Gendo vs Treform

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).

Treform is an AI-native architecture platform that generates floor plans, 3D models, and renders from plain-language descriptions. It can create editable 3D massing from text prompts or reference photos, then use described changes to produce editable plans, sections, and elevations. Listed architectural guidance covers circulation, structure, daylight, and code, alongside area calculations and sun path analysis. Inputs include text prompts, reference photos, site addresses, and property lines. Treform Desktop is described as working with Rhino, Grasshopper, SketchUp, Revit, and Blender; the homepage also lists AutoCAD. Exports include DWG and PDF for plans, GLB, OBJ, and IFC for 3D models, and high-resolution PNG or JPG for renders. The Free plan allows 3 AI edits per month, has no rendering, and does not permit commercial use; exports are watermarked. Paid plans include a commercial license and start at $25 a month. Desktop is available for macOS Apple silicon and Windows 10/11 64-bit; Rhino use requires Rhino 8 SR29 or later.