Best BIM Software
View:
What is BIM Software?
BIM (Building Information Modeling) software is a powerful tool used by architects, engineers, and construction professionals to create, manage, and analyze digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of buildings or infrastructure. BIM software integrates data across the entire lifecycle of a building, from design and construction to operation and maintenance, improving collaboration among teams and streamlining workflows. These platforms allow users to visualize 3D models, simulate performance, and coordinate the placement of structural, electrical, and plumbing systems. They also help in detecting conflicts, reducing waste, and optimizing resource allocation. By using BIM, stakeholders can ensure better project outcomes, higher quality designs, and more efficient construction processes. Compare and read user reviews of the best BIM software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
-
1
InEight
InEight
InEight offers integrated project controls software built for capital construction. The modular platform is integrated to support flexible implementation and is architected for scalability. Purpose-built applications manage all project phases, from accurate pre-planning to predictable execution and completion. By connecting cost, schedule, contracts, and project information in one platform, teams gain real-time visibility and advanced analytics to make smarter decisions. Trusted by 850+ companies and used to manage over $1 trillion in projects worldwide, InEight supports industries including infrastructure, transportation, mining, water, power and renewables, nuclear, oil, gas, and chemical. With InEight, teams can improve project delivery, modernize operations, standardize best practices, manage budgets and forecasts, control scope changes, enhance collaboration, and gain the clarity to keep even the most complex capital projects on track. -
2
PMWeb
PMWeb
PMWeb is an easy-to-use, capital construction project management software built for owners worldwide, used by Harvard, Atlanta Airport, United Nations, and more. Manage the entire project lifecycle within one, integrated, single sign-on system, replacing over 25 solutions, and built on a powerful visual workflow platform for managing all portfolio, program, and project information. Additionally, PMWeb has multi-currency capabilities, 5+ year planning, and more. One of the biggest advantages that PMWeb has over its competition is in its integration. The software has several features, but all of these features are integrated into one singe software interface. The interface is easy to understand, making it easier to follow and manage programs and the data involved in the business. PMWeb also features one of the most user-friendly interfaces in project management. This is one of the reasons why it is among the easiest software solutions to learn and implement. -
3
BricsCAD
Bricsys
BricsCAD the first all-in-one CAD design solution in .dwg that answers all your needs; 2D drafting, 3D modeling, mechanical design, and BIM. The BricsCAD® family of products brings a cost-effective, multi-platform CAD solution to Windows, macOS, and Linux. BricsCAD is available as a permanent/perpetual license, for networked or stand-alone computers. You can also add All-In Maintenance for ease of keeping up-to-date. • BricsCAD® is available on a rental (a.k.a. “Subscription”) plan if you wish. • Familiarity for other CAD users and full LISP support can help reduce a new BricsCAD® users’ learning curve to a day or less. • Advanced multi-threading takes advantage of today’s high-performance processor chips • Innovative machine learning tools increase drawing accuracy while saving time • The small install footprint and high performance of BricsCAD® point to our constant focus on quality and modern software design.Starting Price: $330/user/year -
4
OpenProject
OpenProject
OpenProject is free and open source project management software. It supports classic, agile as well as hybrid project management. OpenProject enables distributed teams to collaborate throughout the entire project lifecycle, from initial planning to project execution and documentation. The software is available in over 30 languages. Core functions and use cases of OpenProject are: - Project portfolio management - Project planning and scheduling - Task management and issue tracking - Agile Boards (Scrum and Kanban) - Requirements management and release planning - Time and cost tracking, budget planning - Team collaboration and documentation The Community edition can be downloaded and installed for free. For enterprise customers, Berlin-based OpenProject GmbH offers a hosted cloud edition as well as an on-premises edition with support, as well premium features, and additional security features.Starting Price: €247.50 per year -
5
ARCHLine.XP
CADline
