Verdict
On room 01 the two kept walls, windows and doors about equally well (architecture drift 27.1 vs 28.2; 3 points or less is noise). On published prices Pedra is cheaper per staged photo: $0.33 vs $1.25 on the cheapest paid option.
- the furniture has to look real: higher editor realism rating on room 01 (3.8 vs 3.4 of 5, one editor, not blind).
- cost per photo decides it: $0.33 vs $1.25 on the cheapest paid option (Pro Monthly, €29/month).
- you want to try it before creating an account (Yes).
- you need sky replacement, virtual renovation (wall and floor recolor) and an API: listed on Pedra's pages, not listed or not verified for virtualstaging.ai.
- you want to judge a clean free result: our free download had no watermark (Pedra's had a watermark (badge)).
- you need a "virtually staged" disclaimer option and a stated commercial-use licence: listed on virtualstaging.ai's pages, not listed or not verified for Pedra.
Built from the numbers below, not a paid placement. This is not a final ranking.
| Metric | Pedra | virtualstaging.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Type | AI | AI |
| Tested by StagingBench | Room 01 plus 5 more rooms (6 of 10) | Room 01 (1 of 10) |
| Room 01 architecture drift (lower = better) | 27.1 | 28.2 |
| Room 01 framing | Fail | Fail |
| Room 01 time to result | ~35 s | 38.7 s |
| Watermark on our free output | Yes (badge) | No |
| Free output size (original 1280x960) | 2048x1536 | 1280x960 |
| Editor realism, room 01 (1-5) | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Cheapest paid option | Pro Monthly, €29/month | Starter, $25/month |
| Price per photo, cheapest option | $0.33 (€0.29) | $1.25 |
| Next tier | 300 credits/month (EUR 75) · $0.28/photo | Studio ($49/mo, 50 photos) · $0.98/photo |
| Free tier (vendor page) | 7 image credits + 1 video + 1 virtual tour at signup, no card (our account got 6); free no-signup tool on pedra.ai/free-tools | Free account, no card; our account got 2 credits after email confirmation |
| Try without an account | Yes | No |
| Turnaround | not stated | Seconds to under a minute (vendor claim); our run 38.7 s |
| Refund policy (vendor) | not stated | Refund within 7 days if no more than 15 images were generated |
| Redo / revisions (vendor) | Thumbs-down a bad result and you may get the credit back | Unlimited revisions per image |
| Max resolution (vendor) | 2048 px (Large) on our free download | not stated |
| Declutter / remove furniture | ✓ | ✓ |
| Empty-room staging | ✓ | ✓ |
| Restyle a furnished room | ? | ? |
| Day to dusk | ? | ? |
| Sky replacement | ✓ | ? |
| Renovation / wall & floor recolor | ✓ | ? |
| 360 or video | ✓ | ✓ |
| API | ✓ | ? |
| "Virtually staged" disclaimer option | ? | ✓ |
| Commercial-use licence stated | ? | ✓ |
Room 01: original vs staged
Same empty open-plan room, default settings, first output only. Each image shows the original next to the aligned output.
Pedra · room 01
virtualstaging.ai · room 01
What we noted
Pedra
Room 01: Framing fails: zoomed out by about 1.3% and rotated about 0.5°, so roughly 2.5% of the image at the edges is newly drawn. After alignment the walls, column and doorway line up, but parts of the kitchen are redrawn and wall decor adds edges, so architecture drift stays high (27.1). Alignment explains about 10 of the 37.6 raw points.
Editor notes: Separate living and dining zones suit the open-plan room. The sectional is large but believable; it stands in front of the column. Adds fixtures that aren't in the flat: a pendant lamp over a new dining table and under-cabinet kitchen lights.
Pricing notes: Annual: EUR 239/yr for 1,200 credits (about EUR 0.20/photo). The page's own table rounds 100 credits to EUR 0.28/credit. 1 credit per staged photo.
Sources: pedra.ai/pricing (checked 2026-10-19); our own test log (2026-10-19)
virtualstaging.ai
Room 01: Highest architecture drift on room 01. The column is moved and the soffit is changed, which you can see in the comparison. It also zoomed out slightly and rotated about 0.8°, so framing fails. No watermark, same resolution as the original.
Editor notes: Living plus dining set-up suits open plan. A very large sofa plus a second sofa cut off at the bottom edge crowd the room; a dining table is cut off at the right. The building changed: the column moved left and the soffit and kitchen-side wall were redrawn.
Pricing notes: Unlimited plan $39/mo (fair use, own listings only) sits between Starter and Studio; yearly billing advertises 40% off. Credits roll over for 3 months.
Sources: virtualstaging.ai/pricing (checked 2026-10-19); virtualstaging.ai (checked 2026-10-19)
Architecture drift runs from 0 to 100, lower is better (how much walls, windows and doors changed after aligning the output to the original). Differences of about 3 points or less are within measurement noise. Framing fails if the tool cropped, zoomed, shifted or rotated the photo beyond our thresholds. Editor realism ratings are one person's 1-5 ratings, not blind. Details: methodology. Partial results: 1 of 10 rooms scored for most tools (Collov AI also has rooms 02-05, Pedra rooms 02-06 and Roomagen room 02. The leaderboard still compares room 01 only.). Prices from vendors' public pages, checked 19 October 2026; EUR converted at the ECB rate (1.1253, 2026-10-16). Nobody paid for a placement, and affiliate links never change the order.
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