Pricing
Architectural rendering costs depend on what you need built and how many views you need. Here are our published starting prices, what each includes, and what moves the price up, based on 660+ delivered projects.
Starting prices
Each price is a starting point for a standard scope. Your quote reflects your actual project.
From $199 per image
From $199 per image
From $149 per plan
From $399 per image
From $1,500 per project
From $3,000 per project
How it is priced
Rendering cost does not scale with floor area. A rendered view is priced for what it takes to build and light that view, so a house and a tower start at the same per-image price and move up with complexity and the number of views. There is no per-m² or per-sqm rate to work out.
| What you order | Starting price | Real project of this kind |
|---|---|---|
| A single exterior view | From $199 per image. One photoreal view of the building in its setting, 2 revision rounds included. | Blue Shingle Style Residence |
| A single interior view | From $199 per image. One space with materials, furniture and lighting, 2 revision rounds included. | Event Venue Bar Interior |
| A rendered floor plan | From $149 per plan. A top-down plan with materials and furniture, 2 revision rounds included. | Five-Level Residence — Rendered Floor Plan Set |
Starting prices are for a standard scope; your written quote reflects your actual views. Prices are in US dollars.
Buying from another market? Read how it works for architectural visualization for US architects and developers, architectural visualisation for UK architects and developers and architectural visualisation for European studios.
Terms
Cost drivers
Source quality matters as well. A clean 3D model or well-dimensioned drawings from SketchUp, Revit, Rhino or CAD keep both cost and schedule down.
Want the market context behind these numbers? Our guide to architectural rendering cost explains how price moves with complexity and what to ask when comparing quotes.
Planning your set
Typical ranges of views by project type. Use them to plan a budget with the starting prices above.
| Project type | Typical views | What they usually cover |
|---|---|---|
| Single house | 2 to 4 views | Usually the front exterior, a rear or garden view, and one or two key interiors. |
| Multi-family | 4 to 10 views | Street-facing elevations, amenity spaces, a typical unit interior and often an aerial. |
| Commercial | 3 to 8 views | Main entrance and street presence, lobby, and the spaces that sell the building. |
| Interiors only | 1 view per room that matters | Kitchens, living areas and show suites are the usual priorities. |
Every project is different. Tell us the project and the audience, and we will suggest the views that earn their place.
Your options
A qualitative comparison. The right answer depends on your volume and how closely images must match your drawings.
| Option | Strengths | Trade-offs | Good fit for |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-house team | Full control and fast informal feedback. | Fixed salaries, software and hardware costs whether or not there is work, and capacity limits at deadline time. | A steady, high volume of visualization every month. |
| Outsourcing to a studio | Pay per deliverable, scale up or down by project, and draw on a full production team. | Needs a clear brief and a few review rounds; quality varies, so judge a studio on a test image. | Project-based or uneven demand, and work that must match your design exactly. |
| AI image tools | Quick, low-cost mood and concept exploration. | Geometry, materials and dimensions can drift from your drawings, and results are hard to revise precisely. | Early ideas, not drawings-accurate marketing or approval images. |
Questions
Exterior and interior renders start from $199 per image. 3D floor plans start from $149, photomontage from $399, architectural animation from $1,500 and VR from $3,000. The final figure depends on complexity, the number of views and the revisions you need, and you get a written quote before work starts.
The starting price covers one view built from your drawings or 3D model, lighting and materials, high-resolution output and 2 revision rounds. Larger scenes, extra views, custom modelling and additional revision rounds are quoted on top.
Scene size and complexity, how many views you need, how much has to be modelled from scratch, heavy landscaping or entourage, aerial or masterplan angles, extra revision rounds and a compressed schedule. Clean, detailed source files keep cost down.
Yes. Architects can order a single test image for $99 and judge the work before starting a larger project. The details are on the architects page.
Stills are priced per image, and floor plans per plan. Animation and VR are priced per project. If you need several views of the same scene, mention it in your brief and we price the set as a whole.
A first draft usually reaches you in 3 to 5 business days after we have complete drawings, and finals follow in 5 to 8 business days. Larger sets, animation and VR are scheduled in the written quote.
Per image. The size of the building does not set the price: the view you need, its complexity and the number of views do. Exterior and interior renders start from $199 per image and floor plans from $149 per plan, so there is no per-m² or per-sqm rate to calculate.
We do not price by area in the UK or anywhere else. A rendered view starts from $199 per image whatever the floor area, and a photomontage for a planning submission starts from $399. Prices are in US dollars.
No. The published starting prices above plus a written quote for your actual views are more reliable than a calculator, because complexity and the number of views move the price. Send the drawings and the views you need and you get a quote with the schedule.
You do. The final images are yours to use commercially at full resolution, and the pre-contract agreement assigns copyright and source files to you on payment. Details are on the architects page.
Published starting prices are in US dollars. If you are in the UK or Europe, tell us when you request a quote and we will confirm the details with you.
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Send us your drawings or 3D model and the views you need. You receive a written quote and a schedule before any work starts.
