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Pixabay

Free photos, illustrations, vectors, videos, music and sound effects.

Visit Pixabay4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web

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What is Pixabay?

Pixabay offers free photos, illustrations, vectors, videos, music, sound effects, 3D models and GIFs under one content licence. You can use and adapt content for free without attribution; you cannot sell it unchanged, use recognisable brands commercially or use content in misleading ways.

Pros: what Pixabay does well

  • Photos, vectors, video, music and sound effects in one place
  • Free with no attribution required
  • Simple licence

Cons: where it falls short

  • Quality varies across uploads
  • Brands and recognisable people need extra care

Who Pixabay is for

Anyone who needs free vectors, music or sound effects as well as photos.

Who can skip it

Brands that need guaranteed model releases.

Pixabay alternatives

Not sold on Pixabay? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Unsplash

Focus: free images. Shares stock photos and adobe stock alternative with Pixabay. Freemium (Pixabay: Free). Adds iOS. Rated 4.8 (Pixabay: 4.6).

WebsiteFree planWeb, iOS
4.8Visit

Pexels

Focus: stock video and free images. Shares stock photos and adobe stock alternative with Pixabay. Adds iOS and Android. Rated 4.7 (Pixabay: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

Vecteezy

Focus: illustrations and free assets. Shares vectors and stock photos with Pixabay. Freemium (Pixabay: Free). Rated 4.4 (Pixabay: 4.6).

WebsiteFree planWeb
4.4Visit

Freebiesbug

Focus: freebies, mockups and ui kits. Also in Brainstorming and Organization, like Pixabay. Rated 4.5 (Pixabay: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Mockup World

Focus: mockups, psd and design assets. Also in Brainstorming and Organization, like Pixabay. Rated 4.4 (Pixabay: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.4Visit

Free alternatives to Pixabay

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Gradient Magic

Focus: css gradients, backgrounds and colour. Also in Brainstorming and Organization, like Pixabay. Rated 4.3 (Pixabay: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.3Visit

draw.io

Focus: diagrams, flowcharts and uml. Also in Brainstorming and Organization, like Pixabay. A web app, not a website. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Pixabay: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.7Visit

Wikimedia Commons

Focus: free images, public domain and creative commons. Shares adobe stock alternative with Pixabay. Rated 4.5 (Pixabay: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Manuskript

Focus: novel writing, outliner and snowflake method. Also in Brainstorming and Organization, like Pixabay. A desktop app, not a website. Adds Windows and Linux. Rated 4.4 (Pixabay: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreeWindows, Linux
4.4Visit

Patternico

Focus: patterns, backgrounds and seamless. Also in Brainstorming and Organization, like Pixabay. A web app, not a website. Rated 4.3 (Pixabay: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.3Visit

Lucide

Focus: icons, svg icons and ui design. Also in Brainstorming, like Pixabay. Rated 4.8 (Pixabay: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.8Visit
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