CrowdRiff
CrowdRiff is a user-generated content platform for travel brands sourcing visitor and local photos and videos for websites, social channels, and ad campaigns.
What CrowdRiff is
CrowdRiff is a user-generated content platform for travel brands sourcing visitor and local photos and videos for websites, social channels, and ad campaigns. Its digital asset library lets teams search, add, and deploy visuals for marketing. The platform provides user-generated media with rights for brand marketing, and visitors can contribute to a customer library through activities such as contests and giveaways. CrowdRiff Creators supplies short-form destination videos made with local creators. CrowdRiff Connect can pull social posts from partners, while Google Locations adds place details such as maps, business hours, and reviews. CrowdRiff Maps combines Google Places information with user-generated content and customizable calls to action. Teams can publish galleries on websites using generated embed links. Listed enterprise features include multi-client environments, tiered permissions, APIs and SDKs, and automated backups. CrowdRiff names destination marketing organizations, hotels and resorts, museums, tour operators, and attractions among the industries it serves. The company says its enterprise offering is GDPR compliant. Pricing is on request; listed plans include shoot allocations and, for some plans, monthly strategy calls.
Good
- Central library for searching and deploying visuals
- Provides user-generated content rights for brand marketing
- Visitors can upload content through contests and giveaways
- Website galleries can be published using embed links
- Enterprise options include tiered permissions and APIs
Watch out
- Pricing is available only on request
- Listed plans include limits on annual or one-time shoots
- Enterprise support is an enterprise feature
Who it suits
It is aimed at travel and destination marketing teams, including hotels, museums, tour operators, and attractions. It may suit organizations that want to source visitor content and publish marketing galleries across web and social channels.
Verdict
CrowdRiff combines visitor-content sourcing, asset management, and gallery publishing for travel marketing. Check the shoot allocations and pricing details against your content needs before proceeding.
Plans and prices
From CrowdRiff's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | $1,875 a month | 30 shoots per year · Monthly strategy calls · Billed annually in USD |
| Trial | $2,500, paid once | 3 shoots · Preset content themes |
| Standard | $3,000 a month | 50 shoots per year · Monthly strategy calls · Billed annually in USD |
| Flex | $8,000, paid once | 10 shoots · For occasional shoots and seasonal content needs |
The facts
Each one read from CrowdRiff's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Audience
- CrowdRiff names DMOs, hotels and resorts, museums, tour operators, and attractions among the industries it serves.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Community uploads
- CrowdRiff says fans and visitors can upload photos to a customer’s library through initiatives such as contests and giveaways.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- CrowdRiff states that its enterprise offering is GDPR compliant; its site footer also displays a GDPR Compliant badge.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Creators
- CrowdRiff Creators provides short-form video content for destinations using authentic content from local creators.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Enterprise features
- Enterprise features listed include multi-client environments, tiered user permissions, APIs and SDKs, and automated backups.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- CrowdRiff Connect can pull social posts from partners, and its Google Locations feature adds location details including maps, business hours, and reviews.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Maps and places
- CrowdRiff Maps can combine Google Places information with UGC and offer customizable calls to action.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Onboarding
- CrowdRiff says most customers are migrated, trained, and fully operational within a few weeks.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CrowdRiff describes its UGC platform as built for travel brands and says it helps them source visitor and local content for websites, social channels, and ad campaigns.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Enterprise support includes a dedicated Customer Success Manager, white-glove onboarding, and an average response time of 8 minutes.checked 8 Oct 2026
- UGC rights
- The platform provides access to user-generated photos and videos with rights for brand marketing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Visual library
- Its DAM keeps visuals in one place so teams can search, add, and deploy them to marketing campaigns.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Website publishing
- CrowdRiff says its galleries can be added to a website as embeds by placing a generated link in page code.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Toronto, Ontario, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
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