We deliver design software solutions for architects, interior designers and furniture makers. ARCHLine.XP LT - Solid 3D CAD/BIM product at affordable price ARCHLine.XP Professional - Large-scale 3D BIM software for architecture ARCHLine.XP Live - Easy-to-use archviz animation software -
6
Edificius
ACCA Software
Edificius is the BIM software "all in one" that integrates 2D and 3D architectural design with Rendering, Scene Photomontages and Photo editing, Ray Tracing rendering with AI denoising, Real-Time rendering, Video editing, Immersive Virtual Reality and much more! You can also deal with MEP plant modelling, Job scheduling (BIM 4D), Dynamic Data extraction from the BIM model for cost estimating (BIM 5D). Edificius is an open solution that creates a seamless and interoperable system between other ACCA BIM software or other developers either by means of direct integration or IFC file exchange as certified by buildingSMART International.Starting Price: €21/month -
7
Catenda Hub
Catenda
Catenda is transforming the AECO industry through innovative software solutions. We empower built environment professionals—including engineers, project managers, architects, BIM managers, and owners—to achieve seamless collaboration, enhance data management, and drive efficiency across the entire project lifecycle. Catenda Hub is a cloud-based Common Data Environment (CDE) centralizing your models, documents, and communication. It helps asset owners, general contractors, and design teams stay on top of their project delivery and management. Built openBIM standards like IFC, BCF, IDS, and ISO 19650, Catenda supports interoperability and transparency. It offers advanced document management capabilities and a powerful 3D-viewer. With a smart version control and integrated issue tracking, everyone stays on the same page. We provide the tools you need to build better, together, for a more connected and sustainable future for construction and infrastructure projects worldwide. -
8
ideCAD One AEC
ideYAPI
ideCAD One AEC is an Integrated multidisciplinary BIM Software for Architecture, Structural Engineering, and Detailing with Building Information Modeling (BIM). The Integrated Package provides Structural Engineers, Architects, and detailers with Integrated BIM, AEC, and CAD tools that support projects from early-stage design to construction. Create high-quality, high-performing Architectural and structural design with integrated design tools. Optimize projects with integrated Structural analysis, Steel design, Concrete design, Connection design, visualization, and simulation tools. Improve predictability in the field with integrated tools that maximize constructability and project coordination. Accelerate design processes and improve quality with integrated workflows for integrated design, modeling, multidiscipline coordination, and construction documentation.Starting Price: $3,800 per year -
9
Asite
Asite
Asite is an open construction platform that enables organizations working on capital projects to come together, plan, design, and build with seamless information sharing across the entire supply chain. Asite’s range of solutions connect dispersed teams across the lifecycle of capital assets, enabling them to build better and build resilience. With Asite, capital project owners stay at the forefront of innovation, maintaining a golden thread of information throughout a project to facilitate the creation of digital twins.Starting Price: $375.00/month/user -
10
VisiLean
VisiLean
VisiLean becomes the core of a company’s Project Management function as it records every action throughout the project for precise review. VisiLean is an integrated platform connecting your project teams and data in real-time, from design through execution, supporting informed decision-making and leading to more predictable and profitable outcomes. Lean more with the latest content from global industry Lean-BIM Experts. Today, Visilean is the only such service that offers the direct integration of the collaborative planning workflow with BIM. Report on progress by the minute directly from site using the Mobile App. Add notes, constraints, files and photos on the fly. Minimize non-value adding time by seamless automated linking to tasks. Visualise your project progress on the BIM Model. Review your Delayed Tasks, Stopped Tasks, and Percent Planned Complete (PPC).Starting Price: Customised -
11
Revizto
Revizto
Revizto unifies BIM intelligence and makes it immediately accessible and actionable for the entire project team. With Revizto’s advanced Issue Tracker predefined workflows project team members can identify and manage model-based issues in the 3D space and 2D sheets, including addressing clash groups. Revizto provides unified access to a project’s data both for 2D and 3D workflows, so anyone can use it depending on project requirements.Starting Price: $600.00/year/user -
12
Beamo
3i Inc.
