Pricing

Having worked as designers ourselves for so many years we fully understand the frustration around the ambiguity of the pricing of some CGI companies. For this reason we’ve decided to not only be as transparent as we can be with our pricing structure, but also to provide as much information as we can around how our competitors price. Hope you find this study as useful as we have!

Interiors

Small

Small scenes or scenes with low complexity. Bathrooms, bedrooms etc.

$650

For first image

$150

For additional images

Medium

Medium scenes or scenes with mid complexity. Lounges, kitchens etc.

$850

For first image

$150

For additional images

Large

Large scenes or scenes with high complexity. Restaurants, function rooms etc.

$1200+

For first image

$150

For additional images

Exteriors

Small

Small scenes or scenes with low complexity. Small buildings, terraces etc.

$650

For first image

$250

For additional images

Medium

Medium scenes or scenes with mid complexity. Most residential dwellings.

$1,000

For first image

$250

For additional images

Large

Large scenes or scenes with high complexity. Office blocks, shopping malls etc

$1,600

For first image

$250

For additional images

Extra large

Large scenes or scenes with high complexity. Masterplans, large building complexes etc

$2,400+

For first image

$250

For additional images

25%

We are within the top 25% most affordable UK based CGI firms

But how could we possibly know that?

Price comparison study

How much do CGIs cost? What is a fair price? Who charges what? All questions we’ve been asking ourselves for years. We decided to undertake an extensive price comparison to not only better understand where we fit within the spectrum of UK based CGI companies but, more importantly, publish our results for you to get a better understanding of how different companies price and get a better understanding of what ‘good’ may look like for you.

Process

We teamed up with a small UK architecture studio to carry out a study of UK based CGI companies. We requested a quote for 3 images (1 exterior and 2 interior) for a new villa design and issued all companies with the plans and required views.

Outreach

Using Google UK we shortlisted and reached out to all companies from the first 3 pages of results for ‘architectural visualisation’ and ‘interior visualisation’ (as well as a few other smaller searches for similar terms). To keep results fair we made sure not to contact any CGI companies who were not based in the UK.

24 companies reached out to / 11 responded / 6 sent quotes

26 companies reached out to / 13 responded / 9 sent quotes

24 companies reached out to / 22 responded / 19 sent quotes

74
Companies contacted
46
Responses received
34
Quotes received

Results

As you I’m sure you’ll agree from the below, our main takeaway from the study has been to highlight just how diverse pricing within the CGI sector can be. Ranging from £1,100 to £9,000 for the same 3 images, it is certainly worth shopping around and comparing quality before settling on who to hire to visualise your next project.

£3,939

Average total quote

£1,100

Lowest total quote

£2,500

Highest quote for 1 image

£9,000

Highest total quote

37%

Amount of CGI companies who did not respond to our quote request

1 hour, 19 minutes

Average response time to initial enquiry

Other google search $1,100

12%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 7 £1,290

14%

Other google search £1,350

15%

Other google search £1,380

15%

Other google search £1,560

17%

Architecural visualisation, google ranking 1 £1,690

19%

Architecural visualisation, google ranking 15 £1,990

22%

Architecural visualisation, google ranking 15 £1,990

22%

4K Projects £2,000

23%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 26 £2,250

25%

Other google search £2,300

26%

Architecural visualisation, google ranking 13 £2,490

27%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 6 £2,550

28%

Other google search £2,700

30%

Other google search £2,730

30%

Architecural visualisation, google ranking 20 £2,850

31%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 15 £2,860

31%

Other google search £3,500

39%

Other google search £3,600

40%

Other google search £3,600

40%

Other google search £4,000

44%

Other google search £4,200

46%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 14 £4,250

47%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 4 £4,500

50%

Other google search £4,500

50%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 11 £4,950

55%

Architecural visualisation, google ranking 6 £5,250

58%

Other google search £5,400

60%

Other google search £5,400

60%

Other google search £5,985

66%

Architecural visualisation, google ranking 7 £6,450

71%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 9 £6,500

72%

Other google search £6,750

75%

Other google search £7,500

83%

Other google search £7,500

83%

Interior visualisation, google ranking 1 £9,000

100%

Please get in touch if you’d like a more in depth insight into the report or would like to know the names of any of the companies we reach out to – happy to share!

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