Premium 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 Australia, a single architectural render costs from about $300 for budget work to $6,000 for established-studio photorealistic work, and mid-range work sits between $1,000 and $2,500 per image (in AUD; the source does not say whether GST is included), according to the published price guide cited in our cost guide. A single still from us starts at $1,000 + GST, and a set of five works out at $900 an image. Every project gets a fixed quote before work starts.
Every project is quoted at a fixed price within two business hours. No deposit for registered businesses.
Rate card
Price list, by service
| Service | Turnaround | From |
|---|---|---|
| Exterior Visualisation Facades, elevations and streetscapes rendered at the fidelity a considered building deserves. | Typically 3–4 business days | $1,000 per image |
| Interior Visualisation Rooms rendered with the light, materials and styling that make a space feel lived in rather than assembled. | Typically 3–4 business days | $1,000 per image |
| Aerial & Masterplan Whole-site imagery for estates, precincts and staged developments — context, landscape and scale in a single frame. | Typically 4–6 business days | $1,900 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 | $6,500 per finished minute |
| Interactive & Virtual Tours Navigable 360° environments for display suites, sales galleries and off-the-plan campaigns. | Typically 1–2 weeks | $3,000 per tour |
| Photomontages The proposal set into photographs of the real site, matched to the camera and the hour, with a method a council or the Court can check. | Typically 4–6 business days per view once the photos, survey and drawings are in | $1,500 per view |
All prices in AUD and exclude GST. Complexity, resolution and scheduling affect the final figure — every project is quoted at a fixed price before it starts.
To compare, our price survey lists the starting prices 8 studios publish in Australian dollars, with what each says about GST.
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Pick what you need and see the starting total from the rates above. Figures in AUD, excluding GST. Your fixed quote, within two business hours, 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 real estate marketing package is one exterior and two interior stills, from $3,000 + GST.
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 Visualisation From $1,000 per image 
Interior Visualisation From $1,000 per image 
Exterior Visualisation From $1,000 per image 
Aerial & Masterplan From $1,900 per image 
Interior Visualisation From $1,000 per image 
Exterior Visualisation From $1,000 per image 
Interior Visualisation From $1,000 per image 
Exterior Visualisation From $1,000 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.
$1,000 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.
$4,500 for five images ($900 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.
$16,500 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 afterwards.
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 amortises. Ten images from one scene cost far less per image than ten separate commissions.
Context
An invented backdrop is cheap. Accurately modelled neighbouring 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 hoarding resolution are different orders of render time. We ask what the image is for before quoting it.
Schedule
Standard turnaround costs nothing extra. A compressed date is quoted as a surcharge, and the quote says whether it can be met before you commit.
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FAQ
Questions about pricing
How much do 3D renders cost in Australia?
With us, a single exterior or interior still starts at $1,000, and a set of five works out at $900 an image. An aerial starts at $1,900, a photomontage at $1,500 a view, a virtual tour at $3,000 and film at $6,500 a finished minute. All of these exclude GST, and 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 colour 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.
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 grey-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 prices inclusive of GST?
No. All prices exclude GST, which is added at invoice for Australian clients.