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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Pexels is excellent! I can't say enough. Have used this site for years now, and it's easy, straightforward, and fast! It has saved me so much time. Even though the pics are free, I always leave... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I've been using this photo stock for a while. The most important point for at this photo stock is accessibility and payment free. But sometimes it is impossible to find pictures on specific points li... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

So, I asked them about how to delete my account and I told them that I'm THINKING about deleting my account because my reasons. Few days later they just delete my whole account without consulting me f... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

There are many scammers claiming that use of Pexels photos violate copyrights. When I contacted Pexels with a recent violation notice, they did nothing about it. When I had the same issue with Unspla... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pexels has a lot to complain about.

Pexels has a lot to complain about.
Let’s start with censure. Blind restrictions are a no go and create a lot of doubts.
When this happen you’ll get a email with general information but never a specific explanation.
Featured pictures are chosen absurdly and seem either to be done buy a bot or the extent of favoriting certain authors.
Stats are a joke as well as ‘live views’, to say nothing about the graphs and the so-called ranks.
Also it strikes to works flawless and seamlessly for more than a day.
Support is hidden and not obvious as well but who needs support if it’s for free, right? Wrong and basically for ethical reasons and the problems this site can create in terms of copyrighted material.
And there a lot more to tell about but it would be worthless to refer as Pexels will never change for better.
Just don’t be fooled by the nice clean looks of the app and website. Pexels is the living proof that ‘made us Germany’ is not always good quality.

June 8, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pexels is a scam

They make it impossible to cancel the trial period. Do not put your credit card here. They will abuse

May 22, 2023
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Unfortunately, a very WOKE site.

It gets 2.5 stars. Unfortunately they are a very WOKE site. A lot of inappropriate pictures. A lot of useless, low class or disgusting pictures. And on the other side they have a good amount of useful pictures. Would rather they proportionately had pictures that represent our society.

November 9, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It is a page that comes to be a subpage…

It is a page that comes to be a subpage of "Pixabay" that offers free photos including those that this last page has had to withdraw due to its lack of ethics (they were initially presented as a Spanish website to avoid taxes and copyright)..

May 17, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

COPYRIGHT CLAIMS AND EVEN STRIKES!

Don't use pexels videos for any youtube video creations. 3 videos on my youtube channel got copyright strike. The copyright strike comes not immediately after uploading but after a while ...

December 28, 2021
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good free photo stock, but lacks amount of pictures on certain topics

I've been using this photo stock for a while. The most important point for at this photo stock is accessibility and payment free. But sometimes it is impossible to find pictures on specific points like IT or Crypto.
It will be also great if some users will not post the same or nearly the same photos ( I mean if put in search "Men" and scroll down, you will find photos from user that are basically the same)

December 8, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Nature and animal pics and vids great

Nature and animal pics and vids great, but when you get to people (especially couples) the amount of homosexual (mostly lesbian) content is way out of proportion to straight content. Going someplace else to find more balanced content.

June 20, 2021
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible...

So, I asked them about how to delete my account and I told them that I'm THINKING about deleting my account because my reasons. Few days later they just delete my whole account without consulting me first. I mean, I even become HERO on Pexels, won one challenge and have 40 millions of views, just terrible.

December 18, 2020
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Lots of sexually explicit content

Lots of sexually explicit content. No safe search. No I can be using at home and then image comes on screen that none of my children need to see. It would be a pretty flawless platform if it had a safe filter and photographers content could be marked with nudity etc. This would be great.

October 14, 2020
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Free stock photography and videos platform

Free stock photography and videos platform Pexels

It's the best website that provides stock photos and they offer it for free, and no credits are required it's great and I love the way they present the photos and videos and it's actually can be used commercially and personally, for free.

it's great of what they offer actually, and I like the interface they offer, and the way that can support creators by donate as well if you want and like the photo or video the creator provides, and they run some contests and creators can win as well, it's both beneficial for both creators and also for the users who like stock photos or stock videos which actually offered on website for free and they have high quality that can be downloaded free as well.

the platform is very easy to use even for beginners on the internet that can simply search with the keywords and find what they looking for as simple as search engines.

the only bad thing on the platform that in some categories or some keywords, or some niche can't find a variety of images, and still low on some categories which I believe it can be later filled by providers and creators somehow in near future, but overall it's a great platform and a great experience.

December 28, 2019
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