Pexels

Pexels

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Pexels	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Pexels, headquartered in Berlin, offers stock photos and video under the Creative Commons Zero license, from a global network of creators.	N/A

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Considered Both Products	Pexels Luiz Alexandre Viana Magno Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Research & Development at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Pexels Pexels is more simple. The alternative options give no good search/selection experience. For example, you are limited to searching just one characteristic or the results are not always accurate. For example, your search for A and get B. Finally, I also note that the user does … Incentivized Helpful? Ashley Schwartau Operations Specialist, Learning and Development in Human Resources at OpenReel (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Pexels I would put Pexels library up against Unsplash. iStock and Shutterstock are both SUPER pricey, and I haven't used either of them in YEARS simply due to the fact that they remain to be cost-prohibitive. Pixabay is fine, but the quality seems far less curated or just like more … Incentivized Helpful? Amy Highland Brand and UX+UI Designer at Wiro (Design, 11-50 employees) Chose Pexels Pexels has a great search function behind it and is very compatible with the other leading brands. One of the main benefits in comparison is that it is free to use and promotes creativity with its photographers. It has fewer 'stock looking' images as opposed to Adobe or Shutters… Incentivized Helpful? Mehak Chawla Senior Marketing Associate in Marketing at Growth Natives (Marketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees) Chose Pexels Pexels provides a plethora of videos to choose from and you can get the right size. The platform is free and if you use great keywords you can easily find what you are looking for. Users can also contribute to the community and it has challenges which I think are great … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels Pexels has video's! That's the main differentiator why I go to Pexels now. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels I know Pixabay and Unsplash and both are similar to Pexels. All of them have similar features in regards to searching, filtering, or collections. But if I am not wrong, only Pexels has the option to download an image in a customised size. Incentivized Helpful? David Mynář Head Of Online Marketing in Marketing at Fresh Services, s.r.o. (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Pexels Pexels have by far the biggest database for our needs, 9 out of 10 pictures we find is from Pexels. Incentivized Helpful? Josh Bender Managing Editor in Marketing at Travel With Bender (Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 1-10 employees) Chose Pexels Pexels has a few unique features that stand out, the most important being a 1-click download from the search results. No need to navigate to another page to find a "download" button. This reduces the time required to find and download an appropriate image. The search results … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels Pexels is very affordable, and has a decent range of free-to-use options. Images have a wide arrange of people and places represented. Incentivized Helpful? Shelby Bass Creative in Marketing at Gus.biz (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Pexels While I've had to use Getty for more specific image needs, I usually start my image search with Pexels as it's a much more cost-effective option. However, Getty has a much more robust search tool, which I sometimes need in order to track down an image with a specific … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels Whether paid or free stock photography, we go to where the solutions are. Pexels is on our top 5 go-to list. When we can't find what we are looking for on paid stock sites, we look at Pexels. Each platform has its pros and cons. I like that Pexels has a good lifestyle variety, … Incentivized Helpful? Winona Harrod Graphic Designer in Marketing at Lumi Global (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose Pexels Overall, Pexels is a really helpful and easy site to use to get royalty-free imagery. It has been highly beneficial to me in all my design projects obtaining dynamic and natural images that some large-paying stock sites can not provide. Sometimes you can find more variety at … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels In my opinion, they are all very similar. Sometimes when I am searching for something more specific, one or other might well be suited. But, in general, I tend to open at least 3 or 4 different image banks at the same time and use the same search terms on all of them. Since … Incentivized Helpful? Jewell Shaw UI Designer in Marketing at Personal (Graphic Design, 11-50 employees) Chose Pexels Pexels is much better than raw pixel because the free options on raw pixel's website are usually images that you would not want to use for your professional marketing needs. They make sure to charge for useful photos. Incentivized Helpful? Olaf Schaum Founder in Marketing at LiveSociety (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Pexels Pexels offers an extensive catalogue of royalty-free, high-quality images and high-resolution videos that can be downloaded without the need for monthly subscriptions or license fees. Most of the time, our stock requirements are easily met. For occasions when we do need more … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels Pexels has more original, creative imagery from new and emerging photographers from all over the world. Pexels constantly adds new content so there's more variety and less likely we'll use the same stock image as others - we get to stand out as original. Supports photographers … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels Pexels is by far the easiest program to use and doesn't require a login which means it's even faster for my team to be able to find the right image and get it into our content in a quick turnaround. Easy to teach, easy to use, my work would be near impossible without it. Incentivized Helpful? Patricia Calleja Creative Copywriter in Marketing at Making Science (Marketing & Advertising, 501-1000 employees) Chose Pexels Pexel images are more inspiring, aspiring, creative, and artistic than the usual stock images. We work with Pexels because it is free and we really admire the fact that some photographers or creatives around the world are happy to share their work in such a kind and generous … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels Pexels is one of my favorite stock image tools. The quality is top-notch and the search capabilities/filters really help you find what you want. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels Pexels so far has the best user-submitted selections for free photography. They are royalty-free and include a wide variety for all business needs. From personal blogs or your own business to any company type, you can find what you need here without having to buy a stock … Incentivized Helpful? Allen Eshmoili President/CEO in Corporate at Premier Spine and Sport Rehabilitation & Wellbeing (Hospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees) Chose Pexels I just found Pexels more simple to use and easy to navigate. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Pexels Really similar offerings, and we actually use both Unsplash and Pexels. Pexels has a nicer user interface to search through photos, but Unsplash isn't bad, either. Incentivized Helpful? Cooper Buss CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) in Marketing at JP Willman Realty (Real Estate, 51-200 employees) Chose Pexels You can get stock images in Canva since we have a professional account but their selection is limited. Also, many of their images are not as high quality as Pexels and the file size is smaller so if you need to blow them up they lose resolution. I only use the Canva images when … Incentivized Helpful? John E. Miller, MBA Managing Partner in Corporate at Provident Capital Group LP (Financial Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Pexels I think Shutterstock does not have the same quality photos available for free. In addition, I am not sure if they spend as much time trying to uplift the artist taking the photos as they are uplifting Shutterstock as a go-to resource for these photos and videos. I tend to favor … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Pexels
Likelihood to Recommend	9.2 (34 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (1 ratings)