Raya.design - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Raya.design is cloud-based AI rendering software for architecture firms, interior designers, furniture manufacturers and real estate professionals who regularly need realistic images for client presentations, design competitions, catalogs, online stores or property listings. It starts from material that already exists in the project: a screenshot of a 3D model, a hand-drawn sketch or a photo of a room. From that input, Raya.design calculates a photorealistic architectural or interior visualization in 2K or 4K resolution in under a minute. There is no scene, lighting, material or camera setup in a traditional render engine, and because all processing happens in the cloud, a standard laptop is enough.

The result is controlled through settings rather than long text prompts. Users choose the scene type (interior or architecture), lighting presets such as sunny, cloudy, golden hour, dawn or night (or describe the lighting in their own words), an optional season, and materials and textures for specific areas of the image. Enhancements add decorations, switch on lights, or place people, pets or other objects in the scene, and photos of real products, such as a particular chair or lamp, can be added as reference objects. A style reference image transfers the materials, atmosphere and lighting of another project, which keeps a series of images consistent. For precise changes, users draw an area on the image and describe what should appear there.

Raya.design connects to the design tools teams already work in. Free AI rendering plugins for SketchUp, Revit, Archicad, 3ds Max, Rhino and pCon.planner open a Raya.design panel inside the program and render the current view of the model, so files do not need to be exported. The plugin works from the image of the view rather than the project file, so the 3D model stays on the user's computer. From the same panel, users can edit the result and create videos.

Beyond the first render, Raya.design covers later stages of a project. Finished visualizations can be edited with plain-text instructions, for example to change wall colors, fabrics, flooring or the time of day. A 2x2 grid creates four different frames from one visualization, and upscaling enlarges images to 4K or 6K for print and large-format boards. For real estate, virtual home staging furnishes room photos from listings with furniture and decor taken from reference photos, while walls, windows and framing stay as in the original. For the furniture industry, product photos can be placed in styled interiors or on a white, black or custom background. The AI video generator turns a visualization or photo into a short clip, with camera motion described in words or chosen from ready-made shots, and with adjustable length, resolution and aspect ratio. The 3D model generator builds models of furniture and decor from photos in FBX or GLB format, and the moodboard generator combines up to 16 reference images into layouts such as a classic grid, collage or material flat lay.

Raya.design is sold as monthly or yearly subscriptions with credits, from the Starter plan for small projects to Max for studios running many projects in parallel. Every plan includes the same features and quality, a commercial license, and credits that roll over while the subscription is active. New users receive free credits to test the software on their own project with no payment card required. The interface is available in English, Polish, Spanish, Italian and German.