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StockSubmitter vs Rushlot for stock video

StockSubmitter fills, uploads and submits on dozens of agencies. Rushlot prepares and uploads stock footage, and leaves Submit to you. Here is what each one does, from its own pages, with the date we read them.

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At a glance

Checked on , from StockSubmitter’s own pages and Rushlot’s own records. Numbers in brackets link to the page each fact was read on.
StockSubmitterRushlot
What it isSoftware that “completely automates your microstock workflow: filling, translating and storing metadata, uploading and submitting your content”. On the market for more than 10 years, it says. [1]A Mac app for stock footage. It checks each clip, drafts the metadata from your own title, lets you review it, then uploads to your own accounts on four marketplaces.
Who presses SubmitStockSubmitter does: it submits your content for you. Microstock+ says it can “auto submit” photo, video, illustration and vector files on 33 agencies at the same time. [1][3]Never. You press Submit on Shutterstock, Pond5 and Getty yourself; Adobe Stock moves an SFTP delivery into review on its own. Measured on a real account, 2026-09-07
Runs on“Windows 10 or newer 64-bit only”. For macOS and iOS it lists an online version, Microstock+, which delivers files to the agencies “from our servers”. [1][3]Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). Windows (x64) comes after the Mac version.
AgenciesIts page counts 40, including iStock ESP, Shutterstock, Adobe Stock and Pond5. Submissions are unlimited on iStock ESP, Dreamstime and YayImages; 7 agencies are upload only. [1]Four: Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Pond5 and Getty Images, to your own accounts. SFTP for Adobe Stock (qualified accounts), FTPS for Shutterstock and Pond5, Getty’s own web uploader in your browser.
VideoIts home page does not describe how video is handled; its agency list includes Pond5, VideoHive, Dissolve and StoryBlocks. Microstock+ names video among its file types. [1][3]Video only. Each clip is checked against each marketplace’s specs (frame rate, resolution, duration, codec) and repaired on a copy, never the original: audio removed, HEVC re-encoded to H.264.
MetadataFilled, translated and stored by the app, with its QuickMeta tagging system to speed up tagging. Its home page does not mention XMP, CSV or AI. [1]Writes the title and keywords into the video file as XMP, right before upload. Adobe Stock and Pond5 read it. Shutterstock and Getty do not, so Rushlot fills their CSV import as well. Measured on a real account, 2026-09-07, 2026-09-08, 2026-09-11
Agency passwordsStockSubmitter: “All passwords are stored on your computer only”, with an optional master password. Microstock+ keeps “all passwords on a remote server in the encrypted form”. [1][3]Your marketplace passwords stay in your Mac’s Keychain. Rushlot reads one when a marketplace needs it and never writes it into a log, a config file or a telemetry event.
PricePer month, counted per agency: Free 0 € (33 submissions), Starter 4 € (100), Lite 8.08 € (250), Casual 17 € (400), Professional 40.2 € (1,000), Unlimited 62.5 €. Uploading is free and unlimited. Its footer says “We accept Webmoney” next to Visa, Mastercard and PayPal logos. [1]20 clips free, no card. Then 19 € a month or 159 € a year, for 150 clips a month. No commission on your sales.
Interface languagesEnglish and Russian. Microstock+ in Russian, Ukrainian and English. [1][3]App in English and French. Every value it writes for a marketplace is in English.

Where StockSubmitter does better

  • It reaches 40 agencies by its own count, including iStock ESP, Dreamstime, Alamy and VideoHive. Rushlot reaches four. [1]
  • It has a free plan, 33 submissions a month per agency, and uploading is free and unlimited. [1]
  • It handles photos, illustrations and vectors as well as video, by Microstock+’s own description. [3]
  • It runs on Windows, and Microstock+ in a browser. Rushlot is a Mac app today. [1][3]
  • If you want the submitting done for you, it does that. Rushlot never does. [1]
  • You can cancel a paid subscription at any time and get the unused period refunded, minus payment fees, its refund policy says. [2]

Where Rushlot differs

  • Never. You press Submit on Shutterstock, Pond5 and Getty yourself; Adobe Stock moves an SFTP delivery into review on its own. Measured on a real account, 2026-09-07
  • Writes the title and keywords into the video file as XMP, right before upload. Adobe Stock and Pond5 read it. Shutterstock and Getty do not, so Rushlot fills their CSV import as well. Measured on a real account, 2026-09-07, 2026-09-08, 2026-09-11
  • Video only. Each clip is checked against each marketplace’s specs (frame rate, resolution, duration, codec) and repaired on a copy, never the original: audio removed, HEVC re-encoded to H.264.
  • Four sets, one per marketplace, drafted from your own title. You review them before anything is sent.
  • Never solved. A challenge stops the run and brings the window to you.

Which to choose

Choose StockSubmitter if you work on Windows, sell photos and vectors as well as video on many agencies, and want the submitting done for you.

Choose Rushlot if you sell footage on Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Pond5 or Getty Images from a Mac and want each clip checked, the metadata written into the file, and every Submit left to you.

How we checked

We make Rushlot, so we are not neutral. Every fact here about another company was read on that company’s own public pages on , without signing in, creating an account or starting a trial, and each one links to its source. Facts about Rushlot come from its own product rules and this site; a cell marked Measured was read on a real contributor account. Prices and features change, so check their pages before you decide. No logos, no ratings, no ranking.

StockSubmitter and every other product named here are trademarks of their owners. Rushlot is not affiliated with any of them. Found an error? Tell us at contact@rushlot.com.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Its home page, read on 29 October 2026, says it automates “uploading and submitting your content”. Microstock+, its online version, says it can “auto submit” files on 33 agencies at the same time. Rushlot uploads and never submits.

No: “Windows 10 or newer 64-bit only”. For macOS and iOS its page lists an online version, Microstock+, which delivers files from its own servers and keeps agency passwords on a remote server in encrypted form.

Its footer says “We accept Webmoney”, next to Visa, Mastercard and PayPal logos. Plans run from 4 € a month (100 submissions per agency) to 62.5 € (unlimited); the free plan gives 33 a month per agency.

Its home page does not describe how it handles video, but its agency list includes video sites such as Pond5, VideoHive and StoryBlocks. Microstock+ names video among the files it uploads and submits.

Its page counts 40 and names 36. Submissions are unlimited on iStock ESP, Dreamstime and YayImages; 26 others, including Shutterstock, Adobe Stock and Pond5, get 33 free submissions a month; 7 are upload only.

Its page says submissions are free and unlimited for users who never bought a paid subscription and earned under $50 on the agencies, if they let Microstock+ collect their earnings data. Its home page lists no other price.

For footage on Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Pond5 and Getty Images, from a Mac, with every Submit left to you, yes. For photos, vectors or the many other agencies StockSubmitter lists, no.

Sources

  1. StockSubmitter home page, read on 2026-10-29
  2. StockSubmitter refund policy, read on 2026-10-29
  3. Microstock+ home page, read on 2026-10-29

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