Images & Visual Assets
Where images come from — stock, AI generation, illustration, icons, backgrounds, mockups and logos.
The largest category, spanning every way to source or generate a visual asset. Because licensing varies enormously here — from no-attribution stock to attribution-required libraries to AI generators with their own terms — pay attention to the commercial-use and attribution signals on each card, and to any “licence not verified” notes.
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Adobe Firefly
AI image generation
Image generation trained on licensed and public-domain content, positioned for commercial safety.
Best for Commercial work where training-data provenance matters.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here The clearest option when a project needs assurance about the provenance of generated imagery.
Less suited to Casual or exploratory generation where a free tool is sufficient.
- Paid
- Web
- Browser only
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Artboard Studio
Mockups / device frames
Device mockups.
Best for Presenting screens in device and scene mockups.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Browser-based mockup and scene composition.
- Freemium
- Web
- Browser only
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Artgrid
Stock video
Cinematic footage + music + SFX, perpetual licence.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Best quality; overkill for small-budget sites.
Less suited to Overkill for small-budget sites.
- Paid
- Web
- Reference URL
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Artlist
Stock video
Cinematic footage + music + SFX, perpetual licence.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Best quality; overkill for small-budget sites.
Less suited to Overkill for small-budget sites.
- Paid
- Web
- Reference URL
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BGJar
Backgrounds / patterns
Patterns, noise, gradients.
Best for Generating textures, patterns and background art.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Fffuel is the most versatile; pick one.
- Free
- Web
- Browser only
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Blush
Illustration
Free customisable illustrations.
Best for Adding editable vector illustration.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Instantly recognisable as 'free illustration'.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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Brandmark
Logo generation
Neural logo generator, less templatey.
Best for Generating logo and wordmark starting points.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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- Paid
- Web
- Browser only
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ComfyUI
AI image generation
Unlimited local generation.
Best for Generating original imagery from a prompt.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Active
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Only if you have a GPU and patience.
Less suited to Only if you have a GPU and patience.
- Free
- Desktop
- Desktop app
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Coverr
Stock video
Loop-friendly website backgrounds; now has AI Studio.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Purpose-built for website heroes.
- Free
- Web
- Reference URL
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Dareful
Stock video
Larger/niche libraries.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence has conditions
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Why it's here Attribution requirements make them awkward for client sites.
Less suited to Attribution requirements make them awkward for client sites.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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DrawKit
Illustration
Free customisable illustrations.
Best for Adding editable vector illustration.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Instantly recognisable as 'free illustration'.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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fffuel
Backgrounds / patterns
Patterns, noise, gradients.
Best for Generating textures, patterns and background art.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Fffuel is the most versatile; pick one.
- Free
- Web
- Browser only
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Flux
AI image generation
Unlimited local generation.
Best for Generating original imagery from a prompt.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Active
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Only if you have a GPU and patience.
Less suited to Only if you have a GPU and patience.
- Free
- Desktop
- Desktop app
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Free Pixel
Icons
Large mixed-licence SVG libraries.
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Less suited to Per-icon licences.
- Free
- Web
- Reference URL
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Google Gemini (Nano Banana)
AI image generation
Google’s image generation, offered with daily free usage rather than a credit balance.
Best for Fast, good-quality general image generation, including reliable in-image text.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here A strong, low-friction default among free image generators, with unusually good text rendering.
Less suited to Work requiring guaranteed licensed-training provenance for sensitive commercial use.
- Freemium
- Web
- Browser only
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Haikei
Backgrounds / patterns
Blobs, waves, gradients, meshes.
Best for Generating textures, patterns and background art.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Best of the SVG background tools.
- Free
- Web
- Browser only
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Hero Patterns
Backgrounds / patterns
Patterns, noise, gradients.
Best for Generating textures, patterns and background art.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Fffuel is the most versatile; pick one.
- Free
- Web
- Browser only
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Heroicons
Icons
Tailwind team icons / brand logos (Simple Icons).
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Slowing
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- Open Source
- Open source
- npm
- npm
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Hugeicons
Icons
Huge set, many styles.
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Free set is generous; Pro needed for all styles.
- Freemium
- npm
- npm
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Humaaans
Illustration
Free customisable illustrations.
Best for Adding editable vector illustration.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Instantly recognisable as 'free illustration'.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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Iconify
Icons
Every open icon set via one API.
