Is this just another AI image tool?

No. Midjourney and DALL-E invent scenes from text prompts — beautiful for art, disqualifying for a listing. Plotpane is a structure-preserving pipeline: your room geometry, windows, and floor plan stay exact. We stage, re-light, swap skies, declutter, and enhance your actual photo. No hallucinated architecture, no invented rooms.

How does it differ from BoxBrownie or Styldod?

BoxBrownie and Styldod are human-edit services: you upload, a retoucher works overnight, you get a result in 24–48 hours at $2–$32 per image per treatment. They also sell things we do not have at all — floor plans, renderings, item removal by a person who can ask you what you meant. Plotpane is one machine pass: you pick one of seven tools, and the image comes back in about two minutes for one credit, whichever tool you picked, on a flat monthly subscription. Stacking two treatments on one photo means running it twice.

Will the MLS accept AI-staged photos?

Yes, when disclosed. NAR guidelines, California AB 723, and REBNY Rule 3.3 all allow virtually staged photos provided the listing discloses them. Every Plotpane export embeds invisible XMP disclosure metadata so the staging record travels with the file. You still handle the listing-remarks disclosure in your MLS portal — that's the part only you can do.

Won't the AI add things to my listing that aren't really there?

Every render is sent with a preserve list as well as an instruction. It names one operation and forbids the rest: do not touch windows, doors, walls, ceilings, floors, cabinetry or fixtures unless the instruction names them; do not remove or conceal a defect, stain or crack; do not change what is visible through glass, and never invent a view. Furniture is added to empty rooms; named objects are removed from furnished ones; sky and light are re-graded. If you do see something invented, that is a bug — report the render in the app and the credit comes back.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes — one click in the Stripe billing portal from your dashboard. Billing stops immediately, remaining credits stay usable through the end of the billing period, and there's no cancellation fee.

Do my renders count as 'edits' under NAR rules?

Yes — any AI-generated or AI-modified image is considered an edit requiring disclosure under NAR's standards. That's why every Plotpane export writes invisible XMP disclosure metadata by default. The flag is machine-readable by MLS tooling and survives Lightroom round-trips. You still add the disclosure line to your listing remarks; we make sure the image itself is self-describing.

BoxBrownie alternative comparison

The BoxBrownie alternative for agents who list every week

BoxBrownie charges $24 per virtually staged image, $32 for standard 3D staging, and bundles climb to $176 — all billed per room with a 24-48 hour human-editor queue and revisions sent back through the same queue. Plotpane replaces that per-room math with a flat $49-$249/month subscription — $39-$199 billed annually — that delivers 40 to 400 renders a month depending on the plan, the same ~2.4K output on every plan, ~two-minute turnaround, and no watermark on any paid plan. If you list every week, the switch pays for itself on your first Friday flip.

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Before and after of a south end boston victorian bowfront parlor with bay windows and original plasterwork — the exact listing that boxbrownie charges $32 per room for, staged here in ~90 seconds at 4k — enhanced by Plotpane

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BoxBrownie vs Plotpane: cost, turnaround, output, compliance

BoxBrownie's virtual staging is $24 per image billed per room, with 3D renders at $32 and virtual renovation bundles $24-$176 depending on scope. A four-listing month at eight stageable rooms each is $768-$1,024 in BoxBrownie fees, before rush surcharges or revision waits. Plotpane's Pro plan is $99/month flat for 120 images, or $79 a month billed annually — that same agent has 64 images of work against a 120-image ceiling, with 56 credits left for dusk, sky swap, decluttering and enhancement. Every tool costs the same single credit. Turnaround: BoxBrownie ships in 24-48 hours (human editor queue); Plotpane ships in roughly two minutes, measured. Output: BoxBrownie standard delivery is 1920x1080; Plotpane returns about 2.4K on every plan, or about 4.7K for a second credit. Compliance: Plotpane embeds XMP AI-disclosure metadata by default; BoxBrownie leaves disclosure to the listing agent.

When BoxBrownie still wins vs when Plotpane wins

BoxBrownie wins when you have a single hero image on a $3M listing and want a specific human retoucher to manually place a specific mid-century credenza against a specific bay window — the kind of art-direction job where a 24-hour revision loop is a feature, not a bug. BoxBrownie's human editors still have the edge on heavily irregular geometry (attic knee walls, galley kitchens with ceiling drops) and on brand-specific custom furniture requests. Plotpane wins on everything else: volume flips, multi-listing Fridays, pre-listing preview for sellers, MLS-deadline turnarounds, and any workflow where the per-room math stops making sense. If you list more than two homes a month, or shoot more than 16 rooms, the flat subscription beats per-image pricing on month one and the gap widens from there.

Migrating from BoxBrownie to Plotpane in a weekend

Export your last ten BoxBrownie orders as reference — the staged outputs, not the originals. Keep them open on the second screen while you pick from Plotpane's ten built-in styles: Mid-Century, Coastal, Scandinavian, Modern, Luxury and the rest cover most of what a BoxBrownie order would have been briefed as. There is no reference upload and nothing to save — you cannot teach it a house look, so choose the closest style once, write it down, and use the same one across every future listing. For agents with standing BoxBrownie renovation orders, keep one month of overlap — run Plotpane on new listings while BoxBrownie finishes in-flight orders, compare side-by-side on three closed listings, then cancel BoxBrownie once you've validated the output. Bring your photographer's JPEGs — camera raw is not accepted, so export to JPEG first — and skip BoxBrownie's upload portal. No contracts, no minimum commitment, one account per subscription, cancel any billing cycle with one click from your dashboard.

