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Pond5

Marketplace for stock footage, music, sound effects and images bought per item, plus VideoAI for generating video clips from a text prompt.

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Best for
Pro: editors and motion designers
Free plan
No
Agent-ready (MCP / API)
Not listed
Platforms
Web
Last verified
Oct 15, 2026

Overview

Pond5 is a marketplace where you buy individual clips, tracks and images, which suits one-off needs more than volume work. Prices differ per item, and no figures are shown here. It also offers VideoAI, a browser tool that turns a text prompt into a video clip.

VideoAI

Pond5’s blog says VideoAI launched on Google Veo and, from 16 July 2026, runs on Google’s Gemini Omni model. It is paid with pay-as-you-go credits instead of a subscription. VideoAI Frames lets you upload up to two images as the start and end of a clip and up to three reference images to keep a style or character consistent. Pond5 suggests starting from a still of footage you already bought to generate a continuation of that shot. Credit prices were not available to us, so check them on Pond5 before you buy.

Who it's for

A good fit if you are…

  • Editors who need a specific clip or track
  • Productions that want one-off purchases
  • Editors who want to generate a custom clip next to stock footage and pay by credit

Another tool may suit you better if you are…

  • People who want an all-you-can-eat subscription

Pricing

Stock is priced per item and varies; see the official page. VideoAI uses pay-as-you-go credits with no subscription, per Pond5's blog; credit prices are not quoted here. As of Oct 2026, verify.

  • Pricing is per asset and varies by item; verify on Pond5's own page.
  • VideoAI: buy credits only when you need them; each generation costs a number of credits, and Pond5 says credits do not expire and there are no recurring fees.
  • No credit prices are shown here; check Pond5's own pages.

Prices as of Oct 2026 (checked Oct 14, 2026), verify before buying. Source: vendor pricing page.

Key features

  • Stock video, music, SFX and images from independent contributors, bought per item
  • VideoAI: text-to-video in the browser on Google Gemini Omni (earlier Google Veo), paid with pay-as-you-go credits
  • VideoAI Frames: up to two start and end images and up to three reference images
  • Search by style
  • Editorial and premium content

Integrations: None checked.

Agent-ready? Not listed. No agent or MCP access is listed.

Pros and good to know

Drawn from the vendor's own documentation and public sources.

Pros

  • Pay only for what you use
  • Wide contributor catalogue
  • Good for niche footage
  • VideoAI can continue a shot from a still of footage you have bought, per Pond5

Good to know

  • Costs add up for volume
  • Pricing varies by clip
  • VideoAI details come from Pond5's blog rather than its product pages

Alternatives

  • Storyblocks: Subscription stock library of video, music, sound effects and templates with unlimited downloads, plus an AI Toolkit and an MCP server.
  • Shutterstock: Large stock marketplace for photos, video, music and vectors, with an AI image generator and editing tools.
  • Envato Elements: Subscription library of stock video, templates, music, graphics and fonts, with credit-based AI generation tools on top.

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