3D rendering prices
Published prices — because hiding them wastes everyone’s time.
Plenty of studios at this level make you book a call to learn what an image costs. We would rather you knew now, decided whether we are the right fit, and only spoke to us if we are. Every price here is for work to the Aurum Standard.
The short answer: In the US, a single architectural rendering costs from about $200 for a budget image to $5,000 or more for a campaign hero image, and most of the industry sits between $600 and $1,500 per image, according to the published price guides cited in our cost guide. A single still from us starts at $1,200, and a set of five works out at $1,080 an image. Every project gets a fixed quote before work starts.
Every project is quoted at a fixed price by the next business morning. No deposit for registered businesses.
Rate card
Price list, by service
| Service | Turnaround | From |
|---|---|---|
| Exterior Rendering Facades, elevations and streetscapes rendered at the fidelity a considered building deserves. | Typically 3–4 business days | $1,200 per image |
| Interior Rendering Rooms rendered with the light, materials and styling that make a space feel lived in rather than assembled. | Typically 3–4 business days | $1,200 per image |
| Aerial & Master Plan Whole-site imagery for master-planned communities, districts and phased developments — context, landscape and scale in a single frame. | Typically 4–6 business days | $2,400 per image |
| Architectural Film Cinematic film that moves through a building the way a person would, not the way a camera on rails does. | Typically 8–12 business days | $7,500 per finished minute |
| Interactive & Virtual Tours Navigable 360° environments for sales galleries, leasing offices and pre-construction campaigns. | Typically 1–2 weeks | $3,500 per tour |
| 3D Floor Plans Each floor of your plan, every room furnished at true size, rendered from overhead in a single frame. | Typically 3–4 business days once the drawings are settled | $750 per plan |
All prices in USD. Complexity, resolution and scheduling affect the final figure — every project is quoted at a fixed price before it starts.
How do these rates compare? Our survey of the starting prices 16 rendering studios publish in US dollars gives the medians and ranges, with every source.
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Estimate your project
Pick what you need and see the starting total from the rates above. Figures in USD. Your fixed quote, by the next business morning, gives the exact price, and a set often costs less per image than the same images ordered one at a time.
Selling a home that is not built yet? The listing rendering package is one exterior and two interior stills, from $3,600.
Examples
What each rate buys
Stills from the studio for each service on the rate card, with the figure it starts from. Film is priced per finished minute and tours per tour.
Exterior Rendering From $1,200 per image 
Interior Rendering From $1,200 per image 
Exterior Rendering From $1,200 per image 
Aerial & Master Plan From $2,400 per image 
Interior Rendering From $1,200 per image 
Exterior Rendering From $1,200 per image 
Interior Rendering From $1,200 per image 
Exterior Rendering From $1,200 per image
Packages
Most projects fall into one of three types.
Single image
One hero shot for a submission, a listing or an award entry.
$1,200 per image
- One photorealistic still, 4K, 8K or print
- Revisions agreed in your quote
- Typically 3–4 business days
Campaign set
A launch that needs exteriors, interiors and a streetscape working together.
$5,400 for five images ($1,080 an image)
- Five stills across exterior and interior
- Consistent grade across the whole set
- Social and print crops of every frame
- Revisions agreed in your quote
- Typically 5–8 business days
Full campaign
A development launch: film, stills and an interactive tour as one package.
$19,500 from
- Ninety-second architectural film
- Six stills from the same scenes
- Interactive 360° tour
- Storyboard and animatic approval
- Typically 2–3 weeks
Variables
What moves the number
These are the six things we look at when quoting. Knowing them lets you shape a brief to a budget rather than discovering the gap afterward.
Scene complexity
A single dwelling is a fraction of a mixed-use podium. What sits in frame drives the model hours more than anything else.
Volume
The scene build is the expensive part and it amortizes. Ten images from one scene cost far less per image than ten separate commissions.
Context
An invented backdrop is cheap. Accurately modeled neighboring buildings from survey data are not, and for planning work they are non-negotiable.
Styling depth
An empty room renders quickly. A fully dressed and styled interior takes considerably longer and is what makes the space feel inhabited.
Resolution
Web resolution and billboard resolution are different orders of render time. We ask what the image is for before quoting it.
Schedule
Standard turnaround costs nothing extra. A rush date is quoted as a surcharge, written into your quote before you commit.
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FAQ
Questions about pricing
How much does a 3D architectural rendering cost in the US?
With us, a single exterior or interior rendering starts at $1,200, and a set of five works out at $1,080 an image. An aerial starts at $2,400, a 3D floor plan at $750, a virtual tour at $3,500 and film at $7,500 a finished minute. Every project gets a fixed quote before work starts.
Why does this cost more than a budget render?
Because several times as many studio hours go into it. A budget render is a model, a sun and a camera. Ours adds a dedicated lighting pass, hand-built materials, styling, and a color grade. That is the entire difference, and it is visible in about two seconds.
What is included in the price of a rendering?
Everything it takes to deliver the image: building the 3D model from your drawings, the camera and lighting you approve before any materials go on, materials and landscape to your schedule, the revision rounds set out in your quote, and the final file at 4K, 8K or print resolution.
Is it cheaper if I send my own 3D model?
Often. When the architect’s model is clean enough to work from, there is less for us to build, and the fixed quote reflects it; detail the camera sees up close may still need rebuilding. Without a model, the elevations and a floor plan are all we need to begin.
How much does a rendering of a house cost?
A single exterior view of a house starts at $1,200. A second view, such as the backyard or the street at dusk, comes from the same model and costs less than the first, and your quote shows every figure before work begins.
Is the quote fixed, or does it move?
Fixed. We quote a scope, a price and a date, and we hold all three. If you change the brief mid-project we will re-quote the change before doing it — you will never receive an invoice you have not already agreed to.
Do you take a deposit?
Not from businesses — registered businesses start without a deposit. Payment terms, and any arrangement for private clients, are set out in your quote.
What happens if I do not like the result?
That is what the gray-box stage exists to prevent. You approve camera and lighting before we spend a single hour on materials, which is where almost all dissatisfaction starts — so the expensive decisions are yours, signed off early, and there are no surprises at the end.
Do you offer volume discounts?
Yes. The scene build is the expensive part, and it spreads across every image made from it — so a set costs meaningfully less per image than the same images commissioned one at a time. Tell us the full volume up front.
Are there any additional fees?
No. The quoted price is what you pay. Rush scheduling is the only surcharge, and it is quoted explicitly before you commit.