Alternatives
Lands Design Alternative
Landscape without a CAD platform underneath: shape the ground, cut terraces, lay paving and roads, and grow trees and lawns, round a house in the same model.
Lands Design: $795 one time, plus Rhino. Home 3D Plan (home3dplan.com): Free.
What Lands Design does, and where it is here
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
Terraces and walls
Flat platforms cut into the slope, and straight or curved retaining walls with their levels and batter. See the tool
Hardscape
Patios, yards, paths and car parks with the bays set out, laid on the survey. 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
Home 3D Plan and Lands Design, side by side
| Feature | Home 3D Plan | Lands Design |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $795 one time, plus a Rhino licence |
| Free option | Start in the browser with no account | Trial |
| Runs on | Any modern browser: Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, iPad and phone | Windows, inside Rhino |
| Install | None. Can be installed as a web app | Rhino plus the plugin |
| IFC | IFC4 export of architecture, structure and services | See vendor |
| DWG and DXF | DWG and DXF in and out | Through Rhino |
| 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 | Terrain, planting and hardscape in Rhino |
| 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 | Through Rhino layouts |
| Rendering | Four render tiers, the top one a GPU path tracer on desktop | Through Rhino renderers |
| 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 |
Lands Design prices as published on 10 October 2026 (https://www.rhinowebstore.com/Lands-Design-License). "See vendor" means the vendor does not publish the fact or we could not confirm it. Lands Design is a trademark of Asuni. Home 3D Plan is not affiliated with Asuni.
What Lands Design does that Home 3D Plan does not
- The free form modelling of Rhino for unusual site shapes.
- A large plant library with growth over time.
- Grasshopper for parametric landscape design.
Moving from Lands Design
Export the Rhino site plan as DWG or DXF and open it here; place the spot levels on the plot.
Send the site and house out as DWG, PDF and IFC4.
Which one fits your work
Pick Lands Design when
- You already work in Rhino and Grasshopper.
- Your sites need free form modelling.
- You show planting growing over the years.
Pick Home 3D Plan when
- You want landscape design without buying and learning Rhino.
- You design the house and the garden together.
- You work in a browser, on a tablet as well.
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.
Lands Design and Home 3D Plan, answered
Do I need Rhino to use Home 3D Plan?
No. Home 3D Plan runs on its own in the browser. Lands Design is a plugin and needs Rhino.
How much does Lands Design cost compared with Home 3D Plan?
Lands Design: $795 one time, plus a Rhino licence, 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
- Trees and Plants: 62 trees, shrubs and palms grown from a seed, for the garden and the site.
- Landscape design software: Gardens, terraces, paths and planting around the house.
- Vectorworks Landmark alternative: Levels, hardscape and planting round the house, in the browser.
- Realtime Landscaping Architect alternative: Gardens, pergolas, fences and paving in 3D, in the browser.
- All alternatives: Every product we compare against, with its price.