Comparisons / Placeit
Stock photoreal mockup stages
Placeit publishes vehicle wrap mockups as individual stock stages — a pickup, a van, a hatchback, a trailer — each with its own page and a browser editor. You drop artwork into a photoreal scene that already exists. A subscription is how that library is sold. The stage is a strong comp when a stock vehicle is the right picture: a portfolio tile, a pitch deck, a social crop. MockMapr is the proof a wrap shop sends while the client is still in the driveway. The vehicle is theirs: the cargo van, Sprinter, box truck, or pickup they will actually wrap. When a designer needs files after the yes, Export for Design is a ZIP that opens in Illustrator. 3 mockups when you sign up (lifetime), not per month. HD from $5 or Pro $49/mo. Export for Design is 2 kits a month on Pro, 10 on Production, unlimited on Business, or $19 a kit. HD proofs do not need a kit.
| Capability | MockMapr | Placeit |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | Shop proof on the client’s vehicle | Photoreal stock mockup stages |
| How you start | The client’s photo, an AI picture, or a short brief | A published vehicle stage |
| Editor | Proof flow in the browser | Browser editor on the stock scene |
| Whose vehicle | The van, truck, or pickup in the quote | The vehicle built into that stage |
| Vehicle wrap stages | Generated for the job in front of you | One URL per stock scene |
| Illustrator handoff kits | 2/mo Pro · 10/mo Production · unlimited Business · or $19/kit | The finished stage image |
| HD proof without a kit | Yes | The stage render is the file |
| Commercial model | $5/HD or from $49/mo | Subscription for the stock library |
| Free try | 3 mockups on signup, lifetime (not monthly) | Whatever trial Placeit lists on its pricing page |
Stock stages and shop proofs get confused because both end in a picture of a wrapped vehicle. The vehicle in the picture is the difference.
A service pickup is in the bay. The owner wants the doors and a bed stripe before they leave.
MockMapr
The proof is that pickup. HD is from $5 or included with Pro at $49/mo, and the HD file does not need a kit.
Placeit
A pickup wrap stage from the library. The truck in the frame is the stock stage, which is the right call when any pickup will do.
Shop name, three services, and the phone on the sliding door. Cab glass stays glass.
MockMapr
The proof follows their van. After they approve, Export for Design is the Illustrator ZIP if production needs layers.
Placeit
A van stage you edit in the browser. Handles, glass, and door breaks belong to the published scene.
The same name and phone, on two vans with different wheelbases, in one fleet quote.
MockMapr
A proof per vehicle in the quote. Kits only if design needs the handoff ZIP.
Placeit
Repeat a Sprinter-class stage for a lookbook. The stage stays the same when their wheelbase does not.
Lettering covers the box. The cab stays mostly clean, with the phone on the door.
MockMapr
The proof shows their box, with the cab in proportion to that truck.
Placeit
A truck or trailer stage chosen because it is close. Fast for a concept board.
A handsome van picture for the shop site. Nobody is approving vinyl today.
MockMapr
You can still make a proof. The free layered SVGs also cover a presentation board you can edit by hand.
Placeit
This is the stock-stage job. Pick a scene, drop the logo in the browser editor, export.
Placeit is a mockup library with a browser editor. Vehicle wraps show up as stages: a full pickup wrap, a van, a hatchback, sometimes a trailer, each on its own URL. The stage is a photographed or rendered vehicle with a surface ready for artwork. You upload the design in the browser. You are not rebuilding the truck.
The lighting, the wheels, the road, and the body are already in the file. If your artwork fits that camera angle, you get a photoreal comp without a photoshoot. Designers use these stages for pitches where the exact van in the lot does not matter. One stage, one scene, is the unit Placeit publishes.
The commercial model that matches the library is a subscription: ongoing access to stages, rather than a single downloaded PSD from a freebie blog. Placeit has also sold access in other packs over time. Their pricing page is the source for what a subscription costs today. This comparison does not invent that number.
