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Free while Draftie is in beta

Every feature, no card, no watermark, no export limits. This page exists so you can find that out without signing up first, and so we can be straight about what happens next.

No card · no export limits · needs a laptop or desktop

What you get right now

All of it. There is no free tier and paid tier: there is beta, and it is open.

  • Unlimited plans, saved to your account
  • AI scanning of sketches, photos and PDFs
  • The full editor: walls, openings, rooms, furniture, 1mm precision
  • NCC and QDC plan checks, setbacks and buildable envelope
  • All 2,965 products from ten Australian suppliers
  • Every export: 1:100 A3 PDF with flooring schedule, DXF, PNG, SVG
  • No watermarks and no export limits

Why it is free, and what that costs you

Draftie is early. The scanning models are good and they are not finished, the editor needs a real screen, and there are rough edges you will find before we do. Charging for that would be premature.

What you get out of it is a tool that does something no other tool does, at no cost, for as long as beta lasts. What we get is people using it on real drawings, which is the only thing that actually improves the models.

The honest downside: this is beta software and you should not make it the only place a drawing exists. Export what matters. That is good advice about any single account anywhere, and it is better advice about a product this young.

What happens when beta ends

We have not set prices, and we would rather say that than publish numbers we will change.

Two commitments we can make now. Plans you have already made stay yours and stay exportable, you will not lose access to your own drawings because a price appeared. And you will get notice before anything changes, not an email on the day it does.

The intention is a free tier that is genuinely usable, because the people who most need a measured plan are often the ones least able to pay a draftsperson for one. The shape of it is not settled.

What this kind of software costs elsewhere

For reference rather than comparison, since Draftie currently costs nothing. These are list prices at the time of writing and they move, so check before relying on them.

Roughly where the market sits
CategoryTypical priceWhat you get
Consumer plan tools$5–$15 / month2D and 3D drawing, render credits, furniture libraries
AI plan generation$20–$30 / monthPrompt-to-plan, usually credit-metered, not what Draftie does
Professional plan software$50–$200 / monthDocumentation, teams, client presentation
A draftsperson, per concept$500–$2,500 onceA person who knows your council
Draftie, while in betaFreeEverything on this page

What Draftie will not try to be

Worth saying on a pricing page, because it affects whether this is the right tool for you at any price.

It is not a rendering product. If what you need is a photorealistic image of a finished room, a rendering tool does that better and we are not going to catch up. It is not documentation software, it produces concept plans, and the DXF export exists precisely because the documentation happens somewhere else. And it is not going to work on a phone soon, because the canvas genuinely needs a mouse and a wide screen.

What it is for is getting from a sketch, a photo or an idea to a measured, specified, exportable plan that a builder can price and a draftsperson can document from.

Questions

Is there a catch?

No card, no watermark, no export limit, no trial clock. The catch, such as it is, is that this is beta software: it has rough edges, and you should keep exports of anything that matters rather than treating Draftie as the only copy.

What will it cost after beta?

Not decided yet. Rather than publish a number we would change, here is the commitment: notice before anything changes, and plans you have already made stay yours and stay exportable.

Will there be a free tier?

That is the intention, something genuinely usable without paying, because the people who most need a measured plan are often the ones least able to pay a draftsperson for one. The shape is not settled.

Do I need a credit card to start?

No. An email address and a password, and that is it.

Can I export without paying?

Yes, all formats, no watermark, no limits. An export you cannot use is not a product feature.

What happens to my plans if I stop using Draftie?

Export them first and you keep them in formats nothing can revoke: PDF, DXF, PNG and SVG. The DXF in particular means the geometry itself is portable, not just a picture of it.

Is there a discount for students?

Everything is free right now, so there is nothing to discount. Students are squarely who this should stay affordable for, and that will be part of whatever the free tier ends up being.

Nothing to decide yet

It is free, it takes an email address, and you can export everything. Try it on a drawing you already have.

Start free, no card

Draftie produces concept plans, not construction documents, and its plan checks are advisory rather than a compliance certificate. Product specifications change, confirm current details with the manufacturer before relying on them.