What it is
Envato Elements is a subscription giving unlimited downloads from a library of millions of assets: stock photos and video, fonts, WordPress themes and plugins, presentation templates, graphics and audio.
The commercial licence is included with every download, which for a business producing marketing material removes a recurring licensing question.
Its value is volume and its weakness is ubiquity: any asset you use is available to your competitors on the same subscription.
What it does
Stock photography, video and audio with commercial licensing, which for a small business replaces a separate stock subscription.
WordPress themes and plugins, including many commercial ones, so a single subscription covers what would otherwise be several licences.
Presentation, document and social templates that give a designed starting point for people without design skills.
Fonts with commercial licences, which is a genuine convenience because font licensing is where small businesses most often breach terms unknowingly.
Who it's for
Features
Pros and cons
Pricing
| PLAN | WHAT YOU GET | WORTH IT FOR |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | Unlimited downloads, one user. | Freelancers and small businesses. |
| Teams | Multiple users on one account. | Agencies. |
| Annual billing | Cheaper than monthly. | Regular users. |
| Licence terms | Registered per project on download. | Read them properly. |
Annual billing is substantially cheaper. Read the licence terms on what happens to assets in projects after you cancel.
Individual on annual billing if you produce marketing material monthly. Take it for a single month during a big project if not.
Alternatives
My verdict
Envato Elements is enormous value if you produce a lot of marketing material and need commercial licences without tracking each one. For an agency, one subscription covering stock, fonts, themes and templates is straightforwardly cheaper than the alternatives.
The limitation is that nothing on it is distinctive. I have seen the same stock photograph on four competing local businesses' websites, which does more damage than a plain page would.
Use it for the supporting material: fonts, icons, presentation templates, audio. Photograph your own work for anything a customer will judge you on.
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