Free mockup licences for brand designers, compared (2026)

GraphicBurger, Creatsy, Mockups-Design and PSDCovers all let you use their free mockups in client work, and Mockup World points you to each creator’s own terms. The four that publish terms agree on the rule that matters most for brand and packaging projects: the finished image is yours to show, but the editable template isn’t yours to hand on. This article compares the licence pages as they read on 5 November 2026. I’m a designer, not a lawyer, so treat it as a reading guide, not legal advice.

If you also need photos for the same projects, see the free stock photo licences compared.

The five sources side by side

	GraphicBurger	Creatsy (free)	Mockups-Design	PSDCovers	Mockup World
Own licence page	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No, it links to creators
Commercial use	Yes	Yes, one business	Yes, any purpose	Yes	Depends on the creator
Client work	Yes	Listed (client projects)	Yes, no limit stated	Yes	Check the creator’s terms
Credit required	No	Not addressed	No	No	Only if the creator asks
Redistribute the file	No	No (source files)	No (PSD, TIFF)	No	Check the creator’s terms
Sell as a template or on stock sites	No	No	No	No	Check the creator’s terms
Stated caps	None found	1 business, 5,000 end products	None found	None found	Varies

“None found” means the page doesn’t state one, which is different from “no limit”.

GraphicBurger

The licence page calls the resources royalty-free for personal and commercial projects, and says you can use them for yourself or a client and modify them. Credit isn’t required, though it’s welcomed. You can’t resell, sublicense or redistribute the files, even for free and even attached to your own work. If you write about a resource, link to its page and not straight to the download.

One catch: the site also features mockups that link out to other authors’ downloads. The page says those are trademarks of their owners, so check with the author before using them.

Creatsy

Creatsy’s free mockups are the most restricted of the five, and the limits are written down. The Freebie row of its Licenses table allows commercial use for one business and up to 5,000 end products, with end products that are significantly different from the original work. It doesn’t cover mobile, desktop or web app use, or game development.

It also lists broadcast up to 500,000 lifetime viewers, one linked corporate social account, unlimited digital paid ads, and unlimited physical paid ads for local markets only. Reselling or sublicensing the work in source file form is prohibited. The page doesn’t address credit, and it doesn’t say whether you may hand a source file to a client, so assume you may not. If a client plans a national print campaign or a big product run, read the full agreement it links to first.

Mockups-Design

This licence is the clearest about handover. It allows use for any purpose in any medium, including client projects, and says no credit is needed. After you replace the sample design and save a flattened graphic, you can share that image with clients and use it in portfolios, ads, websites, online stores and social media.

It bars distributing the downloaded files in an open format such as PSD or TIFF, by website, email, file transfer or FTP. It also bars selling or distributing the mockups on stock or microstock sites, including with the sample design disabled. The licence text has no effective date; the page’s metadata shows a late-October 2026 edit.

PSDCovers

PSDCovers gives non-exclusive use for personal and commercial projects, including work for clients, and says credit and links back aren’t required. It bars hosting, reselling, redistributing (even free) or sublicensing the downloaded files, editing or repurposing the actions and templates for sale, and selling a PSD generated from its tools to offer a competing service.

Its examples include submitting a mockup with a solid colour rendered onto it to a stock photo site, and removing the branding to sell the result. The page’s metadata shows a March 2023 edit, so it’s the oldest of the five. It also says parts of the site are under Creative Commons without saying which, so if a file matters, read the terms that come with it.

Mockup World

Mockup World is a directory, not a publisher. Its FAQ says it lists mockups that their authors describe as free for personal and commercial use, and that the download button sends you to the original source. It also says a free download doesn’t by itself settle what you may do: check the creator’s licence before client work, advertising or a source-file handover, and ask the creator if the terms are unclear.

Credit is needed only when the creator’s licence asks for it. Creative Commons labels vary: some allow commercial use and some don’t, so read the licence attached to the file and not just the label.

What to check before a mockup goes into client work

1. Find the licence on the source page. For Mockup World, that means the creator’s page, not the directory.
2. Export a flat image. Show clients a JPG or PNG of your design on the mockup. Keep the PSD to yourself.
3. Check the limits. Creatsy’s free licence caps products and excludes apps. Look for a cap before a big campaign.
4. Change the template before you sell anything. The four with their own licence bar reselling the mockup files or putting them on stock sites.
5. Look at what’s in the scene. A branded product, a visible logo or a recognisable person in the photo isn’t cleared by the licence. Use a neutral scene for brand work.
6. Keep a record. Save the page URL and the day you read it, because several of these pages show no revision date.

Which one to start with

For a packaging or identity project with a client, start with GraphicBurger or Mockups-Design, where the terms are short and don’t state a cap. Use Creatsy when its scenes suit the job and you’re inside its limits. Use PSDCovers if you want the straightforward commercial terms and don’t mind that the page itself hasn’t been updated since 2023. Treat Mockup World as a search tool, then read the licence at the destination. If the client’s budget allows, a paid mockup licence removes most of these questions.