The rate card®

Published because the first question every client has is whether they can afford us, and three rounds of discovery to answer it wastes an afternoon on both sides.

Studio day rate€1,150 / dayOne senior artist, one machine, one render licence. Everything below is built from this number
Still render, product€1,400 – 2,600 eachDepends on whether we model it or you supply usable geometry. Twelve or more, the per-unit falls by about 30%
Motion, per finished second€900 – 1,800A 30-second film is rarely under €30,000, and anyone quoting €6,000 is either reusing a template or losing money
Interior / architectural visual€900 – 1,500 eachFrom a model you supply. From drawings, add two days of modelling per view
Retopology of supplied CAD€1,150 / dayManufacturing CAD is not render geometry. We check it in the first two days and tell you before the meter runs
Revisions3 rounds includedRound four onward is billed at the day rate. This is a kindness to both of us
Ownership(OB® — 06)©2026

Who owns what, in five lines.

Final deliverablesYours, outright, on final payment
Project source filesYours on request, at no charge, in native format
HDRIs, rigs and shaders we wroteLicensed to you for this project; we keep them for the next one
Third-party assetsListed with their licences in the handover, so you know what you can re-use
Our right to show the workSix months after launch, unless you ask us not to. Ask us not to — we will not argue
What we turn down(OB® — 07)©2026

Four jobs we say no to.

01

Spec work and paid pitches

We do not produce concepts before a contract, at any fee. A studio that gives away the thinking is charging you for it somewhere less visible, usually in the production estimate.

02

Rush jobs priced at normal rates

Under three weeks we quote at 1.6×, and we say why: it displaces booked work and it costs the team their evenings. If that reads as expensive, the honest answer is that the deadline is expensive.

03

AI-generated frames passed off as rendered

We use generative tools for moodboards and previz, and we tell you where. Nothing that ships to your audience is generated — because you cannot licence it cleanly and you cannot art-direct round four of it.

04

Unlimited revisions

Three rounds, then the day rate. Every studio that promises unlimited absorbs it by front-loading the estimate or by quietly ignoring you in week seven.

Why publish a day rate at all?

Because the first question every client has is whether they can afford us, and three emails of discovery to reach that answer wastes both sides. The rate is €1,150. Most projects land between €20,000 and €40,000.

Can you work to our budget?

Sometimes, by cutting scope rather than by cutting quality — fewer frames, one direction instead of two, stills instead of motion. What we will not do is quietly reduce the render time and hand you something softer.

Do you work with agencies?

Yes, at the same published rates. We will not mark up for a middleman and we will not undercut them either.

Who owns the files?

You own the deliverables outright and can have the source files at no charge. See the ownership table — it is five lines and it is on the rates page rather than in a contract annex.

How far ahead are you booked?

Usually four to six weeks. Anything sooner is quoted at 1.6× because it displaces someone else's booked slot, and we would rather charge for that honestly than pretend the calendar is empty.