Category: AI Image/Design
Premium stock photography with search that understands images.
Stills is a curated premium stock photography licensing marketplace, part of the same group as Musicbed and Filmsupply. The AI element is the search: rather than guessing keywords, you describe the image you want in natural language and it analyses the imagery itself rather than relying on contributor tags, then lets you filter by colour, framing, shutter speed and similar attributes. Rights are pre-cleared with agency-friendly licensing, and shared boards let teams collaborate on selections. The contributor roster is named rather than anonymous, spanning photographers across around sixteen countries. Pricing is not published; you create a free account and negotiate preferred rates per team. Note our listing previously had this as "Still" at a campaign microsite URL; the product is Stills and the correct address is stills.com.
Worth knowing about, with one caveat on what it actually is: this is a stock photography licensing business with a good AI search feature, not an AI marketing tool, so judge it on the library rather than the technology. On that basis it is strong. The curation is the point, with named photographers and a library that avoids the generic look of the mass-market stock sites, and the pre-cleared agency-friendly licensing removes the rights anxiety that comes with cheaper sources. Searching by describing an image rather than guessing keywords genuinely works better than tag-based search, because tags only capture what a contributor thought to type. The group behind it has a long track record in creative licensing through Musicbed and Filmsupply. The limitations are commercial: no published pricing, no self-serve tier, and a quote-based model negotiated per team, which means you cannot compare it against a stock subscription without a conversation. The campaign page our listing pointed at is also a couple of years old.
Best for: Brand and agency teams who need distinctive, properly licensed photography and are tired of the same stock images appearing everywhere.
Pricing: Quote-based, free account to browse (Enterprise)
Rating: 4/5