Comparison
The best virtual staging software in 2026, compared
Eight AI virtual staging tools, one table: price per photo, turnaround, free trial and what else each virtual staging app does, all from the vendors' own pricing and feature pages.
By the Stagey team · Updated 28 September 2026 · 9 min read
The 8 tools side by side: price, speed and trials
"Starting price" is each vendor's lowest published per-photo rate, usually their highest-volume plan; the entry-level tier costs more everywhere.
| Feature | Stagey | VirtualStagingAI.app | BoxBrownie | Apply Design | Collov AI | REimagineHome | Styldod | Pedra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price per photo | $2.08–$2.40 | $0.53–$2.67 | €30 | $10.50–$15 | $0.24–$0.32 | $0.11–$0.47 | $16–$23 | €0.19–€0.28 |
| Turnaround (as stated) | About a minute | 10 seconds (their claim) | Up to 48 hours (human editors) | About 15 minutes | 10 seconds (their claim) | Not stated | 24–48 hours (human team) | Not stated |
| Free trial, no card | ||||||||
| Extra tools beyond staging | Day to Dusk, Sky Fix, Remove Clutter, Remove Furniture | Furniture removal | Day to Dusk, item removal, 360° staging | DIY manual placement editor | Virtual tours, twilight effect, lawn & pool touch-ups | Real-product matching, batch processing | Rush delivery, unlimited revisions | Floor plans, 360° tours, property videos |
Prices and claims as published on each vendor's site, checked 28 September 2026: virtualstagingai.app/pricing, boxbrownie.com/pricing and /virtual-staging, applydesign.io/pricing, collov.ai/pricing, reimaginehome.ai/pricing, styldod.com/virtual-staging, pedra.ai/pricing. Stagey: pay-as-you-go packs, 2 credits per staged photo. "Free trial, no card" marked "partial" where a trial exists but is watermarked or doesn't cover staging itself.
How we compared
We read each vendor's own pricing and feature pages on 28 September 2026 and compared price per photo, stated turnaround, furnished-room support, free trial terms and extras. We didn't run our own photos through the competitors' tools, so this article doesn't rank image quality, only what each vendor publishes, plus Stagey's own pricing from our pricing page. For the full walkthrough of Stagey's own virtual staging software, that page has it.
| If you... | Look at |
|---|---|
| Want one tool for staging plus sky, dusk and clutter fixes | Stagey |
| Stage a high volume every month and want the lowest cost per photo | VirtualStagingAI.app |
| Need a room that already has furniture redecorated, not emptied | VirtualStagingAI.app |
| Want a human designer to check the placement | BoxBrownie or Styldod |
| Want to place furniture yourself with unlimited revisions | Apply Design |
| Want staging bundled with virtual tours or floor plans | Collov AI or Pedra |
The 8 tools, one by one
What each one is for, what it costs, and who it suits, based on the same pages linked above.
Stagey
Pay-as-you-go staging plus four more listing-photo tools (Day to Dusk, Sky Fix, Remove Clutter, Remove Furniture) on one account. A staged photo costs 2 credits, $2.08 to $2.40 on the pay-as-you-go packs, and returns in about a minute. Suits someone who wants more than staging from one tool. No human-edited option, no floor plans or 3D, and a furnished room needs Remove Furniture run first.
VirtualStagingAI.app
Priced per photo on monthly plans, $2.67 down to $0.53 a photo on their top tier, and one of the few tools that explicitly stages a room that's already furnished. No sign-up needed to upload and test a photo. Suits high monthly volume where per-photo cost matters most. Their 10-second turnaround is their own claim; we haven't timed it.
BoxBrownie
A human-edited service: professional editors place furniture by hand and measure the room to scale. Staging costs €30 per image, up to 48 hours turnaround, and new accounts get 3 free image enhancements plus one free Day to Dusk edit. Suits a listing where a person checking the placement matters more than speed; also does day-to-dusk, item removal and 360° staging.
Apply Design
Automated staging with a DIY editor, unlimited DIY revisions and a published 15-minute turnaround. Auto staging runs about $10.50 to $15 a photo depending on "coins" bought, first image free. Suits someone who wants to fine-tune furniture placement rather than accept one automated result.
Collov AI
Billed per photo credit, about $0.24 to $0.32 a photo depending on plan size, with a claimed 10-second turnaround. Beyond staging it does virtual tours, a twilight effect and lawn or pool touch-ups. Five trial photos free, watermarked. Suits an agency already paying monthly that wants more tools in one subscription.
REimagineHome
Priced $0.11 to $0.47 a photo credit by plan tier, with a conversational editing flow on Pro and up, plus real-product matching for sourcing the actual furniture shown. Five free designs, no card. No stated turnaround. Built by the same company as Styldod below.
