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Compare OpenBuildings Designer and Revit 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (43.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$2,686 Includes software, support, and installation on up to 3 machines but only for one concurrent user at a time. Local currency pricing available.
$290 per month
OpenBuildings Designer
Star Rating
(16)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$2,686 Includes software, support, and installation on up to 3 machines but only for one concurrent user at a time. Local currency pricing available.
Learn more about OpenBuildings DesignerRevit
Star Rating
(929)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$290 per month
Browse all 4 pricing plansOpenBuildings Designer vs Revit
- Reviewers felt that Revit meets the needs of their business better than OpenBuildings Designer.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that OpenBuildings Designer is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Revit over OpenBuildings Designer.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
OpenBuildings Designer
OpenBuildings Designer 12-month subscription
$2,686
Includes software, support, and installation on up to 3 machines but only for one concurrent user at a time. Local currency pricing available.
Revit
Revit Subscription (Monthly)
$290
per month
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Free Trial
OpenBuildings Designer
Free Trial is available
Revit
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
7.9
14
8.8
733
Ease of Use
7.7
14
7.5
748
Ease of Setup
6.7
5
7.9
197
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
7.4
127
Quality of Support
8.2
13
7.8
683
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.1
121
Product Direction (% positive)
7.3
13
9.1
709
Features by Category
Design
8.3
11
8.9
394
8.2
10
7.7
378
8.1
13
8.9
398
8.6
13
8.6
367
7.3
10
8.1
337
7.8
12
8.8
189
Collaboration
8.9
12
8.9
374
9.0
13
8.5
391
7.8
13
8.5
391
8.8
13
8.3
367
Construction
7.6
7
8.1
298
6.1
6
7.9
274
7.4
12
7.9
329
7.6
7
8.0
163
Not enough data
7.6
156
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.2
60
Not enough data
6.0
60
Not enough data
6.0
61
Common Data Environment (CDE) - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost Estimation - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
6
Electrical & Circuit Design - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Library
Not enough data
8.2
104
Not enough data
8.1
104
Rendering
Not enough data
7.9
100
Not enough data
8.0
101
Not enough data
8.0
100
Not enough data
7.7
97
Not enough data
7.7
93
Not enough data
7.1
89
Integrations
Not enough data
9.2
101
Not enough data
8.6
100
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.4
22
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
OpenBuildings Designer and Revit are categorized as Building Design and Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Unique Categories
OpenBuildings Designer has no unique categories
Revit is categorized as Architectural Rendering
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
OpenBuildings Designer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Revit
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Architecture & Planning
25.0%
Construction
18.8%
Civil Engineering
18.8%
Higher Education
12.5%
Utilities
6.3%
Other
18.8%
Architecture & Planning
46.4%
Construction
18.3%
Civil Engineering
9.8%
Design
7.5%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
5.6%
Other
12.6%
Discussions
What is OpenBuildings Designer?
1 Comment
EC
A full explanation of what OpenBuildings Designer is can be found here:...Read more
What is open building software?
1 Comment
AP
A user friendly BIM tool for all utility designers.Read more
How can I promote OpenBuildings for Mechanical and plumbing firms
1 Comment
EC
Hi Andy,
We are using this LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14056987/ to share experiences with other OpenBuildings user.
Please join if you...Read more
Can we export schedule into exel
3 Comments
CG
From the schedule view: Big R > Export > Reports > Schedule. It creates a .txt file that can be opened in Excel.
ThanksRead more
Do you use Revit to finish all drafting as well?
2 Comments
AM
We complete from beginning to end Revit projects completely within Revit. It definitely takes effort getting plans to look the same as the Company Standard...Read more
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