Gendo

Gendo is a web-based collaborative AI canvas for architectural visualization, where architects and designers can create and revise renders in a shared workspace. Its tools can render from sketches, edit materials, populate scenes, transfer styles, enhance images, and upscale renders to 4× resolution. A natural-language assistant can use workspace tools. Teams can run generations simultaneously, add comments and notes, share images, and iterate together. Supported inputs include text descriptions, hand sketches, CAD screenshots, exported scenes, renders, photographs, and reference images. Users currently export scenes or views into the Canvas; direct plugins for Revit, SketchUp, or Blender are on the roadmap. The Free plan costs nothing and includes one active canvas, up to 50 assets, unlimited generations, one collaborator, watermarks, and history limited to 10 Image Sets. Studio and Enterprise prompts and outputs are contractually protected from AI training and marketing use, while Free-plan prompts and outputs are not treated as confidential. Gendo states that data is stored in EU data centres and encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS.

Gendo brings architectural image generation and collaboration into a browser-based canvas. Consider the Free plan's workspace limits and data terms before choosing it for confidential work.

Gendo suits architects and designers working together on visual decisions in a shared canvas. The maker describes it as intended for design-led studios and teams of 2–50.

Gendo is a browser-based workspace for creating and refining architectural visuals with AI. It is best suited to design-led studios that want to review image directions together without a specialist visualization pipeline. Its shared canvas and varied image tools are useful, but exported-view workflows and the Free plan’s data terms rule it out for some teams.

Overview

Teams can start with text, hand sketches, CAD screenshots, model exports, renders, photographs, or reference images, then create and discuss images in one browser canvas. The breadth of inputs makes it adaptable to concept work, but it does not amount to CAD/BIM import: users export scenes or views into Gendo, and direct Revit, SketchUp, and Blender plugins remain on the roadmap. That gap matters to practices that need visualization tightly connected to their modeling tools.

The canvas supports simultaneous generations, comments, notes, and shared images, while a natural-language assistant can access workspace tools. Together, those features support collaborative iteration rather than simply generating a standalone render. Gendo says data is stored in EU data centres, with configurable retention and isolation policies; stored data is encrypted with AES-256 and data in transit with TLS. Studio and Enterprise prompts and outputs are contractually protected from AI training and marketing use, but Free-plan prompts and outputs are not confidential.

Key features

• Architectural image editing: Render sketches, adjust materials, populate scenes, transfer styles, enhance images, and upscale renders to 4× resolution. This range supports several visual refinement steps in one workspace, although it does not replace direct model import.
• Team canvas: Simultaneous generations, comments, notes, and shared images give teams a place to compare and iterate on visual directions. This suits group review more than isolated image production.
• AI assistant: The natural-language assistant can use canvas tools, offering another way to work within the shared space.
• Material Bank: Free includes material specification with Material Bank, extending the entry tier beyond image generation.
• Fair use: Unlimited generations are subject to Fair Usage guidelines, and abnormal usage may be temporarily restricted. “Unlimited” therefore should not be read as an unconditional guarantee for unusually intensive use.

Pricing

Gendo is freemium, with prices in GBP. The Free plan costs nothing and allows one active canvas, up to 50 assets, unlimited generations, one collaborator, and history limited to 10 Image Sets. Outputs are watermarked. It is a useful solo starting point, but the one-canvas, one-collaborator, and short history caps constrain ongoing team work; its prompts and outputs are not confidential.

The Students Educational Plan costs nothing and includes multiple canvases, no watermarks, full AI tooling, and 15 free video seconds. It prohibits commercial use, so it fits educational work rather than client projects.

Studio costs £66 a year (billed £66/mo billed annually (£790/year; excl. tax)). It provides unlimited projects, assets, and image generations, five seats including four free seats, 15 one-off video seconds, no watermark, a commercial license, and 2× and 4× upscaling. This is the clearest fit for a small commercial team; compared with Free, it removes workspace and collaborator constraints and adds commercial rights, but the listed annual billing is a larger commitment than a free tier.

