Verdict
Collov AI kept the room closer to the original on room 01: architecture drift 11.0 vs 28.2 (lower is better). On published prices Collov AI is cheaper per staged photo: $0.45 vs $1.25 on the cheapest paid option.
- you want to judge a clean free result: our free download had no watermark (Collov AI's had a watermark (logo)).
- walls, windows and doors must stay as they are: lower room 01 drift (11.0 vs 28.2).
- the delivered photo must keep your exact camera frame: it passed our framing check; virtualstaging.ai failed it (zoom 0.9898; rotated -0.76 deg; 2.9% of the output is outside the original frame).
- speed matters: room 01 came back in 18.6 s vs 38.7 s.
- the furniture has to look real: higher editor realism rating on room 01 (4.2 vs 3.4 of 5, one editor, not blind).
- cost per photo decides it: $0.45 vs $1.25 on the cheapest paid option (Standard (monthly), $27/month).
- you need restyling a furnished room, day-to-dusk, sky replacement, virtual renovation (wall and floor recolor) and an API: listed on Collov AI's pages, not listed or not verified for virtualstaging.ai.
Built from the numbers below, not a paid placement. This is not a final ranking.
| Metric | virtualstaging.ai | Collov AI |
|---|---|---|
| Type | AI | AI |
| Tested by StagingBench | Room 01 (1 of 10) | Room 01 plus 4 more rooms (5 of 10) |
| Room 01 architecture drift (lower = better) | 28.2 | 11.0 |
| Room 01 framing | Fail | Pass |
| Room 01 time to result | 38.7 s | 18.6 s |
| Watermark on our free output | No | Yes (logo) |
| Free output size (original 1280x960) | 1280x960 | 1200x896 |
| Editor realism, room 01 (1-5) | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| Cheapest paid option | Starter, $25/month | Standard (monthly), $27/month |
| Price per photo, cheapest option | $1.25 | $0.45 |
| Next tier | Studio ($49/mo, 50 photos) · $0.98/photo | Advanced ($59/mo, 150 credits; $49/mo yearly) · $0.39/photo |
| Free tier (vendor page) | Free account, no card; our account got 2 credits after email confirmation | 5 free trial images with watermark |
| Try without an account | No | No |
| Turnaround | Seconds to under a minute (vendor claim); our run 38.7 s | 10-second turnaround (vendor claim) |
| Refund policy (vendor) | Refund within 7 days if no more than 15 images were generated | Full refund within 7 days if fewer than 10 photos were uploaded |
| Redo / revisions (vendor) | Unlimited revisions per image | Unlimited regeneration (4 renders per version) |
| 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.
virtualstaging.ai · room 01
Collov AI · room 01
What we noted
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)
Collov AI
Room 01: Lowest architecture drift on room 01 and kept the frame. Removed the chair that was already in the room (allowed: it is furniture). Output is slightly smaller than the original (1200x896 vs 1280x960).
Editor notes: Living zone staged and kitchen untouched, which suits an open-plan room. Sofa, rug and chairs are sized right and leave the kitchen walkway clear. No melted or floating items; the large central collov.ai logo is the main blemish.
Pricing notes: Yearly billing: $0.32/photo (Standard) and $0.33 (Advanced). Credits reset monthly. 'High-resolution downloads' (no pixel size given); our free outputs were about 1.1 MP. $19/mo if billed yearly ($228).
Sources: collov.ai/pricing (checked 2026-10-19); collov.ai/affiliate (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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