馃攳
Best Stock Video Sites for Royalty Free Stock Footage - YouTube
Channel: Justin Brown - Primal Video
[0]
in this video I would take a look at our
[1]
top picks when it comes to the best
[2]
stock video sites for royalty free stock
[5]
footage no matter what style of video
[7]
you're producing hey it's Justin Brown
[14]
here from primal video where we help you
[15]
amplify your business and brand with
[17]
video if you're new here then make sure
[19]
you click that subscribe button and all
[20]
the links to everything we mention in
[22]
this video you can find linked in the
[24]
description box below so let's jump into
[26]
it now stock video footage is incredibly
[28]
handy when producing a huge range of
[30]
video content from simple clips that you
[32]
could use in a video intro or outro to
[35]
b-roll or c roll that helps you
[37]
communicate specific actions emotions or
[40]
messages in pretty much any of your
[42]
video content it's also a huge time
[44]
saver as well but if you're here
[46]
watching this video then you already
[47]
know that there's a ton of stock video
[49]
sites out there to choose from and
[51]
they're definitely not all created equal
[53]
so in this video we're gonna run through
[55]
my top picks which projects I'd use them
[57]
for and why and while I'm running
[59]
through my recommendations if you've
[60]
been using stock footage sites then let
[62]
us know your number one pick and why
[64]
down in the comments below now there are
[66]
so many sites out there both free and
[67]
paid you've got things like video blocks
[70]
Shutterstock and vital elements pond5
[73]
pixel bay video pixels cover and I'm
[77]
sure there's a heap there that I've
[79]
missed as well but there's there's a lot
[81]
of them so after trialing and testing
[83]
out a lot of these I do have a few
[84]
favorites that we keep coming back to
[86]
for various projects so we're gonna
[88]
start off with the free options and work
[89]
our way into the paid options now if you
[92]
are here looking for free options then I
[94]
would suggest at least hearing out our
[96]
recommendations for the paid options
[98]
because there is a difference and it can
[101]
be well worth the dollars that you're
[102]
spending now just before I get to my
[104]
recommendations I do want to stress here
[106]
that you really need to look at the
[108]
licensing agreement or the licensing
[110]
terms whether you're looking at free or
[112]
paid stock video footage if you're going
[115]
to be using someone else's footage you
[117]
need to know what your obligations are
[119]
in some cases there might be none and
[121]
you might be free to use the footage of
[122]
wherever you'd like in other cases you
[124]
might need to give an attribution or a
[126]
credit to whoever created the footage in
[129]
other cases you might be restricted on
[131]
where you can actually use the footage
[132]
so it could be solely
[133]
for personal or private use some license
[136]
requirements one that you put things on
[138]
YouTube and some other footage might
[139]
need to have a totally different license
[141]
if it's going to be part of a product
[144]
that's been sold like a course or some
[146]
sort of training product so you really
[148]
need to look at whether you looking at
[150]
free footage or paid footage look at the
[153]
licensing requirements before you use
[156]
the video footage it would be a pain to
[157]
come back later or to get flagged for
[159]
copyright infringement later after
[161]
you've released the video so then
[163]
looking at the free sites my top two
[165]
recommendations right now pixels and
[168]
stock footage for free calm now both of
[170]
these have a decent size library of
[172]
stock footage and the both got pretty
[174]
broad license terms as well meaning that
[176]
in most cases again you'll need to look
[178]
on a clip by clip basis or look
[180]
specifically at your use case and where
[182]
you're going to be using these but these
[183]
two seem to have pretty loose license
[185]
terms meaning that you can use these in
[187]
most places but again you definitely
[189]
need to check now with any of these
[191]
sites they're really only as good as
[192]
their licensing options but also as good
[195]
as their library or their catalog of
[197]
stock footage obviously when you're
[199]
looking at stock footage you're gonna
[200]
have something in mind that you're after
[201]
might be a time lapse or a specific
[203]
scene or action or someone doing a
[206]
particular thing that you need to use or
[209]
show in your videos so generally what
[211]
you'll find with the free sites is while
[213]
they have a decent library then nowhere
[215]
near as full or as comprehensive or as
[217]
easy to search and find the footage as
[220]
the paid solutions you'll also typically
[222]
be limited to lower quality file formats
[225]
on the free sites so some of them will
[227]
only go up to HD and not have any 4k
[230]
footage some of them will only have 720p
[232]
footage and not even 1080p so it really
[235]
comes down to what is your use case
[237]
obviously if you've got no budget then
[239]
some of these free sites are going to
[240]
