Page 12 | Best Engineering Software for Startups of 2026

Vizbase

Vizbase is an AI rendering platform for architects, interior designers and design studios. Upload a view from SketchUp, Revit, Rhino or Blender, or a hand sketch. Vizbase detects the walls, floors, joinery, furniture and fixtures in the scene and lets you set materials element by element: in plain language, from a reference photo, or from a library of more than 2,000 materials. It then returns a photorealistic render that follows your design. Four render modes cover different jobs, from Gen 2.0, closest to the source image, to Gen 4.0, with photographic light and materials. Refine changes a marked area of a finished render, Multiview carries an approved look across camera angles, and exports go up to 8K. The native SketchUp plugin (SketchUp 2021+, Windows and macOS) renders straight from the model. Vizbase runs in the browser, so no render engine or GPU is needed. Renders come with full commercial rights. Free plan: 5 credits, no credit card.

Starting Price: €29/month

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3DGEN

3DGEN is a set of parametric generators that run entirely in the browser and turn ideas into print-ready 3D models without CAD. Upload an STL and get a printable two-part box mold, a reusable silicone mold box or a plaster slip-casting mold; or start from an image, text or a photo to make cookie and clay cutters, stamps, texture rollers, nameplates, keychains, lithophanes, suncatchers, vase and planter molds, casting trays, pet bowls and bowl stands. Every generator has a live 3D preview and sliders for size, walls and details, and exports STL or 3MF ready for the slicer. Files are processed locally in the browser and are not uploaded to a server. Freemium: the free plan covers personal use; Pro adds unlimited downloads, a commercial license and your own logo instead of the 3DGEN mark.

Starting Price: $20/month

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Tutelia

Tutelia is a browser-based floor-planning application for creating measured 2D layouts and exploring them in 3D. Users can draw walls by entering dimensions or trace an existing JPG, PNG or SVG plan, then add rooms, doors, windows, furniture, lighting, floor and wall finishes, balconies, gardens, pools, stairs, multiple levels and basements. The plan can be viewed from above, in section, or as a first-person walkthrough, including day and evening views. Projects can be shared through a browser link so recipients can view the plan and 3D walkthrough without installing an app or creating an account. Users can also export a scaled A4 PDF or image and a floor-area sheet. Tutelia is intended for property professionals, interior designers, renovation businesses, retail and office planners, and homeowners who need to visualize a space or communicate a proposed layout.

Starting Price: €15/month

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Vizai Render

Vizai Render is an AI-assisted rendering extension for SketchUp used by architects, interior designers, and design students to create presentation visuals from a model viewport. It captures the active view for cloud processing and returns generated imagery in the SketchUp panel. Users can choose project type, lighting, weather, framing, and aspect ratio, then refine images with masked edits, create alternate views and close-ups, and upscale output. Additional creative tools support room furnishing, rendered floor plans, moodboards, conceptual diagrams, 360-degree panoramas, short AI videos, and 3D blocks from reference images. The extension also includes utilities for model cleanup, mirror reflections, lighting effects, and seamless floor textures. It is available for Windows and macOS, with free credits and monthly subscription or credit-pack options.

Starting Price: $29

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PartGrid

Partgrid.ai

PartGrid is a web-based spare-parts catalog platform for manufacturers, OEMs, distributors, dealer networks, and aftermarket e-commerce teams. It converts exploded-view diagrams, technical drawings, PDFs, and structured parts lists into searchable interactive catalogs. AI-assisted detection links diagram callouts to part records, with review and correction tools for exceptions. Teams can organize parts into categories and collections, maintain replacements and pricing, and publish branded catalogs as embeds in websites or portals. The customer-facing viewer supports visual lookup and can route selected parts to quote or cart workflows. Catalog localization, currencies, dealer access, and documented integrations help fit the experience into existing service and commerce operations.

Starting Price: €99/month

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CADProps

CadProps Technologies Pte. Ltd.

