--- title: MicroDrainage Reviews meta_title: 'MicroDrainage Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 28 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how MicroDrainage works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 28 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-07' parent_category: name: CAD url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cad --- # MicroDrainage Reviews **Vendor:** Innovyze **Category:** [Civil Engineering Design Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/civil-engineering-design) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 28 ## About MicroDrainage Advanced drainage design software that optimises the performance and effectiveness of drainage systems, including SuDS – both greenfield and retrofit. ## MicroDrainage Reviews ### 1. A Simple & Easy to Learn Tool for Wet Utility Network Modelling **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 30, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** 1. Simple and Self Explained User unterface 2. Much useful AotoCAD Interface Drawnet 3.In built FSR date for UK 4. MD to 3D model conversion option in the latest update 5. the "F1" button help which covers almost everything you need 6. Have used source control module extensively to model SuDS **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** 1. Expensive compared to peers 2. Lack of Self learning materials available online compared to Bentley counterparts 3. Network license some times crashes especially while working from home 4. Can not work online through Projectwise 5. The 3D view could be better 6. Not all modules are available in all licenses **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** If you are not sure about any if the tools in MD, just click F1! **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been using MicroDrainage for the last two years for Modelling Storm water Drainage Networks and Foul Networks related to various projects in and around UK. Have worked in nearly 10 projects and currently working on another 2 at the moment. A simple user interface and an inbuilt FSR data make MD a better option for Network modelling especially for UK Projects. The latest version made the 3D modelling job much simpler. ### 2. Ease of using MicroDrainage Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jayvin S. | Senior Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** MicroDrainage is a user-friendly and highly interactive platform which is essential for developing a wide range of drainage engineering solutions to meet the statutory requirements. The platform allows me to plug-in with Civil 3D software which helps me to use different levels of information from various disciplines and develop viable solutions in a short time. The software had various inbuilt tools which become one-stop solutions for varying levels of calculations. The software results are generally accepted by statutory authorities, which gives me the confidence for the accuracy of results produced by its engine. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** 1. Although the software can generate results for crossing and conflicts between the network; however, the software cannot generate the combined long-sections for various networks located within a single file. For this, I rely on Civil 3D software or PDS software to generate combined long-sections say of foul and stormwater networks to assess whether the networks are proposed within the same plane or not. 2. The software cannot plot the curved pipes while importing model designs in Civil 3D. This led to manual work of remodelling of curved pipes in Civil 3D which is not only time consuming but also disconnects the 3D models from the designs. I believe, if the software could plot the curved pipes then it could potentially save the time of designers in producing BIM compatible models and checking of modelling work. **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** The benefits of MicroDrainage outweighs other software which is available in the market. The software is user-friendly, interactive, and highly graphical which helps the designer to make an informed decision while developing designs. It is a one-stop solution for different levels of design as it has various inbuilt tools to generate calculations as per one's need. The software is compatible with other platforms such as Civil 3D which could be used to develop layout drawings and 3D BIM model within no time. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using MicroDrainage to develop conceptual to detailed drainage strategies. The software has multiple functions which allow me to generate designs, layout drawings, and 3D models for federated BIM models. ### 3. User friendly interface and replicates the actual scenario to a greater extend. Well recommended. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Libu K. | Assistant Engineer, Highways & Drainage,UK, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** Replicates the actual scenario to a greater extend. Advantage is that the toolkits associated will make the modelling tasks more easier for you. User-friendly, well defined, and self explanatory. 3D visualisation helps us understand what is happening inside the pipes and chamber network for different events, which helps us take decisions easier during the further modelling stages. Efficient compared to other modelling softwares that used before. CAD compliance helps us build BIM models efficiency. MD Suds makes most of the modelling easier. Other modules are provided for calculating Greenfield flowrates using different methods, for volume calculations etc. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** Providing a bit more description about providing flow control chambers in help will be better. Will be helpful if we can connect twin outgoing pipes from the same chamber to understand scenarios which shows filter drains above carrier drains **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** Being user friendly and replication of actual scenarios are the best quality a software can provide and WINDES provides that. