When asked for the best stock photo site, 6 AI assistants named 6 brands between them this month. Adobe Stock was named most often, followed by Shutterstock and Pexels. 2 brands were named by every assistant that answered: Adobe Stock, Shutterstock.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Stock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Shutterstock | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Pexels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Unsplash | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Canva Pro | · | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | 3 of 6 |
| Pixabay | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 5 brands, in this order: Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, Shutterstock, Adobe Stock.
The best stock photo site for a small business can depend on several factors, such as budget, licensing options, and the specific type of images needed.
Perplexity
Named 3 brands, in this order: Pexels, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock.
For most small businesses, Pexels is the best all-around stock photo site if you want free, easy-to-use images with a clear commercial-use license and no attribution requirement.
Claude
Named 6 brands, in this order: Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, Canva Pro, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock.
Here are some top options depending on your needs and budget:
Grok
Named 3 brands, in this order: Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Unsplash.
DeepSeek
Named 6 brands, in this order: Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, Canva Pro, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock.
The "best" stock photo site depends on your budget, how often you need images, and what you're using them for.
Cohere
Named 5 brands, in this order: Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Unsplash, Pexels, Canva Pro.
Choosing the best stock photo site for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and the type of content you require.
The questions asked
- What is the best stock photo site for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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See the GEO suiteHow this was measured
Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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https://mentionfox.com/ai-recommends/stock-photo-sites