BoxBrownie vs iGUIDE
A per-image photo enhancement and virtual staging service popular with agents — 24-hour turnaround, no subscription required.
Per-image ($3-32)
iGUIDE by Planitar turns a single interior scan into verified floor plans, an interactive 3D walkthrough, and room measurements — all generated automatically with no manual post-processing.
From ~$35/scan (PLANIX camera ~$2,600)
BoxBrownie vs iGUIDE: feature comparison
| Feature | BoxBrownie | iGUIDE |
|---|---|---|
| 3D Virtual Tours | ✗ | ✓ |
| Photo Enhancement | ✓ | — |
| Virtual Staging | ✓ | ✗ |
| Floor Plans | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video Tours | ✗ | — |
| Drone / Aerial | ✗ | ✗ |
| MLS Delivery | ✗ | ✓ |
| Subscription Pricing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Listing Photography | ✗ | — |
| Drone / Aerial Photography | ✗ | — |
| Photo Editing / Enhancement | ✓ | ✗ |
| 3D / Matterport Tours | ✗ | — |
| Twilight / HDR Photography | ✓ | — |
| Media Delivery Portal | ✓ | ✓ |
BoxBrownie — Pros & Cons
Pros
- ✓No subscription — pay only when you list
- ✓Fast 24-hour turnaround
- ✓High quality at reasonable per-image cost
- ✓Virtual staging, item removal, floor plan redraws all supported
Cons
- ✗Not a self-serve tool — everything is outsourced
- ✗Costs stack up for high-volume users (subscription services cheaper at scale)
- ✗No 3D tour capability
- ✗No MLS delivery — you upload yourself
iGUIDE — Pros & Cons
Pros
- ✓Floor plan accuracy of ±0.5% distance and ±1% square footage — measurably tighter than Matterport
- ✓Single scan generates a 3D tour, accurate floor plans, room measurements, and CAD/Xactimate-compatible exports simultaneously
- ✓No subscription required — per-project pricing from ~$5 CAD; operators own their data outright
- ✓Fast capture — a typical residential property scanned in under 15 minutes with the PLANIX R1 camera
Cons
- ✗Requires purchasing the proprietary PLANIX R1 camera (~$2,600 USD) upfront before any first scan — no rental program exists
- ✗No photo editing, HDR, twilight effects, or virtual staging capability; a separate service like BoxBrownie is always needed for those deliverables
- ✗Pricing is denominated in Canadian dollars, making cost-per-scan unpredictable for US operators subject to exchange rate swings
- ✗No drone or aerial photography capability — the system is strictly limited to interior 3D capture
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