Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Plaiceholder

Beautiful pure CSS image placeholders, without the hassle.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Plaiceholder launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Plaiceholder, transform images into pure CSS blurred placeholders▲24
Beautiful image placeholders, without the hassle.
2020 · plaiceholder.co · its alternatives →
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Plaiceholder 2.0, pure CSS blurry image placeholders (now ~90% smaller)▲25
Beautiful image placeholders, without the hassle. Contribute to joe-bell/plaiceholder development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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placeholder.pics▲99
Lightest way to include placeholder images in your design
2016 · placeholder.pics · its alternatives →
4
Gradient Joy▲107
Beautiful gradients as placeholder images just for you
2018 · gradientjoy.com · its alternatives →
5
PlaceholderJS▲146
Ridiculously simple and lightweight placeholders
2024 · placeholderjs.com · its alternatives →
6
Free Designs by Delesign▲200
Customizable illustrations & more
2019 · free-designs.delesign.com · its alternatives →
7
Placeholder Loader Creator▲225
SVG component editor to create skeleton/placeholder loaders
2020 · skeletonreact.com · its alternatives →
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Placeholders by TwicPics▲128
Save time with dynamic placeholder images.
2020 · its alternatives →
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Placy▲125
Simple tool for generating placeholders
2021 · its alternatives →
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Placemat▲192
Pretty nice placeholder images.
2016 · placem.at · its alternatives →
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I built 48 lightweight SVG backgrounds you can copy/paste▲403
Our backgrounds are customizable in many ways. Each background is unique and collectively these designs explore the various capabilities and attributes of SVG.
Mar 2026 · svgbackgrounds.com · its alternatives →
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Image Placeholder▲13
Smart image placeholders for fast UI prototyping
2025 · its alternatives →
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Gradify▲13
Lightweight Gradient Placeholders for Every Project
2024 · img.syssoft.in · its alternatives →
14
Placeholder images▲6
photos, placeholder, demo images
2025 · placehold.net · its alternatives →
15
This Person Does Not Exist for Sketch▲260
Get unique AI-generated people faces placeholders in Sketch
2019 · sliday.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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Gradientify Icons▲261
Interactive free SVG icons you can colorize as you wish
2020 · iconshock.com · its alternatives →
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Blend Icons▲277
136,000 free SVG icons elegant, monochrome & colored
2023 · blendicons.com · its alternatives →
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Placeholders by StreetviewHub▲87
Placeholder images from Google Street View
2020 · its alternatives →
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CSS ICON, an icon set crafted by pure CSS▲250
2016 · cssicon.space · its alternatives →
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Placeholdit.com▲11
Free placeholder image generator
2025 · placeholdit.com · its alternatives →
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GradientArt▲152
Advanced CSS gradient editor
2021 · gra.dient.art · its alternatives →
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Imgsrc.Space▲88
Get image and video placeholder right from code, fast
2021 · imgsrc.space · its alternatives →
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Placeholder Image Maker – Fast & Free▲12
Free online placeholder image generator | Themedevhub
2025 · themedevhub.com · its alternatives →
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Placehold.it▲79
A quick and simple image placeholder service
2015 · placehold.it · its alternatives →

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