Styldod
A human design team, not AI: $16 to $23 per image by order size, with paid rush add-ons for 12 or 24-hour delivery and unlimited free revisions. First image free. Suits a listing where a designer's judgement is worth the extra cost and wait; sits alongside Styldod's own AI tool, REimagineHome.
Pedra
Priced per credit, about €0.19 to €0.28 by monthly or annual billing, bundling staging with floor plans, 360° tours and property videos. New accounts get 7 free credits, a free video and a free virtual tour, no card. Suits someone who wants staging alongside marketing extras rather than a staging specialist.
Who shouldn't use Stagey
We'd rather you pick the right tool than the wrong one from us. Stagey is a poor fit in these four cases:
| If you… | Choose instead | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Want a person to place and check every piece of furniture | BoxBrownie or Styldod | Human designers; expect 24–48 hours and a higher price per photo |
| Want to drag furniture around yourself until it's exactly right | Apply Design | Its manual placement editor is built for that |
| Stage in bulk every month and only price per photo matters | VirtualStagingAI.app or REimagineHome | Their top tiers are cheaper per image |
| Need 360° tours, floor plans or property videos from one vendor | Pedra or Collov AI | They bundle those with staging |
Stagey fits when you want several listing-photo fixes in one place (staging, day to dusk, sky, clutter, emptying a furnished room), results in about a minute and pay-as-you-go pricing without a subscription.
AI vs. human virtual staging companies
Two of the eight tools above, BoxBrownie and Styldod, do the work by hand: a designer places the furniture, which is why they take hours rather than minutes and charge closer to physical staging. The other six, including Stagey, run on AI models and return a result in under a minute to about 15 minutes. Neither route is automatically the right one; it comes down to how much time you have.
AI tools (Stagey and 5 others)
- A result in under a minute to about 15 minutes
- Priced per photo or per month, mostly under $2.50 a photo (Apply Design's DIY editor is the exception)
- A free trial or free credits on every tool we checked
- Easy to re-run for a different style at little or no extra cost
Human-edited studios (BoxBrownie, Styldod)
- Turnaround measured in hours: 24 to 48 hours is typical
- Priced per photo, from about $16 up to €30
- A person places the furniture and reviews it before delivery
- Fewer free tries before you're paying for a re-order
How to choose
Match the tool to how you actually buy photos, not just to the lowest price per image on its homepage.
- Priced the way you buyPay-as-you-go if volume varies month to month, a subscription if it's steady
- Turnaround matches your deadlineMinutes for a same-day listing; hours is fine for a weekly batch
- Furnished-room support, if you need itSome tools redecorate a furnished room directly; others need it emptied first
- A free trial with no cardTest the actual output on one of your own photos before paying
- Full-resolution download, no watermarkCheck this is included, not a paid upsell
- A way to disclose the editMost portals and MLS boards ask for a short caption; see our disclosure guide
Questions people ask
What is the best virtual staging software?
It depends what you're optimising for. VirtualStagingAI.app's top tier and REimagineHome's Agency plan are the cheapest per photo. Stagey's case is pay-as-you-go pricing ($2.08–$2.40 a staged photo) plus four other listing-photo tools on one account. For a person to place the furniture, BoxBrownie and Styldod are the human-edited options.
How much does virtual staging software cost per photo?
Published rates run from about $0.11 a photo on the cheapest high-volume subscription tier to $30 for a human-edited image. Most AI virtual staging tools land between $0.20 and $2.50 a photo; Apply Design's DIY editor is the exception at roughly $10–15. See the table above for each vendor's own numbers.
Are the prices in this comparison current?
They're what each vendor listed on their public pricing or feature page on 28 September 2026. Vendors change pricing without notice, so check the vendor's own page before buying.
Do virtual staging tools work on a room that already has furniture?
It varies. VirtualStagingAI.app explicitly supports furnished and unfurnished rooms. Stagey's Stage tool is built for empty or near-empty rooms; a furnished room needs Remove Furniture first. Check the vendor's page for your room before buying credits.
Do I need to disclose virtual staging in a listing?
Most portals and MLS boards ask you to label a virtually staged photo, and the property must still look as it is. Our disclosure guide (linked below) covers the rules by country and board.
Which virtual staging software is fastest?
VirtualStagingAI.app and Collov AI both claim a 10-second turnaround; we haven't independently timed either. Stagey measures about a minute in production. The human-edited options, BoxBrownie and Styldod, run 24 to 48 hours because a person does the work.
Keep reading
Tool
Stagey's virtual staging software
Upload an empty or near-empty room, pick a style, get it staged in about a minute.
Read →Guide
Virtual staging disclosure rules
Is virtual staging allowed, and how to label it, by country and MLS board.
Read →Pricing
What credits cost
Pay-as-you-go packs and plans, and what each Stagey tool costs in credits.
Read →See how your own listing photo stages
Upload one room and compare the result yourself. No credit card needed.
2 credits a staged photo