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Pixabay

Free images, videos, music and sound effects under the Pixabay content licence; some uses are restricted.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • the web
  • No watermark

Overview

Pixabay is a sound library, available on the web.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Free images, videos, music and sound effects under the Pixabay content licence; some uses are restricted.” — official page, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Pixabay is free, with trade-offs (account, ads, data or attribution) detailed below.

Its licence could not be established at the source: check the terms on the official website.

Strengths

  • No watermark on exports

Weaknesses

  • Contains advertising

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Facts collected from LicitPro manual check (credit card, account, watermark, free status, ads, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Facts manually checked on 10 November 2026
  • Description from pixabay.com — Résumé éditorial LicitPro

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