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A Artwork Archive alternative for artists
Situ.art is an Artwork Archive alternative for the website side: your works are shown on a site that looks like a gallery’s, each in a room at its true size with a person for scale and a walk-through video.
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 Artwork Archive compared
Artwork Archive is inventory software for artists, from $9 a month billed yearly: a record of every piece, its locations, sales, invoices and certificates, with a Public Profile that shows the works you choose on Artwork Archive’s own address. Situ.art is a website first: 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 21 October 2026, as published on Artwork Archive’s own site, in the currency it showed us.
At a glance
| Artwork Archive | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Inventory software for artists, with a Public Profile of the works you choose. | 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 | Apprentice $9, Professional $18 and Master $36 a month billed yearly ($10, $21 and $42 monthly). | £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, no card needed. | Build and preview it free, without an account. Making it public needs the Artist plan. |
| Setting it up | Fill in a record for each piece, then choose what the Public Profile shows. | Nothing to design. Add your name, one line about you and an About; every work you upload appears on it. |
| How many works | 100 pieces on Apprentice, 500 on Professional, unlimited on Master. | Up to 30 on Artist; as many as you like on Pro (£29 a month). |
| Your work in a room | Not stated. Its Private Rooms are password-protected collections, not 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 | You choose what to show, price and sold included, plus exhibition and publication history. | Title, year, medium, size in cm and inches, framed size, signed, and Available or Sold. |
| Your own domain | No: “Artwork Archive does not support custom domains at this time.” You can forward one to your profile. | No. Your website is at situ.art/en/yourname. |
| Selling | Purchase requests from your profile become invoices; PayPal on Professional and up. No Artwork Archive fees. | No shop or checkout. Each work can be marked Available or Sold. |
| Contact | A contact form, purchase requests and inquiries on the profile. | 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 | It works in a phone’s browser, and you can add pieces from an iPhone. | Yes. All of it is edited in the browser, on a phone as on a computer. |
| Made for | Artists, collectors and organisations managing an inventory. | Artists who want a site that looks like a gallery’s and keeps itself up to date. |
Features
| Artwork Archive | 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 Artwork Archive is stronger
- A full inventory: every piece’s locations, editions, sales, invoices and reports, with daily backups.
- Certificates of authenticity, QR labels and a CRM.
- Provenance, exhibition and publication history shown with each work.
- Listed on Artwork Archive’s Discovery platform, and embeddable in your own site on Professional.
Where Situ.art is stronger
- 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. Artwork Archive’s profile shows the images you upload.
- A website that looks like a gallery’s: one work across the top, an even grid, and each work opening on its own with its views and details.
- Little to fill in: a work and its size are enough. Title, medium and the rest are optional, and each shows once you add it.
- 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 Artwork Archive if what you need is records: inventory, sales, invoices and certificates, with a profile on the side. Choose Situ.art if what you need is the website: every work in a room at its true size, ready to send to a buyer. Many artists will want both.
Questions
- Can I use Artwork Archive and Situ.art together?
- Yes. Keep your records, invoices and certificates in Artwork Archive, and use a Situ.art website to show the works: each one in a room at its true size, with its details and Inquire.
- 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.
- 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
- Artwork Archive pricing
- Artwork Archive: account types
- Artwork Archive: profile URL and domains
- Artwork Archive: setting up the Public Profile
- Artwork Archive: purchase requests
- Artwork Archive: Private Rooms
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