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Upload what you have
A hand sketch, a SketchUp or Revit screenshot, a clay or draft render from any engine, a massing study, an elevation, or a photo of the existing building. A phone photo of trace paper is enough to start.
Render Studio
AI Architectural Rendering Software for Architects, Designers, and Real-Estate Teams
Turn a sketch, elevation, massing study, draft render, or photo into a photorealistic architectural render in minutes. You direct the materials, light, and mood; Structure Lock and a Faithful ↔ Creative slider are designed to keep the walls, openings, and proportions you drew.
100 credits per render · Every plan · New accounts start with 500 free credits.
How It Works
From sketch, model, or photo to a photoreal render in three steps
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Direct the materials, light, and mood
Write a short prompt for cladding, glazing, landscape, and time of day; pick an architectural or interior style. Leave Structure Lock on and the Faithful ↔ Creative slider at its default — they're designed to hold the walls, openings, and proportions you drew while the AI handles everything else.
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Iterate cheaply, finish once
Each render is 100 credits, so run a few variations, fix one detail with Inpainting, then send the keeper through the 4K Upscaler (100 credits, 2× or 4×) for the deck.
What You Can Render
Every render tool, straight from the app
Names and descriptions are pulled from the tool registry, so this list is exactly what you'll find in Render Studio.
100 credits
Exterior AI
Turn elevations, clay renders, or massing studies into photorealistic exterior visuals.
100 credits
Interior AI
Render interior spaces with style, furnishing direction, and lighting guidance.
100 credits
Sketch to Image
Convert hand-drawn or digital sketches into developed architectural renders.
100 credits
Imagine AI
Generate fresh concepts from text only.
Learn more →100 credits
Isometric View
Turn a photo, render, or sketch into a clean isometric 3/4 presentation view — one click, no prompt engineering.
Learn more →100 credits
Commercial Redesign
Restyle a retail, office, or mixed-use facade with new materials and architectural direction while keeping the building's structure and openings.
Learn more →100 credits
Elevations
Generate a flat, straight-on architectural elevation of a building from any image — presentation-drawing style.
Finish
Enhance, upscale, and fix the details
The second half of the workflow — turning the render you like into the one that goes in the deck.
100 credits
Render Enhancer
Improve an existing render from any render engine, or a clay/draft pass, with better material and lighting quality.
100 credits
4K Upscaler
Upscale architectural images for sharper presentation output.
100 credits
Inpainting AI
Repair or extend portions of an image using an uploaded or painted mask.
100 credits
AI Eraser
Remove unwanted objects using a base image plus an uploaded or painted mask.
100 credits
Style Transfer
Apply the visual language of a reference image to your base render.
Who It's For
Built for the people who have to show the design
Architects
Get a client-ready image out of a concept sketch or a massing model in the same meeting it's drawn — and keep the geometry yours. Pairs with exports from Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Enscape, Lumion, or V-Ray.
Interior designers
Render a room in a different style — 24 styles across 22 room types — with furnishing and lighting direction, from a photo or a draft render.
Real-estate teams & developers
Show a listing, a lot, or an unbuilt unit finished: exterior restyles, interior concepts, day-to-dusk conversions, and virtual staging from the photos you already have.
Pricing
What AI rendering costs on Archify
Every render tool is 100 credits per run — the same price whether it's an exterior, an interior, a sketch, or a text-only concept.
Starter
$29/mo launch price
3,000 credits every month — about 30 renders. Archify watermark included. Unused credits roll over while you stay subscribed.
Pro
$79/mo launch price
10,000 credits every month — about 100 renders. Watermark-free downloads and the video tools. Unused credits roll over while you stay subscribed.
Every plan includes the full Archify tool set — rendering, virtual staging, floor plan rendering, 3D models, and on Pro and Studio the video tools — at their own per-run credit cost. See current plans and one-time credit packs.
Honest Limits
What AI rendering is — and isn't
These are properties of today's image models, not of one product. Knowing them is how you stop being surprised in front of a client.
