Melius records 240,817 monthly visits with +60.3% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Shutterstock AI Image Generator records 47,855,171 monthly visits with +3.2% growth and Paid pricing.
An AI-native creative workspace that routes the right model for every shot
Commercially licensed AI image generator aggregating frontier visual models with legal indemnification and stock asset integration.
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | melius.com | shutterstock.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 240.82K (240,817) | 47.86M (47,855,171) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +90.61K (+60.3%) | +1.49M (+3.2%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (49.9%) | 🇺🇸 United States (15.2%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 99.12K | 12.47M |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
An AI-native creative workspace that routes the right model for every shot
Melius selects the appropriate image, video or audio model for each step, so you are not locked to a single vendor's capabilities.
Work happens on a node-based canvas where prompts stay visible and each generation is a tunable step you can re-run or adjust.
Go from product mockups and pack shots to ad variants, storyboards, lookbooks and animated statics without leaving the workspace.
Built-in agents plus Slack access, custom voices, prompt enhancement and AI search support both solo creators and shared team workspaces.
Commercially licensed AI image generator aggregating frontier visual models with legal indemnification and stock asset integration.
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.
Commercially safe generative AI studio with built-in copyright indemnification and native stock asset ecosystem integration.
Commercially safe generative AI studio with built-in copyright indemnification and native stock asset ecosystem integration.
Delivers powerful cinematic video and image creation, but lacks the intricate node-based workflow orchestration found in Melius.
Delivers powerful cinematic video and image creation, but lacks the intricate node-based workflow orchestration found in Melius.
SpecialistE-commerce focused visual editor specializing in product photography background removal and generative scenes.
SpecialistE-commerce focused visual editor specializing in product photography background removal and generative scenes.
SpecialistAll-in-one creative studio combining AI generation with robust photo editing and design tools.
SpecialistAll-in-one creative studio combining AI generation with robust photo editing and design tools.
Industry-leading image generator producing higher-fidelity visuals, though lacking native stock asset libraries and commercial indemnification.
Industry-leading image generator producing higher-fidelity visuals, though lacking native stock asset libraries and commercial indemnification.
Provides industry-leading video and media generation tools, but uses a timeline editor instead of Melius's node canvas.
Provides industry-leading video and media generation tools, but uses a timeline editor instead of Melius's node canvas.
Stock photo platform combining traditional licensed media search with native AI image generation capabilities.
Stock photo platform combining traditional licensed media search with native AI image generation capabilities.
Stock media platform offering text-to-image generation backed by commercial licensing support.
Stock media platform offering text-to-image generation backed by commercial licensing support.
Excels at real-time interactive canvas generation and upscaling, but lacks Melius's structured node-based multi-agent campaign workflows.
Excels at real-time interactive canvas generation and upscaling, but lacks Melius's structured node-based multi-agent campaign workflows.
Free / Open-sourceOffers total node-based control over local diffusion workflows, but requires steeper technical setup than Melius.
Free / Open-sourceOffers total node-based control over local diffusion workflows, but requires steeper technical setup than Melius.
SpecialistOne browser studio for AI video, image, audio and characters
SpecialistOne browser studio for AI video, image, audio and characters
SpecialistGenerate images, video and audio at scale with 50+ AI models
SpecialistGenerate images, video and audio at scale with 50+ AI models
