for Teams and Enterprise. Payment for content licensed under these agreements and plans is either: (A) for non-video content, 33% of the attributable amount, and for video content, 35% of the attributable amount; or (B) a flat rate.
Standard Royalty Rates
Content Type |
License Method |
Buyer's Terms |
Price per Unit |
Resulting Royalty |
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Photos, Illustrations, Vectors |
3 standard assets per month | Monthly plan: $29.99 |
$9.99 |
$3.30 |
| Small Subscription: 10 images per month |
Monthly plan: $49.99 |
$4.99 |
$1.65 |
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Annual plan: $29.99 |
$2.99 |
$0.99 |
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| Medium Subscription: 40 images per month |
Monthly plan: $99.99 |
$2.50 |
$0.82 |
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Annual plan: $79.99 |
$2.00 |
$0.66 |
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| Large Subscription: 350 to 750 downloads per month |
Annual or Monthly: $169.99-$249.99 | $0.33-0.38 | See table below for more information | |
| Credit packs | 5 pack-500 pack | 1 credit ($7.99-$9.99) | $2.64 - $3.30
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Extended License Images |
On demand or Credit pack |
5-500 credit packs |
8 credits or $79.99 |
$21.12 - $26.40 |
HD Video |
On demand or Credit |
5-500 credit packs | 8 credits or $79.99 |
$22.48 - $28.00 |
4K Video |
On demand or Credit pack |
5-500 credit packs
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20 credits or $199
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$56 - $70 |
Large Subscription (350 to 750 downloads per month) royalty amounts
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Minimum Subscription Royalty |
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0-999 |
$0.33 |
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1,000-9,999 |
$0.36 |
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10,000 and above |
$0.38 |
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Bonus Program
For our active contributors1, based on the number of downloads of your photos, illustrations, vectors and videos during the 2021 calendar year, you can earn one-year complimentary access to one of the following plans: Creative Cloud All Apps, Creative Cloud Photography with 20GB, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro or After Effects.
Details of the bonus program:
- 150 – 4,999 downloaded qualifying assets: Choose your one-year complimentary plan by selecting one of these options: Creative Cloud Photography (20GB), Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, or After Effects.
- 5,000+ downloaded qualifying assets: Receive one-year complimentary access to Creative Cloud All Apps.
- Each video download counts as 8 regular downloads. For example, you will qualify for the Creative Cloud All App plan if you have 625 video downloads (625 x 8 = 5,000), or a mix of video and any of the other asset downloads, such as 100 video downloads and 4,200 photo downloads.
- Downloads must occur during the period January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021 and the contributor account must be active1.
- Only downloads from our standard collection of photos, illustrations, vectors and videos qualify. Premium content, 3D assets, templates and motion graphic templates, or any other future file types, are excluded from the count.
- Only assets licensed through subscription plans, credit packs, and Enterprise agreements qualify.
- Bonuses2 will be determined in January 2022, and codes issued in February 2022. Note, that updates to these guidelines may occur. Please check this page for any changes.
1 No signup necessary. An active contributor is an Adobe Stock contributor with at least two (2) submitted and approved qualifying assets in 2021.
2 Adobe employees are excluded from the bonus program.
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