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ArchiCAD pricing
ArchiCAD publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, ArchiCAD pricing is $177/month across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $177/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
ArchiCAD plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archicad Studio | $177/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| Archicad Collaborate | $208/month | 5 | +$31/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Archicad Studio
$177/monthThe entry tier. It covers archicad windows & macos, bimx pro, bimcloud basic, local teamworking.
Archicad Collaborate
$208/monthOver Archicad Studio, this tier adds:
- MEP Designer
- BIMcloud SaaS
- Cloud-based teamwork
What the product covers
The full ArchiCAD feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- BIM modeling
- Design tools
- Documentation
- Rendering
- Energy analysis
- IFC support
- Teamwork collaboration
- Library parts
Integrations
- Lumion
- Twinmotion
- Solibri
- dRofus
Security
- License management
- BIMcloud security
Platform
- Windows support
- MacOS support
People bring ArchiCAD in for architectural design with bim capabilities, real-time team collaboration via bimcloud, automated documentation generation from design changes, mixed windows and macos team environments. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to ArchiCAD are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Construction
Too few construction tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArchiCAD (this page) | $177/month | subscription | - | |
| Buildots | On request | quote | - | vs ArchiCAD |
| Adaptive | On request | quote | - | vs ArchiCAD |
| Oracle Textura Payment Management | On request | Percentage of subcontract value, plus a quoted contractor subscription | - | vs ArchiCAD |
| Handoff | $119/month | Per company per month | - | vs ArchiCAD |
| Sitemark | On request | quote | - | vs ArchiCAD |
| GCPay | On request | quote | - | vs ArchiCAD |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the ArchiCAD badges page.
Before you pay for ArchiCAD
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $177/month and $208/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare ArchiCAD against the tools that do have one before committing.
ArchiCAD runs on windows, macos, and is published by Graphisoft (Nemetschek) of Budapest, Hungary. The full record is on the ArchiCAD review, and the rest of the category is under best construction tools.
ArchiCAD pricing questions
- How much does ArchiCAD cost?
- ArchiCAD publishes 2 tiers, from $177/month for Archicad Studio up to $208/month for Archicad Collaborate. The cheapest paid tier is $177/month.
- Does ArchiCAD have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: ArchiCAD is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Archicad Studio and Archicad Collaborate on ArchiCAD?
- Archicad Collaborate costs $208/month against $177/month, and adds mep designer, bimcloud saas, cloud-based teamwork.
- Is the Archicad Collaborate plan on ArchiCAD worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is mep designer, bimcloud saas, cloud-based teamwork. It costs $208/month against $177/month for Archicad Studio. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with ArchiCAD?
- The record lists 16 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for architectural design with bim capabilities, real-time team collaboration via bimcloud, automated documentation generation from design changes.
- Does ArchiCAD charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these ArchiCAD prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare ArchiCAD against before paying?
- The closest construction tools in this directory are Buildots, Adaptive, Oracle Textura Payment Management, Handoff. Each has a side-by-side comparison with ArchiCAD covering price, platforms and features.