Gendo vs mnml.ai
mnml.ai and Gendo both turn sketches, massing models and screenshots into photoreal architectural images. They differ in three ways:
- how you pay: credits or unlimited
- how a team works together: in-app plugins or a shared canvas
- how project data is governed
Prices checked 3 November 2026 from https://mnml.ai/pricing and https://gendo.ai/pricing. List prices, excluding tax.
The short answer
- mnml.ai suits individual designers who want to render from inside SketchUp, Revit, Rhino or Grasshopper and are comfortable budgeting credits.
- Gendo suits studios where several people iterate, review with clients and sign off together, with unlimited generations and contractual clarity on ownership and training.
At a glance
| Gendo | mnml.ai | |
|---|---|---|
How you pay | Flat subscription, unlimited image generations on Studio (Fair Use Policy) | Credits from a monthly balance; unused credits roll over for up to 2 months |
Entry paid plan | Studio £79/month or £66 billed annually | Lite $29/month, 1,000 credits |
Other individual plans | n/a | Plus $49 (3,000 credits), Studio $119 (10,000 credits) |
Team | Studio includes 5 editors and free unlimited viewers. Extra seats £15 a month | Team plans from $179/month for 3 team seats plus 1 IT admin seat |
Collaboration | Shared multiplayer canvas: variations, comments and decisions together | Shared projects within a team workspace |
CAD workflow | Any screenshot or export, in the browser; no plugin | Plugins for SketchUp, Revit, Rhino and Grasshopper, plus an MCP connector for AI assistants |
Upscale | 2x and 4x | Up to 8K |
Training on your work | Contractually excluded on Studio and Enterprise | "No model training on your data" |
Commercial licence | Studio and above | Paid plans |
Hosting | GDPR-compliant EU hosting | Not stated on the pricing page |
SSO | SAML SSO on Enterprise | No SAML yet. Workspaces can require Google sign-in on verified domains |
Free | Unlimited generations, 1 canvas, watermarked 1k exports, non-commercial | 100 free credits on sign-up |
Pricing: credits or unlimited
mnml.ai's individual plans run from Lite ($29 a month, 1,000 credits) to Studio ($119 a month, 10,000 credits). Every render spends credits, and a busy deadline week can mean a top-up. Gendo Studio has no credit balance for images. Five editors share unlimited generations for £79 a month, or £66 billed annually. That is about £15.80 or £13.20 per editor.
Workflow: plugins or a canvas
This is mnml.ai's strongest point. Rendering from inside SketchUp, Revit, Rhino or Grasshopper, or from an AI assistant through its connector, keeps a solo designer in one window.
Gendo works from any image of the model in the browser, so a mixed-CAD team works in one place and nobody installs or updates a plugin. Gendo is not a CAD or BIM replacement. It sits alongside those tools as the place where visual options are explored, compared and agreed.
Security, IP and data
Both companies say they do not train on customer work. On Gendo this is written into the terms for Studio and Enterprise. Prompts and outputs are also excluded from marketing and treated as confidential, and data is hosted in GDPR-compliant EU data centres. Enterprise adds SAML SSO, audit logs and custom DPAs (Data and control).
To be clear about the free plan: Gendo Free outputs are owned by Gendo, may be used for training and are for non-commercial use. Under clause 9.5 of the Terms of Service, where outputs are created on a Free Plan, "Gendo and/or its licensors shall own all Intellectual Property Rights in the Outputs", and you may use them "for your own non-commercial, internal or educational purposes only". The Plan Catalogue lists Free-plan prompts and outputs as used for model training. Client work belongs on Studio.
What Gendo users report
- 91% of Gendo users able to judge said Gendo saved them time.
- 82% used at least one other tool or service less after adopting it.
- 29% of Studio respondents used other paid AI tools less.
Self-reported survey of 1,058 Gendo users (491 Studio, 567 Free), 24 Sep to 20 Oct 2026. Respondents chose to take part. Full results.
Who should choose which
mnml.ai may suit you if you:
- work alone and render from inside SketchUp, Revit, Rhino or Grasshopper
- need 8K output
- produce a predictable number of images each month
Gendo is the better fit if you:
- have two or more people producing or reviewing visuals
- want to iterate without a credit balance
- need clients to review for free
- work under UK or EU data rules or client NDAs
FAQ
mnml.ai is a trademark of its owner. Information comes from https://mnml.ai/pricing as of 3 November 2026 and may change. Spotted something out of date? Tell us at [email protected].