Kitchen & cabinet design software, compared

Kitchen & bath designers, dealers, retailers

Configurable manufacturer catalogs with live product and pricing data, item lists, cloud projects and photorealistic rendering.

OpenKitchen3D vs. Cyncly Design Flex / 2020 Design Live →

Kitchen & bath dealers and designers

500+ manufacturer catalogs with auto-updates, estimates and reports, cloud collaboration, ray-traced images, 360° panoramas and interactive 3D sharing.

Residential designers, remodelers, kitchen & bath pros

Full residential design with smart parametric cabinets, door and drawer styles, construction drawings and high-quality visualization.

Designers, cabinetmakers, custom shops

Flexible general-purpose 3D modeler with a huge ecosystem; structured cabinet work relies on conventions and extensions such as OpenCutList.

Cabinet, closet and furniture manufacturers

Modular CAD/CAM with engineering rules, costing, cut lists, BOMs, shop drawings and CNC-ready G-code.

Small to large cabinet shops

Design, estimating, shop drawings, cut lists, nesting and CNC post-processors, tiered by workflow.

Cabinet and closet professionals

2D/3D design, elevations, estimates, cut lists, optimization, true-shape nesting and CNC output; manufacturing tiers add setup fees.

Custom cabinet and architectural millwork manufacturers

AutoCAD/BricsCAD-based parametric design with customizable libraries, estimating, material optimization, reporting and CNC integration.

Homeowners planning an IKEA kitchen

Inspiration-first templates, IKEA-only products with real-time pricing, phone-based measuring and handoff to IKEA kitchen experts.

OpenKitchen3D vs. IKEA Kitchen Planner →

DIY and pro retail customers

A connected journey from style quiz and estimator to visualization and design consultation.

Homeowners, interior designers, retailers

Accessible 2D/3D planning with a large product catalog, renders, custom furniture and model import; paid plans add rendering and projects.

Homeowners, designers, retailers, manufacturers

Browser editing, floor-plan recognition, large catalog, rendering and panoramas, budget tools and kitchen/bath catalog workflows.

Homeowners and hobbyists

Consumer home and interior design in 2D and 3D across web and mobile, with a premium tier for the full catalog and renders.

Homeowners and real-estate professionals

Floor plans and 3D visuals with furniture; general space planning rather than kitchen-specific cabinet runs.

Anyone drawing floor plans

Browser-based 2D/3D floor plans with iPhone RoomPlan capture — the engine OpenKitchen3D is built on.

Homeowners and hobbyists

Mature desktop 2D plan + 3D home design with furniture catalogs and a web version.

Designers wanting a free kitchen workflow

Design software with a kitchen extension for parametric cabinetry and Blender-based photorealistic rendering.

Woodworkers and small shops

Offline, single-file browser cabinet planner for framed and frameless cabinets with material takeoff, sheet nesting and 3D.

Woodworkers

React/TypeScript PWA for parametric cabinets and furniture with BOM, cutting optimization and PDF/DXF/G-code export.

Furniture makers and cabinetmakers

FreeCAD workbench for part-level cabinetry, joinery, cut lists, BOMs and dimensioning.

SketchUp woodworkers

SketchUp extension for cut lists, cutting diagrams, labels and material management.