Hey Stepunk,

I'm the Symbiostock rep here on MSG, so I'll try to answer your questions as best as possible.

Symbiostock offers:

1) FTP Support

2) EXIF/IPTC data reading and writing

3) Does not yet provide GPS support, but let me know how you would like to use it and we can look into adding it.

4) Images are protected in a secured directory

5) Internal search includes tag searching, but other than that uses the default wordpress search (however this can be altered with third party plugins)

6) You can create an unlimited number of licenses, bulk change them, bulk change prices, bulk apply licenses based on media type.

7) Support for model/property releases as well as exclusivity

8 ) Supports images and vectors.

9) Currently no option to have multiple photographers to pay separately.

Additionally:

10) Personalize watermark, change it anytime, automatic thumbnail regeneration

11) GD and Imagick support: If your server does not currently have imagick installed, you can still use Symbiostock with the base built in PHP image functions.

12) Extensive documentation and community support.

And, if you use our hosting PLUS service:

13) Automatic agency submissions (you just upload your files and they will automatically be distributed to all added agencies). This, along with metadata writing makes PLUS a one-stop solution for hosting your own store, keywording your media, and uploading it to agencies.

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There are some polarized opinions on the different pieces of software, so what I would recommend you do is install each one and give it a try to compare features. I personally, as a contributor, find Symbiostock to be the most featured, expandable and easy to use for my needs. But as all three are free WordPress plugins, you should try them out and maybe ask questions while you compare them. You can try out Symbiostock for free with our PLUS service just to get a feel for it.

Let me know if you have any other questions or feature requests.

Hi Robin, thanks a lot for your answer!

3) Does not yet provide GPS support, but let me know how you would like to use it and we can look into adding it.

What I want to achieve is to be able to automatically give a location to all the images (through reverse geocoding) so the user can search all images in France, o all images of people in Paris, in all images of lighthouses in Normandy, etc

5) Internal search includes tag searching, but other than that uses the default wordpress search (however this can be altered with third party plugins)

So is it compatible for example with the plugin Relevanssi?

8 ) Supports images and vectors.

No viedo yet? Is it something planned in future development?

9) Currently no option to have multiple photographers to pay separately.

Again, is it something planned?

Thanks again