OpenLandscape3D vs. Planner 5D
Planner 5D is a freemium home design app for web, mobile and desktop. Its outdoor tools cover lawns, paths, terrain, plants and trees in 2D and 3D, and it offers an AI landscape layout generator.
At a glance
| Question | Planner 5D | OpenLandscape3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (half the catalog); Premium $19.99/month or $59.99/year; Professional $49.99/month or $399.99/year | Free, MIT-licensed; no account |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Windows and macOS, with cloud sync | Desktop and tablet browsers today; iPhone, iPad and Mac app not yet on the App Store |
| Scope | Whole house, interiors and yard | The garden and site; the house comes from OpenPlan3D |
| Plants | Plant and tree objects you size and color; no plant data described | 250 plants with hardiness, size, light and moisture, sources marked draft |
| Time | Not described for outdoor plans | Any month and year after planting; sun and shadows by hour |
| Renders and export | Standard renders (Premium); 4K, 360° panoramas and CAD export (Professional) | HD/4K renders, print/PDF sheet, schedules, open JSON |
What Planner 5D does well
- Runs nearly everywhere: web, iOS, Android, Windows and macOS
- One project for the house, the interiors and the yard, with a large catalog of furniture and outdoor objects
- 4K renders, 360° panoramas and CAD export on the Professional plan
- AI tools, including a landscape layout generator and floor-plan recognition
How OpenLandscape3D differs
- Plants are horticultural data: mature size, hardiness, light and moisture, with sources, drive what you see and the checks
- Growth over years and seasonal appearance by month, from frost dates, plus sun and shadows by hour
- Ten explainable design checks, such as plants that will crowd each other at maturity
- Everything free, with no account and no paid catalog tier; MIT-licensed and local-first
- Plant and task schedules for installing and maintaining the garden
Where OpenLandscape3D falls short today
- A much smaller library: 250 plants for three U.S. pilot regions, no plant photos and no furniture catalog
- No AI design, no CAD export, and no photoreal renders
- No Android or Windows app; the web planner runs in current desktop and tablet browsers, and the iPhone, iPad and Mac app is not yet released
- No interiors; for the house, use OpenPlan3D
See the roadmap for what is planned next.
Choose Planner 5D if…
You want one app for the house, the rooms and the yard, on any device, with a big object catalog, AI suggestions and polished renders.
Choose OpenLandscape3D if…
Planting is the hard part: you want plants that come with facts, a view of the garden years from now, and checks that catch problems, for free.
Planner 5D details are based on public vendor pages as checked on (Planner 5D pricing,Planner 5D landscape design) and may have changed; check with the vendor for current features and pricing. See also the full list of landscape design tools. Product names are trademarks of their owners; no affiliation is implied.
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OpenLandscape3D is free and open source. Draw the site, place regional plants, and scrub through seasons and years before anything goes in the ground.