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How much more a curated image fetched than a bulk stock image

The top of a data marketplace's quoted rate for curated images with metadata ($2.00) over the bottom of what a bulk stock archive licensed for ($0.02 an image).

Updated 11 Oct 2026, from its newest record.

The 2 records it is computed from, largest first

Records behind this figure
Record	Amount	As stated	Dated	Source
Images sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)	$2	$1 to $2 an image	5 Apr 2024	Reuters, via The Decoder
Most of Freepik's roughly 200 million image archive licensed to two large tech companies	$0	2 to 4 cents per image	6 Apr 2024	The Decoder (summarising Reuters)

Images sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
Amount
$2
As stated
$1 to $2 an image
Dated
5 Apr 2024
Source
Reuters, via The Decoder
Most of Freepik's roughly 200 million image archive licensed to two large tech companies
Amount
$0
As stated
2 to 4 cents per image
Dated
6 Apr 2024
Source
The Decoder (summarising Reuters)

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