Pexels is a provider of stock photography and stock footage. It was founded in Germany in 2014 and maintains a library with over 3.2 million free stock photos and videos.

Pexels was founded by twin bothers Ingo and Bruno Joseph in Fuldabrück, Hesse.^[1] The brothers started the platform in 2014 with around 800 photos.^[1] Since 2015 Daniel Frese is part of the team.^[1][2] The graphic design platform Canva acquired Pexels in 2018.^[3][4]

Pexels provides media for online download, maintaining a library that contains of over 3.2 million photos and videos, growing each month by roughly 200,000 files.^[1] The content is uploaded by the users and reviewed manually. Using and downloading the media is free, the website generates income through advertisements for paid content databases. There is also a donation option for users, and while attribution of the content creator is not required, it is appreciated.^[1] Through the merger with Canva, Pexels' database is available in the Canva application.^[5]