Finch vs Hypar

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.

Hypar is space-planning software for architects and engineers testing layouts against a client's program and site. Users plan spaces in 3D and track net and gross areas, counts, and progress against targets. Programs can be brought in from spreadsheets or dRofus; site underlays can include DXF or DWG files, images, PDFs, or laser scans. Exports include PDF, images, Excel, Revit, and Rhino. Teammates can edit projects in real time, and the Revit add-in supports versions 2020 through 2027 and is included with free accounts. AI features suggest furniture and equipment. Beta chat can create space programs, count elements, make analytical views, and edit models, but whole-plan layout is rated low proficiency. Hypar does not support curved spaces or standalone walls, and walls are tied to spaces. The free Personal plan allows three owned projects and is for evaluation and learning, not professional design-project work. Professional costs $100 a month per user when billed monthly, or 1000 USD per year per user when billed annually.