3D Rendering pricing can range from 300€ for a 3D floor plan to 25,000€ for large skyscrappers 4K exterior and interior animation per minute. Adding interactivity will naturally increase the price. Immersive, interactive, 3D walkthroughs, our specialty, where the visitor can walk anywhere, is more expensive as it uses the latest technology and requires a very long and complex rendering in multiple servers.

Below the pricing table, we explain how we work and the rational behind the pricing of 3D rendering services. For additional information on Virtualytics Architectural Design Services pricing breakdown feel free to reach out by email or phone, especially if you have a large and complex building project. 

If you are unfamiliar with our services offering below, we suggest you to read our 3D service pages split per category. 

FACTORS EXPLAINING THE COST

1 – Labor cost is generally split in three categories: project management, the artist work (3D modeler, architect or interior designer involved) and the post-production. 

• Project management ensures that the 3D artist understands well the plans and clients vision, check the final work, and is involved on internal feedbacks during the artist work. The project maanger is also communicating regularly with the client.
• The 3D artist(s) involved create the 3D model based on 2D plans, place the objects and apply material and texture according to the client style requirements or moodboard, set up the lighting and the camera(s) for rendering.
• The post-production phase consists on improving the image by finding overall balance between constrast, tone and to reflect the client vision. Photoshop tools are mostly common. For animation, after effect transitions are also added on top to the raw animation as well as a soundtrack.

2 – Computing time cost vary due to many factors:

• The construction type (single apartment, condominium, skyscrapper, commercial office …) is the main factor as the rendering and workload is proportional to the volume/surface.
• The second factor is the choice between exterior vs interior 3D rendering. Interior renderings are more expensive as we add more furniture, and furniture can be customized to match the needs of the client. 3D modeling of a single object that is unique can cost between 200€ and several thousands. Generally we use libraries to lower the cost so it becomes marginal for the client.
• The environment complexity is also a factor such as adding photorealistic people, neighborhood, weather, daylight with exact geopositioning of the sun.
• The level of detail and the number of unique elements required such as the quality of the furniture, wall, windows, floor, landscape, and the consistency in the interior design style.
• Options such as day/night variations, seasonal changes can add-up on the price.
• Last but not least, the image resolution. We always focus in photorealistic rendering, and deliver in highest resolution for desktop (4K to 8K), and standard (720px) to HD (1080px) format for mobile and tablets.

3 – Capital investment amortization: 

Architects or 3D design studio invest in very expensive software, plugins and libraries as well as computers and farm renderers. This comes to a fixed and variable cost that needs to be reflected in the final rendering price.

To keep us an edge, we constantly invest in material and texture libraries, software, plugins and fast computers. We keep us constantly updated with the latest trend to offer the most recent technology to our clients.

4 – Company operational margin:

This mostly depends on the recognition of the company by its peers, its history, its network power and the additional cost factors to consider when running a company such as taxes, office space renting and miscellaneous expenses.