How much does a 3D exterior rendering cost?

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.

How long does an exterior render take?

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.

Why is an aerial view so much more expensive than an eye-level one?

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.

Does a dusk render cost more than a daylight one?

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.

What is the difference between a photomontage and a full CGI exterior?

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.

What do I need to send for an exterior render?

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.

How many revisions are included in an exterior render?

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.

Can AI render a building exterior instead of a studio?

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.

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What exterior studios cost

$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.

3D Exterior Rendering Services: $149–$2,500 (2026)

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Line drawing of a house exterior before rendering

Photorealistic dusk exterior of the same house made with Render a House

How much do 3D exterior rendering services cost?

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.

Starting prices for a 3D exterior rendering published by seven studios
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.

Market-wide exterior rendering price ranges published in two studio cost guides
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 from — What $149–$900 buys at the entry level: one facade, eye level, daylight. This one was made with Render a House from the drawing on the left, in seconds.

The house exterior rendered with Render a House — What $149–$900 buys at the entry level: one facade, eye level, daylight. This one was made with Render a House from the drawing on the left, in seconds.

Why is the same house quoted at $300 and at $1,500?

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.

What changes the price of a 3D exterior rendering
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.

House exterior rendered in daylight with Render a House — Daylight — the base price at every studio.

The same house exterior rendered at dusk with Render a House — Dusk — the version quoted as a premium, because every window has to be lit.

The same house exterior rendered at night with Render a House — Night. All three from one drawing, one credit each, before any brief was written.

Which exterior rendering studios should you look at?

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.

The 2D3D Floor Plan Company
India · trading as P&K Group
The cheapest published exterior on this page: from $149 per view with a three-to-five business day turnaround, alongside interiors from $99 and site plans from $79. A fixed-price shop built for listings and small developments rather than competition boards; its revision rounds are included per package and consolidated into one round of feedback at a time.
Verified on its pricing page
World's Best 3D Renderings
Toronto, Canada · distributed team
Three flat prices on the homepage and nothing hidden behind a form: $297 for an exterior, residential or commercial, $197 for a floor plan and $120 for an interior. States that environment — plants, sky, context — is included free and that revisions are in the price. The one to test when the brief is a single house and the budget is under $300.
Verified on its homepage rate card
Rapid Renders
Torrance, California · Colombo, Sri Lanka
Founded 2017, US-registered with production in Colombo, and open about the arbitrage: it states this puts its rates at roughly half a comparable London or New York studio. Exteriors from $300, a live price estimator, 24–48 hours on a simple still, up to five free revisions on the estimate, and 60% billed up front.
Verified on its published rate card
BoxBrownie
BoxBrownie.com Pty Ltd · launched 2014
The real-estate photo editor with a render line: exterior renders from US$350, 360° renders from US$500, and a stated turnaround of about two weeks — the slowest published on this page, because renders sit behind a 24-hour image-editing operation rather than in front of it. Prices shown vary with the country you browse from; check the checkout figure.
Verified on its renders page
RealSpace 3D
Vancouver, Canada
Founded 2007 and the most price-transparent studio in the category: two fixed tiers, $399 an image for presentation work and $799 for marketing renders, with 4–8 days published for an exterior. Its cost guide is also the source of the $399–$1,500 house and $800–$2,500 commercial bands above, which it presents as the market rather than its own rate.
Verified on its pricing guide
ArchiCGI
San Francisco, trading as Archivizer LLC
The volume operation, trading since 2011, stating 600+ artists and 144 in-house modellers. Residential exteriors from $600 and commercial from $900, three business days for a still with revisions included in the standard price. Built for the developer who needs forty views of a masterplan by Friday, not the architect who needs one perfect one.
Verified on its homepage FAQ
Maverick Frame Studio
Great Portland Street, London
Publishes a full price list, which is rare for a London address: exteriors from $624, aerials from $936, 360° panoramas from $624, and an hourly rate of $39 for rendering and modelling, or from $30 on a monthly subscription of 40 to 160 hours. Offers a free test render on projects over $3,000, delivered within five business days.
Verified on its pricing page
Hayes Davidson
London
The exterior specialist at the other end of the market, and the reason a price list is not the whole story. Its project captions read “verified and illustrative images for planning”: townscape views built to survive an inspector, with a surveyed camera and a documented method. No published pricing, and the deliverable is not comparable to a $297 render — it is evidence.
Verified on its studio page

What does a studio need for an exterior render?