Studio Scale costs £299 a month, billed monthly (excl. tax), and includes five seats, unlimited video generation, organisation-level analytics, VIP onboarding, and priority support. The plan is marked Beta, so teams considering it should weigh those higher-tier capabilities against its beta status. Enterprise has custom pricing, requires at least 20 seats, and offers evaluation periods, SSO and user provisioning, a dedicated account and SLA, and custom models. Its governance controls include SAML single sign-on, audit logs, custom data processing agreements, and configurable data isolation and retention, making it the option for larger organizations with those requirements.

Video packs require an active subscription and are one-time purchases, excluding tax: 100 seconds costs £40 (£0.40/sec), 250 seconds costs £75 (£0.30/sec), and 500 seconds costs £125 (£0.25/sec). The larger packs lower the per-second price, but they do not remove the subscription requirement. Support ranges from email on Free to priority email on Studio, VIP support on Studio Scale, and a dedicated account on Enterprise.

Platforms

Gendo is available on the web. That makes the canvas browser-based, but teams seeking a direct CAD/BIM import workflow will need to export scenes or views first.

Who it's for

Gendo describes its audience as design-led studios and teams of 2–50 looking to make visual decisions faster without specialist visualization pipelines. Studio is a practical match for a small commercial group that needs shared work and commercial rights; Enterprise is geared to larger teams that need governance and account support. Solo users can begin on Free, provided they accept its workspace caps and non-confidential data terms. Students can use the educational plan for non-commercial projects.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Several ways to start visual work: Text, sketches, screenshots, exports, existing renders, photos, and references all serve as inputs.
• Collaboration is built into the canvas: Simultaneous generations, comments, and notes support shared iteration instead of separate image handoffs.
• Studio includes commercial rights and five seats: A small team can move beyond the Free plan’s single-collaborator cap without giving up the shared workflow.
• Enterprise offers governance controls: SSO, audit logs, custom agreements, and configurable isolation and retention suit organizations with stricter requirements.

Cons

• No current CAD/BIM import: Exporting views adds a step for teams that want visualization connected to their modeling workflow.
• Free is limited for team and confidential work: It allows one collaborator and one active canvas, and Free prompts and outputs are not confidential.
• Video packs depend on a subscription: Their one-time pricing does not make them standalone purchases.
• Unlimited generation has a fair-use condition: Abnormal usage may be temporarily restricted.

Alternatives

AI Architectural Rendering Software and AI Sketch-to-Image Generators are useful category lists for comparing other options.

Choose Luw.ai Studio if you want an option spanning iOS, macOS, and web; its free tier is more constrained, with two daily credits, 512×512 output, a watermark, and no Video AI or Enhancement.

Empoli is another freemium option with a 30-day free trial and iOS and web support.

Consider Harth if a defined monthly render allowance is preferable: its Free plan provides 700 credits per month and 20+ renders, while Plus costs $59 a month for 5,000 credits.

PLANA may suit readers seeking API or self-hosted deployment; it has a 7-day Max trial with 4K resolution, all models, and no watermark.

Renderica is a web and API alternative whose Free plan allows three renders per month at 1024px, while its Starter plan costs $24 a month for 60 renders at 2048px.

Rendero may fit those who prefer a one-time starting allowance: its Free plan gives 50 credits that do not refill monthly.

Treform is available on macOS, web, and Windows, and offers a student quarterly plan with 30 AI edits and 25 renders per month.

Blue Moon AI is another web-based freemium option; its Free plan provides five daily generations on the Free Daily model and three signup credits.

Verdict

Gendo is a strong fit for design-led architectural teams that want to generate, refine, and discuss visuals together in a browser, especially when exported views are an acceptable input. Studio is the more appropriate choice for commercial team use, while Free works for limited, non-confidential exploration. Look elsewhere if direct CAD/BIM integration is essential or if confidential work must stay on the free tier.