CADProps is a browser-based CAD viewer and measurement workspace for engineers, manufacturing and purchasing staff, designers, and other users who need to inspect parts without installing desktop CAD software. It opens supported STEP, IGES, STL, OBJ, 3MF, DWG/DXF and selected native CAD files, with capabilities that vary by format and geometry. Users can inspect assemblies, measure dimensions and geometry, calculate surface area and volume, estimate mass using a selected material density, compare models, process batches, and export property data. Viewing and measuring are available without an account; signing in is required to convert files, save them across devices, or create share links. The web workspace also supports temporary guest sessions and shareable model reviews. It covers 92 extensions. Native CAD formats are processed on CADProps servers. Ethan Tan, CTO.

Starting Price: Free

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FPVtune

FPVtune is a browser-based Betaflight tuning and flight-log analysis tool for FPV drone pilots. Users provide Betaflight blackbox flight logs and a CLI configuration dump; the service analyzes gyro noise, resonance, step response and motor data, then returns recommended PID, filter and feedforward settings as Betaflight CLI commands. It supports Betaflight 4.5 and later. Additional tools analyze crash logs for possible causes such as ESC desynchronization, power loss, failsafe events, gyro overflow and mechanical failures, and inspect motor imbalance, vibration and saturation. A flight-time calculator estimates flight time from battery capacity and current draw. The product is intended for pilots who want help interpreting flight data and applying tuning changes in Betaflight Configurator.

Starting Price: $19.95/month

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Nasjicad

UPREPS

Nasjicad is a 2D computer-aided design (CAD) application for creating and editing technical drawings in a browser or as desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux. It provides line, polyline, arc, circle, spline, hatch, dimension, text, layer, snap and block tools, plus editing and plotting functions. It opens and saves DWG and DXF drawings and offers PDF, image and drawing-conversion tools. Optional AI features can create or revise editable 2D geometry, trace PDF pages and images, generate takeoff tables, apply office standards and prepare sheet sets. The software supports drafting tasks such as floor plans, sections and mechanical details. Manual drafting is free and requires no account; optional AI and whole-drawing services use monthly plans, credits or a limited free monthly allowance.

Starting Price: $5/month

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fabPlane

TensorFleet

fabPlane is a desktop electronic design automation (EDA) workspace for creating and editing printed circuit boards with an AI agent. It bundles KiCad and works directly with existing KiCad project files, so users can open and continue working on .kicad_pro projects without importing or converting them. Designers can describe a board's purpose, sketch connections, or provide a reference, then use typed tools and review each proposed change as a diff before accepting or discarding it. After acceptance, fabPlane runs the autorouter and design-rule checks. The workflow also includes manufacturing checks, output generation, bills of materials, and purchase carts for supported fabrication houses and component distributors. fabPlane is free to download, with desktop builds for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It serves electronics and PCB designers, KiCad users, hardware teams, and open-hardware makers.

Starting Price: $0

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Sol-load

Solplan

Sol-load is a Windows desktop application for geotechnical and structural engineers analyzing the axial capacity and load-settlement behavior of a single pile in layered soil. It calculates compression and uplift capacity using API, USACE, FHWA (Nordlund and Tomlinson), Revised Lambda, and CPT-based NGI, ICP, UWA, and Fugro methods, with nominal, ASD, or LRFD design values. Nonlinear load-transfer analysis uses shaft t-z and tip Q-w curves generated from soil inputs or entered by the user. Workflows also cover driven piles and drilled shafts, negative skin friction, neutral-plane assessment, CPT soundings, and comparison with pile load-test data. Reports can be exported to PDF, Word, and Excel, with SI and US customary units. The Windows 10/11 application uses an online license and supports up to 30 days of offline use. A 7-day free trial is available.

Starting Price: $20/month

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Solpile

Solplan

Solpile is Windows desktop software for geotechnical and structural engineers analyzing a single pile under lateral loading in layered soil. Users define pile geometry, section properties and soil layers, then apply pile-head or distributed loads to calculate response. It uses p-y soil models and a finite-difference beam-on-springs solver. Analysis options include groundwater, sloping ground, battered piles, static or cyclic loading, soil movement, nonlinear pile-section behavior, axial-load interaction and LRFD combinations. Results include deflection, bending moment, shear, soil reaction and p-y curves at selected depths. Additional studies cover pushover response, buckling, stiffness and pile length. Tables and reports can be exported to PDF, Word and Excel, and analyses can use SI or US customary units. Solpile is a Windows 10/11 desktop application with online licensing and offline use for up to 30 days.

