Alternatives
Edificius Alternative
Model the building once and read everything from it: plans, sections and elevations, quantities by storey and material, services, and IFC4 for whoever comes next.
Edificius: About €55 a month. Home 3D Plan (home3dplan.com): Free.
What Edificius does, and where it is here
Elevations and sections
Outside elevations from the walls, every room's walls from a click, and sections from a line. See the tool
Quantity takeoff
Wall area net of openings, wall and slab volume, openings, by storey, element, function and material. See the tool
MEP
Electrical, heating, water, drainage, ventilation and solar PV in the same model. See the tool
Landscape
Ground levels, terraces, retaining walls, paving and planting. See the tool
Real time rendering
Four render tiers in the browser, up to a GPU path tracer. See the tool
IFC
IFC4 export of architecture, structure and services. See the tool
Home 3D Plan and Edificius, side by side
| Feature | Home 3D Plan | Edificius |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | About €55 a month. Yearly plans from about €799 |
| Free option | Start in the browser with no account | 30 day trial |
| Runs on | Any modern browser: Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, iPad and phone | Windows |
| Install | None. Can be installed as a web app | Desktop install |
| IFC | IFC4 export of architecture, structure and services | IFC import and export |
| DWG and DXF | DWG and DXF in and out | DWG and DXF import and export |
| Structure | Columns, beams, braces, footings and gridlines, with a reinforcement bar schedule | See vendor |
| Services (MEP) | Electrical, plumbing and heating, drainage, ventilation, gas and solar PV | MEP modelling |
| Site and terrain | Survey levels, terraces, retaining walls, roads, paving and planting | Landscape and terrain module |
| Quantities | Takeoff by storey, element, function and material, as CSV or a workbook | Built-in takeoff for cost estimates |
| Drawings and sheets | Sections, elevations, 1:5 details and sheet sets to PDF, DWG, DXF and SVG | Drawing sets from the model |
| Rendering | Four render tiers, the top one a GPU path tracer on desktop | Real time rendering |
| Team work | Organisation projects with discipline roles and live presence | usBIM cloud platform |
| AI and agents | MCP server with 38 tools for Claude, ChatGPT and other agents | See vendor |
Edificius prices as published on 10 October 2026 (https://www.capterra.com/p/217612/Edificius/). "See vendor" means the vendor does not publish the fact or we could not confirm it. Edificius is a trademark of ACCA software. Home 3D Plan is not affiliated with ACCA software.
What Edificius does that Home 3D Plan does not
- Cost estimating with price lists, linked to the takeoff.
- A family of ACCA products for structure, energy and site safety around the model.
- IFC import as well as export.
Moving from Edificius
Export the Edificius plans as DWG or DXF and open them here; wall lines become walls. A PDF set can go under the plan as a scaled underlay.
The editor writes IFC4, so a model made here can be opened in Edificius or usBIM.
Which one fits your work
Pick Edificius when
- You price jobs from the model with regional price lists.
- You use other ACCA products for structure or energy.
- You need IFC round trips.
Pick Home 3D Plan when
- You want the model, drawings and quantities in a browser.
- You work on a Mac, a Chromebook or an iPad.
- You want structure, services and site in one model.
How to start
Open the editor
Go to home3dplan.com and open the editor. Nothing to install and no account needed to start.
Bring your drawing
Open a DWG or DXF and turn its lines into walls, or trace over a PDF or a scan set to scale.
Build the model
Draw walls and the storeys, rooms, slabs and 3D model follow. Add roofs, structure, services and the site.
Send it out
Print sections, elevations and sheets to PDF or DWG, and send the building out as IFC4.
Edificius and Home 3D Plan, answered
Is Home 3D Plan a real alternative to Edificius?
For modelling a house and reading drawings and quantities from it, yes. For pricing a job against regional price lists, Edificius and its ACCA companions go further.
What quantities does Home 3D Plan give?
Wall area net of openings, wall volume, slab area and volume, opening count and area, totalled by storey, element, function and material, and written to CSV or a workbook.
How much does Edificius cost compared with Home 3D Plan?
Edificius: About €55 a month. Yearly plans from about €799, as published on 10 October 2026. Home 3D Plan is free to use in the browser today.
Does Home 3D Plan export IFC and DWG?
Yes. The building goes out as IFC4, with its architecture, structure and services, and the drawings go out as DWG, DXF, PDF and SVG. DWG and DXF also come in. The editor does not open IFC files.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Home 3D Plan runs in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, iPad and phones, and can be installed as a web app if you want an icon.
Read on
- Elevations: Outside elevations from the first wall, and every room's walls from a click.
- Import and Export: DXF, DWG and SVG in; DXF, DWG, SVG, PDF and IFC out.
- Revit alternative: BIM in the browser, with IFC4 and DWG out, for houses and small buildings.
- Archicad alternative: Plan, model, sheets and IFC4 out, in a browser tab.
- All alternatives: Every product we compare against, with its price.