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MicroSurvey CAD pricing
MicroSurvey CAD 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 1 September 2026, MicroSurvey CAD pricing is $2945/one-time 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
- $2945/one-time
- Model
- One-time purchase
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
MicroSurvey CAD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MicroSurvey CAD, floating network licence | $2945/one-time | 4 | Entry tier |
| Edition upgrades and add-ons | On request | 3 | Priced on request |
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.
MicroSurvey CAD, floating network licence
$2945/one-timeThe entry tier. It covers perpetual licence, shared use with no usb dongle, includes one year of maintenance and support, standard, premium and ultimate editions differ in included modules, renewal of maintenance is optional and priced separately.
Edition upgrades and add-ons
On requestOver MicroSurvey CAD, floating network licence, this tier adds:
- Premium and Ultimate edition pricing quoted by MicroSurvey or a reseller
- Point cloud and scanning modules priced separately
- Reseller pricing varies by region
What the product covers
The full MicroSurvey CAD 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
- Coordinate geometry
- Traverse adjustment
- Field data reduction
- IntelliCAD drafting
- Legal descriptions
- Surface and contours
- Point cloud viewing
People bring MicroSurvey CAD in for a boundary surveying practice that wants to reduce field data, adjust the traverse and write the legal description in one package, a firm that refuses to pay an autocad subscription but must deliver dwg files clients can open, a survey office standardised on leica total stations that wants instrument data flowing in without a translation step, a two-person practice with irregular workload that wants to own its software outright rather than lose access if it stops paying. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to MicroSurvey CAD are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in CAD
Too few cad 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MicroSurvey CAD (this page) | $2945/one-time | One-time purchase | - | |
| Carlson Software | $4450/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs MicroSurvey CAD |
| RealityScan | Free, then $1250/year | Free below a revenue threshold, then per seat per year | - | vs MicroSurvey CAD |
| CloudCompare | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs MicroSurvey CAD |
| Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler | On request | quote | - | vs MicroSurvey CAD |
| Nomad Sculpt | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs MicroSurvey CAD |
| nTop | On request | quote | - | vs MicroSurvey CAD |
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 MicroSurvey CAD badges page.
Before you pay for MicroSurvey CAD
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 $2945/one-time and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare MicroSurvey CAD against the tools that do have one before committing.
MicroSurvey CAD runs on windows, and is published by MicroSurvey Software Inc., part of Hexagon of Westbank, British Columbia, Canada. The full record is on the MicroSurvey CAD review, and the rest of the category is under best cad tools.
MicroSurvey CAD pricing questions
- How much does MicroSurvey CAD cost?
- MicroSurvey CAD publishes 2 tiers, from $2945/one-time for MicroSurvey CAD, floating network licence up to On request for Edition upgrades and add-ons. The cheapest paid tier is $2945/one-time.
- Does MicroSurvey CAD have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: MicroSurvey CAD is listed as One-time purchase. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between MicroSurvey CAD, floating network licence and Edition upgrades and add-ons on MicroSurvey CAD?
- Edition upgrades and add-ons costs On request against $2945/one-time, and adds premium and ultimate edition pricing quoted by microsurvey or a reseller, point cloud and scanning modules priced separately, reseller pricing varies by region.
- Is the Edition upgrades and add-ons plan on MicroSurvey CAD worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is premium and ultimate edition pricing quoted by microsurvey or a reseller, point cloud and scanning modules priced separately, reseller pricing varies by region. It costs On request against $2945/one-time for MicroSurvey CAD, floating network licence. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which cad tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 cad tools listed alongside MicroSurvey CAD have a free tier: RealityScan, CloudCompare, SolveSpace.
- What am I actually paying for with MicroSurvey CAD?
- The record lists 7 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a boundary surveying practice that wants to reduce field data, adjust the traverse and write the legal description in one package, a firm that refuses to pay an autocad subscription but must deliver dwg files clients can open, a survey office standardised on leica total stations that wants instrument data flowing in without a translation step.
- Does MicroSurvey CAD 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 MicroSurvey CAD 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 MicroSurvey CAD against before paying?
- The closest cad tools in this directory are Carlson Software, RealityScan, CloudCompare, Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler. Each has a side-by-side comparison with MicroSurvey CAD covering price, platforms and features.