Starting Price: $40/month

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AutoMEP

Envy Creative

AutoMEP is a browser-based AI drafting tool for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineers and designers. Users upload AutoCAD DWG or Revit RVT drawings, describe changes in plain English, and receive updated native DWG or RVT files. An AI agent reads the drawing, plans and applies requested work, then runs a separate review pass against the request. Supported tasks include HVAC duct and pipe routing, equipment placement, tagging with leaders, dimensions, pipe-slope annotations, schedules, and sheet layouts. AutoMEP organizes new geometry on AIA/NCS layers or a firm's own CAD standard and supports files with external references (xrefs). The browser-based workflow requires no installation, plug-in, macros, or CAD training and supports routine drafting changes across HVAC, electrical, and plumbing projects.

Starting Price: $39/month

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ZapSketch

ZapSketch is a browser-based electrical home-run planning tool for electricians, electrical contractors, and estimators. Users can import a floor-plan PDF, sketch walls on a blank sheet, or work from a quick drawing, then place panels, junction boxes, and devices and route circuits and raceways. The application measures run lengths and provides preliminary conductor-sizing, ampacity, voltage-drop, and conduit-fill feedback as the layout changes, using documented NEC 2023 calculation assumptions. Users can review circuit schedules and export marked-up plan PDFs and raceway pull schedules for estimating, review, and field handoff; some export details and unwatermarked reports require Pro. Free standalone voltage-drop, wire-size, and conduit-fill calculators are also available. ZapSketch is a preliminary planning aid, not a replacement for adopted-code review, engineering judgment, or verification of project conditions.

Starting Price: $19/month

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Pi3D

Pivision

Pi3D is a Windows application that turns a 3D model supplied as a STEP file into workshop documentation for manufacturers and engineering teams working with sheet-metal and welded assemblies. It generates bills of materials, detail drawings, ballooned assembly drawings, flat patterns, cutting contours for laser, plasma and waterjet, press-brake bend sequences, weld drawings to ISO 2553 with seam measurements, operation lists, and printable A4–A0 sheets with a custom title block. Pi3D does not replace or modify the originating CAD system; it runs separately without an add-in or extra library. It runs on the user's own machine, keeping models on-site rather than uploading them to the cloud. The product comes with a one-time perpetual license and support, with no monthly or annual fee. Customers can submit a STEP file to receive a sample document set at no charge.

Starting Price: $1,881 one-time

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NestMaxx

EXASTELLAR INDUSTRIES

NestMaxx is a browser-based 2D true-shape nesting tool for preparing parts for laser, plasma, waterjet and CNC router cutting. It arranges parts on one or more sheets using their outlines, supports part-in-part placement, rotation and grain controls, and lets users add quantities, priorities and arrays. Parts can be imported from DXF or SVG, created in a built-in drafting editor, or selected from a library of more than 40 parametric shapes. Users can set sheet dimensions and spacing, adjust layouts manually, and export each sheet as DXF or SVG for use in separate CAD/CAM or machine software. NestMaxx runs in the browser on the user's device and is offered free without an account or installation. It is intended for fabricators and shops working with sheet metal, wood panels and other flat materials.

Starting Price: Free

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IrriPlanner

IrriPlanner Kft.

IrriPlanner is a browser-based irrigation design application for irrigation contractors, landscape designers and homeowners. Users can trace a property to scale, start with a satellite image, CamToPlan scan or imported PDF, and place sprinkler heads manually or automatically. The software groups heads into zones using measured pressure and flow, routes pipework, and checks coverage, pressure, valve limits and connections during editing. It produces a PDF plan and report, bill of materials, and client quotation. Its catalog includes products from multiple sprinkler manufacturers, and users can add custom types. A free plan supports up to two projects and PDF export; paid plans add unlimited projects and further reporting and quotation features. IrriPlanner runs in a web browser and is optimized for desktop use.

