Pexels Reviews & Insights

Score10 out of 10

65 Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for Pexels are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Business Problems Solved

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.

Reviews

34 Reviews

Great media database

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 7, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

With Pexels I found a simple and pure way to obtain images, videos, and backgrounds that I need to keep my articles well illustrated. It offers a better experience than many other similar platforms. I usually use it while I am writing articles and when I am about to finish the text I go to the site to obtain the images that are related to the main text.

Pros

Media download
Large database
Search accuracy

Cons

Improved detailed search
Search for tiny objects or landscapes
Including new AI capabilities

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.

Luiz Alexandre Viana Magno

Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Research & Development at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Free photographs with color search

Rating: 9 out of 10

August 2, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Finding spectacular images of mountains, landscapes, and waterfalls can be a little time-consuming. We use them in our flyers to give a sense of awe. Pexels has a nice collection of images that is improving. The pictures have improved in quality over the last two years. We wanted to save money, and get clear breath-taking images. Pexels has a huge collection of photographs. We also wanted to download videos to make openers for live streaming. The videos are usually good, and the best ones are shown first. There is a large variety in the quality.

Pros

Search by color
Create collections
Contests

Cons

Filter out pictures
More options in Search
Delete single searches

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.

Osama Khan

Support Specialist in Information Technology at NurulQuran (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Bring on the Pexels!!!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 20, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pexels has always been one of my go-to sources for stock assets. Stock assets can be SO cheesy and expensive, but Pexels is neither. The models are diverse and modern, and the photography styles are more realistic and photojournalistic and not that awful studio-bright-light-fake look that so many stock companies have used for years. Plus, the search functionality continues to improve all the time.

Pros

Realistic, non-cheesy photos and videos.
Easy to filter results based on orientation.
Search by hex code and color! GAME CHANGER!
Simple explanation of license terms.
FREE!

Cons

To be honest, I can't think of anything.
The search functionality and explore options are robust!

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.

Ashley Schwartau

Operations Specialist, Learning and Development in Human Resources at OpenReel (11-50 employees)

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5 years of experience

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Amazing tool for Designers and Creatives

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 18, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I've used Pexels for many different purposes over the years. One of the main areas was in helping clients imagine how their designs would look with different photographic styles and depicting different ideas. Before this, we would have issues with clients disliking designs because they couldn't envision them within the context of seeing photography that was relevant to them. Pexels really helped be able to visually describe ideas.

Pros

Search returns are accurate to what I'm looking for
Collections of images are very helpful for finding inspiration
Images are varied in style and can be well adapted

Cons

Making ads less prominent
Having collections based on industry
Being able to export with different presets and styles

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.

Amy Highland

Brand and UX+UI Designer at Wiro (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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High Quality Stock Resources

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 16, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pexels has been a very reliable resource in our organization for high-quality stock images and videos. We use these resources commercially for social media marketing, paid advertising banners, and on our clients' websites for blog images and more. Pexels provides a vast library to choose from and has authentic imagery and videos from contributors.

Pros

High-quality videos and images
Easy of use
Copyright-free images
Rich in resources

Cons

Sometimes its difficult to find resources for particular search terms.
Does not contain much vectors.

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.

Mehak Chawla

Senior Marketing Associate in Marketing at Growth Natives (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Good video content that is easy to find

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 15, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have used Pexels to create an internal Marketing video for our CX department. We were in need of video materials that were generic, but specific enough. We were mostly looking for material with people in it. The scope was a one minute video, that was meant to inspire people. Pexels solved our need for materials, since it has a large library of content.

Pros

Preview mode while hovering
Suggestions in search
Download CTA
Website speed

Cons

Sometimes the search functionality didn't work, needed to refresh my page
More filter possibilities

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.

Verified User

Team Lead in Marketing (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

High quality images

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 14, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Pexels for finding free images, artwork, illustrations, and videos. They are mostly for our publications such as blog posts, brochures, and white papers.

Pros

You can create collections with the photos you save.
You can filter by orientation, size or even colour code.
And you can download it in custom size (it doesn't corrupt the original ratio which is a great feature).

Cons

More content for translation or language sector would be great.
It would be better if the download count is more visible, instead of in the `more info` section.
Categorisation system could be improved.

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.

Verified User

Project Manager in Professional Services (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

The best free stock photos source

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 14, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a full-service marketing agency, we produce marketing and web content, which needs a lot of variable photos on a tight budget set by our clients. We use Pexels as a source of high-quality stock photos for illustration purposes. The majority of the photos are completely free of charge and fully sufficient for our purpose.

Pros

Quantity of photos
Quality and variety
User interface and search engine

Cons

Limited database for expert topics (e.g. dermatology).
No option to pay for premium content - affiliates to iStock.

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.

David Mynář

Head Of Online Marketing in Marketing at Fresh Services, s.r.o. (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Verified on LinkedIn

One of the most reliable free stock photo libraries

Rating: 10 out of 10

July 14, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Clients supply content for publication on my website. While from time to time, the client supplies images, I usually have to source photography to match the content. This is where Pexels comes in, as one of the leading free stock photo libraries on the Internet. Pexels allows me to search the library quickly and easily to find the most suitable photos, and download them. Each photo contains additional metadata (such as keywords, camera make & model) which helps to better identify the context of the image. Once downloaded, Pexels' images can be safely published on my website.

Pros

One-click downloading from search results
High resolution photo quality
Peace of mind with image licensing

Cons

Allow multiple image downloads at the same time (multiple selections).
Provide downloads in several preset dimensions.
Additional filtering tools to narrow down the search for the right image.

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.

Josh Bender

Managing Editor in Marketing at Travel With Bender (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Pexels is the BEST stock-photo website.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 13, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Pexels for pictures, videos, gifs - all forms of digital images. It is easy to find what you need, download or collect and implement how you need to use it. Content is available for most uses, blogs, social media, and campaigns. You cannot use it as an endorsement of a product or sell the Pixels media content to another service.

Pros

images
video
gifs

Cons

website-based collections
multi-word specific searches

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.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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