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Mostly working on highway drainage designs and modelling. Analysis of the results based on different events based on different levels of critical scenarios is a benefit, which helps in a coordinated design of network for different events. I have used it for adoptable as well as private drainage networks. ### 4. Experience with MicroDrainage **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rama Sastry Y. | Assistant Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** MicroDrainage lets the user to skip the hydrology calculations part as the rainfall is completely embedded in the software and its just the location within the UK that the user must know to proceed with the design. Also the design criteria pane helps the users to provide all the inputs in a single window without juggling around much. The help/user guide will provide a detailed overview of the tool and the search option is very dynamic as it lets the user to dive into the section directly and provide great understanding on how the tool behaves. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** There are couple of things I want to draw out here and hopes it reaches Innovyze 1. While modelling storage structures (eg; detention ponds) if the user selects the node as a Manhole instead of a junction, the tool assigns the dia of the manhole as 10m without any pop-up or warning (although a warning appears when we go for simulation), and during simulation MicroDrainage routes the flows through the 10m Dia manhole before they enter the basin, and as the manhole being 10m is dia has huge storage which is double counted by MicroDrainage during simulation and there is huge risk of underestimating the actual storage volume required or to be executed in site. So I feel the tool shouldn't allow the user to model the storage structures with a Manhole or should make amendment so that the tool pushes a warning about the dia of the manhole being assigned for the manhole in which storage is modelled. This will alarm the user and correct the inputs accordingly. 2. Once a catchment assigned to a node/manhole can't be reassigned to any other node, and it has to be removed and re delineated before one can assign it to another node. My feeling is that there should be flexibility to quickly assign a catchment from one node to another. 3. Also when a node is being removed, no warning pops up about the removal of the catchment assigned to the node (this becomes an issue when the areas are turned off) and user might end up deleting the area assigned to that particular node. It would be great if there is a pop-up that warns the user about the risk (deleting area) factor associated with it. 4. From my experience what I observed is that MicroDrainage has a bizarre way of modelling pumps. Upon simulation I have observed a great mathematical instability in the model (understood after checking the hydrographs) and the user guide doesn't have much on design of pumps neither does the website. So I feel Innovyze should provide some basic training videos in its website on MicroDrainage which would be really helpful for rookies to get a basic understanding of the tool. **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** MicroDrainage is an excellent tool for analysis of storm water drainage networks and provides integration with products of Bentley and AutoDesk which makes the production of 3D models and drawings really simple. The help guide/user guide that comes along with the MicroDrainage is just amazing as it provides a great understanding for a rookie and helps to work smoothly. The flood flow analysis comes in as an added advantage which helps to analyze the behavior of storm water drainage networks in case of higher events and employee relevant mitigation measures. Source control and MDSuDS are in compliance with the Environmental agency guidelines which helps the user to proceed with the design of the drainage networks directly if the project location is within the UK. So overall MicroDrainage is an excellent tool which helps the users to analyze and provide solutions for Storm water drainage problems for urban developments and linear construction projects where interception, collection, attenuation and disposal has a great importance. I have been using MicroDrainage in my day to day professional career from last 18 months working on Detailed Design of Drainage for East West Rail Phase-2, Preliminary Design for A40 in wales. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Storm water Drainage Networks for Linear construction projects (Highways & Railways). The important benefits of MicroDrainage is the amount of manual calculations it reduces for analysis, design and cost estimating for drainage networks. It is a complete package using which all the tasks involved in storm water drainage design can be delivered right from the scratch. By integrating with modelling software like Civil-3D the production of 3D models and drawings has become really effective and efficient as the number of human errors decrease as everything can be be directly imported from MicroDrainage. ### 5. The Best Network Modelling Software especially for UK **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** The software is very easy to learn and almost all the tools are self explanatory. The interface with Aucad software, Drawnet makes it easy for the engineers to model it very easily and efficiently. The inbuilt FSR data available for UK makes the modelling further easier. The latest updation of the software added an easy way to convert the MD model directly to 3D model. Design audit option helps us to run an audit check on our design standards. Various online and offline control option make the software a complete package for network modelling. The "F1" help button is most helpful option of all. We will get all the details about the software from the help button. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** The 3D visualising option could be better. The software is a bit costlier as compare with Bentley counterparts **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** If you are working on UK specific projects, then MD would be a good option. