Microstock and everything around it: agencies, attribution, keywording, AI, business news

Fifteen agencies instead of six: where MetaBrain now sends your files, and why not everywhere
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Fifteen agencies instead of six: where MetaBrain now sends your files, and why not everywhere

We added Alamy, Envato, BlackBox, Lori, Freepik, Vecteezy, Canva, Storyblocks, MotionElements and a row for any server of your own. Plus an honest look at why not every agency has FTP, and how it compares with StockSubmitter, Microstock+ and Xpiks.

MetaBrain Team·September 29, 2026·6 min
Keywords Getty and iStock will actually keep
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Keywords Getty and iStock will actually keep

Getty and iStock check every keyword against a controlled vocabulary, and whatever does not match comes back red for you to fix by hand. MetaBrain now resolves that before export - and here is an honest look at the other tools doing the same job.

MetaBrain Team·August 22, 2026·5 min
Microstock keywording tools in 2026: what each one is actually good at
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Microstock keywording tools in 2026: what each one is actually good at

Five tools compared without the marketing: Xpiks, StockSubmitter, Microstock Plus, KeywordTool.io and MetaBrain. Prices, limits, and the parts where somebody else does the job better.

MetaBrain Team·August 18, 2026·9 min