RENDR is designed to streamline your remodeling workflow by focusing on speed to sale. It helps contractors get to budget conversations and preliminary designs faster, reducing time spent on lost leads. RENDR aims to eliminate manual entry upfront, saving time in consultations, measuring, creating drawings, and estimating.

Canvas focuses on providing editable, layered as-built models in your preferred format so you can jump right to design. It aims to save hours per project by scanning spaces in minutes and sending back accurate as-built CAD files, floor plans, and measurement reports.

RENDR is as accurate as mobile LiDAR scanning technology can get. For single rooms, measurements are typically within 1 inch. For larger, multi-room spaces, a variance of 2-3 inches (or 1-3 inches) is considered normal. Overall, scans provide measurements within 1-2% of actual dimensions.

Canvas also states 99% accuracy, with most measurements in CAD files being within 1-2% of manual verification. Canvas allows users to submit manually-verified field measurements to "override" the scan datafor specific measurements where possible, enhancing accuracy for those details.

RENDR's philosophy centers on "speed to sale". While precise measurements are crucial for final designs and ordering materials (down to 1/8 of an inch), RENDR believes these highly precise field measurements are best done later in the sales process, once the job is sold or moving forward.

RENDR aims to provide a quick and comprehensive starting point for initial estimates and conceptual designs. It captures the core layout and dimensions of a space. However, it does not typically include fine details like light switches. While it can detect features like soffits and bulkheads in some cases, performance may vary, and additional manual measurements or notes are recommended for critical features. Door swings are also not automatically captured.

The benefit for contractors is to get proposals out much faster, reducing the time spent on unqualified leads. It streamlines everything from lead to design and estimate.

RENDR provides various export options:

Canvas also provides CAD files, floor plans, and measurement reports. Its files are compatible with leading CAD and BIM programs like Archicad, Chief Architect, Revit, SketchUp, Vectorworks, and 2020 Design. Canvas emphasizes its editable and layered as-built models.

RENDR is designed for fast and automated scanning, taking only about 3 minutes for a first measure compared to 45 minutes or more by hand. This can save up to two hours per prospect.

A standout feature of RENDR is the "Invite to Capture" tool, which allows you to remotely invite homeowners, project managers, designers, or trade partners to scan a space using their compatible iOS device. The invitee does not need their own RENDR subscription. This feature saves significant travel time and gas costs, enables faster budget conversations, and helps qualify leads more quickly. Some users have reported creating detailed proposals in less than two days, including drive time, using this feature. RENDR's interface has been described as intuitive, leading to greater buy-in from sales consultants.

Canvas states that scanning is like taking a video and allows scanning any space in minutes. However, one user noted that the "cleanup just started to become more of an issue than it was to be helpful" and that the cost of Canvas was "almost another employee salary".

RENDR is built for interior remodeling professionals, including contractors, designers, and kitchen & bath companies who need fast, accurate measurements to streamline their workflow. It is not intended for outdoor professionals like hardscapers or deck builders.

Canvas serves remodelers, architects, interior designers, and construction pros.

RENDR is only available on LiDAR-capable iOS Pro devices, such as iPhone Pro/Pro Max 12 or newer, and iPad Pro 2020 or newer. It currently does not support Android devices due to the lack of widespread LiDAR sensors in them, though the company expresses a desire to expand to Android when the technology catches up. Many Android-based companies invest in an iPad Pro for their sales team to use RENDR.

Canvas also supports iOS devices with built-in LiDAR, specifically iPhone 12 Pro/Pro Max and newer, or iPad Pro from 2020 or newer.

RENDR offers monthly ($149/month) and annual ($119/month) billing options for unlimited scans, exports, and invites, with no per-scan fees. JobTread and Buildxact users may receive an additional 10% off annually. The subscription is per user, but invitees do not need their own account.

Canvas's pricing model is tiered and significantly more complex than RENDR's straightforward unlimited subscription, as it primarily charges based on the square footage of the as-built conversions you order. It offers a Starter Plan for $0/month where you pay per square foot (e.g., $0.26/sqft for Standard 3D CAD/BIM, $0.18/sqft for 2D Floor Plan) for up to two projects per month, with a $20 minimum for 3D CAD models and $10 for 2D floor plans. The Essentials Plan costs $29/month for up to five projects, providing slightly discounted per-square-foot rates (e.g., $0.22/sqft for Standard 3D CAD/BIM), while a Scale Plan requires contacting Canvas for custom annual pricing for six or more projects per month, offering no monthly project limit and team accounts. Additionally, Canvas charges an extra 20% for rush delivery and has separate metric pricing. This contrasts with RENDR's model of unlimited scans, exports, and invites for a flat monthly or annual fee, with no per-scan fees, which a user noted provided an "immediate cost decrease" compared to Canvas, which they felt was "almost another employee salary"