G2 Vendor Directory

iStock vs. Pexels

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetriciStock

by Getty Images

Pexels

by Pexels

Overall rating3.54.6
Review count117113
Ease of use8.59.7
Ease of setup7.99.7
Quality of support6.98.9
Meets requirements8.29.3
NPS13.04347877.678571
Small Business60.0%72.3%
Mid-Market30.4%19.6%
Enterprise9.6%8.0%
Total page views488650
Total LLM citations4,0856,352

iStock

Founded in 2000, iStock created the crowd-sourced stock industry and became the original source for user-generated stock photos, vectors and illustrations, and video clips. For more than 15 years, we've given our artists a platform to make money with their passions by licensing their stock content to businesses and individuals around the world for use in a wide variety of projects. Today we remain an industry leader and key destination for creative business professionals who want to make a big impact without breaking the bank. We believe that imagery has the power to move the world.

Pros

  • Images
  • Quality
  • Content Quality
  • Photos
  • Helpful
  • Ease of Finding

Pexels

Pexels is a free photo and video library that helps creative people bring their stories and ideas to life. From small businesses to nonprofits, marketers to designers, millions of people all over the world rely on our community of photographers for fresh, authentic, and diverse imagery.

Pros

  • Photos
  • Images
  • Quality
  • Helpful
  • Customer Support
  • Useful