ArchiVinci vs Gendo

ArchiVinci turns images of architectural designs into visualizations in a browser. Inputs include sketches, photos, floor plans, elevations, and screenshots of 3D models; tools can render, edit, and plan designs or convert still images into short architectural videos. The company says its geometry tracking preserves structures and alerts users when a prompt could distort them. SketchUp views must be uploaded as PNG, JPEG, or WEBP images because native.skp files are not supported. The site names Rhino, SketchUp, Revit, 3ds Max, AutoCAD, and Archicad as compatible when designs are supplied in those image formats. A SketchUp render plugin is also listed. ArchiVinci has a free plan and trial, with paid access from $39; prices for the individual listed plans are not provided here. Premium plans allow up to four concurrent renders. Other models use coins, and video generation costs 5 to 25 coins per video depending on quality. Renders are stored for 7 days before deletion.

Gendo is a web-based collaborative canvas for architectural visualization. Architects and designers can generate renders from sketches, change materials, populate scenes, transfer styles, enhance images, and upscale renders to 4× resolution. Its natural-language assistant can use workspace tools, and teams can run simultaneous generations, share images, add comments and notes, and iterate together. Users bring scenes or views into the canvas by exporting them; direct plugins for Revit, SketchUp, and Blender are on the roadmap. The free plan includes Material Bank material specification, but its prompts and outputs are not treated as confidential. Studio and Enterprise prompts and outputs are contractually protected from AI training and marketing use. Gendo says data is stored in EU data centres, encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS. Free costs nothing; Studio costs £66 a year, billed annually at £66/mo (£790/year; excl. tax).