Alternatives
PRO Landscape Alternative
Design the job to scale on the real ground: patios, paths and drives, retaining walls and terraces, fences and pergolas, and the planting, with drawings to build from.
PRO Landscape: $900 a year. Home 3D Plan (home3dplan.com): Free.
What PRO Landscape does, and where it is here
Hardscape
Patios, yards, paths and car parks with the bays set out, laid on the survey. See the tool
Terraces and walls
Flat platforms cut into the slope, and straight or curved retaining walls with their levels and batter. See the tool
Decks, pergolas and fences
13 pergolas with a cut list, 35 fence styles with gates, and raised beds and planters. See the tool
Planting
62 trees, shrubs and palms grown from a seed, and lawns grown tuft by tuft. See the tool
Terrain and grading
Spot levels, contours and breaklines shape the ground; the house sits on it at its floor level. See the tool
Home 3D Plan and PRO Landscape, side by side
| Feature | Home 3D Plan | PRO Landscape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $900 a year, or $90 a month |
| Free option | Start in the browser with no account | See vendor |
| 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 | 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 | Landscape plans and photo imaging |
| Quantities | Takeoff by storey, element, function and material, as CSV or a workbook | Proposals and estimates |
| Drawings and sheets | Sections, elevations, 1:5 details and sheet sets to PDF, DWG, DXF and SVG | CAD plans |
| Rendering | Four render tiers, the top one a GPU path tracer on desktop | Photo imaging on pictures of the site, and 3D |
| 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 | See vendor |
PRO Landscape prices as published on 10 October 2026 (https://prolandscape.com/en/buy-now/). "See vendor" means the vendor does not publish the fact or we could not confirm it. PRO Landscape is a trademark of PRO Landscape. Home 3D Plan is not affiliated with PRO Landscape.
What PRO Landscape does that Home 3D Plan does not
- Photo imaging: designs drawn over a picture of the client's own garden.
- Proposals and estimates for landscape contractors.
- A plant and material library made for the trade.
Moving from PRO Landscape
Put the PRO Landscape plan under the drawing as a scaled picture or PDF and trace the hard landscape.
Drawings go out as DWG and PDF.
Which one fits your work
Pick PRO Landscape when
- You sell jobs on photo imaging of the client's garden.
- You need proposals and estimates from the design.
- Your crew is trained on it.
Pick Home 3D Plan when
- You want designs on real ground levels, with terraces and walls.
- You design the house and the landscape together.
- You want to work in a browser.
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.
PRO Landscape and Home 3D Plan, answered
Does Home 3D Plan price a landscape job?
No. It gives quantities of walls, slabs and openings, but it does not price work or write proposals. PRO Landscape does.
How much does PRO Landscape cost compared with Home 3D Plan?
PRO Landscape: $900 a year, or $90 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
- Paving and Car Parks: Patios, yards and car parks with the bays set out for you.
- Landscape design software: Gardens, terraces, paths and planting around the house.
- Vectorworks Landmark alternative: Levels, hardscape and planting round the house, in the browser.
- Lands Design alternative: Landscape design without Rhino, in the browser.
- All alternatives: Every product we compare against, with its price.