help you but if you're after the best
[242]
quality and the ease of use to find
[244]
these clips and in a lot of cases that
[246]
brought a license terms to be able to
[248]
use them in different places with larger
[251]
audiences as well then that's where the
[252]
paid options are really going to stand
[254]
out so my current number one
[256]
recommendation or the first place I'd
[257]
say to go to would be pixels and have a
[260]
look on there first then as a really
[262]
close second I'd say to check out stock
[263]
footage for free calm and this is based
[265]
on the range of clip
[267]
available and the quality of the clips
[268]
but also the licensing terms as well
[271]
I've just found that pixel is for now a
[274]
better option so now moving into the
[276]
paid options or the professional options
[278]
this is we're gonna see that the quality
[280]
of the video files are going to be
[282]
higher the library sizes are going to be
[284]
bigger give me a lot more options in
[285]
there for you it's going to be easier
[287]
for you to find the clips that you're
[288]
looking for in these libraries because
[290]
the categorization of the clips and the
[292]
tagging on the clips is generally on a
[294]
much much deeper level and you've
[296]
generally also got a lot more control
[298]
around licensing options around
[300]
licensing as well to make sure that
[302]
you're getting the license that is right
[304]
for you now each one of these paid
[305]
platforms does have a different offering
[307]
so whether you can buy the clips
[309]
outright or not whether you've got to
[311]
join up as part of a membership a
[313]
monthly or annual fee and also how many
[315]
clips you're going to be purchasing at a
[317]
particular time because some of them
[318]
will also have bulk licensing or bulk
[321]
distribution options as well so my top
[323]
four are video blocks invader elements
[326]
Shutterstock and pond5 now video blocks
[329]
is a subscription-based service meaning
[331]
that you can't just buy a one-off clip
[333]
you need to have an ongoing subscription
[335]
with video blocks to be able to access
[337]
the footage and to download clips now
[339]
with video blocks you've got two
[340]
subscription options you can pay for the
[342]
basic plan which will start at 825 per
[345]
month or 99 annually or you've got the
[348]
unlimited plan that's 1659 per month or
[352]
199 annually and the difference between
[354]
the two is the basic plan is going to
[356]
give you 5 downloads of HD clips per
[360]
month and the unlimited plan is going to
[361]
give you unlimited downloads of HD and
[364]
4k clips per month but it's also going
[366]
to give you access to some After Effects
[367]
templates and some stock motion graphics
[370]
templates as well so really for that 199
[373]
dollars per year you get access to login
[376]
anytime and download as much footage or
[378]
as many of the templates as you like for
[380]
your projects and that's a huge selling
[382]
feature here now videoblocks itself is
[384]
actually broken into two parts
[386]
you've got the member library which is
[388]
all the content that you get access to
[390]
on those two plans the basic plan and
[393]
the unlimited plan but there's also the
[395]
video blocks marketplace which is a
[397]
little bit different and this is
[399]
whereas user-generated content or
[401]
content creators have uploaded their
[402]
stock footage for you to buy now this
[404]
isn't included in those fees this is an
[407]
additional expense but you do save 40%
[410]
if you do have a subscription so you get
[412]
40% off those clips if you're already a
[414]
videoblocks member now in my experience
[417]
I'm a huge fan of video blocks and we do
[419]
have an ongoing subscription have had an
[421]
ongoing subscription with video blocks
[423]
for quite some time but what I'm
[425]
searching for stock footage the clips
[427]
that I'm drawn to the clips that I like
[429]
the most aren't the ones that are
[431]
included in the plan aren't the ones
[433]
that are included in there member
[435]
library the better clips that I'm
[437]
starting to find now are the ones in the
[439]
marketplace so it's no big deal because
[442]
they're still cheap but it isn't added
[444]
expense if they're the ones you're going
[445]
to be using so that's video blocks the
[447]
second recommendation I have is invite o
[450]
elements and this is a really new thing
[452]
that they've actually got stopped video
[453]
footage on here and vard酶 is the company
[456]
that runs videohive which we obviously
[458]
recommend for a lot of video templates
[460]
and title templates and graphic elements
[463]
for your videos if you're interested in
[464]
those I'll put a link up in the cards
[466]
now but the stock footage side of this
[468]
is new and how they're running it is
[469]
very similar to video blocks so it's a
[472]
subscription-based model so there's a
[473]
monthly plan for 19 dollars per month
[476]
and is also an annual plan for $16 50
[479]
per month now both of these plans give
[481]
you unlimited downloads and they also
[483]
give you commercial licensing as well
[485]
meaning that these clips can be used in