Starting Price: $0

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RayCAD

XRay Labs Inc.

RayCAD is an installed Autodesk Revit plugin that automates tag placement and annotation for HVAC and piping views in MEP shop drawings. Teams map Revit element families to their own tag families and configure placement, frequency and layout rules. RayCAD reads model data inside Revit, places tags where configured information changes and avoids overlaps. It supports native Revit elements and fabrication equivalents, including ducts, pipes, fittings, accessories, equipment and generic models, in floor plans and sections. A review panel flags elements needing manual attention; users can retag changed elements, reuse presets and undo a run. RayCAD runs on the user's computer and requires an internet connection for license checks. It supports Revit 2021–2027 and is intended for MEP drafting teams preparing construction or fabrication documentation. Electrical and fire-protection tagging are not yet supported.

Starting Price: $200/month

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Solispec

Solispec is a browser-based solar design and proposal tool for installers, PV designers, homeowners, distributors and mounting manufacturers. It combines site planning, structural checks and customer proposals. Users can model ground-mounted arrays and flat or pitched roofs, assess mounting structures for snow and wind loads, configure PV strings across MPPT inputs, and generate drawings, cutting lists and bills of materials. The software estimates PV generation and payback, shows tree and building shade in 3D, and creates branded proposals with multiple options, PDF export and a shareable acceptance link. Users can select manufacturer equipment or add their own products and prices. Homeowners can prepare preliminary plans, while professionals can manage projects and clients; Business adds team roles and engineer-review workflows. Structural outputs should be reviewed by a qualified professional before installation.

Starting Price: €9/month

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StructSuite

StructSuite is free, browser-based structural design and load-calculation software for residential and light-frame buildings. It designs wood and steel beams and columns to NDS 2024 and AISC 360-22; floor and ceiling joists and rafters using 2024 IBC span tables; wood-frame shear walls drawn on the building plan to SDPWS 2021, with Simpson hold-downs and anchors; isolated and strip footings to ACI 318-25; and cantilever retaining walls with concrete or CMU stems to TMS 402-22. It also calculates dead, live, seismic, and wind loads to ASCE 7-22. Each step shows equations with project values substituted and a book icon quoting the governing code paragraph. The results can be assembled into one calculation report for plan review. The free plan includes every module, unlimited calculations, and one cloud project. Pro adds unlimited projects, PDF reports, and an online verification link for plan checkers; subscriptions cost $100/month or $1,000/year, and a one-week Pro pass costs $50.

Starting Price: $50 one-time

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MapperTool

AirScan Kft.

MapperTool is cloud photogrammetry software that turns drone images into georeferenced orthomosaics, digital surface and terrain models, 3D point clouds, thermal maps and NDVI vegetation maps. Users upload imagery in a browser, select outputs, monitor processing, and review, measure and share results in an online map viewer. Exports include formats such as GeoTIFF, JPG and LAZ for GIS and CAD workflows. Surveyors, drone service providers, construction and earthwork teams, inspectors, and agricultural users can use the maps for site documentation, elevation and volume analysis, thermal inspection and crop-health review. Optional object-counting and solar-inspection tools support map-based review. The free tier has project and image limits; paid subscriptions provide higher image allowances, longer project access and additional features. MapperTool runs online and does not require installed photogrammetry software.

Starting Price: €0/month

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SAM Aviation Maintenance Software

ASA Software ApS

SAM (Simplified Aircraft Maintenance) by ASA Software is an Easy-to-Use Software suite, designed to make aircraft maintenance time saving and cost effective and provides aircraft operators, CAMO and MROs with all the required functionality. Our solution is cloud based - so no need for local servers and easy access from several locations. The license price is independent on the number of aircrafts - only the concurrent users and the modules used, has an influence.

