What is Pexels used for?

Pexels is a library of free stock photos and videos for use in websites, social media and creative projects. It is a good fit for finding free photos for blog articles and sourcing video clips for social media.

Is Pexels open source?

No. Pexels is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Photos & Images category, open-source options include Immich, PhotoPrism and Ente.

What are some alternatives to Pexels?

Pexels competes with Unsplash, Pixabay and Shutterstock.

Pexels: features, pricing and alternatives

About Pexels

Pexels is a free stock photo and video library. Contributors upload their work, and designers, marketers and bloggers search the collection to find visuals for web pages, social posts and presentations.

It is a hosted service operated by a company, with no self-hosted option. The vendor's website could not be retrieved when this entry was compiled, so the specifics of license terms, API availability and any paid features are not described here.

Key features

Free stock photo library
Free stock video clips
Searchable online collection

Good fit for

→Finding free photos for blog articles
→Sourcing video clips for social media

Tags: free-photos; stock-photos; stock-video; photo-library; creative-assets

Pexels: questions and answers

What is Pexels used for?: Pexels is a library of free stock photos and videos for use in websites, social media and creative projects. It is a good fit for finding free photos for blog articles and sourcing video clips for social media.
Is Pexels free?: Yes. Pexels is free to use.
Is Pexels open source?: No. Pexels is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Photos & Images category, open-source options include Immich, PhotoPrism and Ente.
What are some alternatives to Pexels?: Pexels competes with Unsplash, Pixabay and Shutterstock.