AgroForest Designer vs AIGardenPlanner

AgroForest Designer is web software for planning food forests and other layered planting systems. It lets users map site boundaries over map, satellite, combined, or orthomap views, then add features, planting zones, and paths. Its public plant database can be filtered by growing conditions and includes reusable recipes, cultivars, and personal plant records. The generator creates an editable proposal from a recipe, planting area, density, objectives, and a 1-, 5-, 10-, or 20-year horizon. Other planning tools show sun paths and indicative shade, elevation contours, distances and areas, and harvest periods. Professional plans include technical drawings, plan sharing, QGIS workflows, and selected GeoJSON, project-data, and 3D model exports. The shade model omits terrain and objects beyond the plan, so critical conditions need on-site verification. The Free plan is free; paid plans start at €14.99 a month. Free and Starter omit professional delivery tools.

AIGardenPlanner uses AI to preview garden and planting designs from a photo of a real yard. Users upload a photo, choose from more than 50 styles and generate designs in about 60 seconds. Its free browser-based 3D editor has more than 400 models, synchronized 2D and 3D views, terrain sculpting and first-person walkthroughs. The AI Plant Advisor builds plant lists using location, climate zone, soil type, local conditions and gardening goals, with care instructions. Plant Detector identifies plants from photos and provides profiles and health assessments for pests and diseases. The free 3D Designer plan allows one project. Paid yearly plans include Starter for personal use, while Professional and Business include commercial licenses; plan prices are listed as $9/mo, $21/year and $42/year respectively, with annual payments of $99, $249 and $499. Video animations use 10 credits, Quick Tours 5 and Full Detail tours 30. Subscribers may cancel and retain access through their current paid period.