Is Shutterstock legit?

A factual composite from public reviews, official regulator records, app stores and the company’s own policies. We report evidence, not verdicts of fraud or endorsement.

Based on 101 public Trustpilot reviews published 2025-10-09 to 2026-09-22 — see the Trustpilot page. Not affiliated with Trustpilot or Shutterstock.

Trustpilot lists this business as not currently collecting reviews. See the Trustpilot page for the current status.

Shutterstock is an established company with 2,769 Trustpilot reviews and a 1.2 TrustScore. In our census of recent reviews, 95% were classified as complaints, most often hard to cancel, subscription trap, overcharging. Elsewhere it scores 2.6★ on Google.

What goes wrong most, according to reviewers

Hard to cancel — 37 reports (38% of complaints)
Subscription trap — 31 reports (32% of complaints)
Overcharging — 21 reports (22% of complaints), rising

Full evidence, quotes and trends: the Shutterstock complaint report.