3D exterior rendering services, priced
$149 to $900 to start at the seven studios that publish a price; $399 to $1,500 for a finished house exterior and up to $2,500 for typical commercial work in the two published market guides, with aerials and large commercial above that. The rate cards, what moves the number, and the option that costs nothing to try first.
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3D exterior rendering cost
Seven of the eight studios on this page publish a starting price for an exterior view. Here they are, exactly as stated: The 2D3D Floor Plan Company, World’s Best 3D Renderings, Rapid Renders, BoxBrownie, RealSpace 3D, ArchiCGI and Maverick Frame Studio. Exteriors are the one deliverable where the cheapest and the most expensive published price differ by six times, and the reason is the second table. Last updated: September 11, 2026.
| Studio | Published starting price | Turnaround | Revisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| The 2D3D Floor Plan Company | From $149 per exterior view | 3–5 business days | Rounds included per package, at no extra cost |
| World's Best 3D Renderings | $297 per exterior, residential or commercial | Not published; quotes in 5–10 minutes | Included in the price |
| Rapid Renders | Exteriors from $300 | 24–48 hours for a simple still · about a week for one image | Up to 5 free on the quoted estimate |
| BoxBrownie | From US$350 per exterior render · 360° from US$500 | About two weeks | Not published |
| RealSpace 3D | $399 per image presentation tier · $799 marketing tier | 4–8 days for an exterior | Not published |
| ArchiCGI | Residential exteriors from $600 · commercial from $900 | 3 business days for a still | Included in the standard price |
| Maverick Frame Studio | Exteriors from $624 · aerials from $936 | Not published as a standard | Not published |
| Render a House | Free for 3 renders a day · Pro $39/mo for 240 credits | Seconds | One credit per attempt |
A starting price is what the simplest exterior costs — one facade, eye level, daylight, no site. Two of the studios above also publish a guide to what a finished exterior costs across the market, and those bands are the ones to budget against.
| Deliverable | RealSpace 3D cost guide | Rapid Renders cost guide |
|---|---|---|
| House or residential exterior | $399–$1,500 | $500–$1,000 |
| Commercial exterior | $800–$2,500 | $1,000–$10,000 for large commercial |
| Aerial or context view | $1,000–$3,000 | Not published |
| Rush delivery | +25–50% for 48 hours | +30–50% under five business days |
| An extra revision round | $100–$400 | Unlimited for +25% upfront, or extra rounds quoted |
Guide figures as published by RealSpace 3D and Rapid Renders. Both describe the market, not their own rate — RealSpace 3D’s own prices are the two fixed tiers in the first table.
Line drawing of a house exterior, the kind of input a studio models fromDrag to compare
What moves the number
Six things, and only one of them is the building. Every studio on this page prices its exterior from the same base — a facade at eye level in daylight on a clean plot — and then adds. This is the list of what gets added, with the published figures where a studio has put one on it.
| Driver | What it does to the quote |
|---|---|
| Site context | A house on a white plane is the base price. Neighbouring buildings, a street, a slope or a shoreline are modelled or matched from photographs, and that is artist time. |
| Camera height | Eye-level views reuse the model as built. An aerial needs roofs, the whole plot and the surroundings finished — RealSpace 3D's guide prices it at $1,000–$3,000 against $399–$1,500 for a ground view, and Maverick Frame starts aerials at $936 against $624 at eye level. |
| Time of day | Dusk and night views cost post-production time: interior lighting has to be placed and every window lit. Daylight is the cheaper default at every studio on this page. |
| Entourage and landscaping | People, cars, mature trees and planting plans are library assets at the volume studios and bespoke at the boutiques. World's Best 3D Renderings states that environment is included free; most quote it. |
| Views two to five | The model is the expensive part. A second and third camera on the same exterior are quoted well under the first, which is why studios ask how many views up front. |
| Photomontage or full CGI | Dropping the building into a site photograph is cheaper than modelling the site, but a planning-grade verified view needs a surveyed camera and a documented method, and that is a different price again. |
3D exterior rendering companies
Eight studios, each checked against its own website in September 2026. They are not ranked; they sell different exteriors to different buyers, from a $149 listing view to a planning-grade verified image, and the useful question is which one matches the deliverable. Where a studio publishes no price, this page says so rather than guessing one. For a wider list that is not exterior-specific, architectural rendering services covers ten studios and their interior rates too.
India · trading as P&K Group
Verified on its pricing page
Toronto, Canada · distributed team
Verified on its homepage rate card
Torrance, California · Colombo, Sri Lanka
Verified on its published rate card
BoxBrownie.com Pty Ltd · launched 2014
Verified on its renders page
Vancouver, Canada
Verified on its pricing guide
San Francisco, trading as Archivizer LLC
Verified on its homepage FAQ
Great Portland Street, London
Verified on its pricing page
London
Verified on its studio page
What you send
More than for an interior, because the site is part of the image. The brief that keeps an exterior quote intact settles the camera, the context and the time of day before modelling starts — which is exactly the set of decisions a free render pass answers.
