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Head-to-head · BIM Software

Allplan vs Autodesk Navisworks

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Allplan #4 in BIM Software 9.0/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Allplan
Autodesk Navisworks #7 in BIM Software 8.7/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Autodesk

Allplan leads on 0 checks, Autodesk Navisworks on 1, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreAllplan · 9.0/10
  • Free planonly Autodesk Navisworks
  • Free trialboth

Allplan scores higher on our rubric for bim software: 9.0 against 8.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #7.

Autodesk Navisworks offers free plan; Allplan doesn't. On mobile access, Allplan gives you Viewer where Autodesk Navisworks offers None.

Allplan is the better fit for multidiscipline firms needing broad BIM workflows. Autodesk Navisworks is the better fit for construction teams aggregating and checking models.

  • Allplan fits best

    Multidiscipline firms needing broad BIM workflows

  • Autodesk Navisworks fits best

    Construction teams aggregating and checking models

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Side by side

Feature Allplan 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Autodesk Navisworks 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.7
Ranking #4 in BIM Software #7 in BIM Software
Best for Multidiscipline firms needing broad BIM workflows Construction teams aggregating and checking models
Pricing model Paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $140/user/mo —
Free plan — ✓ (best)
Free trial 14 days 30 days
Free trial length 14 days · no card needed 30 days
Deployment Cloud, Desktop, Mobile Desktop
Platforms Web, Windows, iOS Windows
Support Email, Community, Docs Community, Docs · 24/7
Integrations 7 integrations 7 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Allplan 5/5 · Autodesk Navisworks 5/5
IFC support ✓ ✓
Cloud collaboration ✓ ✓
Clash detection ✓ ✓
Quantity takeoff ✓ ✓
API access ✓ ✓
Specs
Discipline coverage Multi-discipline Multi-discipline
Mobile access Viewer None
Our review
Pros
  • Covers architectural, structural, civil, and infrastructure workflows
  • Includes IFC, clash detection, takeoff, costing, and cloud collaboration
  • Supports Python API, visual scripting, and interdisciplinary coordination
  • Combines multidisciplinary models for coordinated review and measurement
  • Supports clash detection, interference reporting, and issue coordination
  • Includes IFC support, quantity takeoff, 5D scheduling, and API workflows
Cons
  • No free plan is available
  • Plans are billed annually
  • iOS access is focused on viewing rather than full desktop authoring
  • Primarily targets Windows workstations
  • No dedicated iPhone or iPad app
  • Focused on coordination and review rather than BIM authoring
Our verdict

Allplan is BIM software for architecture, structural and civil engineering, infrastructure, fabrication, and construction workflows. It supports work from early concepts through 3D modeling, documentation, quantity takeoff, detailing, and…

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Autodesk Navisworks is desktop project-review software for architecture, engineering, and construction teams working across multiple disciplines. It combines design and construction data into coordinated models for review, measurement,…

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  1. AllplanBIM Software 9.014-day trial
  2. Autodesk NavisworksBIM Software 8.7Free plan · 30-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Allplan — where it wins

    • Covers architectural, structural, civil, and infrastructure workflows
    • Includes IFC, clash detection, takeoff, costing, and cloud collaboration
    • Supports Python API, visual scripting, and interdisciplinary coordination

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan is available
    • Plans are billed annually
    • iOS access is focused on viewing rather than full desktop authoring

  • Autodesk Navisworks — where it wins

    • Combines multidisciplinary models for coordinated review and measurement
    • Supports clash detection, interference reporting, and issue coordination
    • Includes IFC support, quantity takeoff, 5D scheduling, and API workflows

    Where it doesn't

    • Primarily targets Windows workstations
    • No dedicated iPhone or iPad app
    • Focused on coordination and review rather than BIM authoring
  • Allplan9.0/10 · 14-day trial

    A broad BIM suite for architecture, engineering, infrastructure, and construction workflows.

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  • Autodesk Navisworks8.7/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

    A mature Windows tool for aggregating, reviewing, and coordinating multidisciplinary BIM models.

    Visit AutodeskFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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