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Studio-grade renders, at student rates.

For thesis projects, design studios, and portfolio work. Verified with your .edu email, renews yearly with a quick re-check.

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From homework to portfolio.

Same studio every paying customer uses, scaled to fit a student budget.

Explorer

For students just starting their portfolio.

$8/month

Billed $90/year · save 17%

  • 90 credits per month
  • Every render style unlocked
  • .edu verification required
Start with Explorer

Includes

  • All interior + exterior styles
  • Edit & modify with text prompts
  • Animate - Cinematic motion from any render
  • 4K upscaling on every render
  • Live chat support
  • Requires .edu verification, renews yearly
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Essential

For students working on studio-grade projects.

$16/month

Billed $190/year · save 17%

  • 300 credits per month
  • Animate included
  • Priority generation queue
Start with Essential

Includes

  • All interior + exterior styles
  • Text-prompt edits & area edits
  • Animate - Cinematic motion from any render
  • Priority generation queue
  • Shareable gallery links
  • Priority live chat support
  • Requires .edu verification, renews yearly

Advanced

For thesis projects and studio cohorts.

$33/month

Billed $390/year · save 17%

  • 600 credits per month
  • Unlimited workspaces
  • Brand presets included
Start with Advanced

Includes

  • Animate - Cinematic motion from any render
  • Unlimited workspaces per organisation
  • Priority generation queue
  • Brand presets. Lock styles per project
  • Priority live chat support
  • Requires .edu verification, renews yearly

Why students pick Carve.

Studio-grade output

49+ photorealistic styles, all the conceptual aesthetics (watercolor, marker, white model, ink), and 4K resolution on every render.

Edit & iterate on every render

Text-prompt edits, area edits, and animation included from Essential up. Iterate fast, hand your tutor multiple options, stay in the zone.

Upscale for the printed wall

Every render upscales cleanly for final boards and printed deliverables — no need to bounce to a third-party tool for the crit.

How it works

Verification in three steps.

1

Sign up with .edu

Use your institutional email when you create your Carve account.

2

Confirm the code

We send a 6-digit code to your inbox — paste it back to verify.

3

Render at student rates

Student tier unlocks instantly. Re-verify once a year, same flow.

Price comparison

Weeks of effort.
Or 5 minutes.

Discover how Carve stacks up against conventional architectural visualization workflows.

Activity

  • Exterior Visualization

    $500–$1,500 per render, delivery takes several days
    200–500 renders included in Pro / Agency — pick the best one

  • Interior Rendering

    $300–$1,000 per render, long feedback cycles
    Generate unlimited variations within minutes

  • Facade Material Changes

    Hours spent in rendering tools or Photoshop
    Completed in just minutes with Edit & Modify

  • Interior Redesign

    Hours spent in rendering tools or Photoshop
    Done in just minutes — keep the geometry, swap the style

  • Present Options to Clients

    Takes days with traditional rendering workflows
    Done in minutes with Carve — even live during client meetings

  • Project Pitch & Concept Board

    Generic inspiration boards — repetitive and uninspired
    Custom concept boards tailored to your project — built around your exact idea

Typical rates for professional architectural visualization in the US / EU (2024–2026).

Full Feature Breakdown

Every capability compared side by side — with traditional rendering techniques.

Feature

  • Time to first result

    Hours to days — manual rendering workflow
    Under 60 seconds — AI delivers results instantly

  • Price per image

    Expensive — $500+ per outsourced render
    Affordable — fixed monthly plan, ~$0.10 per credit

  • Revisions & variations

    Limited — each adjustment is a new billed round-trip
    Unlimited — explore concepts without delay

  • Onboarding effort

    High — complex tools, months of training required
    Low — simple interface, ready to start immediately

  • Output quality

    Studio-level — but requires deep expertise
    Studio-level — finely tuned for architecture

  • Required hardware

    High-performance GPU required — expensive specialized systems
    None — runs in the cloud in any browser

  • AI model updates

    Manual — frequent software updates and version maintenance
    Automatic — newest models available within 24 hours

  • Getting started

    Time-consuming — install, configure, add plugins
    Immediate — open browser and get started

  • Creative control

    Full — purely manual control
    Full — AI-supported — you have the final say

  • Scalability

    Limited — constrained by hardware capacity
    Unlimited — scale output on demand

  • Hybrid workflow

    No — exclusively conventional tools
    Yes — drop Carve renders into your Photoshop / Rhino flow

* Time and cost figures are approximate estimates based on common industry benchmarks. Actual results will vary by project scope and complexity.

Student questions.

Any institutional email ending in .edu, .ac.uk, or recognised academic TLD. We verify by sending a 6-digit code to the address — if your school uses a personal alias system (e.g. forwarding to gmail), you'll still need to receive the code at the .edu inbox.

Not sure which plan fits?

Start free with 10 credits — no card required. Upgrade once you've shipped a render you're proud of.

Start free · 10 credits