$1 to $2 an image
Images sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
Dated 5 Apr 2024Source checked 11 Oct 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: reported
Where it was read
Reuters, via The Decoder, checked 11 Oct 2026
Also read from the same source
- Short-form videos licensed for AI training (Defined.ai)
- Longer films and professional video (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
- Images of nudity, which need special handling (Defined.ai)
- Most of Freepik's roughly 200 million image archive licensed to two large tech companies
- Shutterstock image-library licences to large tech buyers
- General text sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
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Figures it counts in
- $0.25 to $2 an imageThe valuation's price for professional image libraries with metadata
- 100xHow much more a curated image fetched than a bulk stock image
- $100 to $1,300The valuation tool's range for a small everyday image library
- $1.71 per imageImages, asking prices off the shelf, per image
- $0.27 to $5.27 per imagePublic prices for images
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