For this region

Local questions, answered

Is BoxBrownie worth it in 2026?+

For single-hero art-direction jobs on luxury listings where a human retoucher's eye matters more than turnaround, yes. For any agent listing more than two homes a month, the per-room math stops working: $24 per image at 20+ rooms/month is $480+, versus Plotpane's $99/month Pro plan covering 120 images flat.

What's cheaper than BoxBrownie for virtual staging?+

Plotpane at $49-$249/month flat is structurally cheaper than BoxBrownie's per-image model once you cross ~4 rooms a month. Pro plan ($99, or $79 billed annually) covers 120 images including dusk, sky swap, decluttering and enhancement, all at one credit each — BoxBrownie charges separately for each.

How does Plotpane compare to BoxBrownie on quality?+

For standard rectangular rooms — roughly 90% of residential listings — Plotpane's ~2.4K output is editorially at parity with BoxBrownie's human editors and ships in about two minutes instead of 24-48 hours. BoxBrownie retains an edge on heavily irregular rooms and bespoke custom-furniture requests.

Pricing

One credit per image.
Every tool, every plan.

Three plans. Every tool unlocked on all of them. Every render unmarked, standard or high resolution, cancel anytime.

Every plan starts with 3 free renders. No card until you subscribe.

Starter

For the solo agent shooting their own listings.

$39/month

billed yearly

40 credits monthly

40 images per month — 1 credit each, whichever tool you use
No Plotpane mark on any render
Every tool, no tier gating
Standard output ~2.4K, or ~4.7K for a second credit
XMP disclosure metadata written into every export
Up to 5 photos per batch
Email support

Subscribe to Starter

For one agent, listing by listing.

Pro

For top-producing agents and real-estate photographers.

$79/month

billed yearly

120 credits monthly

120 images per month — 1 credit each, whichever tool you use
No Plotpane mark on any render
Up to 25 photos per batch, one preset across the shoot
Download a finished listing as a ZIP
Everything in Starter
Priority support

Subscribe to Pro

The plan a working photographer buys.

Agency

For brokerages, teams, and photography networks.

$199/month

billed yearly

400 credits monthly

400 images per month — 1 credit each, whichever tool you use
No Plotpane mark on any render
Up to 100 photos per batch
Download a finished listing as a ZIP
Everything in Pro
Direct line to the founder, not a ticket queue

Subscribe to Agency

For a brokerage running whole shoots.

Feature	Starter$39/mo annual	Pro$79/mo annual	Agency$199/mo annual
Renders per month	40	120	400
Credits per image	1	1	1
All seven tools
Free renders on sign-up	3	3	3
Plotpane mark on the image	None	None	None
Standard output (~2.4K)
High resolution (~4.7K, second credit)
XMP disclosure written into every export
Optional visible “Virtually Staged” label
Photos per batch	5	25	100
Download a set as a ZIP
Refund a render that came back wrong
Support	Email	Priority email	Direct to the founder
Cancel anytime, one click

At volume

A 25-photo listing costs 25 credits.

That is the whole pricing model. No per-tool rates, no seat maths, nothing to negotiate. We are not SOC 2 certified and there is no SSO, private deployment or API — if you need those to buy, better you know now than after a call.

Starter

listings
a month

Pro

listings
a month

Agency

listings
a month

Questions

The usual questions,
answered directly.

No. Midjourney and DALL-E invent scenes from text prompts — beautiful for art, disqualifying for a listing. Plotpane is a structure-preserving pipeline: your room geometry, windows, and floor plan stay exact. We stage, re-light, swap skies, declutter, and enhance your actual photo. No hallucinated architecture, no invented rooms.
BoxBrownie and Styldod are human-edit services: you upload, a retoucher works overnight, you get a result in 24–48 hours at $2–$32 per image per treatment. They also sell things we do not have at all — floor plans, renderings, item removal by a person who can ask you what you meant. Plotpane is one machine pass: you pick one of seven tools, and the image comes back in about two minutes for one credit, whichever tool you picked, on a flat monthly subscription. Stacking two treatments on one photo means running it twice.
Yes, when disclosed. NAR guidelines, California AB 723, and REBNY Rule 3.3 all allow virtually staged photos provided the listing discloses them. Every Plotpane export embeds invisible XMP disclosure metadata so the staging record travels with the file. You still handle the listing-remarks disclosure in your MLS portal — that's the part only you can do.
Every render is sent with a preserve list as well as an instruction. It names one operation and forbids the rest: do not touch windows, doors, walls, ceilings, floors, cabinetry or fixtures unless the instruction names them; do not remove or conceal a defect, stain or crack; do not change what is visible through glass, and never invent a view. Furniture is added to empty rooms; named objects are removed from furnished ones; sky and light are re-graded. If you do see something invented, that is a bug — report the render in the app and the credit comes back.
Yes — one click in the Stripe billing portal from your dashboard. Billing stops immediately, remaining credits stay usable through the end of the billing period, and there's no cancellation fee.
Yes — any AI-generated or AI-modified image is considered an edit requiring disclosure under NAR's standards. That's why every Plotpane export writes invisible XMP disclosure metadata by default. The flag is machine-readable by MLS tooling and survives Lightroom round-trips. You still add the disclosure line to your listing remarks; we make sure the image itself is self-describing.