Video

Placeit Video Templates

Animated video templates for brands

Acquired★4.2ratingPricing · FreemiumDeclining

What happened to Placeit Video Templates?

Placeit Video 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 Video Templates · Video
Data updated 1 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Declining
Market trend
Rating
4.2
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Placeit Video Templates does

Placeit provides animated logo reveals, product promo videos, and social stories templates.

How Placeit Video Templates compares with its closest alternatives

All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Placeit Video Templates does. All 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Placeit Video Templates. Placeit Video Templates offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Placeit Video Templates was founded in 2022; the alternatives were founded between 2022 and 2024. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in China and the United States.

Market position · Video

How Placeit Video Templates compares in Video

Placeit Video Templates has moderate opportunity and sits in the middle third of 377 live Video tools on FalcoScan. Across Video, the average opportunity score is 63 and the average saturation score 42.7. FalcoScan rates Placeit Video Templates's own market position as contested. 81 of the 377 operating Video tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 26 shutdowns in the category.

Placeit Video Templates compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Placeit Video TemplatesFounded 2022ModerateContestedFreemium—YesNoWebDeclining
Hailuo AIFounded 2023 · Shanghai, ChinaHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWebHot
Veo 3 GoogleFounded 2024 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Hailuo MiniMaxFounded 2023 · Shanghai, ChinaModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Kling 1.6Founded 2022 · Beijing, ChinaModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Kling 2.0Founded 2023 · Beijing, ChinaModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot

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

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

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

AI Capabilities
Video Generation
Industry Verticals
Marketing
Tagged

Placeit Video Templates shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Placeit Video Templates: common questions

Is Placeit Video Templates still running?

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

Who acquired Placeit Video Templates?

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

Source: startupdaily.net ↗

Is Placeit Video Templates free?

Placeit Video Templates has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Placeit Video Templates?

The closest alternatives to Placeit Video Templates that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Hailuo AI, Veo 3 Google, Hailuo MiniMax, Kling 1.6, and Kling 2.0.

Does Placeit Video Templates have an API?

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

Who is Placeit Video Templates for?

Placeit Video Templates is built for marketers and creators.

How do I sign in to Placeit Video Templates?

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

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