Beamo is an enterprise-grade digital twin solution for your mission-critical facilities and remote sites. It costs a lot to move experts around today. But, when it comes to visiting physical spaces, there is no effective alternative - you either go there or not. We make it natural for you to capture your most critical assets, augment them with tribal knowledge and collaborate from anywhere. Beamo’s state-of-the-art hardware and software platform simplifies and accelerates this for facility management and construction projects. Beamo App lets you capture any space in 360° and create digital twins in a few minutes, no expertise required. Beamo automates most of the capturing process so that you can focus on the things that matter. Beamo Portal lets you visit the places you cannot go to and collaborate with others, remotely. Beamo provides an immersive, collaborative experience for all your teams, clients, and contractors.Starting Price: $890 per month -
13
VisualARQ
ASUNI
VisualARQ is a Flexible BIM solution powered by McNeel’s Rhinoceros 3D. VisualARQ enhances Rhino by adding powerful associative object styling and dynamic documentation tools which adapt to fit the professional’s workflow. VisualARQ allows you to with parametric architectural objects, produce 2D drawings from the 3D model, generate dynamic BIM objects driven by Grasshopper, automate many modeling tasks through the VisualARQ components built for Grasshopper, add custom data to geometry and list in schedules and finally deliver BIM models and collaborate with other tools through the IFC import/export capabilities.Starting Price: $95-795 one-time payment -
14
ArCADia BIM
ArCADiasoft
ArCADia is attractively priced, specialized software for the construction industry (ArCADia BIM system) – our programs support the work of construction and installation engineers (AEC) as well as architects and contractors. It allows for the creation of an almost complete digital model of the building with all the installations (water, sewage, electricity, gas, etc) as well as its surroundings. The programs offer collision analysis, calculations, merging of documents, .dwg, IFC, in program libraries and rendering, Support BIM technology, object-oriented architectural design. Ready-made architectural elements: multilayer walls, stairs, bases, columns, chimneys, windows and doors. Comparing and merging documents. Automatic floor entry, support for Teriva ceiling design. Drawing of flat and spatial technical documentation and its writing to the native DWG format characteristic of most CAD applications.Starting Price: $1060/one-time -
15
ArCADia-WATER SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS
ArCADiasoft
The module is intended for designers of internal sanitary installations and allows for creating the professional documentation of internal water supply installations. Easily and quickly create drawings using automatic connections of draw-off taps with the installation. Create calculations, generate axonometric views, check correctness in terms of hydraulics and automatic selection of elements from the library. This module expands the capabilities of the ArCADia BIM program with advanced functions, which means that part of the building modelling options are available in the ArCADia BIM program.Starting Price: $350.00/one-time -
16
Revit
Autodesk
Multidisciplinary BIM software for higher-quality, coordinated designs. Use Revit® BIM (Building Information Modeling) software to drive efficiency and accuracy across the project lifecycle, from conceptual design, visualization, and analysis to fabrication and construction. Begin modeling in 3D with accuracy and precision. Automatically update floor plans, elevations, and sections as your model develops. Let Revit handle routine and repetitive tasks with automation so you can focus on higher-value work. Revit is BIM software that brings all architecture, engineering, and construction disciplines into a unified modeling environment, driving more efficient and cost-effective projects. Project teams can work together anytime, anywhere using Revit with BIM Collaborate Pro, a powerful and secure cloud-based collaboration and data management solutionStarting Price: $2,545 per year -
17
FINE MEP
4M
CAD & BIM Software for Architecture, Engineering & Construction Intelligent Building Design BIM has never been so easy and affordable. 4M provides the Architecture & Engineering Community with Advanced Verticals since 1986 and with Innovative BIM Solutions since 1994. Today 4M has more than 35.000 Active Users in over 65 Countries Worldwide. 4MCAD Professional CAD new v.21 Smart and low-cost Alternatives to AutoCAD® for 2D & 3D Design in DWG IDEA Architectural Design Intuitive and Powerful BIM Software for 3D/5D Architectural Design in DWG & IFC. FINE MEP Building Services Advanced BIM software for Building services design and calculation. FineENERGY. Advanced BIM software for Energy Simulation and Energy Rating. The Smart Alternative to AutoCAD. 100% DWG Our CAD Software use DWG as their native file format. You can open and modify drawings created by AutoCAD and vice-versa without any import or export. Similar Look & Feel.Starting Price: $720, one-time payment -
18
Giraffe
Giraffe
Accelerate your ability to scale by conducting site analysis in real time with your design. Allowing you to focus on what's important: making a lasting impact on your communities. Quickly get a 360-degree view of your idea. Follow your instincts, draw an idea and let Giraffe do the heavy lifting: overlaying data, querying and automatically calculating your proof of concept. Utilize data discovery to see your site's most up-to-date local mapping data. Giraffe combines maps from any source and treats them like layers. Allowing you to analyze, sort and group them for ease of use. Engage your stakeholders with an immersive view of the potential you see for a site. Provide viewer level access to the plan for increased community engagement that includes context and images. With Giraffe, you create something you're confident in and share it when you're ready. Interrogate plans rapidly from a shared space.Starting Price: $250 per user per month -
19
HiveDrive
SilentWave
