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What is Pexels?

Pexels, headquartered in Berlin, offers stock photos and video under the Creative Commons Zero license, from a global network of creators.

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Pexels is a trusted resource for users in need of diverse and modern photography for their websites and content. Users, ranging from …
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High quality images

9 out of 10
July 14, 2022
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I use Pexels for finding free images, artwork, illustrations, and videos. They are mostly for our publications such as blog posts, …
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Pexels, headquartered in Berlin, offers stock photos and video under the Creative Commons Zero license, from a global network of creators.

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Pexels is a trusted resource for users in need of diverse and modern photography for their websites and content. Users, ranging from startups with limited marketing budgets to full-service marketing agencies, rely on Pexels to find high-quality stock videos and photos for a wide range of purposes. This includes marketing campaigns, pitch deck visuals, social media posts, presentations, ads, blog images, and more. The platform's ease of use and intuitive interface make it simple for users to obtain images, videos, and backgrounds for articles and illustrations. Pexels also enhances the design process by providing a wide selection of royalty-free stock photos and videos in various sizes and orientations. Its valuable collection of high-quality images helps clients visualize designs, improving overall communication and understanding of design concepts. With its vast library of diverse imagery, Pexels is a go-to resource for finding custom and business-related images for various needs such as blog headers and social media posts. Whether it's for commercial use in social media marketing or print materials, or personal use in newsletters or PowerPoint presentations, Pexels remains a reliable source for quality stock imagery that meets a variety of user requirements.

Users commonly recommend Pexels for its wide range of categories and content, making it a valuable source for finding stock photos and videos. They highly recommend Pexels as a free platform with a great selection of high-quality images and footages. Users suggest trying Pexels at least once as it offers a plethora of great footage at no cost. Additionally, users appreciate that Pexels provides massive stock images in high definition, making it a good resource for designers and anyone looking for free high-definition images and videos.

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August 07, 2022

Great media database

Luiz Alexandre Viana Magno | TrustRadius Reviewer
Luiz Alexandre Viana Magno
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Pexels is well suited for those writing reports, blogs, articles, and social media. I cannot cite any field where Pexels is not suitable. However, if you do not have the necessity of illustrating your writing material I see that Pexels will not help that much. I also cite that even in these situations you can go to Pexels to search for images that can inspire your content and writing style, with emotion or description accuracy.
August 02, 2022

Free photographs with color search

Osama Khan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Osama Khan
Support Specialist
NurulQuran (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
Downloading free photographs and videos is easy with Pexels. The variety and quality are above average. There are mobile apps for the Pexels. You can upload your own pictures, and compete on the leaderboard. If saving money is a top priority, then all the pictures are free at Pexels. Searches are fast and the previews on hover save time.
July 20, 2022

Bring on the Pexels!!!

Ashley Schwartau | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ashley Schwartau
Operations Specialist, Learning and Development
OpenReel (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
1. Small businesses with small or non-existent budgets still need assets to create content 2. Individual content makers or freelancers who need stock assets 3. Corporate eLearning wants to modernize and replace all old-fashioned, outdated, brightly lit studio photos with more realistic and relevant imagery that will resonate with modern audiences and learners.
July 18, 2022

Amazing tool for Designers and Creatives

Amy Highland | TrustRadius Reviewer
Amy Highland
Brand and UX+UI Designer
Wiro (Design, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Pexels is great for being able to quickly find and test how images work within a design or brand and using them as visual references for clients. It's great when you need more natural-looking images which have nuance and depth to them. The ideas behind photos are less literal and more evocative of lifestyle and feeling so are well suited to a lot of brands that champion those values. It's not so great when you need something super specific or more 'stock image' looking. So, more corporate companies may find less helpful results.
July 16, 2022

High Quality Stock Resources

MC
Mehak Chawla
Senior Marketing Associate
Growth Natives (Marketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
We were doing social media marketing for one of our clients and the niche was culinary. We could not find good-quality videos for them and most of them were copyrighted. But then we came across Pexels and they had beautiful videos in 4K and they were free. Even after downloading the quality of the videos was not compromised.
July 15, 2022

Good video content that is easy to find

Verified User
Team Lead in Marketing
Human Resources Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I think it's really suited when you need generic video content to create video's. Sometimes it misses series of the same sort, but it's perfect for unique shots. Since we did not use licensed material, I cannot advice anything around account / payments. But I do recommend this platform to at least get inspired. When going commercial it can be your go to place.
July 14, 2022

High quality images

Verified User
Project Manager in Professional Services
Translation & Localization Company, 1-10 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's a great tool for free images as well as videos if you don't want to spend any money. It's especially good for publications as they are very high quality. And the filtering is great as well which means you won't spend too much time finding the right image. But if your sector is very niche, maybe you won't be able to find so many options.
July 14, 2022

The best free stock photos source

David Mynář | TrustRadius Reviewer
David Mynář
Head Of Online Marketing
Fresh Services, s.r.o. (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is very useful for general topics and natural-looking photos, on the other hand for very specific topics or local photography you will have to pay for overpriced photos from iStock, here Pexels is not sufficient. Overall, I can highly recommend for every topic to at least try the Pexels options.
July 14, 2022

One of the most reliable free stock photo libraries

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Josh Bender
Managing Editor
Travel With Bender (Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
I source royalty-free images from several libraries, and Pexels is one of my key sources. There's no one library that has everything, so if I can't find what I'm looking for in one library, I'll try another one. I may find the right image on Pexels if I didn't find it on Pixabay or Unsplash. If you need a highly specific image, then a paid stock library might be the only option, but it's worth giving a free library a shot first. The other scenario where it won't be as useful is if you're looking for a unique image that isn't used elsewhere.
July 13, 2022

Pexels is the BEST stock-photo website.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
We use it for our outreach campaigns, and we need to reach specific populations that often are not represented in stock photography. Pexels is inexpensive and many things are free to use! We are able to find a diverse group of images that represent our users better. We have also used it for social media and our website.
July 13, 2022

It's hard to beat free! Pexels is an excellent tool at an excellent price point for general photo and video needs.

