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Pexels

Free stock photos and videos — truly free, forever

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The Falcoscan Intel Panel/Pexels · Design
Live market data
Opportunity
19
Weak/ 100
Saturation
53
Contested/ 100
Wrapper Risk
13
Open/ 100
Signal
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.6
of 5 · Falcoscan rating
The Brief

What Pexels does

Pexels provides free stock photos and videos with a simple, permissive license — no attribution required. 3M+ images, 500K+ videos, all searchable by AI. One of the three go-to free stock platforms every designer bookmarks.

Builder’s Brief

Pexels is a design tool on Falcoscan. Free stock photos and videos — truly free, forever. Falcoscan rates Pexels with an Opportunity score of 19/100, a Saturation score of 53/100, and a Wrapper-risk score of 13/100. Market signal: stable. Pexels is founded in 2014, currently at Growth stage. Pricing: Free. Falcoscan rating 4.6/5.

Market position · Design

How Pexels compares in Design

Pexels's opportunity score of 19 ranks #302 of 358 live Design tools on Falcoscan, 33.7 points below the category average of 52.7. Its saturation score is 53/100, against a category average of 41.1. 62 of the 358 live Design tools carry a hot signal, and Falcoscan has recorded 25 shutdowns in the category.

Pexels compared with top-rated Design tools
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingSignal
Pexels1953FreeStable
Procreate3923PaidRising
Photoshop1455PaidStable
Figma4460FreemiumRising
Illustrator1445PaidStable
Adobe Illustrator1957PaidStable
What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Pexels exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Search
Industry Verticals
MediaMarketing
Tagged

Pexels shows up when builders search for these

stock-photosstock-videofreeno-attributioncommercial
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Alternatives to Pexels

The top-rated live design tools tracked on Falcoscan, ranked by Falcoscan rating within the category.

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Questions

Pexels: common questions

Is Pexels free?

Yes. Falcoscan lists Pexels as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Pexels?

The top-rated live Design tools on Falcoscan, other than Pexels, are Procreate, Photoshop, Figma, Illustrator, and Adobe Illustrator.

Does Pexels have an API?

Yes. Pexels offers an API.

Who is Pexels for?

Pexels is built for designers, marketers, and content creators.

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