HiveDrive is a Common Data Environment (CDE) designed for decentralized collaboration in Engineering, Architecture, Mechanical, and Graphic Design. It integrates Web3 and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) for secure data sharing and concurrent teamwork. Features: Design Platform Plug-ins: Connects with leading design software. IFC Viewer & IDS: Supports BIM workflows. Project Management Suite: Streamlines tasks and approvals. Chat on Files: Enables direct communication within projects. Smart Sync & Deduplication: Saves only file changes, optimizing storage and performance. HiveDrive HUB: A private cloud infrastructure for professionals working across multiple locations and time zones. Decentralized Data Ownership: Ensures security and control over project files without reliance on centralized servers. Cross-Platform Compatibility: Supports all file formats, enabling seamless collaboration across different software. Try HiveDrive today at hivedrive.eu! 🚀Starting Price: €9/month/user -
20
Vectorworks Architect
Vectorworks
With more support for common file formats than any other BIM solution, Vectorworks Architect can pull together all necessary information to start your project, providing everything you need for conceptual design, site planning, and analysis all in one interface. Quickly confirm design intent while transitioning from massing models to concept models. BIM software isn’t exactly known for promoting creative expression. But Vectorworks is different. We allow you to freely sketch, model, and document your design ideas with precision drafting capabilities and the most flexible 3D modeling engine available, powered by SIEMENS Parasolid. So you’re not limited by presets and strict parameters — you have the flexibility you need to design anything you can imagine. Getting the most out of the “I” in Building Information Modeling is essential for optimizing your designs. -
21
eTakeoff Bridge
eTakeoff
eTakeoff Bridge is an innovative software product that integrates eTakeoff Dimension with Cost Estimating systems. Bridge is currently integrated with Sage Estimating 300. Bridge is a separate program that runs between eTakeoff Dimension and the Sage Estimating system. When Bridge is started, it captures all the item and assembly information from Sage Estimating and presents it within the Bridge Main window. In its simplest use, the estimator drags an individual measurement from the drawing in eTakeoff Dimension and drops it onto the appropriate estimating item or assembly listed in the Bridge Window. The task of takeoff is the most time consuming and error-prone part of construction cost estimating. Our eTakeoff Dimension software quickens the pace of accurate takeoffs with sophisticated assemblies, a patented symbol search for auto counting, innovative work breakdown capabilities, cutting edge database technology, and more. -
22
StreamBIM
Rendra
Stream 3D BIM models to any device via wifi or cellular without the hassle of downloading. Available for all disciplines for everyone on the project. Quick access to all project drawings, installation instructions, warranties, and inspection reports for all project users across platforms. BIM is the new platform for collaboration. Bookmark an object or a room and share questions and give advice using our chat feature. Include colleagues from the job site, the site office, or the design studio using @ mentions to gather information quickly and easily. A reporting and workflow module which enables you to coordinate reporting information for the project, which allows users to track and assign tasks to any user on the project from the job site no matter where they work. Capture photos, add due dates, and assign tasks to the appropriate team. Make templates to support project workflows; document your work onsite; create RFIs, report issues, and more. -
23
cmExe
CadMakers
Building Material Production Tracking & Optimization Platform cmExe is a next generation production tracking, collaboration & reporting system that integrates your supply chain, fabrication, logistics & installation in a single web-based hub. Empowering Digital Delivery for the Construction Industry Industry Challenges. Disconnected technology workflows cause communication silos between design, fabrication, logistics and installation stages. Status quo analog production tracking processes and client reporting using paper and spreadsheets is labor intensive and time-consuming. Limited material and resource traceability, lack of real-time contextual data for decision making (who, what, when, where) cmExe Solutions. Digitizes the entire production to installation workflow using QR Code or RFID technology, visualized on the BIM model accessible via browser. Collaborate & share real-time information with all project stakeholders via the web, accessible on any smart device -
24
AkitaBox
AkitaBox
Simple. Secure. Seamless. And so much more than a CMMS. Easy enough for everyone on your team to use. Powerful enough to handle asset management, maintenance management, capital management, facility condition assessments, and inspections in one secure system. Centralize, manage, and track all of your facilities data digitally with AkitaBox. Turn your paper floor plans into interactive 2D digital maps with pins for every asset’s location. Access everything right in the field from an iPad. Get visibility into your facilities’ behavior like never before with easy-to-understand dashboards, analytics, and reports. See what’s really happening in your buildings - from the boiler room to the boardroom - with data that’s up-to-the-minute accurate. See what the future of facilities management looks like. We’d love to show you around! -
25
UNIFI
UNIFI Labs
UNIFI Labs is the global leader in cloud-based BIM content management, project analytics, content creation, and data insights. Visit us for a free trial to see for yourself why hundreds of brands including Disney, Interior Architects, Katerra, Stantec, Legrand, and Pella trust UNIFI for their BIM-content lifecycle needs. UNIFI delivers a Better BIM experience helping you navigate the dark BIM and gain control of your company's BIM content. UNIFI is the essential cloud platform to create, organize, access and manage BIM & digital building content among leading architectural, engineering, construction and manufacturing organizations. UNIFI was formerly known as InviewLabs. UNIFI Labs currently offers content engagement software for AECOs and content distribution for BPMs. Our roadmap is focused on further developing our cloud platform to facilitate the discover, management and contextualization of content and data used to design, construct and operate buildings. -
26
FARO Sphere XG
FARO Technologies, Inc.
