Xpiks vs Rushlot for stock video
Xpiks is a desktop keywording and upload tool. Here is what it does next to Rushlot, from Xpiks’ own pages, with the date we read them.
At a glance
| Xpiks | Rushlot | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Desktop software to edit metadata and upload photos, vectors and videos to microstock agencies. [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. |
| Video | Yes. For AI keywording it extracts frames on your computer instead of sending the whole video to the cloud; it does not publish how many. [4] | 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. |
| Photos | Yes, and vectors. [1] | No. Footage only: no photos, vectors or illustrations. |
| Uploads to agencies | Over FTP, SFTP or FTPS, plus Xpiks Cloud on Pro+ (“4 GB / month”). Its home page names no agency. [1][2] | 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. |
| Metadata in the file | Edits XMP, IPTC and EXIF metadata; exports CSV, and imports CSV in Pro. Its pages do not say whether this covers video files. [1][2] | 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 |
| Runs on | macOS, Windows and Linux (version 1.7.5.4). [3] | Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). Windows (x64) comes after the Mac version. |
| Price | Basic 0 € (15 files per session, unlimited sessions). Pro 49 € one-time, valid 1 year, optional renewal 39 €. Pro+ 99 € a year with AI keywording, plugins and the cloud. A 14-day Pro+ trial without a card. [2] | 20 clips free, no card. Then 19 € a month or 159 € a year, for 150 clips a month. No commission on your sales. |
| AI | Not named: “a couple of machine learning models”. [1] | A cloud model drafts the metadata from your title and a few small frames; the clip itself is not sent. Latin species names are checked against the WoRMS register first. |
| Interface languages | Its home page says “your language (and 18 others too)”. [1] | App in English and French. Every value it writes for a marketplace is in English. |
Where Xpiks does better
- It has a free Basic plan (15 files a session, unlimited sessions) and a one-time Pro at 49 €. [2]
- It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux. Rushlot is a Mac app today. [3]
- It handles photos and vectors as well as video. [1]
- It uploads to any agency that accepts FTP, SFTP or FTPS, not only to four. [1]
- It edits XMP, IPTC and EXIF metadata, and imports and exports CSV. [1][2]
- Its interface speaks “your language (and 18 others too)”. [1]
Where Rushlot differs
- 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.
- 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
- Nothing is sent twice: you review each clip before upload, and two clips that share a file name are both held back.
Which to choose
Choose Xpiks if you sell photos and vectors as well as video, work on Windows or Linux, upload to agencies beyond these four, or want a free or one-time price.
Choose Rushlot if you sell footage on Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Pond5 or Getty Images and want each clip checked and repaired per marketplace, four metadata sets drafted from your title, and the upload done for you.
How we checked
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Frequently asked questions
Xpiks Basic costs 0 € and handles 15 files per session, with unlimited sessions. Pro is 49 € one-time, valid for a year with an optional 39 € renewal, and Pro+ with AI keywording is 99 € a year. Prices as read on 28 October 2026.
Yes. Its blog says that for AI keywording it extracts frames on your computer rather than sending the whole video to the cloud. It does not publish how many frames.
Its pages say it edits XMP, IPTC and EXIF metadata; they do not say whether that includes video files. Rushlot writes XMP into the video file right before upload, and Adobe Stock and Pond5 read it, as measured on a real contributor account.
Yes. Version 1.7.5.4 is offered for macOS, Windows and Linux. Rushlot runs on a Mac with Apple Silicon, with Windows to follow.
Any that accepts FTP, SFTP or FTPS; its home page names none. Pro+ adds Xpiks Cloud, with “4 GB / month”. Rushlot uploads to Adobe Stock, Shutterstock, Pond5 and Getty Images only.
No. Xpiks Pro is 49 € one-time and Pro+ 99 € a year. Rushlot is 19 € a month or 159 € a year after 20 free clips, and it is built for footage only, with the checks, repairs and uploads that takes.