# Storyblocks — card for AI agents Subscription stock video, audio and images, with an API for platforms under Standard and Enhanced API licenses. Category: Stock video (also: Stock photos and images, Music libraries, Sound effects) · maker Storyblocks · checked 2026-10-10 ## Price - Price: Free tier - Free tier: API test keys: unlimited searches and 5 free downloads per content type. - Usage price: API: custom quote. Web plans from EUR 18/month billed annually (Essentials); Unlimited All Access EUR 25/month annual (viewed from the EU). - Pricing page: https://www.storyblocks.com/pricing ## License Storyblocks Individual / Small Business / Business licenses; Standard and Enhanced API licenses — https://www.storyblocks.com/license/individual-license - commercial: **conditions** (Commercial use with conditions) > for your personal, portfolio and commercial use (https://www.storyblocks.com/license/individual-license) - attribution: **no** (No credit needed) - in app: **conditions** (Ship inside your app with conditions) - youtube: **conditions** (Monetized YouTube with conditions) - ai training: **banned** > machine learning and/or artificial intelligence purposes (i.e., to train AI systems) (https://www.storyblocks.com/license/individual-license) - bots: **banned** > may not use automation, such as computer scripts, to download or scrape high volumes of Stock Files (https://www.storyblocks.com/license/individual-license) - content id: **Says it helps prevent Content ID claims for users; no allowlist details.** ## Rules to follow - Keep the embedded copyright and ID metadata in files. - Use the Enhanced API license for broadcast or OTT; Standard covers web, social and paid ads. - Do not share raw files, build third-party templates or use content for ML/AI. - Stay within the channel count: Individual and Small Business cover one YouTube channel. ## How an agent gets files - Storyblocks API gives platforms access to image, video and audio libraries; a free trial gives test API keys, production keys come after contacting sales. Reference: https://documentation.storyblocks.com/. (sign-in: api-key) - Not allowed: Do not share raw files with clients or colleagues - Not allowed: Keep the copyright symbol, Storyblocks name and content ID embedded in files - Not allowed: Standard API license covers web, social, digital, multimedia and paid ads; broadcast, feature film or OTT need the Enhanced API license - Not allowed: No automation to download or scrape high volumes of files Note on bots: the terms ban bots, scrapers and bulk downloading from the site. Do not script downloads from it; ask the user to download the files (or use the official API, if there is one) and add them to the project. ## How to connect - Public API - API docs: https://documentation.storyblocks.com/ (API key needed) - Website: https://www.storyblocks.com ## Notes The perpetual right covers only works completed during a paid term. Unreleased footage is used at your own risk. Markets '100% human-made' assets. ## Lines to paste into your prompt or AGENTS.md ``` - Storyblocks (Stock video, Stock photos and images, Music libraries, Sound effects). Subscription stock video, audio and images, with an API for platforms under Standard and Enhanced API licenses. Price: free tier; commercial use with conditions; no credit needed; ship inside your app with conditions; no AI training on its content; no bots or bulk downloading (get files by hand or through the official API, if there is one). Connect: API docs https://documentation.storyblocks.com/ (API key needed). Get files: Storyblocks API gives platforms access to image, video and audio libraries; a free trial gives test API keys, production keys come after contacting sales. Reference: https://documentation.storyblocks.com/. Not allowed: Do not share raw files with clients or colleagues Not allowed: Keep the copyright symbol, Storyblocks name and content ID embedded in files Not allowed: Standard API license covers web, social, digital, multimedia and paid ads; broadcast, feature film or OTT need the Enhanced API license Not allowed: No automation to download or scrape high volumes of files Rule: Keep the embedded copyright and ID metadata in files. Rule: Use the Enhanced API license for broadcast or OTT; Standard covers web, social and paid ads. Rule: Do not share raw files, build third-party templates or use content for ML/AI. Rule: Stay within the channel count: Individual and Small Business cover one YouTube channel. License: https://www.storyblocks.com/license/individual-license (checked 2026-10-10; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/storyblocks/) ``` Not verified: API rate limits and auth (documentation.storyblocks.com is a JS app, not readable); USD prices. ## Links - AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/assets/storyblocks/ - Is it free for commercial use? https://agentgid.com/assets/storyblocks/commercial-use/ - Source: https://www.storyblocks.com/resources/business-solutions/api - Source: https://www.storyblocks.com/license - Source: https://www.storyblocks.com/license/individual-license - Source: https://www.storyblocks.com/pricing - Source: https://status.storyblocks.com - Source: https://www.storyblocks.com/api - Source: https://documentation.storyblocks.com/ --- AgentGid's catalog is curated: every entry was checked against the maker's official pages (registry, repository, license and pricing pages) on the date shown; a license value shows the quote it stands on wherever AgentGid has one. 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