Image 2.5 vs Shutterstock AI Image Generator

Pick Sunburst when editing precision and image detail matter most, or Flare when you want fast, high-quality everyday generation. Both draw on the same shared credit pool.

Attach one or more visual references to keep a product's shape, materials and label structure, or a character's face and wardrobe, recognizable while you change pose, lighting or background.

Revise a selected region with a direct instruction or a mask, adjusting color, material, styling or background while leaving the rest of the scene intact.

Choose square, portrait, landscape or custom dimensions up to 4K, select low through max quality or automatic, and export as PNG, JPEG or WebP with transparent backgrounds where supported.

Provides single-dashboard access to leading third-party visual models—including OpenAI GPT Image 2, Google Imagen 4 Ultra, Gemini 3.1 Flash, and Runway Gen-4—with an automated recommender that matches prompts to the best engine.

Attaches a commercial Shutterstock Standard License and $10,000 legal indemnification to every downloaded AI image, with full human-reviewed indemnification available on Enterprise and Business tiers.

Includes browser-based inpainting, magic object erasure, background removal, image reference guidance, and aspect-ratio canvas expansion that routes royalties directly to the original contributor when editing stock photos.

Displays stock photos, vectors, 3D assets, and AI generation options in one workflow, complemented by official ChatGPT and Claude connectors for conversational asset discovery.