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Both cover music licensing and stock footage & assets. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Slipstream | Storyblocks | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $10 | From $21 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Annual only | Annual only |
| Free trial | 7 days | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Not stated |
| Covers | Music Licensing, Stock Footage & Assets | Stock Footage & Assets, Music Licensing |
| Works with | YouTube, TikTok | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Music licensing with a $10 creator plan
Slipstream licenses a catalogue of over a million tracks for social video, with clearance that covers YouTube, TikTok, Meta and podcasts. The creator plan is priced where an independent channel can actually pay it, and caps channels rather than uploads. Team plans jump to a different order of money, so the middle of the market is thin here.
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Unlimited stock downloads on one subscription
Storyblocks charges a flat subscription and lets you download as much as you want, which is the opposite of the credit model everywhere else and much easier to budget against. Footage, music, images and templates all sit under the same plan. The library is smaller than Shutterstock's and you notice it on anything specific.
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