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Active
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Ends 'which set has X?'.
- Free
- npm
- npm
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Iconoir
Icons
Tailwind team icons / brand logos (Simple Icons).
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Slowing
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- Open Source
- Open source
- npm
- npm
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Ideogram
AI image generation
Best text-in-image; wordmarks, posters.
Best for Generating original imagery from a prompt.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Free tier is thin now.
- Paid
- Web
- Browser only
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Inkscape
Logo generation
Free open-source vector editor.
Best for Generating logo and wordmark starting points.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Free Illustrator for cleaning AI SVG output.
- Free
- Open source
- Desktop
- Desktop app
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Krea
AI image generation
Real-time gen, enhance, video.
Best for Generating original imagery from a prompt.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Good for exploration.
- Freemium
- Web
- Browser only
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Leonardo AI
AI image generation
150 tokens/day, Flux + Phoenix, no watermark.
Best for Generating original imagery from a prompt.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Most generous free tier for volume.
- Paid
- Web
- Browser only
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LogoDiffusion
Logo generation
Prompt-native generative logos.
Best for Generating logo and wordmark starting points.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Most 'design-tool-like' of the bunch.
- Paid
- Web
- Browser only
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Looka
Logo generation
Brand kit generator.
Best for Generating logo and wordmark starting points.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Best template-based option; 'exploration only' for a designer.
- Freemium
- Web
- Browser only
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Lucide
Icons
Open-source icon set with a large, consistent library and first-class React support.
Best for A clean, consistent default icon system for interface work.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Active
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here The default icon set shipped with shadcn/ui and a reliable baseline for most interfaces.
Less suited to Projects needing highly illustrative or multi-weight icon families.
- Free
- npm
- npm
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Mazwai
Stock video
Larger/niche libraries.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence has conditions
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Why it's here Attribution requirements make them awkward for client sites.
Less suited to Attribution requirements make them awkward for client sites.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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Mixkit
Stock video
Curated cinematic clips, templates, music.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Best-looking free video for hero backgrounds; read each clip's licence label.
Less suited to Read each clip's licence label.
- Free
- Web
- Reference URL
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Mockuuups Studio
Mockups / device frames
Device mockups.
Best for Presenting screens in device and scene mockups.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here A deep library of device and scene mockups for presentation.
- Freemium
- Web
- Browser only
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Namelix
Logo generation
AI business-name generator.
Best for Generating logo and wordmark starting points.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here For founder-led clients without a name yet.
- Free
- Web
- Browser only
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Noun Project
Icons
Large mixed-licence SVG libraries.
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Less suited to Per-icon licences.
- Free
- Web
- Reference URL
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Open Peeps
Illustration
Free customisable illustrations.
Best for Adding editable vector illustration.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Instantly recognisable as 'free illustration'.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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Openverse
Stock photo
Search CC-licensed media.
Best for Sourcing free, commercially usable photography.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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- Free
- Web
- Reference URL
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PatternPad
Backgrounds / patterns
Patterns, noise, gradients.
Best for Generating textures, patterns and background art.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Fffuel is the most versatile; pick one.
- Free
- Web
- Browser only
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Pexels (photo + video)
Stock video
Largest free library, 4K video, no attribution, API.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Default first stop.
- Free
- API
- Web
- API
- Reference URL
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Phosphor
Icons
Flexible, 6 weights.
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Active
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Why it's here A flexible icon family with multiple weights for warmer interfaces.
- Open Source
- Open source
- npm
- npm
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Pixabay
Stock photo
Broad; includes AI-generated clips.
Best for Sourcing free, commercially usable photography.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Variety over quality.
- Free
- Web
- Reference URL
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Recraft
AI image generation
True editable SVG vectors, icon sets, styles, mockups; MCP available.
Best for Generating original imagery from a prompt.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Active
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Fills a persistent gap: brand-consistent, genuinely editable vector illustration from a prompt.
- Paid
- MCP
- Web
- MCP
- Browser only
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Remix Icon
Icons
Tailwind team icons / brand logos (Simple Icons).
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Slowing
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- Open Source
- Open source
- npm
- npm
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Screely
Mockups / device frames
Device mockups.
Best for Presenting screens in device and scene mockups.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here A fast way to drop a screenshot into a clean browser frame.
