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Placeit Templates

Mockups and design templates for creators

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Acquired★4.3ratingPricing · FreemiumRising

What happened to Placeit Templates?

Placeit Templates was acquired by Envato in 2018.

Envato acquired Placeit in Jul 2018. Placeit still operates.

Source: startupdaily.net ↗Its AI Graveyard record →AI products shut down or acquired before 2021 →

The FalcoScan Intel PanelPlaceit Templates · Design
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend
Rating
4.3
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Placeit Templates does

Placeit provides thousands of product mockups, logo animations, and video templates for content creators.

How Placeit Templates compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Placeit Templates does. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Mew.Design at $5.69 a month and the median is $10.35. None of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Placeit Templates. Placeit Templates offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Placeit Templates was founded in 2006; the alternatives were founded between 2012 and 2025. Placeit Templates has no single headquarters on record; its alternatives with a known headquarters are in Australia and the Netherlands.

Market position · Design

How Placeit Templates compares in Design

Placeit Templates has moderate opportunity and sits in the middle third of 352 live Design tools on FalcoScan. Across Design, the average opportunity score is 52.4 and the average saturation score 41.5. FalcoScan rates Placeit Templates's own market position as contested. 54 of the 352 operating Design tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 23 shutdowns in the category.

Placeit Templates compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Placeit TemplatesFounded 2006 · Remote-firstModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWebRising
Mockup World ProFounded 2014ModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWebRising
CanvaFounded 2012 · Sydney, AustraliaLowCrowdedFreemium$15/moYesNoWeb, Mobile, DesktopStable
Mew.DesignFounded 2025ModerateContestedFreemium$5.69/moYesNoWebStable
Framer AI Website BuilderFounded 2022 · Amsterdam, NetherlandsHighOpenFreemium—YesNoWebHot
Canva Pro TeamsFounded 2012ModerateContestedPaid—NoNoWeb, MobileRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Design.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Placeit Templates exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Image Generation
Industry Verticals
Marketing
Tagged

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Questions

Placeit Templates: common questions

Is Placeit Templates still running?

Yes. Placeit Templates was acquired by Envato in 2018. Envato acquired Placeit in Jul 2018. Placeit still operates.

Who acquired Placeit Templates?

Envato acquired Placeit Templates in 2018 (startupdaily.net).

Source: startupdaily.net ↗

Is Placeit Templates free?

Placeit Templates has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Placeit Templates?

The closest alternatives to Placeit Templates that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Mockup World Pro, Canva, Mew.Design, Framer AI Website Builder, and Canva Pro Teams.

Where is Placeit Templates based?

Placeit Templates has no single headquarters: FalcoScan's records list it as a distributed, remote-first company.

Does Placeit Templates have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Placeit Templates.

Who is Placeit Templates for?

Placeit Templates is built for creators and marketers.

How do I sign in to Placeit Templates?

Sign in on Placeit Templates's own website, placeit.net. FalcoScan reviews Placeit Templates but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Placeit Templates directly.

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