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A Pixpa alternative for artists
Situ.art is a Pixpa alternative for artists who’d rather not build 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.
- 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 Pixpa compared
Pixpa is a portfolio website builder for photographers, artists and designers, with 200+ templates, a store with no commission, a blog and client galleries, from £6.85 a month before VAT (less billed yearly). Situ.art does one thing for artists: 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 Pixpa’s own site, in the currency it showed us.
At a glance
| Pixpa | Situ.art | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A portfolio website builder for photographers, artists and designers, with a store and client galleries. | 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 £6.85, Creator £11.42, Professional £15.49 and Advanced £19.04 a month before VAT. Yearly is 40% off in the first year, then 20% off. | £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 15-day trial, no card needed. | Build and preview it free, without an account. Making it public needs the Artist plan. |
| Setting it up | Pick from 200+ templates, then build your galleries and pages. | Nothing to design. Add your name, one line about you and an About; every work you upload appears on it. |
| How many works | 200 images and 10 pages on Basic; unlimited above it. | 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 images 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 title, caption and keywords per image. No price or sold field. | Title, year, medium, size in cm and inches, framed size, signed, and Available or Sold. |
| Your own domain | Yes. Free for the first year on Creator and up. | No. Your website is at situ.art/en/yourname. |
| Selling | Originals, prints and downloads with 0% commission: 3 products on Basic, unlimited on Advanced. | No shop or checkout. Each work can be marked Available or Sold. |
| Contact | Forms, an enquiry form and email sign-up pop-ups. | 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 | Its editor has worked on phones since 2022. No app. | Yes. All of it is edited in the browser, on a phone as on a computer. |
| Made for | Photographers, artists and designers. | Artists who want a site that looks like a gallery’s and keeps itself up to date. |
Features
| Pixpa | 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 Pixpa is stronger
- A store with no commission on any plan, for originals, prints and downloads.
- A blog, client galleries with proofing, and SEO tools.
- Your own domain, free for the first year on Creator and up.
- Human support around the clock.
- Unlimited images and pages above Basic.
Where Situ.art is stronger
- Nothing to design. Upload a photo of a work and its size, and it’s on your website. On Pixpa you build the galleries and pages 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. Pixpa’s galleries show the images 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. Pixpa has a title, caption and keywords per image, and no sold field.
- 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 Pixpa if you want a store, a blog and client galleries on your own domain at a low price. Choose Situ.art if you want every work shown in a room at its true size, with its details, on a site you never have to build.
Questions
- Does Pixpa show art in a room?
- Not as a feature: its galleries show the images you upload. A Situ.art website hangs every work in a room at its true size, from the size you enter, beside a person for scale.
- 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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