Home » Stock Industry News » Pond5 launches Membership Offer & Image Recognition Technology

Stock Industry News

Pond5 launches Membership Offer & Image Recognition Technology

By Amos Struck

Amos Struck Industry Expert and Founder

Amos Struck, a renowned expert with over two decades in the stock photography industry, is known for his profound expertise in both stock imagery and artificial intelligence (AI). He is the founder of StockPhotoSecrets.com and a driving force behind the innovative AI-driven platform, Stockphotos.com. His pioneering work in visual AI is marked by co-founding Ximilar AI. Amos also established the Microstock Expo Conference, a key event in the stock photography sector. As a regular speaker at major industry conferences like DMLA and a prominent member of CEPIC, he consistently contributes to the industry's growth and evolution through a blend of technological innovation and market insight.

Learn more

Updated 7 Oct, 2020

Edited by Ivanna Attié

Ivanna Attié Senior Content Manager, Market Analyst, and Lead Author

I am Content Manager, Researcher, and Author in StockPhotoSecrets.com and Stock Photo Press and its many stock media-oriented publications. I am a passionate communicator with a love for visual imagery and an inexhaustible thirst for knowledge. Lucky enough to enter the wonderful world of stock photography working side-by-side with experienced experts, I am happy to share my research, insights, and advice about image licensing, stock photography offers, and the stock media industry with everyone in the creative community. My background is in Communication and Journalism, and I also love literature and performing arts.

Learn more

Reviewed by Amos Struck

Amos Struck Industry Expert and Founder

Amos Struck, a renowned expert with over two decades in the stock photography industry, is known for his profound expertise in both stock imagery and artificial intelligence (AI). He is the founder of StockPhotoSecrets.com and a driving force behind the innovative AI-driven platform, Stockphotos.com. His pioneering work in visual AI is marked by co-founding Ximilar AI. Amos also established the Microstock Expo Conference, a key event in the stock photography sector. As a regular speaker at major industry conferences like DMLA and a prominent member of CEPIC, he consistently contributes to the industry's growth and evolution through a blend of technological innovation and market insight.

Learn more

Video and image agency Pond5, positioned as the leader focusing on stock footage content, launched a whole new platform with a membership offer and adds image recognition technologies to support both customers and suppliers identifying the best content and the best way to market it.

New membership offer and new Subscription

Pond5 new membership plans

With the relaunch of their website, Pond5 not only added a new, modern look to its site but a completely new offer to customers: A membership program, called Pro and Premium, allowing for a certain amount of files to be licensed on a regular basis.

The membership grants access to a limited number of footage downloads (5 or 10 downloads monthly, depending on the plan) among the 200,000 videos in the membership library. In addition, Pond5 also offers four million files contributed by artists from around the world which can vary in price set by the suppliers.

The monthly membership plan sets the value of each download at around $20 which can be a steep discount over many of the available videos. Most footage content on the site is priced between $40 and $80 for the license.

The new plans Pro and Premium are priced as seen above and currently on a 50% discount for a limited time starting at $49/monthly.

Image recognition for video allows for better keywording and search

Pond5 also launches NextSense, which brings image recognition software to footage content. The software will identify key elements of a video clip and suggest matching keywords to the contributors. This will help suppliers to add relevant metadata to their clips, allowing them to present their content to the right audience.

The same technology is also being used to identify the customer search behaviour and will become a component in providing the right content to the customers using the site, along with information from search tags and popularity of certain content. Pond5 provides an overview of this technology in this video they shared on Youtube:

By loading the video, you agree to YouTube's privacy policy.
Learn more

Load video

Always unblock YouTube

What do you think about the new changes on Pond5? How do you like their new branding and image recognition technology NextSense?