The following table compares a number of the top Stock photography suppliers. We have rated each supplier out of 10, 10 being excellent and 1 not so good.

We have tested each supplier for the selection and range by using 2 popular search phrases "New Zealand" and business person"
 

Stock photography supplier	Overall rating	Selection	Photo Quality rating	Pricing structure
www.istockphoto.com	9 Great price Excellent quality images Great selection (The best selection of illustrations)	9	8	Average US$1 for a low quality web graphic and $US7 for a scalable vector illustration Payment via a credit system
www.sxc.hu www.stockxpert.com	7 Great price Good quality Good selection	7	5	Range from Free using the www.sxc.hu catalogue and average US$1 via a credit system
www.inmagine.com	6 Good selection Good quality images Reasonable pricing Good size comp images without watermark	6	7	Average of $NZ65 - $NZ150 for low res screen images
www.photos.com	7 Great price Good quality Good selection	5	7	1 month US$139.95   3 Months US$249.95   6 Months US$349.95   1 Year US$599.95
www.gettyimages.com	7 Very expensive but very high quality Great selection	8	9	Combination of royalty free and royalty images Range from US$100 - US$500
http://pro.corbis.com/	7 Very expensive but high quality Great selection	7		Combination of royalty free and royalty images Range from US$100 - US$500
www.bigstockphoto.com	6 Good price Good selection Good quality	8	6	Buy ANY photo as low as $1.48 (Buy credits – Discount oferred for bulk credit purchase)
www.shutterstock.com	5 Good price Average selection Average quality	5	5	Subscription model - 1 Month -25 per day US $139 3 Months -25 per day US $395   6 Months -25 per day US $749   1 Year -25 per day US $1359
www.photonewzealand.co.nz	5 Very expensive Great NZ selection	5	7	Rights protected only – quoted manually by account manager