Paste a title, a description and your keywords. The page counts them against each agency's limits and flags repeats, singular and plural pairs, and words that may be trademarks. It runs in your browser and you do not need an account.
One optional step, Check iStock search fit, shows which of your keywords iStock search recognises. It is the only step that sends anything, and it sends the keywords alone.
Separate keywords with commas, semicolons or new lines.
Paste your keywords to see the counts, repeats and flags here as you type.
See which of your keywords iStock search recognises, which have a spelling fix, and which it does not recognise.
Nothing is sent until you press this. It sends your keywords only. Your title and description stay on this page.
Type or paste into the boxes. Keywords can be separated by commas, semicolons or new lines, so a list copied from a spreadsheet works.
Choose one agency to see its limits, or leave it on All to compare five at once. Each row shows how far you are from the keyword and title limits.
Repeats, singular and plural pairs, possible trademarks and long phrases are listed and marked on each keyword. Copy the cleaned list, or the first 49 for Adobe Stock.
A repeat is the same keyword twice, ignoring capital letters, accents and extra spaces. A singular and plural pair is something like dog and dogs, where you may only need one. A possible trademark is a brand name such as a phone, a drink or a sports label, which agencies often reject in keywords. The list is short and cautious, so a clean result is not a guarantee, and a flag is a prompt to check, not a verdict.
Long keywords are flagged too. A phrase of more than three words rarely matches what a buyer types, and splitting it into two or three shorter keywords usually works better.
The checker uses these numbers. They are the limits PixelKeyAI itself applies when it exports a file for each agency.
| Agency | Keywords | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Stock | up to 49 | 200 characters | Not checked |
| Shutterstock | up to 50 | 200 characters | 2048 characters |
| iStock | 5 to 50 | 255 characters | 2000 characters |
| Pond5 | up to 50 | 80 characters | 500 characters |
| Depositphotos | up to 50 | No title field | 250 characters |
Description limits are checked for Shutterstock, iStock, Depositphotos and Pond5. Adobe Stock has no description field, so for Adobe the page counts your description's characters and does not judge them.
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