Finch vs FloorLens

Finch is a building-design platform for generating plans, exploring options with real-time data, and producing project outputs. Its Plan Library draws on past projects, firm knowledge, accessibility rules, local codes, and constraints as a basis for design generation. The AI agent Archie handles repetitive precision tasks such as placing doors, checking compliance, and updating linked units. Finch produces floor plans, area calculations, and BIM geometry, with exports to traditional BIM tools. It documents workflows with Rhino, Revit, Grasshopper, and Autodesk Forma; listed application versions include Rhino 8, Rhino 7.24+, Rhino 6 SR35+, and Revit 2023–2027. Finch is available as an extension and on macOS, the web, and Windows. The Free plan costs nothing for one user. Basic costs €79 a month for one user and lists a 14-day trial. Enterprise costs €14,500 a year, billed annually for at least three seats.

FloorLens turns LiDAR scans of rooms and homes into measured floor plans, textured 3D models, and tours viewable in a browser. It automatically measures wall lengths, room areas, ceiling heights, and object dimensions, while allowing users to edit walls and objects. Shared scans open in dollhouse, floor-plan, or first-person photo views without requiring a viewer to install an app or create an account. The app can align plans to magnetic north and model the sun position and shadows for the scan location. Exports include measured PDFs, JPG, PNG, and SVG views, GLB, USDZ, and OBJ models, and MP4 fly-throughs. Country profiles include area conventions such as ANSI Z765, Gross Internal Area, RMS, WoFlV, and SIA 416; results are scan estimates, not surveys. Scanning and measurements run on the device, and uploads happen only when users choose to share. An account is optional; shared scans can be deleted from the cloud through the app. The free plan includes one web scan. The app requires iOS 26 and a LiDAR-capable iPhone 12 Pro or later or iPad Pro; there is no Android version.