Adobe Stock vs Motion Array Comparison 2026
Adobe Stock sells raw stock assets, images, footage, vectors and music, on a credit system that opens straight inside Premiere and Photoshop, from $29.99 a month for 10 credits. Motion Array sells what a video editor runs out of mid-project instead: Premiere and After Effects templates, presets, LUTs, footage and music on one licence, starting at $10.99 a month by category or $24.99 for everything. Adobe is the deeper well for a specific shot or image; Motion Array is the faster fix when the thing missing is a template, a plugin or a preset.
Stock assets that open straight into Adobe apps
Templates and footage for video editors
At a glance
- Motion Array starts cheaper, at $10.99.
- Neither has a free tier.
- Adobe Stock bills annually only, so there is no month to try it for.
Side by side
Adobe Stock | Motion Array | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $29.99 | From $10.99 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing (they differ) | Annual only | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 7 days | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
Adobe Stock
Stock assets that open straight into Adobe apps
Adobe Stock is worth its premium only if you already work in Premiere or Photoshop, where a comp drops onto the timeline and licenses in place without a download step. The library is one of the largest anywhere. Credits expire, the annual plan charges a cancellation fee, and both facts are on the page rather than hidden.
Only on this side
- Covers design & graphics
Motion Array
Templates and footage for video editors
Motion Array sells the things a video editor runs out of mid-project: Premiere and After Effects templates, presets, LUTs, stock footage and music, on one licence that covers commercial work. The plugins are the part regular users say they would miss. Buying it by category is cheaper than the Everything plan and worse value the moment you need two categories.
Only on this side
- Covers motion graphics & animation
- Covers video editing
Why people weigh these two
- Motion Array instead of Adobe Stock
- Motion Array aims templates and footage at video editors from $10.99, without Adobe Stock's premium.
- Adobe Stock instead of Motion Array
- Adobe Stock plugs straight into Photoshop and Premiere without a separate plugin, stock only rather than Motion Array's mix of templates, music and presets.
Which one should you pick
Take Adobe Stock when the job needs a specific asset from an enormous pool, over 900 million images, vectors, footage clips and tracks, and you already work inside Creative Cloud so licensing it in place matters. The annual commitment and the 14-day cancellation fee are the price of that convenience, and credits expire if you do not spend them.
Take Motion Array when you are a video editor who keeps buying single templates and wants the library instead, plus the plugin suite regular users say they would miss. Video Templates alone is $15.99 a month, Everything is $24.99, and buying two categories separately costs more than the bundle, so work out which one you need first. Anybody cutting in CapCut or DaVinci gets less from it, since templates built for Premiere and After Effects are the main draw.
Common questions
- Which is better for finding a specific stock shot?
- Adobe Stock. Its library passes 900 million assets, well beyond what a template-focused library like Motion Array carries, and it is the one to search when you need something exact rather than something that fits a category.
- Does either include editing plugins or templates?
- Motion Array does. Its own plugin suite is bundled in, and regular users name it as the thing they would miss, alongside Premiere and After Effects templates, presets and LUTs. Adobe Stock sells raw assets and does not include editing plugins.
- Is either free to try?
- Neither publishes a free tier. Adobe Stock offers a 7-day trial on its $39.99 AI Studio plan. Motion Array states no free tier and no trial on its pricing page.
- Which costs less to start?
- Motion Array, at $10.99 a month for AI Voiceover alone, against Adobe Stock's $29.99 entry plan. Buying more than one Motion Array category quickly erases that gap, since two categories cost more than its $24.99 Everything plan.
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