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  "name": "Pexels",
  "url": "https://www.pexels.com",
  "cat": "design",
  "group": "design",
  "tagline": "Free photos and stock video",
  "price": "Free",
  "tier": "free",
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  "what": "Free stock photo and video library under a permissive licence: commercial use allowed, no attribution required, modification allowed. Video coverage is the real differentiator, with usable background clips and b-roll at no cost alongside the photo library. A free API serves both.",
  "why": "The free source for a looping hero video or a product-page background clip, which Unsplash largely does not cover. The API also makes it trivial to pull realistic placeholder imagery into a prototype.",
  "warn": "You may not sell unmodified copies as prints or products, redistribute files to another stock site, use an image as a trademark, or show identifiable people in an offensive or endorsing way. Clip quality varies — check full resolution before committing.",
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    "name": "Design tools, color & type",
    "desc": "Canvases, palettes, typefaces, icon sets, illustrations. Mostly free.",
    "group": "design",
    "groupName": "Make it look right"
  },
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    "status_code": 403,
    "final_url": "https://www.pexels.com/",
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T21:45:05.257+00:00"
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