Gendo
Gendo: A shared browser canvas for turning sketches, exports, and prompts into architectural visuals. Ranked #8 of 23 in AI Architectural Rendering Software by our editors (7.3/10); pricing: Free plan; best for collaborative architectural visualization teams.
At a glance
- Editor score7.3 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forCollaborative architectural visualization teams
- Free planYes
- Workflow modeMixed
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Renders from sketches, screenshots, exports, photographs, and text
- Shared canvases include comments, annotations, and decision history
- Supports variations, scene editing, upscaling, video, and eight integrations
Where it doesn't
- The Free plan limits teams to one active canvas and one collaborator
- Direct CAD/BIM file import is not supported
- Watermarked exports apply to the Free plan
Our verdict on Gendo
Gendo is a browser-based AI rendering and design canvas for architects, interior designers, and studios. It turns hand sketches, CAD screenshots, model and viewport exports, renders, photographs, reference images, and text descriptions into architectural visualisations. Users can explore materials and styles, edit scenes with natural-language prompts, add people, furniture, and landscaping, and compare different directions in a shared workspace.
Collaboration is a central strength. Team members can work on shared design canvases with comments, annotations, and decision history, giving visual exploration a place alongside project discussion. The tool also supports parallel rendering of variations, 2x and 4x image upscaling, and video generation for cinematic sequences. Its integration list covers SketchUp, Revit, Rhino, ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, Enscape, Blender, and 3ds Max, making it suitable for workflows that already produce viewport captures or model exports.
The plan structure ranges from a Free plan with unlimited generations, one active project canvas, up to 50 assets per canvas, watermarked exports, and one collaborator to paid tiers with unlimited projects, commercial licensing, watermark-free exports, parallel rendering, team seats, video generation, analytics, onboarding, and priority support. Enterprise adds SSO, user provisioning, dedicated account support, SLA, custom models, and a custom catalogue. Students and educators have a separate free plan with multiple canvases, no watermarks, full AI tooling, and 15 free video seconds. Gendo suits teams making frequent visual decisions together; teams needing direct CAD/BIM import should choose a workflow built around native file import instead.
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Gendo fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Workflow mode | Mixed |
| Supported inputs | text descriptions, hand sketches, CAD screenshots, SketchUp/Revit/Rhino/ArchiCAD/Vectorworks/Blender/3ds Max exports, renders, photographs, reference images |
| Maximum output resolution | Not verified |
| Commercial use rights | Yes |
| CAD/BIM import | No |
| Monthly credits | Not verified |
| API access | Not verified |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Compliance & security | GDPR, SSO/SAML, 2FA |
| Support | Email, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 8 integrations: SketchUp, Revit, Rhino, ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, Enscape … |
| Pricing | Free plan (source) |
| Website | gendo.ai |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Gendo integrations
Gendo lists 8 integrations on its own site.
- SketchUp
- Revit
- Rhino
- ArchiCAD
- Vectorworks
- Enscape
- Blender
- 3ds Max
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- TreformA broad AI architecture workspace for early-stage modeling, massing, and site studies.7.7
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