A wrap quote stalls when the client cannot see their own van. The sliding door on a cargo van is a different panel from the lower band on a Sprinter. A box truck’s graphic stops where the cab starts. A stock pickup stage can be beautiful and still be a different truck from the one in the bay, with different handles, glass, and wheelbase.
MockMapr’s job is the proof of the vehicle in the conversation, the same day. Guests start with a watermarked preview. 3 mockups when you sign up (lifetime), not per month. After those three, HD from $5 or Pro $49/mo.
Export for Design comes after the yes. It is a ZIP with isolated layers and handoff notes your designer opens in Illustrator. Export for Design is 2 kits a month on Pro, 10 on Production, unlimited on Business, or $19 a kit. HD proofs do not need a kit. The proof and the kit are separate. A quote that only needs a picture does not spend a kit.
Placeit’s public position is a library of stock templates and a browser editor, sold as a subscription. Treat the price on their site as the live one. A subscription pays for scenes you can reuse across pitches. It pays for the editor that drops art into those scenes.
MockMapr prices the shop proof on a client vehicle. 3 mockups when you sign up (lifetime), not per month. HD from $5 or Pro $49/mo. Export for Design is 2 kits a month on Pro, 10 on Production, unlimited on Business, or $19 a kit. HD proofs do not need a kit. You are not buying a catalog of stages. You are buying the picture for the quote in front of you, and a kit only when Illustrator needs regions.
The two bills can both be reasonable. A designer who lives in stock stages for marketing comps can keep that subscription. The walk-in approval is the MockMapr line item. Confusing the two is how a shop pays for a pretty generic van and still has no proof of the van outside.
Some of the “Placeit vs free PSD” search is really a request for a file. The free mockup library is that PSD alternative for shops: layered SVGs of a cargo van side, a Sprinter side, a box truck side, and a pickup side. A PSD is not included. Open them in Illustrator, Affinity Designer, or Inkscape. Edit the Wrap artwork group. Leave the glass group alone if you only need to change the phone.
License in one line: free for commercial shop use, attribution optional, and not a file you resell by itself as a stock template. They are presentation boards of a body style, not year/make/model cut paths. When the client’s photo arrives, generate the proof on /wrap.
There is a longer blog note on Pixelcut, Placeit, and MockMapr if you want the template-tool write-up next to this page.
Choose MockMapr when the quote depends on the vehicle in the lot. The client wants the phone on their sliding door, the glass left clear, and a picture they can approve today. Open /wrap for the shop overview, or /create for a watermarked guest preview. 3 mockups when you sign up (lifetime), not per month. HD from $5 or Pro $49/mo. Export for Design is 2 kits a month on Pro, 10 on Production, unlimited on Business, or $19 a kit. HD proofs do not need a kit.
Choose Placeit when the job is a marketing picture on a stock vehicle. The browser editor and the stage library are the product: pick a published pickup or van scene, place the art, export the comp. Shops that still need the client’s own panels and an Illustrator handoff do that step with the vehicle from the quote. Placeit’s current subscription price lives on their pricing page.
For a shop proof on the client’s own vehicle, yes. Placeit remains the library of photoreal stock stages and a browser editor on a subscription. Use a stage when a generic truck is the picture you need. Use MockMapr when the picture has to be their truck, then an Illustrator ZIP if design needs layers.
The stage shows the vehicle published with that URL. You bring the artwork. The wheels, glass, and door breaks are the stock scene. MockMapr starts from the vehicle in the quote.
3 mockups when you sign up (lifetime), not per month. HD from $5 or Pro $49/mo. Export for Design is 2 kits a month on Pro, 10 on Production, unlimited on Business, or $19 a kit. HD proofs do not need a kit. Placeit’s current subscription price is on their pricing page. MockMapr does not resell their stages.
No. HD proofs do not need a kit. HD from $5 or Pro $49/mo. The kit is the Illustrator ZIP after they approve: 2 a month on Pro, 10 on Production, unlimited on Business, or $19 a kit.
At /free-mockups. Layered SVGs for a pickup side, cargo van side, Sprinter side, and box truck side. A PSD is not included. Commercial shop use, attribution optional. They are presentation boards, not cut-ready outlines.