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Depositphotos
A cheaper stock library in a market where the floor is now zero.
YES
why this verdict
Cancel it — switch to ChatGPT
ChatGPT and Pexels now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Free generation replaced budget stock. OpenAI, March 25, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers all of it editorial call
- The whole core job — the thing the subscription was actually for.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: ChatGPT and Pexels.
- What the call is worth $120/yr
- $10/mo at the entry paid tier — $120 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- March 25, 2025
- List price
- $10/mo
- Per year
- $120
The backstory
Depositphotos competes on price in a category whose price just went to nothing. It added its own AI generation, which is the right instinct, but that turns it into a thin reseller of a capability the buyer already has in a free chat product.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $120/yr C 
ChatGPT Free tier covers the core job.
chatgpt.com open_in_new P 
Pexels Free.
pexels.com open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.