Alternative
A Artspan alternative for artists
Situ.art is an Artspan alternative for artists who’d rather not build pages: upload a photo of a work and its size, and it’s on your website, with framed images, in-room shots, installation shots and a walk-through video made automatically.
See your website before you pay
It’s built the moment you open it, from the works you’ve uploaded, or from two sample paintings until you upload your own. No account needed to look.
- Price
- £9 a month, or £7.50 a month billed yearly. Build and preview it free.
- Each work
- Upload a photo of a work and its size, and it’s on your website, with framed images, in-room shots, installation shots and a walk-through video made automatically. No pages to build.
- Details
- Title, year, medium, size in cm and inches, framed size, signed, Available or Sold.
- Enquiries
- Inquire on every work emails you. Your address stays private.
- Address
- situ.art/en/yourname. No own domain.
- AI crawlers
- AI training crawlers are told to stay out. Search engines still read it.
- Included
- 20 AI images and 2 AI videos a month, room mockups of up to 30 works, unlimited downloads.
- Works in
- Any browser, on a phone or a computer.
Situ.art and Artspan compared
Artspan builds artist websites with selling built in: originals and prints with no commission, prints on demand, augmented reality and a place in its marketplace, from £12 a month (£9.75 billed yearly) for 21 artworks. On Situ.art, upload a photo of a work and its size, and it’s on your website, with framed images, in-room shots, installation shots and a walk-through video made automatically.
Prices and features checked 23 October 2026, as published on Artspan’s own site, in the currency it showed us.
At a glance
| Artspan | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Artist websites with a shop, prints on demand and a listing in Artspan’s marketplace. | An artist’s website made from the works already in your Situ.art library. Each work is shown whole, then in a room at its true size, with a person for scale and a walk-through video. |
| Price to start | Basic £12 a month (£9.75 billed yearly), Professional £18.75 (£15.75) and Professional Plus £24 (£21), as shown to UK visitors. | £9 a month on the Artist plan, or £7.50 a month billed yearly (£90). Room mockups, AI images and videos are included. |
| Free plan | None. A 14-day trial; the site stays password-protected until you subscribe. | Build and preview it free, without an account. Making it public needs the Artist plan. |
| Setting it up | Choose a layout, upload your art and create pages in its control panel. | Nothing to design. Add your name, one line about you and an About; every work you upload appears on it. |
| How many works | 21 on Basic, 150 on Professional, unlimited on Professional Plus. | Up to 30 on Artist; as many as you like on Pro (£29 a month). |
| Your work in a room | Not built in. Augmented reality (“Live Preview”) on every plan shows a work through a phone or tablet camera; there are no room views. | Every work hangs at its true size in a room, with a person in view for scale, plus a walk-through video in a gallery. Made for you, from the work’s size. |
| Details with each work | Not stated on its site. | Title, year, medium, size in cm and inches, framed size, signed, and Available or Sold. |
| Your own domain | A free subdomain; a full domain is free on Professional Plus. | No. Your website is at situ.art/en/yourname. |
| Selling | Originals and prints with no commission (card fees about 2.7%), and prints on demand on every plan. | No shop or checkout. Each work can be marked Available or Sold. |
| Contact | A contact form and mailing-list sign-up; email marketing from Professional. | Inquire on every work emails you, with your address kept private. Plus your link on every page: your own site, Instagram or email. |
| AI training crawlers | Not stated on its site. | Kept out, with nothing to switch on: AI training crawlers are told not to read your pages. Search engines still can. |
| Editing on a phone | Not stated on its site. | Yes. All of it is edited in the browser, on a phone as on a computer. |
| Made for | Artists selling originals and prints. | Artists who want a site that looks like a gallery’s and keeps itself up to date. |
Features
| Artspan | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| Upload a work and it’s on your website | ✗ | ✓ |
| Every work in a room at its true size | ✗ | ✓ |
| A person in view for scale | ✗ | ✓ |
| A walk-through video, made for you | ✗ | ✓ |
| Fields for medium, size and sold | – | ✓ |
| AI training crawlers kept out by default | – | ✓ |
| Room mockups and AI images included | ✗ | ✓ |
| Edit it all on a phone | – | ✓ |
| A free plan with a public site | ✗ | ✗ |
| Your own domain | ✓ | ✗ |
| Online shop and checkout | ✓ | ✗ |
| Blog | – | ✗ |
| Email newsletter | ✓ | ✗ |
✓ yes · ✗ no · – not stated on their site
Where Artspan is stronger
- Selling built in: originals and prints with no commission, and prints on demand with the shipping handled.
- A place in Artspan’s own marketplace, which it says brings collectors to you.
- Your own domain, free on Professional Plus.
- Bio, CV, news and exhibition pages, and phone support.
- Augmented reality on every plan.
Where Situ.art is stronger
- Nothing to design. Upload a photo of a work and its size, and it’s on your website. On Artspan you upload your art and create the pages in its control panel.
- Every work in a room at its true size, beside a person for scale and in a walk-through video, made for you from the size you entered.
- The details buyers look for, in a gallery’s order: title, year, medium, size in cm and inches, framed size, signed, and Available or Sold.
- More works for less: up to 30 on Artist at £9 a month, against 21 on Artspan Basic at £12.
- AI training crawlers are told to stay out of your pages, with nothing to switch on. Search engines still find you.
- Room mockups come with it: the same plan gives you 20 AI images and 2 AI videos a month and unlimited downloads for Instagram and listings.
- Inquire on every work: a buyer’s message comes straight to your email, and your address stays private.
Which should you choose?
Choose Artspan if you want to sell originals and prints from your site and its marketplace. Choose Situ.art if you want every work shown in a room at its true size, with a person for scale and a walk-through video, on a site that builds itself.
Questions
- Do I need photos of my work in rooms?
- No. Upload a straight photo of the work and its size, and Situ.art hangs it in a room at that size, beside a person for scale, and walks a camera past it in a gallery. The work itself is never changed.
- Can I use my own domain?
- Not yet. Your website is at situ.art/en/yourname. Put that link in your Instagram bio, your email signature or your own domain’s homepage.
- Does it keep AI crawlers off my work?
- Yes, with nothing to switch on. Your pages tell AI training crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, CCBot and others) to stay out, while search engines, and the assistants that search for people, can still find you.
- How much does a Situ.art website cost?
- £9 a month on the Artist plan, or £90 a year (£7.50 a month). The same plan makes your room mockups: 20 AI images and 2 AI videos a month, up to 30 works, and unlimited downloads. You can build and preview the website free first.
Sources
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