What it does
Pond5 is a stock-media marketplace with creative video, news and archive footage, music and images. It offers visual-similarity search, curated collections and several buying options. A separate Free Collection provides assets for commercial projects with artist credit.
Choose Creative Footage, News & Archival Footage or Vertical Videos before searching. Visual Similarity Search offers another route when a reference image is more useful than a keyword.
Paying for footage
The displayed euro pricing starts at €41 for an individual video. Footage Plus provides ten downloads a month from its subscription collection for €210 monthly or €1,045 annually. The subscription selection does not include every marketplace asset. Credit packs can be spent across media types and expire after one year.
Individual licensing gives one person access to the original files; Business covers five and Premium allows unlimited team members. Editorial material is not cleared for advertising, and some editorial videos have separate, single-project Digital or All Media licences.
Using the free collection
For a free asset, select Attribution Required Learn How on its product page, or copy CREDIT ATTRIBUTION HTML or Text from My Downloads in your account. A new Free Clip of the Week appears each Monday and is available free through Sunday.
Strengths
- Visual-similarity search complements keyword searches
- Free files include ready-to-copy attribution text
Watch out for
- Footage Plus covers a selected catalogue
- Individual licensing allows only one person to access source files
Best for
- Editors combining contemporary footage with historical or news material
Sources
- Pond5 stock video and visual search (Oct 27, 2026)
- Pond5 pricing options (Oct 27, 2026)
- Pond5 free stock media (Oct 27, 2026)
- Pond5 licensing options (Oct 27, 2026)