Render a House

Black-and-white drawing of an office lobby before rendering

Krea vs Magnific, compared

Krea vs Magnific for upscalingcompared honestly.

Pick Krea if you want a free daily allowance and one app that generates, edits and upscales. Pick Magnific if upscaling an existing render with fine control over invented detail is the main job. To turn a 3D model or a sketch into a render without a GPU, use Render a House.

3 renders a day. No plugin, no graphics card.

2 upscalers priced
Vendor list prices
Runs in a browser

Answer first

The short answer.

Choose Krea if you want a free daily allowance and one subscription that generates, edits and upscales. Choose Magnific if your images already exist and you want control over how much detail the upscaler invents. Neither turns a 3D model or a sketch into a render of that building; Render a House does.

Both tools start from an image. Krea is a generation suite in which upscaling is one feature; Magnific began as a creative upscaler and now names the whole platform formerly called Freepik. If a render engine already made your image, either can finish it. If you only have a model or a drawing, you need to render first.

Vendor facts from Krea's and Magnific's own pages, September 2026. Updated September 25, 2026.

The same office lobby rendered by Render a House — Drawing to render, the step before any upscaler.

Drawing to render, the step before any upscaler.

Side by side

Krea vs Magnific at a glance.

Eight dimensions, with Render a House alongside for when you start from a model or a sketch.

Krea vs Magnific vs Render a House, checked September 2026
Dimension	Krea	Magnific	Render a House
What it is	A generation suite (image, video, 3D) with editing and an upscaler.	An upscaler, now also the name of the former Freepik platform.	An AI rendering tool: drawing or model in, architectural render out.
Input it needs	A prompt, a sketch on its real-time canvas, or an image.	An existing JPG, PNG or WebP image, or a prompt.	Sketch, floor plan, GLB/GLTF/OBJ model, CAD screenshot, photo or render.
Where it runs / hardware	Browser; processing on Krea's servers.	Browser, plus desktop and mobile apps; processing on Magnific's servers.	Any browser, Mac included. No GPU.
Price (vendor list price, checked Sept 2026)	Pro $35/mo, or $21/mo billed yearly.	Premium $20/mo; Premium+ $45/mo.	Pro $39/mo or $312/yr.
Free tier	100 compute units a day, no credit card.	No free plan listed.	3 renders a day, no credit card, small watermark.
Time to a first image	Seconds to about a minute per upscale, per Krea.	Not published (checked Sept 2026)	About 30–60 seconds, up to 2 minutes under load.
Output	Upscales up to 22K on paid plans.	Upscales up to 16× with Classic and Magnific models.	Concept render at 1K, 2K or 4K. Not a measured drawing.
Best for	Generation and upscaling in one plan, starting free.	Finishing an existing render before it goes on a board.	Going from a 3D model or sketch to a first render.

Krea

Where Krea is better.

When upscaling is part of a wider workflow, and when budget matters.

A real free tier

Price

100 compute units a day with no credit card, including basic upscaling to 2K, per Krea's pricing page. Magnific lists no free plan.

Generation and upscaling in one app

Scope

Image, video and 3D models, editing, real-time generation as you type or draw, and LoRA training sit next to the upscaler, so mood images and the final enlargement happen in one tool.

Very large output

Resolution

Paid plans upscale up to 22K, include Topaz Standard, and offer 2× to 16× options with batch processing, enough for large-format prints.

Magnific

Where Magnific is better.

When the image already exists and the finish is what you are paying for.

Control over invented detail

Upscaling

Creativity and Resemblance sliders set how much detail is added and how close the result stays to the source. Some texture helps timber and concrete; too much redraws mullions and signage.

Built around the upscaler

Focus

Classic and Magnific models up to 16×, bulk upscaling of up to 20 images, and on Premium+ and Pro no credits used except with the Magnific models, per its upscaler page.

Stock in the same plan

Platform

As the former Freepik, paid plans include 250M+ photos, vectors, videos and PSDs and a commercial AI license, useful for building presentation boards.

Pricing

Pricing: Krea vs Magnific.

Vendor list prices in US dollars, checked September 2026. Check the live pages before you buy.

Krea, Magnific and Render a House plans, September 2026
Plan	Price	What it includes
Krea Free	$0	100 compute units a day; upscaling to 2K.
Krea Pro	$35/mo, or $21/mo billed yearly	20,000 units a month; upscaling to 22K.
Krea Max	$105/mo, or $63/mo billed yearly	60,000 units a month.
Krea Business	$200/mo, or $160/mo billed yearly	80,000 units a month; up to 50 seats.
Magnific Premium	$20/mo, or $7.25/mo billed annually (promotional)	20,000 credits a month; Magnific upscalers.
Magnific Premium+	$45/mo, or $33.75/mo billed annually	45,000 credits a month; Magnific and Topaz upscalers.
Magnific Pro Starter	$110/mo, or $82.50/mo billed annually	1.5M credits a year on annual.
Render a House Free	$0	3 renders a day, small watermark.
Render a House Pro	$39/mo or $312/yr	240 credits a month, 4K, video, 3D imports.
Render a House Studio	$99/mo or $792/yr	1,000 credits a month.

