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A Cargo alternative for artists

Situ.art is a Cargo alternative for artists who’d rather not design a site: 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.

See your website How it works

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 Cargo compared

Cargo is a site builder for designers and artists: one plan at $14 a month billed yearly ($19 monthly), free-form layouts, five gallery modes and Dinamo fonts, with every page laid out by you on a computer. Situ.art takes the design off your hands: 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 Cargo’s own site, in the currency it showed us.

At a glance

	Cargo	Situ.art
What it is	A site builder for designers and artists, with free-form layouts and full control of type.	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	One plan: $14 a month billed yearly, or $19 billed monthly. Selling is an add-on at $5.50 a month (yearly).	£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 subscription is needed for a site to go public. Free for students and teachers.	Build and preview it free, without an account. Making it public needs the Artist plan.
Setting it up	Pick a template, then lay out your pages and galleries yourself, on a computer.	Nothing to design. Add your name, one line about you and an About; every work you upload appears on it.
How many works	Not stated. Each image up to 25 MB.	Up to 30 on Artist; as many as you like on Pro (£29 a month).
Your work in a room	Not built in: galleries show the photos you upload.	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	A caption per image, typed by hand. No fields for medium, size or sold stated.	Title, year, medium, size in cm and inches, framed size, signed, and Available or Sold.
Your own domain	Yes. One custom domain connection is included; more are $2 a month (yearly).	No. Your website is at situ.art/en/yourname.
Selling	Commerce add-on, $5.50 a month billed yearly ($9 monthly), with no Cargo transaction fees. Stripe or PayPal.	No shop or checkout. Each work can be marked Available or Sold.
Contact	A built-in contact form that emails you.	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	“Cargo sites can not be edited on the phone.” Building needs desktop Chrome or Safari.	Yes. All of it is edited in the browser, on a phone as on a computer.
Made for	Designers and artists showing work to win jobs and clients.	Artists who want a site that looks like a gallery’s and keeps itself up to date.

Features

	Cargo	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 Cargo is stronger

Design freedom: free-form layouts, five gallery modes, scroll effects, CSS and HTML editing and Dinamo fonts.
Your own domain: one custom domain connection is included.
Selling: a $5.50 a month add-on, with no Cargo transaction fees.
Unlimited sites on cargo.site addresses for one price, and free for students and teachers.
Editing together in real time, and a network of peers’ sites.

Where Situ.art is stronger

Nothing to design. Upload a photo of a work and its size, and it’s on your website. On Cargo you lay out every page and gallery yourself.
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. Cargo’s galleries show the photos you upload.
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.
Edit it on your phone. Cargo says its sites can’t be edited on one.
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 Cargo if you want to design the site yourself, with free-form layouts, your own domain and a shop. Choose Situ.art if you’d rather not design anything: every work shown in a room at its true size, with its details, on a site that keeps itself up to date.

Questions

Is there a simpler alternative to Cargo for artists?: Yes. A Situ.art website has nothing to lay out: upload your works with their sizes, add your name and About, and publish. Every work appears whole, in a room at its true size and in a walk-through video, with its details beside it.
Can I edit a Situ.art website on my phone?: Yes, in the phone’s browser: titles and details, About, your link, the cover and which works show. Cargo says its sites can’t be edited on a phone.
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.
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.

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Sources

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