Mockcraft and Placeit solve the same problem from opposite directions: one is source-available software you can own outright for $19, the other is a subscription at $14.95/mo run entirely on someone else's servers.
Head to head
| Mockcraft | Placeit | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once | $14.95/mo |
| Cost after 3 years | $19 | $538.20 |
| Your files live | On your machine | Their cloud |
| Works offline | Always | No |
| Account required | No | Yes |
| Export resolution | Full scene res, always | Gated by plan |
| Batch across templates | Yes, one pass | Manual, one at a time |
| Template pack license | MIT, extensible | Rented |
What Mockcraft does well
- 12 bundled templates — Devices (phone, laptop, tablet, browser), apparel (t-shirt, hoodie) and print (business card, framed poster, book cover, sticker).
- Real perspective placement — Angled scenes use a full homography transform with bilinear sampling, so your design sits on the surface like it was photographed there.
- Placement controls — Scale, X/Y offset, rotation and cover/contain/stretch fit modes, all live-previewed as you drag the sliders.
- Garment color variants — Eight swatches swap the shirt or hoodie color instantly, with the design multiply-shaded into the fabric so it looks printed.
What Placeit still does better
There's a real reason Placeit costs what it does: a bigger team, broader integrations and dedicated support behind it. If that ecosystem is genuinely what you need, it's worth paying for.
Which one should you pick
If your workflow depends on Placeit's specific integrations or you'd rather not run anything yourself, stay put — that's a legitimate call. If you're comfortable owning the tool and want to stop paying $14.95/mo for a job your own hardware can do, Mockcraft pays for itself and then some: mockcraft pays for itself in under two months of Placeit — and every month after that is pure savings.
Try Mockcraft — $19, once
Offline desktop mockups with true perspective warp, garment color variants and one-pass batch export — no cloud, no telemetry.