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Home Designer pricing

Home Designer costs from $79 per month on the Home Designer (monthly) plan (US price). Home Designer's official pricing does not list a free plan. Prices checked on Nov 6, 2026.

DIY home design software for floor plans, remodeling and 3D visualization from Chief Architect, sold as a subscription.

From$79per month

Official website
Updated Nov 6, 2026

Plans

Home Designer (annual)

$495

per year

Home Designer (monthly)

$79

per month

Prices from the official website, United States, in USD, before tax.

Home Designer features

What Home Designer does, in plain words, from the official Home Designer website.

  1. Roof, foundation and framing tools

    Building tools for roofs, foundations and framing.

  2. Automatic 3D model

    A 3D model is created as you draw walls.

  3. Smart doors and windows

    Placed doors and windows are inserted into walls with framing updated automatically.

  4. Materials list

    Every item added is included in a materials list for cost estimating.

  5. Smart cabinets

    Cabinets are smart objects that snap to walls.

  6. Material Painter

    Change colors and styles with the Material Painter.

  7. Mac and PC support

    Runs on Mac or PC and can be deactivated to move between computers.

Source:homedesignersoftware.com ·

How much for your team?

people

Home Designer Home Designer (annual) for 10 people

$412.50/month

$4,950 per year · $495 per person

How this is calculated
  1. $495/seat/year
  2. 10 seats × $495 = $4,950
  3. $4,950 ÷ 12 = $412.50 (SpecEntry calculation, not a vendor monthly price)
  4. $4,950 ÷ 10 = $495

Vendor tax display not recorded.

United States price in USD, updated Nov 6, 2026. Official pricing page ↗

Monthly vs annual billing

Monthly billing

$9,480/yr

Annual billing

$4,950/yr

You save

$4,530 · 48%

Home Designer vs alternatives: features

Key features as each vendor lists them. A feature missing from a list does not mean the product lacks it.

Home Designer

  • Roof, foundation and framing tools
  • Automatic 3D model
  • Smart doors and windows
  • Materials list

Autodesk 3ds Max

  • Polygon modeling tools
  • Procedural workflows
  • Character rigging
  • Arnold rendering
Full Home Designer vs Autodesk 3ds Max comparison

Home Designer

  • Roof, foundation and framing tools
  • Automatic 3D model
  • Smart doors and windows
  • Materials list

Alibre Design

  • Parametric part modeling
  • 2D drawings
  • Design file management
  • Sheet metal
Full Home Designer vs Alibre Design comparison

Home Designer

  • Roof, foundation and framing tools
  • Automatic 3D model
  • Smart doors and windows
  • Materials list

Allplan

  • Opening Property Palette
  • Automatic mark numbering
  • Civil element placement
  • Reinforcement palettes
Full Home Designer vs Allplan comparison

Home Designer pricing questions

  1. How much does Home Designer cost?

    Paid plans start at $79 per month on the Home Designer (monthly) plan, United States pricing.

  2. Does Home Designer have a free plan?

    No free plan is listed on Home Designer's official pricing.

More about Home Designer

At a glance

Company
Chief Architect, Inc.
Pricing model
subscription
Free plan
No
Category
CAD & 3D

How the price has moved

Tracking since Nov 6, 2026. No price change recorded yet.

  • Home Designer (annual)

    1. Baseline · Nov 6, 2026

      $495 per year

  • Home Designer (monthly)

    1. Baseline · Nov 6, 2026

      $79 per month

United States market, USD. Prices come from the vendor's official pricing page. Data corrections are never shown as price changes.

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