POND5 always has what I'm looking for POND5 always has what I'm looking for. I was producing a music video and was in search of thematic clips to support the song lyrics. In this case, it was older/vintage footage harkening back to the 60s/70s; vegas, the old west, gambling - then some alter-thematic elements relating to gears/industrial. In each instance, the sheer wealth of options around each topic was remarkable. POND5 seems to have amassed a collection that is unrivaled. Their search parameters are the best in the business: you like something? click on it and numerous other clips in this exact vein will be provided. Also helpful were the downloadable water-marked clips so that I could try them in my video to see if they were exactly what I needed...that's really really helpful. Above all of that, the filtering options (price, relevance, format, etc) are industry pro. I set mine for price because I was working on a tight budget and was easily able to find every single piece I was looking for with ease and at an affordable price. POND5 is simply the best.

Looking for? You will find everything there. I don't know what I could complain about. Personally, I found everything I needed on the site. From a good collection of sounds to professional videos made with good taste. Of course there is a lot of husk, but maybe someone is looking for this too. I don’t know what else can be improved. Make video prices lower? But the authors also want to eat.

Financially fine, ethically not Pond5 teamed up with generative ai databases without explicit consent from their artists. I do not trust them as a business. Their financial practices have been fine, but I cannot trust a marketplace for artists that will team up with genAI projects without prior consent from the artists on the platform.

I am a very small YouTuber I am a very small YouTuber. Buying as needed is the only way I can go. Pond5 works for me. Even the lower cost items are excellent quality to fit my needs.

It helped greatly to download the two… It helped greatly to download the two clips with the pond 5 logo bug so that I could test it with music and sound effects to see if would work in the time slot that I had for it. It was easy and straight forward to purchase and upgraded the film right away. Just what I needed!