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How Does Made Snappy Compare to In-House, Outsourcing, and Other Solutions?

27th November 2025

In the fast-paced world of property sales and lettings, your marketing materials are your shop window. But getting those professional photos, accurate floor plans, and immersive virtual tours can be a logistical headache.

Every agency faces the same debate: Do we do it ourselves? Do we hire a pro? Or is there a third way?

At Made Snappy 360, we’ve built our platform to solve the specific pain points of the traditional methods. Here is how we stack up against the alternatives.

Option 1: The "Old School" In-House Method

A tired man with dishevelled hair sits hunched over a cluttered coffee table late at night, his hand on his head in a gesture of frustration. He is surrounded by a DSLR camera on a mini tripod, a laser measure, pencils, crumpled paper, and large hand-drawn floor plans. A laptop open in front of him displays digital floor plan software. The scene is dimly lit by a desk lamp, conveying a sense of exhaustion and long hours of work.

The DIY approach using a DSLR, a laser measure, and a lot of late nights.

This is often where agencies start. You buy a nice camera, send a negotiator out to take photos, and then spend hours back at the office sketching floor plans and editing shadows out of pictures.

  • The Problem: It is incredibly time-consuming. Measuring a 3-bedroom house by hand takes 20–30 minutes. Editing photos takes another hour. If your negotiator is busy resizing images, they aren’t selling houses. Plus, without professional training, quality can be inconsistent.
  • The Made Snappy Difference: We turn "In-House" into "In-Minutes." You still visit the property, but you simply place a 360° camera in the centre of the room and click a button. Total time on site? About 10 minutes. No measuring tapes, no sketching. We handle all the processing, editing, and floor plan creation for you overnight.

Option 2: Outsourcing to Professionals

A woman wearing a khaki vest and dark pants kneels on a wooden floor in a modern living room, using a laser measure and a tablet with a stylus. A "FOR SALE" sign is visible outside a large window in the background, which also shows a sofa, rug, and side table.

Hiring a professional photographer for every listing.

There is no denying that a professional photographer produces stunning work. For a £5 million manor house, it’s arguably essential. But for your standard sales and lettings portfolio? It’s a heavy cost.

  • The Problem: Cost and logistics. Paying £150–£300+ per property eats into your margins fast. worse, you are at the mercy of their schedule. If a tenant cancels or the weather turns bad, you’re facing delays and cancellation fees.
  • The Made Snappy Difference: We give you professional consistency at a fraction of the cost. Because you capture the raw data (the 360 photos) yourself, you don’t pay for a photographer's travel or hourly rate. You can shoot a property instantly whenever you (and the keys) are available. Our team then enhances the photos to professional standards - blue skies, colour correction, and all.

Option 3: Other Tech Solutions (e.g., 3D Scanning)

A person holds a tablet displaying a slow-loading 3D scan of a room, while a large, complex multi-lens camera on a tripod stands in the background, illustrating the time-consuming process of traditional high-tech property scanning.

The high-tech "Digital Twin" approach.

There are other tech providers out there, famously those that create "dollhouse" 3D models. They are impressive, but they are often over-engineered for the average UK estate agent’s needs.

  • The Problem: They can be slow and expensive. Some systems require 30–60 minutes of scanning time per property and expensive proprietary cameras. If you just want a great Rightmove listing and a floor plan, you end up paying for features you don't use.
  • The Made Snappy Difference: Speed and simplicity. We use affordable 360 cameras (like Ricoh or Insta360) that fit in your pocket. Our "One Shot" technology means you take one photo per room. Our system is built to be camera-agnostic, allowing you to use any 360 camera you have. We don't need you to walk every 5 feet to create a mesh. We focus on what actually sells homes: bright photos, accurate floor plans, and a smooth virtual tour - delivered the next working day.

At a Glance: The Comparison

The Verdict:

A smiling man stands in a bright, modern living room, holding a grey Ricoh Theta 360-degree camera in one hand and a smartphone displaying a detailed floor plan in the other. Natural light streams in from a large window to his left.

Made Snappy 360 isn't just "another option", it's the hybrid solution.

We combine the control and speed of doing it in-house with the quality and ease of outsourcing. You take the pictures (which is the easy part with a 360 camera), and we do the heavy lifting: the editing, the measuring, and the hosting.

Stop sketching on graph paper and stop waiting for photographers. Make it Snappy.

Book a Demo with us today to find out what we can do for you!

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