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A realistic Canvy alternative
Situ.art is a Canvy 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 full-size downloads and no watermark, where Canvy’s free plan has 15+ rooms and medium-size downloads.
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 Canvy compared
Canvy is a Danish room-mockup service with an artwork manager and a portfolio website builder; the free plan gives 15+ rooms and 7 medium-size downloads a week, and the 2,000+ room library costs $19 a month. Situ.art’s free tier is the whole library: add the size and your work hangs at true scale in 700 rooms at once, so you pick the room that suits it in seconds.
Prices and features checked 26 October 2026, as published on Canvy’s own site, in its own currency.
At a glance
| Canvy | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Room mockups plus an artwork manager and a portfolio website. | 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 | Free. Plus is $19/month and Pro $39/month, billed monthly; yearly billing saves up to 21%. | Free. Artist is £9 a month and Pro £29 a month, less billed annually. |
| Free tier | 15+ rooms, 7 room-image downloads a week at medium size, 100 artworks. | 50+ rooms with no account. A free account unlocks 700+ rooms and 3 AI credits. |
| Rooms | 2,000+ rooms on paid plans, 7 added each week. | 700+ curated rooms, plus any room you describe. |
| True to scale | Not stated on the pricing page. | 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 room library. | Yes. Describe a room and it is created around your art. |
| People, furniture, angles | No. Rooms are used as supplied. | Yes. Add people, furniture or companion pieces, or change the camera angle. |
| Frames and mats | Not stated on the pricing page. | 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 | 5 video generations a month on Plus, 50 on Pro, none on Free. | 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 | Medium size on Free; full size on paid plans. 200 a month on Plus, unlimited on Pro. | 2048px JPG. No watermark on any tier, no account needed. |
| Platform | Browser. | Browser, plus an iPhone app. |
| Made for | Artists selling online; Pro adds an Etsy integration and a website with your own domain. | Artists, galleries and auction houses. |
Features
| Canvy | 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 Canvy is stronger
- A portfolio website is included, with your own domain on Pro.
- Etsy integration on Pro.
- Room count: 2,000+ on paid plans against Situ.art’s 700+.
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. Canvy shows one room at a time.
- The free tier is the whole library: 700+ rooms and full-size downloads, against 15+ rooms and 7 medium-size downloads a week.
- AI adds people, furniture or a different angle, or builds a room from a sentence. The art itself never changes.
- Video on the free tier.
- Downloads are never watermarked or downsized.
- Frame it once and every room shows it: pick a frame and mount and all 700 rooms update, the work hung at its framed size.
- An API that returns finished images, for catalogues and bulk work. Canvy doesn’t publish one.
Which should you choose?
Choose Canvy if you want a portfolio site and Etsy link in the same subscription. Choose Situ.art if you want the mockups themselves: free, full size, at true scale, with AI to add people, furniture or another angle.
Questions
- Is there a free alternative to Canvy?
- Yes. Canvy’s free plan has 15+ rooms and 7 medium-size downloads a week, and its 2,000+ room library is $19 a month on Plus. Situ.art is free to start: 50+ rooms with no account, 700+ with a free one, and full-size 2048 px downloads with no watermark. 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. Canvy shows one room at a time.
- 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 include a website?
- Yes, on the Artist plan (£9 a month): every work you upload appears at situ.art/yourname with its room shots made for you. There is no own domain. Canvy includes a website on a .canvy.art address, with your own domain on Pro.
- 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.
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