How much does home staging cost at PhotoUp?

Its pricing page lists AI home staging from 3 credits per photo, at a $1.50 on-demand credit rate, $4.50 minimum per image. Monthly plans run $49 to $399 and bring the credit down to $1.10. Rates pulled July 26, 2026.

Is PhotoUp more expensive than CasaNova Labs?

On home staging alone, yes, by roughly a factor of four: $450 versus €99 for 100 staged photos. On human retouching and full delegation, the comparison doesn't apply, CasaNova doesn't sell that service.

Do you need a PhotoUp subscription to order staging?

No. The On-Demand plan lets you order per photo at $1.50 a credit, with 5 free credits on signup. The subscription mainly lowers the credit price and unlocks team tools.

Can you use both PhotoUp and CasaNova?

That's the most common setup among brokerages that reach out to us: routine staging moves to a flat subscription, and PhotoUp stays in the mix for human retouching and jobs that need a dedicated editor.

What's the turnaround difference between the two?

CasaNova renders in the same session you upload photos in. PhotoUp runs on an order queue staffed by outsourced editing teams, with 24/6 chat and phone support, you send a batch and it comes back once an editor has worked through it, not instantly.

Are these rates still current?

They were pulled July 26, 2026 from photoup.net and our own rate card. Check the source page, linked at the bottom of this article, before making a purchase decision.

PhotoUp alternativeAgency comparison

Pay 3 Credits a Staged Photo, or €0.99 Flat

PhotoUp prices AI home staging from 3 credits per photo, on a $1.50-per-credit on-demand base. This page compares both models at equal volume and says plainly what PhotoUp still does better.

PhotoUp isn't selling software: it's selling an outsourced production line: retouching, staging, listing sites, and dedicated editor hours, handled by human teams. That model is legitimate, but it trades speed for headcount. You send a batch and wait for it to come back, instead of watching the same photo render in minutes. On home staging specifically, the sourced pricing puts CasaNova at roughly a quarter of PhotoUp's per-unit cost.

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Living room where gray furniture was replaced with a beige sofa by CasaNova Labs

CasaNova render: replacing existing furniture, a variation requested mid-listing. At PhotoUp, every staged photo starts at 3 credits minimum on the public rate card.

What an agency needs to take away

The essentials before choosing between a well-known competitor and CasaNova.

PhotoUp prices AI home staging from 3 credits per photo, at $1.50 a credit on the on-demand plan.

A 10-photo staged listing runs at least $45 that way, versus €9.90 on CasaNova's 10-property plan.

PhotoUp still wins on one thing CasaNova doesn't offer: full delegation to dedicated human editors.

Who this comparison is for

This page is for brokerages and photographers who already use PhotoUp for retouching and are weighing whether staging should stay with the same outsourced vendor.

Brokerages ordering staging per photo and watching the invoice climb with every new listing.

Real estate photographers who want to separate human retouching from virtual furnishing.

Teams that want one fixed monthly line instead of a running credit balance to track.

Why CasaNova is a real alternative to PhotoUp on staging

The point isn't replacing PhotoUp's whole production chain. It's pulling the most repetitive line item out of a pay-per-order model.

Virtual staging is the most repeated task on a listing, exactly the kind of work that gains from a flat subscription instead of a per-order queue.

One monthly budget line, with no credit balance to track on top of a subscription fee.

Production happens in-house, on demand, with no order-and-wait cycle for visuals that don't need a human touch.

Detailed comparison

Pricing pulled July 26, 2026 from PhotoUp's public pricing page and CasaNova's rate card. Shared assumption: 10 listings a month, 10 photos each.

Criterion	CasaNova Labs	PhotoUp
Staging price	€0.99 per photo on the 10-property plan.	3 credits minimum per photo, or $4.50 and up at the $1.50 on-demand credit rate.
Billing model	One flat subscription with the month's credits included, 100 credits for €99, 1 credit per photo.	A monthly plan from $49 to $399, stacked on top of a credit cost, quoted at $1.10 on a plan.
Cost for 100 staged photos	€99: the full 10-property plan.	300 credits, or $450 at the on-demand rate.
Turnaround	Rendered in the same session where you upload the listing.	Order-based: a batch goes to a human editing team and comes back once it's processed, not an instant render.
Human delegation	You produce it yourself. The optional Plus Service add-on, €33/month, brings in support.	A dedicated editor at $7.94/hour, and dedicated packages from $869 to $1,769/month. Advantage PhotoUp.
Scope	Photos, 3D floor plans, and video around the listing.	Retouching, staging, listing websites, 360° tours, virtual assistants.

Pricing, ROI, and time saved

The decisive math isn't the price of one isolated photo, it's the volume your brokerage actually runs every month.

The real cost of a listing

PhotoUp prices AI staging from 3 credits per photo.

A 10-photo staged listing costs at least $45 on-demand. The same volume runs €9.90 on CasaNova's 10-property plan.

Speed versus headcount

PhotoUp's staging runs through a human editing queue; CasaNova renders in the same session.

For one listing, that gap barely matters. Run listings every week and the order-and-wait cycle becomes the real bottleneck, not the price.

Two meters to watch

A monthly plan fee plus a separate credit cost stacked on top.

The real bill only shows up at month's end. CasaNova has one line, known in advance.

The value of human time

PhotoUp also sells editor hours, at $7.94 each.

That's a genuine advantage if you want production off your team's plate entirely. CasaNova doesn't replace that service and doesn't claim to.

When PhotoUp is still the right call

PhotoUp covers needs we don't. Here's when outsourcing to their team is the rational choice.

You run enough volume to justify a dedicated editor or a package priced at $869 to $1,769 a month, at that scale, paying for headcount instead of software is a reasonable trade.

You need human photo retouching on difficult shots, beyond what automated processing corrects.

You want one vendor for retouching, listing websites, 360° tours, and administrative support alongside the photos themselves, and you can plan around an order-and-wait cycle instead of needing same-day output.

Screenshots and proof

What the studio produces, matched to the pricing math above.

Before

After CasaNova

Living room with a beige sofa after furniture replacement by CasaNova Labs

Furniture replacement rendered in the same workspace, no batch, no waiting for an editor to hand it back.

Before

After CasaNova

Same room with new flooring rendered by CasaNova Labs

Virtual staging is the most repeated request on a listing, the line item PhotoUp charges at 3 credits or more per image.

Decision-focused FAQ

The questions that genuinely come up before choosing a tool or an alternative for a property marketing workflow.

Turn a comparison into a real-world test

If your goal is faster turnaround, predictable budgets and a photo + video loop on a single platform, the only judge that matters is your own listing pipeline.

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The deciding point

What genuinely makes the difference when an agency compares two visual workflows.

Business decision

Where CasaNova stands

CasaNova is the recommendation here for agencies that want a photo and video workflow that is more complete, easier to read and simpler to roll out.

Verified sources

The pages used to check the claims, prices and public positioning cited in this analysis.

www.photoup.net/pricing www.photoup.net/virtual-staging/pricing www.photoup.net/ai-virtual-staging