Alternatives
Maket Alternative
Ask an AI assistant for a house and it builds it in the editor: walls, rooms, doors and windows, furniture and services, as elements you then change yourself.
Maket: From $20 a month. Home 3D Plan (home3dplan.com): Free.
What Maket does, and where it is here
AI design
Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants connect to the MCP server and use its 38 tools to draw walls, name rooms, place openings, furniture, kitchens and services. See the tool
Floor plans
Walls drawn in plan, by you or an assistant, give the rooms with their areas. See the tool
Editing the result
Everything the assistant places is an ordinary element you can select and change in the editor. See the tool
Feasibility
A footprint and storeys with floor area, coverage and plot ratio. See the tool
Home 3D Plan and Maket, side by side
| Feature | Home 3D Plan | Maket |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free with 30 credits. Homeowner $20 a month. Pro $100 a month |
| Free option | Start in the browser with no account | Free with 30 credits |
| Runs on | Any modern browser: Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, iPad and phone | Browser |
| Install | None. Can be installed as a web app | None |
| IFC | IFC4 export of architecture, structure and services | See vendor |
| DWG and DXF | DWG and DXF in and out | See vendor |
| 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 | See vendor |
| Site and terrain | Survey levels, terraces, retaining walls, roads, paving and planting | See vendor |
| Quantities | Takeoff by storey, element, function and material, as CSV or a workbook | See vendor |
| Drawings and sheets | Sections, elevations, 1:5 details and sheet sets to PDF, DWG, DXF and SVG | Floor plans |
| Rendering | Four render tiers, the top one a GPU path tracer on desktop | AI images |
| Team work | Organisation projects with discipline roles and live presence | See vendor |
| AI and agents | MCP server with 38 tools for Claude, ChatGPT and other agents | AI floor plans from a brief, paid in credits |
Maket prices as published on 10 October 2026 (https://www.maket.ai/pricing). "See vendor" means the vendor does not publish the fact or we could not confirm it. Maket is a trademark of Maket. Home 3D Plan is not affiliated with Maket.
What Maket does that Home 3D Plan does not
- Many floor plan options generated at once from a written brief.
- Made for homeowners with no design tools.
- AI images of the result.
Moving from Maket
Put a Maket plan image under the drawing, set it to scale and trace it, or ask an assistant through the MCP server to build it.
The house then carries on to drawings, DWG and IFC4.
Which one fits your work
Pick Maket when
- You want many plan options from a brief.
- You have no design tools.
- You want AI pictures of ideas.
Pick Home 3D Plan when
- You want the AI to work in a model you can edit and draw from.
- You want drawings, DWG and IFC4 from the result.
- You use Claude or ChatGPT already.
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.
Maket and Home 3D Plan, answered
How does AI work in Home 3D Plan?
Home 3D Plan runs an MCP server. Connect it to Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant and the assistant opens a project, draws walls, names rooms and places openings, furniture, kitchens, lights and services. Each change is a revision you see in the editor.
How much does Maket cost compared with Home 3D Plan?
Maket: Free with 30 credits. Homeowner $20 a month. Pro $100 a month, 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
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