Is Toriva only for real estate photographers?

No. Home design lets anyone upload a photo of a room, pick a style (Traditional, Modern, Farmhouse, Luxury, Coastal, Scandinavian, Midcentury, Bohemian) and choose new furniture or keep the layout you have. Each redesign is 3 credits, and Shop the room finds up to 15 pieces in the result and looks each one up with Google Lens.

Is MeltFlex cheaper per render?

Usually, yes. Their Standard plan is up to 100 renders for $20.99 a month at standard quality; a Toriva redesign is about $0.97 at plan rates. Toriva earns its place when the same credits also have to cover a listing: HDR merging, skies, window pulls, twilight and decluttering.

Yes. A verified sign-up gets 3 free credits, enough for one redesign. Downloads carry a watermark until you buy a plan; plans start at $15 a month.

Do staged photos need a disclaimer?

Several MLS markets require one. Exports can carry a "virtually staged" or "digitally altered" stamp in the corner. Check your own MLS rules.

What happens if a redesign does nothing?

An edit that changes nothing is not charged. A declutter on a tidy room, a window pull with no blown-out glass or a perspective pass on an already straight frame ends as a no-op and its credits go back to your balance automatically. An edit that fails is refunded the same way.

Toriva vs. MeltFlex

The MeltFlex alternative that also edits the listing

MeltFlex designs rooms, plans and 3D spaces and links you to furniture across nine stores. Toriva redesigns the room in your photo and puts the professional listing edits on the same credits.

Try Toriva

One 30-photo listing, fully edited

Toriva

$8.38

26 credits, everything included

MeltFlex

from $20.99

Some edits not offered or unpriced

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How they actually compare

Toriva compared with MeltFlex across pricing, tools and turnaround
	Toriva	MeltFlex
What it is	The whole shoot: HDR merge, skies, windows, clutter, twilight, staging, video.	AI home design: room redesign, floor plan to 3D, exteriors, gardens, shoppable furniture.
How you pay	Plans from $15 a month. Credits spent per edit, not per photo.	Credit plans. Standard $20.99 a month ($12.99 billed yearly), Pro $64.99 ($25.99 billed yearly).
Cost per edit	Sky or window pull about $0.32, twilight or staged room about $0.97. Uploads and HDR merging free.	Standard is up to 100 renders a month, so from about $0.21 a render. Heavier models and 4K use more credits.
Turnaround	Minutes, self-serve.	About 20 seconds a design.
Virtual staging	Built in. 8 styles, 7 room types, MLS stamp.	Yes, Virtual Staging AI for empty listing photos.
Listing video	Built in, from the same photos.	AI video walkthroughs.
Room redesign	8 styles, new furniture or keep your layout. 3 credits a redesign.	25+ styles, kitchens, bathrooms, walls, floors, exteriors and gardens.
Furniture budget	A slider from $500 to $20k+; the redesign picks pieces to match.	A slider from $500 to $20k+.
Shoppable furniture	Up to 15 items in a redesign; each finds similar pieces across stores with Google Lens.	Real products from nine stores including IKEA, Amazon and Wayfair, prices compared. IKEA only on the free tier.
Floor plan to 3D	Not offered.	Yes, 2D plans to furnished 3D.
Mobile apps	Browser only.	iPhone, Android and Windows.
Professional listing edits	RAW bracket merge, sky, window pull, twilight, declutter, whole-shoot batches.	Not on their tool list beyond staging and a 4K upscaler.
Commercial use in listings	On every plan.	Pro and above, per their pricing FAQ.
Unused credits	Roll over 3 months.	Do not roll over.
Free start	3 free credits on a verified sign-up. Downloads watermarked until you buy a plan.	First design free, no card. Free renders watermarked.
On your own website	No embeddable widget.	Embeddable design widget; API on Enterprise.

