Architextures vs Hero Patterns

Architextures is a web materials library and editor for architects, interior designers, and other design professionals. Its library contains more than 8,000 seamless textures available as high-quality PNG files. In the Create editor, users can change patterns, scale, and grout; the procedural materials also allow dimensions, patterns, and colours to be edited. Users can upload their own materials from a photo. Official plugins are listed for SketchUp, Rhino 8, Revit, and Vectorworks, and formats include PNG, DXF, SVG, AutoCAD hatch, and Revit model and drafting patterns. The Free plan costs nothing and covers personal and educational use with standard texture downloads. Pro costs $89.99 a year and adds high-resolution downloads, PBR options and maps, CAD and Revit hatches, more patterns, custom materials, commercial use, and team management. Commercial use requires Pro, and downloaded content cannot be used commercially after the subscription expires. The service says its materials are for visual reference and are not guaranteed to be dimensionally accurate.

Hero Patterns is a web collection of repeatable SVG background patterns for web projects. Select a pattern and adjust its foreground color, background color, and foreground opacity before using it. The selected design can be downloaded as an unstyled SVG, or you can copy generated CSS rules for applying it as a background. The assets are procedural, and the site links to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license with commercial use listed as its scope. Hero Patterns has a free plan costing free, and the site says the collection will always be free. There is no free trial. Steve Schoger says he draws and maintains the collection and describes himself as a UI designer and illustrator from Kitchener, Ontario. He says updates will continue and directs visitors to Twitter and Dribbble for update news. Those channels are mentioned for updates, while no support channel or third-party integration is stated. The About section also links to Zondicons, described as free premium SVG icons for digital products.