Interior design software, priced honestly

69pages on the business of interior design: pricing guides, comparisons, free calculators, templates and a glossary. Every competitor price we publish was taken from the vendor's own pricing page, dated, and linked — because the pages currently ranking for these questions contradict each other. Where a competitor is the better choice, we say so.

Pricing guides

Houzz Pro pricing in 2026: every number we could actually verifyHouzz Pro lists Pro at $249/month after a 30-day trial, plus $60 per extra user. Here are its published price, advertising minimum and 12-month term, checked 2026-08-01.Updated Aug 1, 2026
How to cancel Houzz Pro: the 30-day notice rule and the 12-month termCancelling Houzz Pro is partly self-serve, but the 12-month minimum term and the notice window decide whether you actually stop paying. What its own pages say, checked 2026-07-30.Updated Jul 30, 2026
Studio Designer pricing: $69–$119 per user, and what that means at five seatsStudio Designer bills per user, not per firm. Exact tier prices from its own pricing page, checked 2026-07-31, and what a three- or five-person studio actually pays.Updated Jul 31, 2026
Programa pricing: one plan, two billing rates, four currencies — every number verifiedPrograma's real prices from its own pricing page, checked 2026-07-30: $89/mo monthly or $71/mo annual plus per-seat fees, with AUD, GBP and EUR rates.Updated Jul 30, 2026
DesignFiles pricing in 2026: the verified numbers, and what the aggregators get wrongDesignFiles costs $55/mo (e-Design) or $75/mo (Full Service), +$30 per extra user — verified on the pricing page 2026-07-30, with seat maths and trial terms.Updated Jul 30, 2026
Planify pricing in 2026: $29.99 flat, or $24.49 billed annuallyPlanify publishes two rates — $29.99 a month flat, or $24.49 billed annually at $293.88 — both with unlimited studio seats. The arithmetic, the 21-day trial and the scope limit, checked 2026-08-03.Updated Aug 3, 2026
Design Manager pricing in 2026: $79 per user, and every user countsDesign Manager publishes one rate: $79 per user per month, with accounting, purchasing and time billing included. The seat maths, trial terms and the limits its own pricing page states, checked 2026-08-03.Updated Aug 3, 2026
Gather pricing in 2026: Spec Lite, Spec Pro and what each seat addsGather publishes Spec Lite at $99 and Spec Pro at $199 a month, each with one seat and $39 for every extra. The tier differences, seat maths and quote-only Premium plan, checked 2026-08-03.Updated Aug 3, 2026
Interior design software pricing in 2026: every published price, verified and datedWhat Planify, Houzz Pro, Studio Designer, Design Manager, DesignFiles, Programa, Gather and NYA cost — taken from each vendor's own pricing page on 2026-08-03, with the seat maths worked out.Updated Aug 3, 2026
What Is a Reflected Ceiling Plan (RCP) — and When Do You Actually Need One?What a reflected ceiling plan (RCP) is, why it mirrors the floor plan, what it must show, and what permit reviewers actually require on the sheet.Updated Jul 30, 2026
How to Draw a Reflected Ceiling Plan, Step by StepStep-by-step guide to drawing a reflected ceiling plan: the mirror convention, ceiling heights, fixture symbols, switching arcs, the legend, and a scaled sheet.Updated Jul 30, 2026
Reflected Ceiling Plan Symbols: A Plain-Language ReferenceEvery standard RCP symbol described in plain words — lighting, switches, ceiling height tags, diffusers, and life safety — and which standards govern.Updated Jul 30, 2026
How to get client approval on selections without chasing emailA working approval process for interior design selections: what belongs on every item, why three answers beat two, what to do with a decline, and how to keep a record that survives a dispute.Updated Aug 12, 2026
Can clients approve a design without creating an account?How tokenized client approval links work, why the whole category moved away from client accounts, and the three safeguards — scope, revocation and expiry — that make a no-login link safe to send.Updated Aug 12, 2026
When two clients disagree: running approvals with more than one decision-makerMost client portals put both spouses on one link and record one answer, so the later click erases the earlier one. Why that loses the most useful thing a client ever tells you, and how to set approvals up instead.Updated Aug 12, 2026
The interior design procurement process: from approved specification to installed itemA practical seven-step interior design procurement process covering specifications, client approval, quotes, purchase orders, acknowledgements, receiving, installation and closeout.Updated Aug 29, 2026

Comparisons & alternatives

Free templates

The 15 working spreadsheets a project is run on — selections, presentations, budgets, deliverables, procurement, lighting and closeout. Every column explained, CSV generated from the same list. All templates.

Free calculators

Glossary

20 terms from the purchasing and pricing side of practice, each defined in full. Browse the glossary A–Z.