There are a few key differences between the three licenses that Storyblocks offers, including who is covered by the license, what commercial use is permitted, and what distribution channels you can share projects that include Storyblocks assets through.
The Individual License is best for freelancers or individuals (1 user) working on personal or client projects.
The Small Business License is best for an employee (1 user) at an organization or company with under 50 employees (excluding agencies, production, and broadcast companies).
The Business License is best for employees (multiple users) at a company that need full coverage across the organization.
If you haven’t already, we recommend visiting our license comparison page for a quick breakdown of our licenses.
Coverage
Storyblocks Individual License is written directly to an individual, meaning that assets are licensed to a single user. So only the licensed individual has permission to use our content in your projects. Sharing login info, raw assets, saving raw assets on shared drives, or transferring downloaded assets in any form is a violation of our Individual License.
Storyblocks Small Business License and Business License are written directly to an organization or business, so you can have multiple users assigned to the license. Because your license covers an organization, it means you will remain covered even if employees leave.
Indemnification
Individuals with a Storyblocks Individual License and organizations with a Small Business License are covered by US$20,000 in indemnification.
Companies with a Storyblocks Business License are covered by US$1,000,000 in indemnification.
Perpetual use of downloaded assets
For individuals with a Storyblocks Individual License and organizations with a Small Business License, anything created and published during your time as a Storyblocks member will still be covered in perpetuity, but once your subscription ends, you can not publish new content using previously downloaded Storyblocks assets.
Companies with a Storyblocks Business License have perpetual use of all downloaded assets, so they can continue using any downloaded Storyblocks content even after their subscription ends.
Commercial use and distribution
Individual License: Covers use of our royalty-free stock assets for commercial work created by you for education, print, multimedia, games, merchandise, and the internet.
Small Business License: Covers use of our royalty-free stock assets for commercial work created by a business of up to 50 employees (excluding agencies, production, and broadcast companies) for education, print, multimedia, games, merchandise, and the internet.
Business License: Covers use of our royalty-free stock assets for commercial work created by a business or organization for education, print, multimedia, games, merchandise, the internet, broadcast, TV, streaming / OTT, and feature films.
Rights certificates and cue sheets
Individual License: Rights certificates and cue sheets are not included.
Small Business License: Rights certificates and cue sheets are not included.
Business License: Rights certificates and cue sheets are included.