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A realistic Bello alternative
Situ.art is a Bello alternative built for realism: each room’s own light sets the shadows and the frame’s shading, and your work hangs in 700+ rooms at once, with no watermark on any download, where Bello charges $2.50 a scene to remove its watermark.
Try it with your own work
JPG, PNG or WebP. Free, no account, no watermark.
A sample painting, 50 × 44 cm, hung at its real size. Drop your artwork in above and it takes its place here and in every room below.
Rooms on this page
- Price
- Free. No card, and no account for your first two works.
- Watermark
- None, on any download.
- Rooms
- 50+ without an account, 700+ with a free one.
- Sets
- Up to 8 works on one wall, laid out in every room at once.
- Paid plans
- Artist £9 a month, Pro £29 a month.
- Downloads
- 2048 px JPGs. A free account includes 5 downloads; paid plans have no cap.
- Works in
- Any browser, plus an iPhone app.
Situ.art and Bello compared
Bello is a shop for room mockups, aimed at artists and photographers who sell prints on Etsy: choose a room, place your art in the browser editor, and pay $2.50 per scene to download it clean. Situ.art starts where Bello’s paywall sits. Add the size and your work hangs at true scale in 700 rooms at once, free, so you pick the room that suits it in seconds.
Prices and features checked 15 September 2026, as published on Bello’s own site, in its own currency.
At a glance
| Bello | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A library of room and frame templates you buy one at a time and reuse. | Art photographed in situ. Your artwork hangs at true scale in a room, and AI can add people or furniture, or show it from another angle. The art itself never changes. |
| Price to start | $2.50 per scene, kept for life. Bundles of 10 for $12. Video scenes $6. AI scenes 1 credit each, credits from $5 for 10. | Free. Artist is £9 a month and Pro £29 a month, less billed annually. |
| Free tier | Watermarked previews of your art in 50+ rooms, and one demo scene in the editor. Paying removes the watermark. | 50+ rooms with no account. A free account unlocks 700+ rooms and 3 AI credits. |
| Rooms | 158 room templates, 20 frame templates and 127 AI scenes, all pre-made. | 700+ curated rooms, plus any room you describe. |
| True to scale | Yes. Enter your art size and the frame is scaled to the room. | Yes. Enter the artwork’s size and it hangs at that size, at a realistic height. |
| Rooms from a description | No. You choose from the catalogue; new room requests go by email. | Yes. Describe a room and it is created around your art. |
| People, furniture, angles | No. The AI places your art in a fixed scene; the scene itself does not change. | Yes. Add people, furniture or companion pieces, or change the camera angle. |
| Frames and mats | Yes. Frame styles, colours, mat boards and floating-frame shadows in the editor. | Yes. Slim, box or floating frames, flat or moulded, in oak, walnut, gold, silver, black, white or any colour, with a window or float mount. You set the frame and mount widths, and the frame adds to the size that hangs, so it stays true to scale. |
| Video | 3 pre-rendered 15-second clips at 1080p, $6 each. Your art is composited in; no preview before buying. | Art videos of your work in its rooms, made without AI, for Reels, the feed or square posts: two a day on Free, unlimited on every paid plan. Plus AI video, a 6-second clip with the camera moving through your scene: 1 on Free, 2 a month on Artist, 20 on Pro. |
| Downloads | Rooms at 2688×1792, AI scenes as 2K images, plus a Photoshop file for templates. Watermarked until paid. | 2048px JPG. No watermark on any tier, no account needed. |
| Platform | Browser, plus a free Photoshop plugin. | Browser, plus an iPhone app. |
| Made for | Independent artists and photographers selling prints. | Artists, galleries and auction houses. |
Features
| Bello | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| Your work in every room at once | ✗ | ✓ |
| Several works on one wall | – | ✓ |
| A set of works laid out in every room at once | ✗ | ✓ |
| True to scale in every room | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free full-size downloads, no watermark | ✗ | ✓ |
| Rooms created from a description | ✗ | ✓ |
| Add people or furniture | ✗ | ✓ |
| Change the camera angle | ✗ | ✓ |
| Video mockups | ✓ | ✓ |
| Frame and mat editor | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works in the browser | ✓ | ✓ |
| API that returns finished images | – | ✓ |
✓ yes · ✗ no · – not stated on their site
Where Bello is stronger
- Photoshop files: every template comes as a PSD you can edit offline.
- Pay once: $2.50 buys a scene for life, with no subscription.
- Free artist page and 3D gallery at bello.art/yourname.
Where Situ.art is stronger
- Every room at once. Add the size and your work hangs at true scale in 700 rooms straight away, so you pick the one that suits it in seconds. Bello’s generator renders about a dozen at a time, watermarked, with only the first few at the right size.
- Every room is free. Bello charges $2.50 for what Situ.art gives away: a clean, full-size download of your art at true scale.
- Ask for a viewer, a passer-by, furniture or a different angle and AI adds it; the room and the art stay as they are. Bello’s AI only places your art in a fixed scene.
- Any room, not a catalogue. Describe the room you want.
- Video of your actual scene: the camera moves through the room your art is hanging in, rather than one of three stock clips.
- Over four times the rooms: 700+ against Bello’s 158 room templates.
- More framing options: slim, box or floating frames, flat or moulded, in wood, paint, gold, silver or any colour, with frame and mount widths you set and colours matched from the room or the painting. Frame it once and all 700 rooms update, the work hung at its framed size.
- An API that returns finished images, for catalogues and bulk work. Bello doesn’t publish one.
Which should you choose?
Choose Bello if you want to buy single scenes outright, with a Photoshop file to keep. Choose Situ.art if you want the room itself to do the work: hundreds of free rooms at true scale, then AI to add people, change the angle or build a room from a sentence.
Questions
- Is there a free alternative to Bello?
- Yes. Bello’s previews are free but watermarked, and a clean download costs $2.50 a scene or $12 for a bundle of 10. Situ.art is free to start: 50+ rooms with no account, 700+ with a free one, and no watermark on any download. A free account includes 5 downloads.
- Can I see my art in lots of rooms at once?
- Yes. Upload once and the work hangs in every room straight away, so you pick the ones that suit it. Bello’s generator shows previews about a dozen at a time, watermarked.
- Can I put several works on one wall?
- Yes. Hang up to 8 works (two without an account) together. Every room lays the set out to suit its wall, and you can drag each work where you want it.
- Does Situ.art give me a Photoshop file?
- No. Situ.art gives you finished JPGs to post, list or send. Bello’s templates come with a PSD you can edit offline.
- How much does Situ.art cost after the free plan?
- Artist is £9 a month and Pro £29 a month, less billed annually. Nothing on the free plan needs a card.
- Will AI change my artwork?
- No. Your work is placed exactly as you upload it. AI only changes the room around it, and only when you ask it to.
Sources
- Bello: art mockup generator
- Bello: example template ($2.50)
- Bello: example AI scene
- Bello: bundles
- Bello: video mockups
- Bello: FRAMES plugin
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