Line drawing of a collective housing blockDrag to compare
Choosing a studio
Render a House
These are not competing answers to one question. A studio sells the exterior that has to be right — the brochure hero, the verified planning view. Render a House sells the exteriors before that one: the four facade options, the three times of day, the material direction nobody has chosen yet. Side by side, at published prices:
| an exterior rendering studio | Render a House | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per exterior | $149–$900 to start; $399–$2,500 for a finished house or commercial view. | Free at 3 renders a day; Pro is $39/mo for 240 credits. |
| Time to first image | 3 business days at the fastest published; 5–14 typical. | Seconds, from an exported view or a line drawing. |
| Time of day | Dusk and night quoted as a premium over daylight. | Daylight, dusk and night from the same drawing, one credit each. |
| Site context | Modelled or photo-matched; a major line on the quote. | Described in words or taken from the exported model; approximate, not surveyed. |
| What it is for | The brochure hero, the planning view, the launch image. | The facade options and the material direction before any of those exist. |
What you get
3D integration
Where your CAD software exports a mesh, upload it and set the camera in the browser, then render from that view.
Rendering
Photorealism in seconds rather than a queued calculation you leave running over lunch.
Video
A camera move across the same project, generated from a finished still. Nothing to animate.
Design
Try materials, light and surroundings until the version you want exists, without touching the source model.
Refinement
Fix one part of a render — a facade panel, a tree, a sky — without starting the image again.
Precision
Your geometry is respected: the walls, openings, heights and proportions you drew in your CAD software stay where you put them.
Collaborative
Share a link and take comments on the image itself, so feedback lands on the render rather than in an email thread.
Mobile and web
Runs in the browser, on the machine you have open, including a laptop that would struggle with a local render engine.
4K
Delivery resolution, ready to print or put on a board without a separate upscaling step.
Render a House takes an exported view from the model you already have, or a line drawing, and returns a photorealistic exterior in seconds, in a browser, with no render engine and no graphics card. Use it to settle the camera, the materials and the time of day, then commission the one image that matters from a studio above — with a brief that will not need a second round.
Try it out, go Pro when it starts paying for itself.
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Most popular
Pro
For professionals and small teams
$26/mo
$312/yr
4 months free
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Studio
For studios and bigger teams
$66/mo
$792/yr
4 months free
What credits buy you
Pro 240 credits | Studio 1000 credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Render Pro 2 credits each | 120 | 500 |
| Render Standard 1 credit each | 240 | 1000 |
| Render Standard 2K 1.5 credits each | 160 | 666 |
| Render Pro 4K 4 credits each | 60 | 250 |
| Render Standard 4K 2 credits each | 120 | 500 |
| Video 0.8 credits/sec | 300s | 1250s |
Seven studios publish a starting price: The 2D3D Floor Plan Company from $149, World's Best 3D Renderings at $297, Rapid Renders from $300, BoxBrownie from US$350, RealSpace 3D at $399 or $799 depending on tier, ArchiCGI from $600 for residential and $900 for commercial, and Maverick Frame Studio from $624. The two studios that publish a market guide put a finished house exterior at $399–$1,500 and a commercial exterior at $800–$2,500, rising to $10,000 for large commercial work.
Three business days at ArchiCGI, 3–5 at The 2D3D Floor Plan Company, 4–8 days at RealSpace 3D, 24–48 hours for a simple still at Rapid Renders and about a week for a finished image, and around two weeks at BoxBrownie. Rush work is priced on top: 25–50% for a 48-hour turnaround in RealSpace 3D's guide, 30–50% for anything under five business days at Rapid Renders.
Because the model has to be finished everywhere the camera can see. An eye-level view needs one or two facades and the foreground; an aerial needs every roof, the whole plot, the neighbours and the landscape. RealSpace 3D's guide prices aerials at $1,000–$3,000 against $399–$1,500 for a house exterior, and Maverick Frame starts aerials at $936 against $624 for a ground-level exterior.
Usually, and it is rarely on the rate card. A dusk or night view needs interior lighting placed behind every window and more post-production, so studios quote it as a premium over the daylight version of the same camera. If the brochure needs both, ask for the pair up front — the second time of day on an existing model is cheaper than two separate orders.
A photomontage places the modelled building into a photograph of the real site; a full CGI exterior models the site too. The photomontage is cheaper when the context is complicated and a photograph already exists. A verified view for a planning application is a photomontage with a surveyed camera position and a documented method, which is a specialist product — Hayes Davidson's whole practice — and is not what a $297 render buys.
A model or a drawing set — plans, elevations and a site plan at minimum — the camera positions you want, material and finish references, the landscaping intent, and whether the view is daylight or dusk. Rapid Renders states it will build the model from 2D drawings or photographs alone. Site photographs from the camera position you want are the single most useful extra.
It varies enough to put in writing. ArchiCGI includes revisions in its standard price; Rapid Renders allows up to five on the estimate, with unlimited rounds for 25% upfront or extra rounds quoted; World's Best 3D Renderings states revisions are in the price; The 2D3D Floor Plan Company includes rounds per package and asks for consolidated feedback. RealSpace 3D's guide puts an additional round at $100–$400 across the market.
For the early decisions, yes. Render a House takes an exported view of the model or a line drawing and returns a photorealistic exterior in seconds — massing, materials, time of day, landscaping — free for three renders a day. It does not replace a verified planning view or a marketing hero with a specified camera; it replaces the week you would otherwise spend deciding what to commission.
Other rendering services, priced
The same method — every price quoted from the provider’s own page, every provider verified first-party — applied to the rest of the market.
Render the drawing you already have, at three times of day, and choose the facade that works. Then send that to a studio. The brief writes itself.