- Freemium
- Web
- Browser only
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Shots.so
Mockups / device frames
Beautiful (and animated) mockups.
Best for Presenting screens in device and scene mockups.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Portfolio and case-study images.
- Freemium
- Web
- Browser only
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Simple Icons
Icons
Tailwind team icons / brand logos (Simple Icons).
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Slowing
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- Open Source
- Open source
- npm
- npm
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Stable Diffusion
AI image generation
Unlimited local generation.
Best for Generating original imagery from a prompt.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Active
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Only if you have a GPU and patience.
Less suited to Only if you have a GPU and patience.
- Free
- Desktop
- Desktop app
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Storyblocks
Stock video
Unlimited downloads.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Best paid value once you do 5+ video heroes/month.
- Paid
- Web
- Reference URL
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Storyset
Illustration
Free customisable illustrations.
Best for Adding editable vector illustration.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Instantly recognisable as 'free illustration'.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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SVG Backgrounds
Backgrounds / patterns
Patterns, noise, gradients.
Best for Generating textures, patterns and background art.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Fffuel is the most versatile; pick one.
- Free
- Web
- Browser only
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SVG Repo
Icons
Large mixed-licence SVG libraries.
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Less suited to Per-icon licences.
- Free
- Web
- Reference URL
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Tabler Icons
Icons
5k+ consistent icons.
Best for Adding a consistent icon system.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Active
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Why it's here A large, consistent free icon set.
- Open Source
- Open source
- npm
- npm
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unDraw
Illustration
Free customisable illustrations.
Best for Adding editable vector illustration.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here A widely recognised source of free, recolourable vector illustration.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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Unsplash
Stock photo
Editorial-quality photos, API.
Best for Sourcing free, commercially usable photography.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here The strongest free source for editorial-quality photography.
Less suited to Its best-known images are widely reused, so distinctive selection matters.
- Freemium
- API
- Web
- API
- Reference URL
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Upscayl
AI image generation
Free open-source upscaler.
Best for Generating original imagery from a prompt.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Maintenance: Slowing
- Licence not verified
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Why it's here Solves 'client sent a 400px logo'.
- Free
- Open source
- Desktop
- Desktop app
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Videezy
Stock video
Larger/niche libraries.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence has conditions
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Why it's here Attribution requirements make them awkward for client sites.
Less suited to Attribution requirements make them awkward for client sites.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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Videvo
Stock video
Larger/niche libraries.
Best for Sourcing footage for backgrounds and motion.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence has conditions
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Why it's here Attribution requirements make them awkward for client sites.
Less suited to Attribution requirements make them awkward for client sites.
- Freemium
- Web
- Reference URL
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Wikimedia Commons
Stock photo
Search CC-licensed media.
Best for Sourcing free, commercially usable photography.
- Verified Sep 2026
- Licence not verified
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- Free
- Web
- Reference URL
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Compare tools for a job
Compare tools for generating images, free options first 5 options
| Option | Maintenance | Cost | Access |
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| Gemini (Nano Banana) | Free daily | Manual, in the browser | |
| Recraft | Active | Free 30–50/day, commercial rights PAID | Manual, in the browser |
| Leonardo | Active | 150 tokens/day | Manual, in the browser |
| Firefly | Adobe | 25/mo | Browser only |
| Ideogram | Active | 10/wk | Manual, in the browser |
Compare tools for free stock video 4 options
| Option | Maintenance | Cost | Access |
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| Pexels / Coverr / Mixkit | Live | Free | Reference only, nothing to install |
| Pixabay | Live | Free | Reference only, nothing to install |
| Videvo / Videezy / Dareful | Live | Free w/ attribution | Reference only, nothing to install |
| Storyblocks | SaaS | ~$15/mo | Reference only, nothing to install |
Compare tools for generating a logo 4 options
| Option | Maintenance | Cost | Access |
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| Recraft | Active | Paid for commercial | Manual, in the browser |
| Brandmark | Live | ~$25 once | Manual, in the browser |
| Looka | Live | $20 once | Manual, in the browser |
| LogoDiffusion | Live | 20 free/mo | Manual, in the browser |
Compare tools for icon sets 3 options
| Option | Maintenance | Cost | Access |
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| Lucide | Daily | Free | Installs via npm |
| Phosphor / Tabler | Active | Free | Installs via npm |
| Iconify | Active | Free | Installs via npm |