Alternatives
Hypar Alternative
Lay out the building by drawing it: a grid, walls and rooms, with structure and services, and the drawings, quantities and IFC4 that come out of it.
Hypar: From $25 a month. Home 3D Plan (home3dplan.com): Free.
What Hypar does, and where it is here
Grids
A lettered and numbered grid, with columns and beams placed on it. See the tool
Space layouts
Rooms read from the walls, with areas, floors, ceilings and finishes. See the tool
Interior fit out
Furniture, kitchens and lights laid out in the rooms. See the tool
Building systems
Electrical, heating, ventilation and drainage on the plan. See the tool
Agents
An MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT and other agents place walls, rooms and objects in the model. See the tool
Home 3D Plan and Hypar, side by side
| Feature | Home 3D Plan | Hypar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Individual $25 a month. Pro $100 a month. Enterprise from $500 a seat a year |
| Free option | Start in the browser with no account | See vendor |
| 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 | See vendor |
| Rendering | Four render tiers, the top one a GPU path tracer on desktop | See vendor |
| Team work | Organisation projects with discipline roles and live presence | Shared workspaces |
| AI and agents | MCP server with 38 tools for Claude, ChatGPT and other agents | AI space planning and custom functions in code |
Hypar prices as published on 10 October 2026 (https://docs.hypar.io/pricing-and-purchasing). "See vendor" means the vendor does not publish the fact or we could not confirm it. Hypar is a trademark of Hypar. Home 3D Plan is not affiliated with Hypar.
What Hypar does that Home 3D Plan does not
- Building rules written as code functions that generate layouts.
- AI space planning for large interior programmes.
- A platform for computational design teams.
Moving from Hypar
Bring Hypar layouts in as DWG, DXF or a scaled PDF underlay and trace them.
Send the model out as IFC4 and the drawings as DWG and PDF.
Which one fits your work
Pick Hypar when
- Your team writes design rules in code.
- You plan large office or healthcare interiors.
- You generate many options automatically.
Pick Home 3D Plan when
- You want to draw the building rather than script it.
- You need structure, services and the site in the model.
- You want an AI agent to build in your model through MCP.
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.
Hypar and Home 3D Plan, answered
Does Home 3D Plan generate layouts like Hypar?
It does not script layouts. You draw them, or an AI agent connected through its MCP server places walls, rooms, furniture and services for you.
How much does Hypar cost compared with Home 3D Plan?
Hypar: Individual $25 a month. Pro $100 a month. Enterprise from $500 a seat a year, 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
- Gridlines: A lettered and numbered grid, with columns and beams placed on it.
- Massing: Footprint and storeys, with area, coverage, plot ratio and walls from it.
- Snaptrude alternative: From massing to drawings, services and IFC4 in the browser.
- Qonic alternative: Author the building in the browser and send IFC4 out.
- All alternatives: Every product we compare against, with its price.