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.

Plans, elevations and a site plan
A BIM or CAD model if you have one; PDFs if you do not. Studios model from drawings routinely. The site plan is the one architects forget to attach, and it is the one that sets the context price.
Site photographs from the camera position
The single most useful extra. A photograph from where the render will be taken tells the studio what the neighbours look like, where the sun is, and whether a photomontage is cheaper than modelling the street.
The camera, decided
Marked on the site plan. Camera position is what triggers a paid revision round most often on exteriors, because moving it exposes a facade nobody has modelled yet.
Materials with product references
“Standing-seam zinc, dark grey” and a photograph beats “metal roof”. Facade materials carry an exterior; an approximate one is the revision you will pay for.
Landscaping and entourage intent
Mature trees or saplings, cars or none, people or an empty street. These are library assets at the volume studios and a line on the quote at the boutiques.
Daylight, dusk or both
Say so at the start. The second time of day on an existing model is cheaper than a second order, and a dusk view added after the daylight one is signed off is a new job.

Line drawing of a collective housing block — Housing on a real street: the context that turns a $300 quote into a $1,000 one at a studio. Render a House approximates it from the drawing and a sentence.

The housing block rendered with Render a House — Housing on a real street: the context that turns a $300 quote into a $1,000 one at a studio. Render a House approximates it from the drawing and a sentence.

What should you check before hiring an exterior rendering studio?

Choosing a studio

Exteriors in your climate and typology
A studio that renders glass towers in the Gulf may never have drawn a timber house in rain. Look for the building type and the light you are building in, not the prettiest image on the front page.
Whether context is in the price
World’s Best 3D Renderings says environment is included; most studios quote it. Ask what “from $300” includes before assuming it includes the street.
A written revision policy
Included at ArchiCGI, five rounds at Rapid Renders, unstated at BoxBrownie and Maverick Frame. RealSpace 3D’s guide puts an extra round at $100–$400; a studio that will not put a number on it is the risk.
A grey-model checkpoint
Camera and massing approved before materials and lighting start. On an exterior, approving the camera late means a facade or a roof nobody has modelled, and that is the expensive revision.

Render a House, alongside an exterior rendering studio

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 compared with Render a House
	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. If you are still choosing a do-it-yourself tool, compare the best exterior home design software first.

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Pro — Most popular For professionals and small teams	$39/mo $26/mo billed annually at $312/yr (4 months free)	240 credits per month Unlimited daily credits Rollover up to 2400 credits All features included	Get started
Studio For studios and bigger teams	$99/mo $66/mo billed annually at $792/yr (4 months free)	1000 credits per month Unlimited daily credits Rollover up to 10000 credits All features included	Get started

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	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

What Render a House cannot replace

A verified view for a planning submission. That needs a surveyed camera position and a documented method, and a studio signs its name to it.
A marketing hero with a specified camera that has to match the built result. If a buyer will hold the render up against the finished building, buy the render.
A consistent set of six views from one modelled scene. Render a House works one image at a time, from what you upload.
Anything with a contractual dimension. Render a House output is a concept image; it is not a measured drawing and should never be read as one.

Common questions about 3D exterior rendering services

How much does a 3D exterior rendering cost?: 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.
How long does an exterior render take?: 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.
Why is an aerial view so much more expensive than an eye-level one?: 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.
Does a dusk render cost more than a daylight one?: 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.
What is the difference between a photomontage and a full CGI exterior?: 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.
What do I need to send for an exterior render?: 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.
How many revisions are included in an exterior render?: 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.
Can AI render a building exterior instead of a studio?: 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.

What do the other rendering services cost?

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.

3D rendering services
The whole market in one table: exteriors, interiors, products, floor plans and animation, with the rate cards that exist for each.
Architectural rendering services
Ten studios and three published rate cards, $300–$3,000 per image, three to fourteen business days.
3D product rendering services
From $42 per model at the platforms to $250 for a lifestyle scene, and the studios that price the whole catalogue instead.
3D floor plan rendering services
$19 to $99 per floor at seven of the eight providers checked, 24 to 72 hours standard.

Decide the exterior before you commission it
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.

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