MeltFlex's figures were taken from their own published pricing in October 2026, in US dollars; prices change and promotional rates come and go, so check theirs before deciding. A dash means we could not verify a figure and would rather leave it blank than guess. Toriva's side is read directly from the product's own price list.

When MeltFlex is the better choice

You want a floor plan turned into a furnished 3D space you can walk around. Toriva works only on photos.
You want to buy the exact pieces in the design, with prices compared across IKEA, Wayfair, Amazon and other stores. Toriva finds similar pieces for up to 15 items with Google Lens, without a price comparison.
You design on your phone. MeltFlex has iPhone, Android and Windows apps; Toriva runs in the browser.
You are a retailer, developer or agency that wants a design tool embedded on your own site, or an API. Toriva has neither.
You want many renders of the same room cheaply. At standard quality their plans work out cheaper per render than a Toriva redesign.

The same listing, priced on both sides

A 30-photo shoot with the edits a listing usually needs: a few skies, some window pulls, two rooms staged, two twilight heroes. Toriva's figures come from the credit list at plan rates; MeltFlex's from their published prices.

Toriva

Upload and HDR merge all 30
Free
6 × sky replacement
6 credits
4 × window pull
4 credits
2 × declutter
4 credits
2 × twilight hero
6 credits
2 × virtually staged room
6 credits

26 credits, at plan rates

about $8.38

MeltFlex

2 staged rooms
One month of Standard, billed monthly ($12.99 a month billed yearly). Their FAQ puts commercial use in listings on Pro, $64.99 a month.
$20.99
Declutter
Furniture removal is offered; credits per run are not published
—
HDR merge, skies, window pulls, twilight
Not on their tool list
—

For the same shoot

from $20.99

For redesigning your own rooms over and over, a MeltFlex plan buys more renders per dollar. For a listing, most of the shoot is not on their tool list, and their own FAQ puts commercial use in listings on the Pro plan.

One credit list, no per-photo minimums

HDR bracket merge
RAW brackets merged into one photo, on every plan.
Free
Sky replacement, window pull, lawn, fireplace, TV screens, perspective
Per photo. Combine any of these on one photo and it is still one charge; fireplace and TV screens are add-ons at 1 credit each.
1 credit
Declutter
Clutter found and removed; only those spots are repainted.
2 credits
Twilight and golden hour
Full day-to-dusk relight.
3 credits
Virtual staging
Per room, any style, layout kept or changed.
3 credits
AI video scene
Per animated scene in a listing video.
5 credits

See each part for yourself

Photo editing Virtual staging Listing video Plans and pricing

Before you
switch

Is Toriva only for real estate photographers?
No. Home design lets anyone upload a photo of a room, pick a style (Traditional, Modern, Farmhouse, Luxury, Coastal, Scandinavian, Midcentury, Bohemian) and choose new furniture or keep the layout you have. Each redesign is 3 credits, and Shop the room finds up to 15 pieces in the result and looks each one up with Google Lens.
Is MeltFlex cheaper per render?
Usually, yes. Their Standard plan is up to 100 renders for $20.99 a month at standard quality; a Toriva redesign is about $0.97 at plan rates. Toriva earns its place when the same credits also have to cover a listing: HDR merging, skies, window pulls, twilight and decluttering.
Can I try it free?
Yes. A verified sign-up gets 3 free credits, enough for one redesign. Downloads carry a watermark until you buy a plan; plans start at $15 a month.
Do staged photos need a disclaimer?
Several MLS markets require one. Exports can carry a "virtually staged" or "digitally altered" stamp in the corner. Check your own MLS rules.
What happens if a redesign does nothing?
An edit that changes nothing is not charged. A declutter on a tidy room, a window pull with no blown-out glass or a perspective pass on an already straight frame ends as a no-op and its credits go back to your balance automatically. An edit that fails is refunded the same way.

Run one real shoot through it before you decide

Upload a listing, fix the skies, pull the windows and make one twilight hero — on your own photos, not a demo.