Vimeo Stock videos are no longer available to purchase as of April 1, 2025. Your purchased Vimeo Stock videos are still available in your Vimeo Library, and none of your videos using Vimeo Stock videos have been impacted.
Read about how to access, use, and download your purchased Vimeo Stock videos below.
We previously partnered with world-class creators from our community to exclusively license their collections for sale through Vimeo Stock. Since all of our stock clips are royalty-free and cleared for commercial use, you can use each licensed clip in an unlimited number of video projects, such as narrative films, documentary films, and commercials, as well as on websites and in corporate videos.
Please review our standard license for permitted uses.
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Manage your stock clips on Vimeo
Your purchased stock clips appear alongside your uploaded videos in the Library with the privacy setting “Stock footage.” Admins added to your account will be able to view and download stock footage you’ve purchased, but they will not be able to purchase stock footage on your behalf.
You can edit the title of your stock clip in its settings like any other video, but you won’t be able to change the privacy and embedding settings as you would for a normal video on your account. Unlike your uploaded videos, stock clips don’t count against your weekly upload quota or total account storage, and cannot be embedded.
You don’t have to pay any royalties based on plays or the number of video projects. Please note that the licenses are non-transferable and non-refundable. You can view the license for any of your stock clips on the Purchases page.
Download and use your stock clips
To download your stock clip, navigate to its clip page by selecting its title in your Library, then select the Download button beneath the video player.
For 4K and HD-only footage, we provide the original source file for download, which may either be ProRes (most common) or H.264, depending on what the creator uploaded as the original format (this information was provided when you purchased the stock clip). The source will always be marked as “original” in the download box on the clip page.
⚠️Note: It’s important to always select Original when downloading purchased stock files (if available). For 4K footage purchased in HD quality, the original file download option will not be available. In this case, select the highest quality available in the download box.