Krea figures per Krea's pricing page (Sept 2026); Enterprise is custom. Magnific figures per Magnific's pricing page (Sept 2026), before VAT; the Premium annual price was a limited-time offer. Krea units and Magnific credits are not directly comparable.

On Render a House, a 1K render is 1 credit, a 4K Pro render 4, video 0.8 credits a second, extra credits $0.20, and failed renders are free. More detail in Magnific AI pricing.

Scenarios

Which should you choose?.

It depends on what you start from and what you hand in.

You already render in V-Ray

Studio

Magnific. Your images are accurate; you want them sharper at print size without redrawing the design. Keep creativity low.

Freelancer on a budget

Budget

Krea. The free plan covers occasional 2K upscales, and Pro at $21 a month billed yearly adds generation and 22K output.

A model but no renderer

Hardware

Render a House first: upload a GLB or a CAD screenshot and get a render on any laptop, then upscale if needed. See SketchUp model to render.

Concept from a hand sketch

Deliverable

Krea's real-time canvas suits loose exploration; to keep a specific building, see hand sketch to render.

Render a House

Render a House, the alternative for 3D model or sketch to render.

Krea and Magnific improve an image you have. Render a House makes it: upload a sketch, plan, model or CAD screenshot and get a concept render in about 30–60 seconds, with no GPU and no plugin.

Krea and Magnific compared with Render a House
	Krea and Magnific	Render a House
What it does	Enhance and enlarge an existing image.	Create the render from a drawing or a model.
Starting point	A finished image or a prompt.	Sketch, plan, GLB/GLTF/OBJ, CAD screenshot or photo.
Geometry	No model; creative upscaling can invent detail.	Generally preserved, though it can shift.
Hardware	Browser, vendor servers.	Browser, no GPU, Mac included.
Time	Seconds to a minute per upscale, where published.	About 30–60 seconds per render.
Free use	Krea: 100 units a day. Magnific: none listed.	3 renders a day.

What you get

3D integration

Where SketchUp, Revit or Rhino 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 SketchUp, Revit or Rhino 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.

Delivery resolution, ready to print or put on a board without a separate upscaling step.

Render a House is an AI rendering tool for architects, interior designers and real estate. It runs in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge, commercial use is allowed, and the free plan gives 3 renders a day.

SketchUp files need exporting to GLB first. You can also render here, then upscale in Krea or Magnific beyond 4K.

See the rendering tool

Pricing.

Try it out, go Pro when it starts paying for itself.

Free

Try it out, no credit card required

Freeforever

3 credits per day
Standard model

Start for free

	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 do.

No creative upscaler with Creativity or Resemblance sliders; output stops at 4K.
No live viewport or real-time canvas; each render takes about 30–60 seconds.
Not a plugin inside SketchUp, Revit or Rhino, and no direct .skp import; export GLB.
A concept image, not BIM data, a measured drawing or a final production render.

Verdict

The verdict.

Krea for breadth and a free start, Magnific for control over the finish.

For one subscription that generates, edits and upscales, and a free trial, Krea is the better buy. If you already produce renders and need resolution and surface detail, Magnific gives more say over what changes, at a higher entry price.

Magnific needs a finished image to enhance, and Krea’s sketch canvas reinterprets rather than renders your model, so when the image must be your own design Render a House is the step that produces it. For the wider field, see the best AI rendering tools for architects.

Common questions about Krea vs Magnific.

Is Krea better than Magnific for upscaling renders?

Krea is the better value if you also want generation and a free tier; Magnific is the more specialised upscaler. Its Creativity and Resemblance sliders control how much detail it invents, which matters when invented detail can change a facade.

Is Krea free?

Yes, Krea's free plan gives 100 compute units a day with no credit card, per its September 2026 pricing page. Higher-resolution upscalers need a paid plan, from $35 a month or $21 a month billed yearly.

Does Magnific run on Mac?

Yes, Magnific runs in a web browser, so a Mac works without a local GPU. The upscaling happens on Magnific's servers.

Can I use Krea without a 3D model?

Yes, Krea works from prompts, sketches and images, with no 3D model needed. It also has no idea of the building's real geometry; if you want a model respected, Render a House takes GLB, GLTF and OBJ files.

Is Magnific free?

No, Magnific lists no free plan as of September 2026. Premium is $20 a month billed monthly, and Premium+ at $45 adds the Topaz upscalers.

What is the best alternative to Krea and Magnific?

For turning a 3D model or a sketch into a render, Render a House, because Krea and Magnific start from an image that already exists. It runs in a browser with no GPU, returns a concept render in about 30–60 seconds and gives 3 free renders a day.

Start from the model, not the upscaler.

Upload a sketch or a 3D model and get a concept render in about a minute. 3 free renders a day, no GPU.

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Krea vs Magnific for upscalingcompared honestly.

The short answer.

Krea vs Magnific at a glance.