[486]
commercial projects
[488]
now while the stock video footage
[489]
library in here isn't as comprehensive
[492]
as video blocks or pond5 or shutterstock
[494]
right now they are growing it fast but
[497]
you do get in this subscription is
[498]
access to other things in the
[500]
environment as well you also get access
[502]
to a heap of video templates WordPress
[505]
themes and plugins stock photos
[507]
presentation and graphic elements and a
[510]
heap of design assets and courses and
[512]
things as well so it's definitely a much
[513]
more comprehensive offering outside of
[516]
just stock footage but if you are
[518]
specifically looking for stock footage
[520]
the library is okay but at this point
[522]
it's relatively small compared to the
[524]
others but at that price point it's
[526]
definitely worth a look in now the next
[528]
tip we're going to look at Shutterstock
[530]
and pond5
[531]
in a different league meaning these ones
[534]
you can buy the clips individually some
[536]
of them could be as low as 37 dollars a
[539]
clip wide up to thousands of dollars per
[541]
clip depending on the license and the
[543]
clip itself but what you'll find with
[545]
these two along with the higher price
[546]
tag is that you've got access to so much
[548]
more stock footage there is way more in
[550]
there to choose from and to really help
[552]
you find what you're looking for and
[554]
obviously with all of that extra footage
[555]
the search functionality the tagging and
[558]
the coding for each of those clips
[560]
they've made it so much easier for you
[562]
to find the specific things that you're
[563]
looking for because they've gone to that
[565]
extra level of detail on tagging and
[567]
describing all the clips for you so on
[570]
shutterstock you can buy a single HD
[572]
clip for around seventy five dollars but
[575]
you can also buy a pack of clips as well
[577]
so you can purchase 5 HD clips for 359
[581]
dollars 10 HD clips for six hundred and
[583]
ninety nine dollars or twenty five HD
[586]
clips for 1579 so you can see the more
[589]
you buy the cheaper each clip actually
[591]
becomes so this is really tailored to
[593]
more professional corporate productions
[595]
where you might be buying big chunks of
[597]
b-roll to fill your documentary or your
[600]
corporate presentation so that's the
[602]
pricing for HD clips there are 4k video
[605]
files available as well at a higher
[607]
price point
[608]
so with pond5 as I said you can buy the
[610]
clips individually starting at around
[612]
the 35 37 dollar mark up to thousands of
[616]
dollars per clip depending on the actual
[618]
clip itself and the license that you
[620]
require but they do also have a
[622]
membership option available as well so
[624]
that starts at 199 dollars per month or
[627]
you can jump on the annual plan for nine
[630]
hundred and ninety nine dollars so that
[631]
gives you access to download ten clips
[633]
per month out of their catalog of over
[635]
500 thousand clips and if you got any
[637]
downloads remaining in a month then
[639]
those downloads will roll over to the
[641]
next month as well so you're not losing
[643]
them every month you can actually build
[645]
them up over time if you're not using
[647]
them and that subscription also gives
[649]
you access to HD and 4k video clips as
[652]
well so you can see with those four
[653]
video blocks enviro elements with
[656]
Shutterstock and pond5 they are totally
[658]
different offerings while they're all
[659]
stock footage archives and places you
[662]
can buy stock footage lice
[663]
for your videos they're all totally
[665]
different as well and their libraries
[667]
are totally different and I can't say
[669]
that enough you really got to look at
[671]
first what clip do I want and then what
[674]
license do I need where is this video
[676]
going and then how much my prepared to
[678]
spend to get it and that's where for us
[680]
we're going to look at video blocks
[682]
first we already have a video blocks
[683]
subscription at $1.99 per year it
[686]
becomes the absolute no-brainer to look
[687]
there first we'll then look at invader
[689]
elements to see what's on there and if
[691]
there's a fit for what we're after at
[693]
that time and then for any corporate
[695]
productions or higher budget productions
[697]
we'd be doing then I would look at
[699]
Shutterstock and then pond5 but again
[702]
it's not so much of go this one then
[704]
this one then this one then this one
[706]
it's fine the footage first that is the
[708]
best fit for your video and then find
[711]
the license that works for you and then
[713]
make sure that you're getting the right
[714]
license for where your video is going
[717]
alright so those are out recommendations
[718]
for stopped video sites now if you're
[721]
interested in leveling up your music
[723]
game inside your videos as well then
[725]
there are some awesome stock music
[726]
options out there so check out the video
[728]
linked on-screen with our top picks and
[730]
where we get our audio from and I'll see
[733]
you soon
Most Recent Videos:
You can go back to the homepage right here: Homepage