Shelby Bass | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shelby Bass
Creative
Gus.biz (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Pexels is great for finding images for comps in the advertising and marketing industries plus images for decks, mockups, and websites. It has an excellent library of high-res images and videos that are relatively easy to search through. Pexels is less suitable for finding very specific images—especially images that contain a person of a particular age or gender—as their search system is not as sophisticated as some more expensive competitors. That said, Pexels provides an enormous amount of free images with very straightforward licensing rules.
July 13, 2022

Pexels offers creative, natural, unusual lifestyle images

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Corporate
Graphic Design Company, 1-10 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I had a project where I needed a lot of snapshot-like photos that were fun, different and creative, and Pexels was a great option for those. Pexels seems to excel in lifestyle photography. For a lot of our other work we need food-related photography, and Pexels doesn't seem as good for this - not as many options, however sometimes we do find some food images to use on Pexels. All in all for natural and lifestyle photography, Pexels is a good source for that.
July 12, 2022

Great, quick to use image repository for social media and content creation

Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Events Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Pexels is ideal if you have a social post or written piece of content which you need to publish quickly and need a supporting image. You can credit the photographers, but do not usually need to pay to use the images. It may not be suitable for creating long-lasting branding/ backgrounds where you wish to have more ownership over the image/ not have competition or other web users with the same image.
July 12, 2022

Pexels, a great tool for designers for Free Images

Winona Harrod | TrustRadius Reviewer
Winona Harrod
Graphic Designer
Lumi Global (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
Pexels is great for more natural shots, daily life shots, still life, and props when used in my corporate and charitable design projects. I use them heavily when designing charity designs as these charities do not tend to have a budget for stock imagery. Pexel allows me access to professional and dynamic imagery making their work look professional and trustworthy. Pexels is great for events and daily things like weddings, fairs, shopping, and young people but not as good for very specific topics imagery in any industry, especially corporate.
July 12, 2022

A very useful online stock images source

Verified User
Board Member in Marketing
Marketing & Advertising Company, 1-10 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Pexels is well suited if you are a creative professional or a manager who searches for visual references to feed your team with ideas for posts, ads, websites, and videos. In my experience, it might not be appropriate as your only source of images if you are a professional designer. In this case, you might want to have a few more stock image banks on your toolbox and probably add some premium / paid services to get more options.
July 12, 2022

Quality royalty-free high-res images and videos

OS
Olaf Schaum
Founder
LiveSociety (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Pexels is ideal for individual users and organisations that need access to top-quality stock photos or videos, without the need for licensing hurdles. Generic images for websites and presentations are plentiful and can easily meet the requirements of any user looking for such. Pexels relies on user-generated content, which does limit their catalogue somewhat if you need specific types of images and detailed variations of these.
July 12, 2022

A Variety of Diverse and Creative Imagery

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Pexels is great for creative and non-typical stock imagery for marketing and social media. As a B2B company we use imagery to convey emotion, aesthetics, and trust (rather than to showcase a particular product) so having a variety of imagery and constantly fresh imagery to choose from to help us stand out is important to us. Pexels is an excellent resource in addition to other stock photo services to keep our content engaging and different from our competition.
July 12, 2022

How Do People Work Without This?

Verified User
Manager in Marketing
Marketing & Advertising Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
- Perfect for anyone who uses images as part of their work and wants to create unique experiences for their consumer - Easy to use the search feature and amount of options for those new to content creation - Transparency on where images are coming from and the user who created them.
July 12, 2022

GREAT INSPIRING AND FREE PICTURES

PC
Patricia Calleja
Creative Copywriter
Making Science (Marketing & Advertising, 501-1000 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is great to use images for presentations, proposals, mood boards, and getting inspiration. As they are artistic photos, they are nicer than traditional stock ones, but sometimes there are no series of the same images, so you might not get the perspective you are looking for and just get one point of view.
July 12, 2022

A life savior

Abdellah Ouardirhi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Abdellah Ouardirhi
étudiant
3iL - Ecole d'ingénieur en informatique - Limoges (Computer Software, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
When you are under pressure of an urgent ad campaign you need useable yet quality content, when you are trying to compose an ad and maybe you don’t have enough. The content you just open Pexels and you will find your happiness it provides you with big stock of artwork
July 12, 2022

Pexels for Royalty Free Photo Variety

Verified User
Professional in Professional Services
Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
The Pexels library is constantly changing and growing. For the most consistent variety, I would suggest paid stock photography as a backup. Videos and vectors are not available on Pexels. Definitely keep Pexels favorite users and images bookmarked for easy access for projects. Supporting the artists is a wonderful bonus.
July 12, 2022

Simple to use and Lots of attribute free variety

Allen Eshmoili | TrustRadius Reviewer
Allen Eshmoili
President/CEO
Premier Spine and Sport Rehabilitation & Wellbeing (Hospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I like how it integrates with Canva and allows me to find a picture in-app and seamlessly add it to my design. The variety of photos can be overwhelming. I like to use it for blogs, social media posts, graphic design, posters, and many other applications where high-quality, attribute-free photos are required.
July 12, 2022

Pexel for pixel, great use of your time

Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's perfect for internal documents - it helps illustrate the points you're trying to make and helps make things like user personas feel real. I would stay away from using Pexels for any materials that are meant for public/external use since the photographers are not compensated for the usage of their photos.
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