FARO Sphere XG is a cloud-based digital reality platform that provides its users a centralized, collaborative experience across the company’s reality capture and 3D modeling applications. When paired with the Stream mobile app, Sphere XG enables faster 3D data capture, processing and project management from anywhere in the world. Sphere XG systematizes every activity while remaining intuitive to navigate, allowing users the ability to better organize their 3D scans and 360° photos alongside 3D models and manage that data across diverse teams around the world. With Sphere XG, 3D point clouds and 360° photo documentation can be viewed and shared all in one place, aligned to a floorplan and viewable over time. Ideal for 4D construction progress management where the ability to compare elements over time is critical, project managers and VDC managers can better democratize data and eliminate the need to use two platforms for their reality capture needs. -
27
Archibus
Eptura
While most organizations prioritize space in cost-savings initiatives, we know that 51% of assigned seats are unused at any given moment. Unassigned spaces, poor density planning, and spaces that don’t reflect workplace needs further strain real estate portfolios, and so do ballooning maintenance costs, or poorly negotiated leases. Archibus by Eptura provides the insight and automation necessary to optimize your portfolio to support your budget and your people. Foster continuous improvement with insights on workplace performance. Enable integrated metrics and data models that paint a full picture of costs, activities, occupancy, and needs. Identify opportunities for quick savings, stay ahead of trends, and connect stakeholders under a single mission. -
28
BIMx
Graphisoft
Bridge the gap between the design studio and the construction site with award-winning BIMx, the most popular presentation and coordination app for all project stakeholders. BIMx features the ‘BIM Hyper-model’ – a game-like navigation tool that helps even non-professionals easily explore the building model and understand project deliverables. Real-time model cut-throughs, in-context measuring and project markups in the model context make BIMx your best on-site BIM companion. Simple, game-like navigation makes BIMx the best on-site design and presentation tool on the market. Drive the design narrative on the building site for fast, specific client feedback. A digital model means no more paper on the building site or at client meetings. All the relevant model data is at your fingertips for easy access and sharing. Boost your sales! Promote your design in a unique way by embedding your design on your own website with BIMx Web Viewer. -
29
OpenBuildings Designer
Bentley Systems
OpenBuildings Designer (formerly AECOsim Building Designer), Bentley’s multi-discipline building information modeling (BIM). Explore, design, and deliver innovative buildings faster. Design, analyze, document, and visualize buildings of any size, form, and complexity. Effectively communicate design intent and bridge barriers between building disciplines and geographically distributed teams. OpenBuildings Designer (formerly AECOsim Building Designer) provides building information modeling (BIM) advancements so you can deliver buildings faster and with greater confidence – confidence in your design, workflow, capabilities, and deliverables. Increase collaboration among architects, mechanical, electrical, and structural engineers with a shared set of tools and workflows. Integrate information you have from multiple formats and easily work on projects of any size. Clearly communicate your design intent with reliable deliverables that you can easily customize. -
30
BIMobject
BIMobject
We provide you with the information and inspiration you need to design buildings faster, smarter and greener. A world of architects and engineers rely on bimobject.com to find the right products for their designs. The transition to Building Information Modelling began to spread via “early adopters” more than ten years ago. Fast-forward to today and there are millions of active BIM users across the globe. Architects and construction engineers use BIM to create 3D models of a complete and furnished building – using software such as Revit (Autodesk) and MicroStation (Benley), as well as Graphisoft Archicad, Allplan, and Vectorworks (Nemetschek Group).