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Free floor plan software that does real 3D — what free gets you

Guides · updated 2026-08-18

"Free floor plan software" usually means one of three things: a trial with a countdown, a free tier that watermarks the editor itself, or a genuinely free tool that is genuinely limited. Here is exactly which one this is — and what the boundaries are, stated plainly, because reading a pricing-page riddle is nobody’s idea of planning a room.

What is actually free here

• The entire editor, with no account. Open the planner and draw — walls at any angle and thickness, your real ceiling height, doors, windows, measurements typed in mm, cm or m.
• The 3D room, live. The plan and the 3D view sit side by side; daylight follows your window direction and time of day; lamps and LED strips are placeable.
• Real furniture from URLs. Paste a product link and get the official 3D model where the retailer publishes one, or an exact-dimension stand-in where not — true scale either way.
• Measure and check. The measure tape in 2D and 3D, distance overlays, elevation control, and a costed bill of materials with CSV export.
• Your data stays yours. Projects autosave in your browser; the whole project exports as one file you can re-import anywhere. On a headset, the VR walkthrough is free too.

Where the paid line is

Money enters only when the room outgrows the free caps. Free covers one project with 5 placed items, a screenshot and a watermarked PDF. Pro, $9 once, removes the caps, drops the watermark and adds the IKEA shopping list with article numbers and total. If five items answer your question, you may simply never pay. That is the intended deal, not a loophole.

How that compares

Freemium is common in this category — RoomSketcher’s free tier is a well-known example, with paid upgrades for more projects and polished visual exports. The difference in our version of free is where the line sits: not between a limited editor and a full one, but between planning for yourself (free) and delivering to clients under your own brand (paid). The editor you use on day one is the same one professionals use.

One honest limitation to know upfront: the 3D is true-to-scale and interactive, not photorealistic rendering. If you need magazine renders, pair the plan with a renderer — this tool optimizes for "is the plan right?", which is the question that costs money when it goes wrong.

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