Pixabay.com: The best alternatives

Pixabay is a good address for free images and videos with a Creative Commons license. However, there are also good alternatives that you can browse for free material for private and commercial use. We present the four best platforms in this practical tip.

Unsplash: high quality pics for free

Unsplash offers images whose authors waive all property rights. Accordingly, the photos are offered with a CC Zero license. This allows free copying, modification and distribution of the photos - also for commercial purposes.

• There are 10 new free high-resolution images every 10 days. You can have these photos conveniently sent to you automatically by email.
• A picture credit is not necessary. It does not matter whether you use the images online or in printed matter.
• The page is very simple and therefore clearly structured. You can search for images by term or view collections created by other users.

Pexels: New pictures every day

You can find over 30, 000 free private and commercial images at Pexels. Again, no photo credits are required.

• Every day 100 new high-quality images are provided for you.
• You can either browse for pictures, display the most popular search terms or filter photos by color.
• The available plugins are particularly interesting. This way Pexels can be integrated into Chrome, Photoshop and Microsoft Office and you can speed up your workflow.
• Pexels is also available as a Mac & Windows app.

Public domain archives: New images every week for every purpose

Over 350, 000 images in 30 categories are made available to you at public domain archives.

• All photos are also available for your projects without restrictions. You may change them and also use them commercially without proof.
• New high-resolution images are added every week.
• For $ 10 a month, you can download all the photos at once and the ads will be hidden. This premium access can be canceled at any time.

Flickr: A mega selection awaits you here

Flickr has the largest selection of images on the web. Over 13 billion photos are available there.

• However, not all images come with unlimited usage rights here. Flickr therefore offers you the option of filtering for public domain images and images with CC licenses.
• In addition to photos, you will also find a large number of videos on this platform.
• You can upload your own pictures and either keep them private or make them accessible to other users. You then also set the terms of use for your images.

In order to edit your stock photos professionally, you need good software. If you don't have a big budget for Adobe Photoshop, you can also try the free Gimp alternative.