It is not a secret of me, how I enjoy Envato Elements, but of course there are many aspects that could be considered to be negative about it. Such as the big amount of useless files, since they were created like many years ago, or even files that I don’t requiere, like Joomla Templates.

Of course there are Envato Elements alternatives to consider, if you have another needs for your projects.

One question that I have receveived too much on my Youtube Videos are that “What about Envato Elements Licenses, can I download and stop paying and keep using the files for another projects?” and the answer is NO. If you want to keep using and creating new end products with the Envato Elements, you must be subscribed.

Another thing that you can do with Envato Elements, as an example, is to get the subscription for one month, download the file that you will use for the project, finish the project during that month, and stop paying the subscription. You will still have the license of the end project that you created, but the file that you downloaded, can’t be used for another project.

So what is a solution for that? Well, you can use Storyblocks.

If you are looking for an option that gives you the posibility to get the subscription, and then download the files and keep using them again for another projects even if you stop the subscription, then Storyblocks is the recommended for you.

With Storyblocks you can have access to Video, Audio, & Images, but as well, you don’t have access to WordPress Themes or Fonts, that Envato Elements has.

Also, Storyblocks has a bit more flexibility on the type of plans that you can choose for selecting a certain type of content.

Now let’s talk about Freepik. Who hasn’t heard about Freepik. One of the coolest digital assets marketplaces where there are many creative things.

I was used to use some files for them because mostly they are free if you only add the author in the description.

So it seem to be a very good place.

For personal projects, it seem ok, but I don’t think that on commercial projects having that Freepik “Watermark” so can I say, was a good thing. So the option was to start paying for Freepik.

Freepik is mainly focused on Vectors, PSD and Illustrator files, and Stock Photos.

So if you are also a WordPress Web Developer, then Freepik might not be an option.

But in comparison with the price between Envato Elements vs Freepik, Freepik has a monthly price of 10 euros, which is cheaper than even chosing the yearly subscription of Envato Elements, that it ends up around 14.5 euros.

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