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Envato Elements: Pricing, Features & Alternatives

Creative-asset subscription covering stock, templates and fonts.

Overall Score59/100
2.9Editor Rating
Market Signal 71
AI features

#5 of 7 in Stock Media by Overall Score

What Is Envato Elements?

Envato Elements provides downloadable assets across fourteen categories, including photos, stock video, video templates, music, sound effects, graphics, fonts, 3D, presentations, add-ons, web templates, CMS templates, and WordPress themes. The service also includes generative AI tools for creating and refining assets, while the subscription workflow is built around broad library access, not purchasing individual files separately.

Best for: Designers, editors, marketers, and web creators who regularly need varied templates, stock media, fonts, audio, and site assets.

Envato Elements offers subscription-based access to a varied creative-asset library, but project registration and license terms matter when an asset is reused across clients. It is not the same as commissioning exclusive artwork; teams should maintain records of which downloads are associated with finished projects.

2.9
out of 5

Editor Rating

Calculated from facts we verified on Envato Elements's own website, using published thresholds. Nobody can pay to change it. Together with Market Signal it makes the Overall Score of 59 that orders our lists.

  • Pricing transparency5.0
  • Entry cost3.0
  • Free accessNot scored
  • Platforms & API2.0
  • Support2.0
  • IntegrationsNot scored
  • Security & compliance1.5

Dimensions without verified data count as a neutral 2.5. Facts checked October 14, 2026. How the rating works

71
Strong

Market Signal

Real data

Computed from Ahrefs + Semrush data about Envato Elements's own website. Not an assessment of the product itself. How this works →

Market Strength

70

Where it stands today

Momentum

74 Cooling ↓

Where it’s heading

Data Confidence

Medium

How much to trust it

  • Traffic Strength
    69
  • Search Visibility
    68
  • Authority
    71
  • Brand & Market Presence
    77

Tick mark = category average.

Compared with 33 tracked Design tools. Data through September 2026, pulled October 6, 2026.

Who Is It Best For?

  • Freelance creators needing recurring video templates
  • Agencies sourcing fonts and mockups for campaigns

Who Should Avoid It?

  • Teams needing ownership of exclusive custom music or imagery

Use Cases

  • Download video intro templates
  • Source commercial presentation themes
  • Find mockups for product listings
  • Add stock music to edits

Envato Elements Features

  • Stock video library
  • Graphic templates
  • Music and sound effects
  • Fonts and 3D assets
  • WordPress themes
  • Generative AI tools

Envato Elements Pricing

PlanMonthlyAnnual (mo)
Core$39$16.50
Plus$59$39

Pricing shown reflects list prices as of our last check and may have changed. Confirm current pricing on Envato Elements' website before purchasing.

Envato Elements Integrations

No major integrations documented.

Customer Support

Help center

Envato Elements at a Glance

Built for
Solo, Small Business, Enterprise
Platforms
Web
Languages
English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese

Envato Elements Alternatives

Adobe Stock logo

Adobe Stock

Overall Score69/100
3.5Editor Rating
Market Signal 75
From $29.99/moFree trial

Why choose it: Design and video teams using Creative Cloud that want stock assets searchable and licensable inside their Adobe production workflow.

Shutterstock logo

Shutterstock

Overall Score65/100
3.0Editor Rating
Market Signal 80
From $25/mo (annual billing)

Why choose it: Creative teams and developers who need licensed images, video and music from one catalog, inside their own apps or campaigns.

Strengths

  • • One catalog covers images, vectors, video, music and editorial news media.
  • • The API handles search, licensing and download for every media type.

Limitations

  • • The generative image API is still labeled beta.
  • • Complete library access and custom rate limits are reserved for enterprise API subscriptions.
iStock logo

iStock

Overall Score64/100
3.0Editor Rating
Market Signal 78
From $29/mo (annual billing)

Why choose it: Marketing and content teams that license visuals every month and want legal protection attached to each download, including AI-generated images.

Strengths

  • • Each standard license includes per-image legal protection, and extended licenses raise that coverage.
  • • The AI generator was trained only on licensed creative content, with no web-scraped images.

Limitations

  • • No free plan; downloads need a subscription or a credit pack.
  • • Basic subscriptions exclude Premium imagery and the AI generation tools.
Depositphotos logo

Depositphotos

Overall Score56/100
3.0Editor Rating
Market Signal 64
From $25/mo (annual billing)

Why choose it: Marketing and creative teams that need stock visual and audio assets plus lightweight AI generation and image utilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Envato Elements have a free trial or free plan?⌄

Envato Elements doesn't have a permanently free plan. We haven't verified whether it offers a free trial.

How much does Envato Elements cost?⌄

Envato Elements starts at $16.50/mo (annual billing) on its Core plan. Pricing was last checked October 14, 2026. Always confirm current pricing on the vendor's site before purchasing.

What are the best alternatives to Envato Elements?⌄

Commonly considered alternatives include Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, iStock and Depositphotos. The Alternatives section on this page shows what each one is best at and its starting price.

Last updated: October 14, 2026Details checked: October 6, 2026Pricing checked: October 14, 2026