What is the difference between Envato Elements subscription and Envato Market?

Envato offers two distinct products for accessing creative digital assets: Envato Elements (a subscription) and Envato Market (a marketplace). They are separate platforms with different content libraries, pricing models, and license terms. An Envato Elements subscription does not include access to items on Envato Market, and vice versa.

Quick comparison: Envato Elements vs Envato Market

This table highlights the structural differences between the subscription model of Envato Elements and the pay-per-item model of Envato Market.

What is Envato Elements?

Envato (formerly Envato Elements) is a subscription service that gives you unlimited downloads from a library of millions of premium creative digital assets, plus access to a built-in suite of AI creative tools—all covered by a single lifetime commercial license.

Envato Elements plans start from $16.50/month and include:

• Unlimited downloads of Stock Catalog: stock photos, stock videos, royalty-free music, sound effects, fonts, templates, graphics, 3D assets, and more.
• Access to AI tools including an AI Image generator, AI Video generator, AI Music generator, AI Voice generator, AI Sound generator, and AI Graphics generator.
• One universal commercial license covering all downloaded and AI-generated content.

All items on Envato Elements are subject to Envato's License Terms, User Terms, and Fair Use Policy.

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What is Envato Market?

Envato Market is a marketplace where creative professionals can buy and sell digital assets as individual, one-off purchases. Items are created and sold by a global community of independent authors and industry experts.

Envato Market is organised by content type across the following specialized platforms:

• ThemeForest (Web) — Website templates and CMS themes for WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and more.
• CodeCanyon (Code) — PHP, JavaScript, ASP.NET, Java scripts, and plugins.
• VideoHive (Video) — Royalty-free stock footage, motion graphics, and After Effects project files.
• AudioJungle (Audio) — Royalty-free music and sound effects.
• GraphicRiver (Graphics) — Photoshop files, vector graphics, icon sets, and design add-ons.
• PhotoDune (Photos) — Royalty-free stock photography.
• 3DOcean (3D) — 3D models, textures, materials, shaders, and concepts.

Each item purchased on Envato Market comes with an individual license for a single end product. Envato Market offers different license tiers depending on how the item will be used.

All items on Envato Market are subject to Envato Market License Terms and User Terms.

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What is the difference in licensing between Envato Elements and Envato Market?

Licensing structure represents one of the most critical legal differences between the two product families:

• Envato Elements uses a single, universal commercial license that applies to all items—both downloaded assets and AI-generated content. This license is lifetime, meaning it remains valid even after your subscription ends.
• Envato Market uses item-level licensing. Each item you purchase comes with its own license, and the license terms vary depending on the type of use (such as a standard licence vs. an extended licence). A separate license is required for each individual end product you create.

For full legal terms, check the framework documentation for each product lines:

Does an Envato Elements subscription include Envato Market items?

No, an Envato Elements subscription does not grant access to items hosted on Envato Market. Envato Elements and Envato Market are two entirely separate products with isolated content libraries and transactional payment systems. Any items required from Envato Market must be purchased individually.

Frequently asked questions

• Which product is right for me — Envato Elements or Envato Market?

  Choose Envato Elements if you regularly need creative assets, work across multiple active projects or clients, intend to use AI creative generation tools, or prefer predictable financial mapping with all downloads wrapped under one cost.

  Choose Envato Market if you require a specific, highly niche file type that is not available on Envato Elements, only need one or two assets total for your project lifecycle, or require specialized commercial licensing extensions.

• Can I use both Envato Elements and Envato Market simultaneously?

  Yes. The two products operate independently and can be used alongside each other. You can safely maintain an active Envato Elements subscription for daily core creative resources while also purchasing specific individual project codes, themes, or plug-ins from Envato Market whenever necessary.

• Are the digital content libraries identical on both platforms?

  No. Envato Elements and Envato Market manage completely independent creative resource libraries. Some specialized scripts, plugins, or themes are hosted exclusively on one specific site. If you cannot find a file on one platform, check the other to see if an author has listed it there.

• Does Envato Market include access to creative AI tools?

  No. Creative AI tools are available exclusively through an active Envato Elements subscription. Envato Market behaves strictly as a pay-per-item digital asset catalog and does not host generative AI creation capabilities or workspaces.

• What happens to my Envato Elements license if I cancel my subscription?

  Your Envato Elements commercial license remains valid for life. Any digital assets successfully downloaded and registered to a specific project during an active subscription remain legally covered for commercial use after cancellation. You cannot register or download new items once your subscription ends.