SketchUp
3D modeling tool for architects and builders to create professional designs
- Also known as
- sketchup
Available worldwide
What is SketchUp?
Software for creating and visualizing 3D models used by architects, builders, and designers, with AI-powered features for generating realistic renderings and 3D objects.
SketchUp pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free web version available; paid subscriptions at monthly or annual rates; AI add-on at $11.99/month
Free
FreeWeb-based version with basic modeling and AI assistant access
Go
Pro
Studio
For higher education
Add-ons
- SketchUp AI$11.99/mo
What SketchUp does
The capabilities that matter for cad software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Cloud processing hybrid
- Parametric history based timeline
- ✗
- Nurbs and surface mathematical modeling
- ✗
- 2d drafting and dimensioning blueprints
- ✓
- Cam toolpath generation cnc milling
- ✗
- Bim architectural information modeling
- ✓
- Fea stress and thermal simulation
- ✗
- Pcb electrical circuit design sync
- ✗
- Stl export for standardized 3d printing
- ✓
- Dwg dxf autocad standard file import
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Flat monthly subscription
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- macOS
- Web
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
SketchUp alternatives
Other cad software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
Compare SketchUp
Side by side against other cad software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for SketchUp, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 0.05 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 25 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: flat_monthly_subscription · Deployment model: cloud_processing_hybrid · Fea stress and thermal simulation: No · Parametric history based timeline: No · Pcb electrical circuit design sync: No · Cam toolpath generation cnc milling: No | mediumsource · 2026-08-25 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-25 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iso27001 | Yes | lowsource · 2026-08-17 · 48% |