Best Landscape Design Software in 2026
Updated
In short: Home Design 3D is ranked #1 of 14 as of 4 October 2026, ahead of Planner 5D and PRO Landscape+. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Planner 5D. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Home Design 3D at $2.50/mo.
Planning an outdoor space means balancing the way you lay it out with the detail you need to show. Compare design mode and terrain modeling alongside the plant and hardscape libraries, then weigh rendering and mobile platform support. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help frame the options. Home Design 3D and Planner 5D are among the first entries, followed by PRO Landscape+ and Vectorworks Landmark; SmartDraw, Neighborbrite, Home Designer, and Pool Studio also appear early in the ranking. Consider which listed tools suit the kind of landscape you want to design and how you plan to review or present it.
14 landscape design software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
#1 Home Design 3D Top pick · 8.0 $2.50/mo
#2 Planner 5D Runner-up · 7.9 Free plan · $5/mo
#3 PRO Landscape+ Also great · 6.9 $75/mo- Free trial AndroidiOSmacOSWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$2.50/mofirst paid tier About Home Design 3DVisit site - Free planFree trial AndroidiOSmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$5/mofirst paid tier About Planner 5DVisit site - AndroidiOSWindows
- Free plan
- No
- Plant library
- Yes
- Terrain modeling
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$75/mofirst paid tier About PRO Landscape+Visit site - Free trial macOSWebWindows
- Plant library
- Yes
- Terrain modeling
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$10.63/mofirst paid tier About Vectorworks LandmarkVisit site - WebWindowsmacOSLinux
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Design mode
- 2d
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - WindowsmacOS
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 79 /mo
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$41.25/mofirst paid tier About Home DesignerVisit site - Windows
- Free plan
- No
- Design mode
- 2d and 3d
- Plant library
- Yes
- Hardscape library
- Yes
- Terrain modeling
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$147/mofirst paid tier About Pool StudioVisit site - Windows
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- 158 /mo
- Plant library
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial$133.25/mofirst paid tier About DynaScape DesignVisit site - Windows
- Design mode
- 2d
- Plant library
- Yes
- Hardscape library
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Windows
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial€66.58/mofirst paid tier About EdificiusVisit site - iOS
- Free plan
- No
- Plant library
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Windows
- Free plan
- No
- Plant library
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial - Windows
- Free plan
- No
RecognisedDocumentedPlatformsFree planFree trial
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Questions about this list
Which landscape design software is ranked first on Specifiction?
Home Design 3D is ranked #1 of 14 with a score of 8.0. Planner 5D is second and PRO Landscape+ third.
How many of these have a free plan?
1 of the 14 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Home Design 3D has the lowest first paid tier we found: $2.50/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing. Paid placements never change a rank.