VIRTUAL STAGING COMPANIES, COMPARED
We sell virtual staging, so read this knowing that. But the comparison below is straight: who's cheapest, who's fastest, who gives you the most control, and who you should pick if it isn't us.
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| Company / Type | Price | Turnaround | Style control |
|---|---|---|---|
| BoxBrownie (human-edited) | ~$24/photo, staging only | 1–2 days | High — best for custom work and item removal |
| AI staging tools (VirtualStagingAI, ApplyDesign, ReimagineHome, etc.) | ~$16–24/photo, staging only, or credit packs (pricing varies, check current rates) | Minutes to hours | Medium — style selection available |
| Traditional interior design firms | Highest cost | Days to weeks | Highest — full custom design |
| FrameLifter | $0.75/photo, everything included | Minutes | Lowest — automatic, no style picker |
Competitors charge $16–24/photo for staging alone. FrameLifter charges $0.75/photo and that includes staging, day-to-dusk, sky replacement, and cleanup — no add-ons.
You need item removal, a specific design era, or someone to make judgment calls on an odd room. You'll pay more and wait a day or two, but a person is looking at every photo.
You want to pick the furniture style yourself and don't mind paying per photo. Good middle ground on speed and control, but the per-photo cost adds up fast on a listing with several empty rooms.
You're staging a high-end listing where the marketing budget can absorb days to weeks of turnaround and the highest price on this list. Not a fit for a normal listing timeline.
You want staging, twilight, sky, and cleanup all included at $0.75/photo, back in minutes, and you don't need to pick a furniture style. That's most vacant listings. If you need exact style control, we aren't the right tool for that job.
Per photo, staging only, or per photo with everything included. Bundled per-photo pricing wins fast once you want more than just staging.
Minutes, hours, or days. A listing that's ready to go live shouldn't wait on a staging queue.
Whether you can pick the furniture era and look, or whether it's handled automatically for you.
Whether photo enhancement is included with staging, or billed as yet another separate line item.
For more on how staging and enhancement work together, see virtual staging, or how it fits an agent's workflow specifically in virtual staging for realtors.
Most charge per photo, typically somewhere in the $16–24 range for staging alone, depending on the provider and whether it's human-edited or AI (pricing varies, so check current rates before you commit). FrameLifter charges $0.75 per photo, and that includes staging plus day-to-dusk, sky replacement, and cleanup — no separate charge for any of them.
For standard rooms, AI staging is usually good enough, and much cheaper and faster. Human editors still win on custom style requests and unusual or oddly shaped rooms where judgment matters more than speed.
Generally yes for a vacant listing, especially compared to the cost of physical staging. Whether it's worth it for a specific listing depends on the price point and how long the home is expected to sit on the market.
Yes, but disclosure is generally required. Most MLSs want virtually staged photos labeled as such, so check your local MLS rules before you list.
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