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Storm water and Foul Water network modelling ### 6. Easy Functional Drainage Design Platform. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joyce W. | Graphic Designer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** MicroDrainage its an efficient drainage designing tool for the Engineers to easily design quality and accurate designs for the various construction projects. The tool allows easy integration with other design product like AutoCAD etc, which helps on the design accuracy. The tool design products are professionally 3d objects like Pipes, Manholes and others, and even the file importing and exporting through the tool its quite simple. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** MicroDrainage, has nothing which i remember as a usability problems. The installation its easy and functions are also simple. **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** Easy and accurate drainage systems designing and modeling software, and the features are not very complicated to get used to. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Accurate drainage systems design production and management of various drainage installations documents. ### 7. MicroDrainge made my job easier in calculations and network modelling **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarath chandra P. | Project Planning, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** As a fresher in Industry i had basic knowledge about the Water resources. But Micro Drainage software is user friendly and explanation include for all the tools we use. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** nothing to dislike itsseems really great tool **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** can we see any updates feature **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** we really use this a Auto design tool inbuilt in it every much. According to its sequence the software will take its suitable design in modelling of drainage system which will reduce our time ### 8. Best software to design mega scale projects on a micro scale level detail and precision **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Khawar R. | Assistant Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** The best feature is excel based model optimization interface with real-time result updates **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** Import of sub models can cause sometimes created issue for ma. Moreover, the 3D viewer can be better **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** If price is not an issue, you can never go wrong with the MicroDrainage software **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Most of my work is related to wet utilities design and I use Micro drainage WinDes for designing gravity based networks ### 9. A user-friendly drainage design and analysis software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** A A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** Ease of integration with other CAD software. Effortless Importing and exporting of models. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** Lack of options for gully sizing and modeling **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using it to do most of the design and analysis work required for further use into client software that is not widely available. ### 10. Very useful, efficient software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 10, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** Complex Network modelling, Multiple rainfall runoff analysis methods Can be used for simple catchment modelling instead of river modelling software **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** Expensive, you have to buy each module, it should come as a whole package like PDS or Civil3D. **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** It’s a useful design software, comprehensive, you can buy as less or as much modules as you need to do your job. Great support team. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simple to Complex Network modelling, rainfall runoff analysis, simple catchment modelling instead of river modelling software, Foul network design etc ### 11. Great product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 14, 2020 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** I like the 3D simulations for the flood events **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** The user interface could be a bit more friendly **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** Works great with pds for producing drawings **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Usually just drainage designs for residential developments and the benefits are that i know how the software works and can use it to my best abilities. ### 12. A superb and essential piece of software, but expensive to use its full capability **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2019 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** - Very user friendly, and some great guidance given in the user manuals - Huge range of applications and modules, which seem to be evolving in line with the developing needs of the industry - Some clever little tools allowing for quick changes and re-runs of modelling - Extremely helpful and knowledgeable support team who respond to queries very promptly **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** - It is still relatively cumbersome to work the interface between MicroDrainage modules and other software, e.g. AutoCAD, Civil 3D, etc. which cannot realistically be avoided when working on multi-disciplinary projects - Keeping up-to-date with changes to the software and improving one's capability of using each of the new applications as they are developed is both time consuming and expensive - As we have a company licence, the majority of the users are not aware of the full capabilities of the software and so either do not use it to its full extent or do not ask for other modules to be added to our licence - Little technical explanation given as to the reasoning behind certain default factors **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** - Listen to the free webinars that Innovyze provided in relation to the recent developments in their MicroDrainage software **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** - New drainage designs - Improving existing drainage designs - SuDS designs - Weir designs - Exceedance event flood modelling - Quick and easy method for modelling and simulating a range of engineering solutions to manage surface water ### 13. Industry leading drainage software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 12, 2019 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** Ability to do both quick estimates and detailed designs. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** Lack of synchronicity with autism desk products. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Surface water storage issues to support planning applications. ### 14. Great for Highway drainage design **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaditya P. | Hydraulic Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2018 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** Microdrainage does what its supposed to do. great for drainage design and helps newbies like me with ease. Its integration with autocad is best. Also the SUDS options modelling are best in microdrainage. Can use it for small areas as well as large highway drainages like HS2. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** Not really dislike as this may be related to PC specs but handling of big size files can be improved which sometimes might crash the software. **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** Since I use it with for modelling and designing SUDS solutions, its works well with my softwares. GIS is important to me and this software delivers in proper way. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** The cost benefit analysis is great tool to help find out optimal solution to many of our problems. Also the integration with GIS data and AutoCAD is very useful and many other softwares will make this difficult compared to microdrainage. Also simulating rainfall events is very fast which saves time since this task takes most time in most other software. ### 15. You want to be sustainable be in touch with MicroDrainage ! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** VISHNU K. | Graduate Engineer Water, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2018 **What do you like best about MicroDrainage?** The best is the user friendly interface of the MicroDrainage and its ability to integrate with the CAD software's helping the designers to design with their own standards. one of the best is the automatically size drainage networks as well as designing of the stormwater and foul water systems graphically. **What do you dislike about MicroDrainage?** The major disadvantage I felt is that when we load big files as well as when we gets an error MicroDrainage will crash in between with out any prior notification which make its really difficult to deal sometimes and the visual effects can be improved which will give more clarity as well as clear cut ideas to the users. **Recommendations to others considering MicroDrainage:** The friendly user interface which will even help the beginners to work with an ease without feeling this is something new. As a hydraulic modeler MicroDrainage helps to design, audit and model integrated sustainable drainage systems which inturn results in efficiently managed cost benefit model. If you are in search of a good software to SUDs you got one !. **What problems is MicroDrainage solving and how is that benefiting you?** The easy import of CAD and GIS data which will reduce the time of the project. When we are in short of Infoworks ICM license we can use the MicroDrainage to understand how much volume of water is required for a pond with this much incoming water from a particular return period rain and apply that volume and level to our solutions instead of waiting for the license. ## MicroDrainage Discussions - [How do I use this software to design of Pumping stations?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/33022-how-do-i-use-this-software-to-design-of-pumping-stations) - 1 comment - [View MicroDrainage pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/microdrainage/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=5§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-12+12%3A18%3A49+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=5f47fbfe-c4b4-4a7f-acac-3add0cb3d7cf&secure%5Btoken%5D=72bac64cc09be908d778523e6d1b39838a01c0cc418a2c332aaa5938a6a7c9ef&format=llm_user) ## MicroDrainage Features **Plan** - Documentation - Sequence - Annotate - Collaborate **Design** - 3D Modeling - 3D Rendering - Drawing - Editing **Construction** - Fabrication - Reinforcement - Clash Detection - Grading - Earthwork **Engineering** - Hydraulic engineering - Hydrologic engineering - Transportation engineering - Structural engineering **Additional Functionality** - Mechanical - Process Control - Access Controls/Permissions - Product Data Management - Configurable Workflow - Manufacturing Design Data - Collaboration Tools - 3D Imaging - Data Import/Export - Civil - Customizable Fields - Data Capture and Transfer - Design Management - Version Control - Presentation Tools - Configuration Management - Document Generation - Compliance Management - Change Management - Electrical - Mechatronics - Project Management - AI Copilot - Design Analysis - CAD Tools - Document Management - Bills of Material - Generative AI - Visual Analytics - Data Visualization - File Management - Reporting/Analytics - Project Templates - Content Library ## Top MicroDrainage Alternatives - [Civil 3D](https://www.g2.com/products/civil-3d/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (290 reviews) - [MicroStation](https://www.g2.com/products/microstation/reviews) - 4.0/5.0 (407 reviews) - [ZWCAD](https://www.g2.com/products/zwcad/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (352 reviews)