It renders photographs, not drawings
The models behind this class of tool are photoreal restylers. Watercolour, ink, and blueprint looks come back as filtered photos — we tested those presets and pulled them.
It restyles; it doesn't remove
Changing materials, light, season, and style is reliable. Emptying a furnished room or changing what a room is for is not — use the AI Eraser on specific objects instead.
Lock the geometry you care about
Without Structure Lock, the same sketch can come back as a different building between runs. The lock is a strong constraint, not a geometric guarantee — exact dimensions belong on the drawing set, not in the image.
Design development, not documentation
An AI render is a visualisation of design direction. For a model you can measure, edit, and export, draw it in Design Studio and render views of that.
FAQ
AI architectural rendering, answered
What is AI architectural rendering?+
AI architectural rendering uses an image model to turn an input — a sketch, an elevation, a clay or draft render, a massing study, or a photo — into a photorealistic image, in minutes rather than the hours a conventional render engine or a visualisation artist needs. On Archify you upload the input, describe the materials, lighting, and mood you want, and get a finished render back; Structure Lock and the Faithful ↔ Creative slider are designed to keep the walls, openings, and proportions you drew.
Does it keep my design, or invent a new building?+
It's designed to keep yours. Structure Lock is on by default on the sketch and photo tools because testing showed that without it, the same sketch and prompt could come back as a different building — in one measured case, a single-storey house gained a second storey. With the lock on and the Faithful ↔ Creative slider at its default, the render holds the geometry you drew; push the slider toward Creative only when you actually want the AI to propose changes.
Can it render from a photo of an existing building?+
Yes — that's the most common use. Upload a photo of the existing exterior or interior and describe the new materials, finishes, or style. Turn on Maintain Colors if you want the existing paint and flooring held exactly as photographed. Separate tools handle day-to-dusk conversion, sky replacement, seasonal changes, and relighting.
What do I get back, and at what resolution?+
A downloadable image per render. For presentation output, send it through the 4K Upscaler (100 credits) at 2× or 4×. Starter-plan and free-account downloads carry the Archify watermark; Pro and Studio downloads are watermark-free and can carry your own studio branding instead.
How much does AI architectural rendering cost on Archify?+
Every render tool is 100 credits per run. On the Starter plan ($29/mo launch price, 3,000 credits) that's about 30 renders a month, with the Archify watermark. On Pro ($79/mo launch price, 10,000 credits) it's about 100 a month, watermark-free. Unused credits roll over while you stay subscribed, and one-time credit packs are available if you need more without changing plans.
Is this a replacement for V-Ray, Enscape, Lumion, or Twinmotion?+
No, and we'd rather say so than sell you one. A render engine gives you a physically computed image of a complete model, with dimensional truth. Archify gives you a photoreal visualisation of a design direction from whatever you have right now — including a screenshot out of those engines. Most practices use it earlier in the process than their render engine: concept, design development, and client conversations before the model is detailed enough to render conventionally.
Is there a free way to try it?+
New accounts start with 500 free credits. That's enough for several renders before you need a plan — no credit card required to sign up.
Keep Going
Related tools and guides
- Sketch to Render
The dedicated page for hand and digital sketches — Structure Lock, rendering styles, and what the slider does.
- Text to Render AI
No sketch yet? Generate a concept from a written description alone.
- Virtual Staging
Furnish an empty room photo for listings and client previews.
- Floor Plan Rendering
Turn a plain plan into a coloured, furnished presentation plan.
- AI Landscape Design
Redesign a yard, patio, or garden from a photo with the building kept as photographed.
- Image to 3D Model
Turn photos into a textured 3D model your client can place in AR.
- Isometric View Generator
Turn a photo, render, or sketch into a clean 3/4 presentation view, one click.
- Guide: Sketch to render with AI
The step-by-step workflow, and the exact places it breaks if you skip a step.
Render your first image free
New accounts start with 500 free credits. No credit card required to start.