Alternatives
Gendo alternative: Styly compared (2026)
Gendo is a collaborative AI rendering canvas for architecture studios. Styly generates interior concepts from a photo. They overlap less than the names suggest; here is where they meet.
What Gendo does well
Gendo is built for studios: a shared canvas, view-only share links that need no account, four free viewer seats on Studio, and documented data governance for paid plans (SSO, audit logs and a custom DPA on Enterprise). It also runs a free educational plan with no watermark.
Point-by-point comparison
| Styly | Gendo | |
|---|---|---|
| Free start | 3 free image credits | Free plan with unlimited generations, watermarked; sign-up required |
| Cheapest paid plan | Starter €9/month, 150 credits (7-day free trial) | Studio from £66/month billed yearly |
| French interface | Yes, built for the French market | No French version found |
| Watermark | None | Free plan watermarked; Studio is not |
| Data hosting | European Union | Claims EU data centres; privacy policy allows transfers outside the originating area |
| Uploaded photos | Not retained after generation; not used to train models | Paid plans: prompts and outputs not used for training. Free plan: per its terms, prompts may be used as training data and in marketing |
| Students and teachers | Free credits with your school address (we verify the domain by hand) | Free educational plan, no watermark, non-commercial; auto-enrolled with .edu and .ac addresses |
| Company | Designed and developed in Europe | UK (Gendo Technology Ltd, founded 2022) |
| Developer access | No public API; integration enquiries only | No public API or MCP found; “custom integrations” for Enterprise |
Why pick Styly
- You are a student or teacher at a French school: Gendo’s educational plan auto-enrols .edu and .ac addresses, and its pricing page does not mention other domains, so ask them first. We verify your school’s own domain by hand.
- You want a free plan whose content is not licensed for training: Gendo’s terms say free-plan prompts may be used as training data and in marketing.
- You want to try on a single room from a photo, with no watermark on the free plan.
And if Gendo fits you better?
If you run an architecture studio and need a shared canvas, seats, SSO or audit logs, Gendo is built for that and Styly is not.
About Styly
- Styly is designed and developed in Europe, and all data is hosted in the European Union.
- We are working towards compliance with the EU Artificial Intelligence Act; the certification process is under way.
- Styly is incubated by L'Escalator, founded and backed by Maurice LĂ©vy (JCDecaux Holding cohort), and we exhibited at VivaTech in Paris this year.
- We have run a community of interior-design enthusiasts for years, including the Reddit community r/AskAnInteriorDesigner, alongside our Instagram and Facebook accounts. Those conversations are real and public.
Sources read on 4 October 2026
How this comparison is made
Every row about the other tool comes from its own public pages (pricing, privacy, terms, about, FAQ), read on the date above. “Not stated on the pages we checked” means we did not find it there; it is not an accusation. Prices and terms change, so confirm them with the vendor before deciding. We do not publish verdicts on a competitor’s output quality, because we have not measured it under the same conditions.