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Calibration Control

Ape Software

Use Calibration Control (CC) for Calibration, Maintenance, or general Asset Management. Quickly and visually track equipment that requires Calibration or Maintenance using customizable highlighted grids, auto emails, or reports. Maintain histories with audit trails relating to equipment traceability, people, companies, related documents, attachments, certificates, & more. Automate Calibration Control with custom or default barcode labels scanned by time-saver data entry dialogs to increase speed and traceability. Use the Report Designer for custom reports or modify existing reports. ISO, FDA, & ANSI quality systems use CC to maintain compliance and effortlessly communicate that compliance to auditors and internal customers. Although CC grew up in a Manufacturing environment, it is also used in other industries like Metrology Services, Health Care, Aviation/Aerospace, Mining, Testing, Maintenance, Designer Engineering, Oil Wells, Distribution, Packaging, and others.

Starting Price: $768

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Streamtime

Streamtime Software is a web-based project-management tool built for creative teams. On a mission to defend creativity, Streamtime helps teams take care of administrative work but without the boring, frustrating, and ugly forms and processes. Streamtime features beautiful, intuitive, and helpful tools that cover time tracking, job planning, quoting and invoicing, scheduling, and reporting.

Starting Price: $15.00/month/user

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Cirro

AirSuite

Cirro is a unique and automated operations flight management software solution developed by AirSuite. Designed and built by pilots and operations, Cirro offers a complete flight management services and features that include flight itinerary, flight following, scheduler, flight duty times, maps and charts, field gear tracking, billing and invoicing, navigation and waypoints, dangerous goods, and so much more. As the flagship product of AirSuite, Cirro enables fixed

Starting Price: $40.00/month

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Sim3D

Emulate3D

Sim3D is a desktop-based high-performance system simulation software. It provides a common representation of the project state, reduces project-associated risks investment, and produces statistical results. Sim3D helps create model layouts with drag and drop catalog components, import a variety of CAD formats to enhance the models and incorporate CAD to create company-specific catalogs.

Starting Price: $5000.00/one-time/user

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Mosaic

Mosaic is an AI-powered resource planning and workforce management solution that increases profitability and productivity. It integrates with most project and financial management software to automatically gather data and show who is working on what, when. Teams can then accurately bill and forecast, effectively manage capacity, and strategically plan workloads. Mosaic rescues organizations from clunky spreadsheets and gives them the true big picture. Get started today with a free 30-day trial.

Starting Price: $9.99 per user per month

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MediaLab Compliance & CE

MediaLab

Compliance & CE is MediaLab’s all-inclusive course library and learning management system. This solution provides your employees or students with over 148 courses covering all major laboratory disciplines and ranging from basic to advanced. You can target all of your training needs with CourseBuilder, our included functionality that allows you to customize our courses and build your own courses. You can easily assign courses to specific groups of employees or students and track and review their performance. 10-15 new courses are added every year and automatically included in your subscription. Compliance & CE supports: • The CAP GEN.54200 requirement for an all-inclusive learning management system, • Course customization for targeted training, • Mass group assignments to employees or students, • Detailed score reports, dashboards, and automatic notifications to monitor performance, and more!

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Limble

Limble CMMS

Maintenance professionals across a variety of industries have a very real challenge: outdated, difficult-to-use, and expensive maintenance software. At Limble, we believe that you should love your CMMS, not just tolerate it. Limble CMMS was created to become the first truly easy-to-use, modern, and mobile CMMS that can be started in minutes with a return on investment within a matter of weeks. A few years later, we have ecstatic and pleased customers all over the world in manufacturing, mining, hospitality, office facilities, religious parishes, energy, restaurants, agriculture, and more.

Starting Price: $35.00/month/user

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HydroCAD

HydroCAD Software Solutions

HydroCAD Stormwater Modeling provides easy TR-20, TR-55, SBUH, and Rational hydrology, plus TC calculations, pond storage, outlet hydraulics, pump routing, underground storage, pollutant loading, and more. Special features include direct CAD import, dam breach routing, skimmers, tubes, siphons, local rainfall data import, and a constantly expanding chamber library. Interactive graphical environment is fast and intuitive, producing better results in less time on every project.

Starting Price: $295.00

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RETScreen

RETScreen International

The RETScreen® Clean Energy Management Software platform enables low-carbon planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting. RETScreen Expert, an advanced premium version of the software, is available in Viewer mode completely free-of-charge. We collaborate with government and multilateral organizations to co-fund and develop advanced versions of the RETScreen® Clean Energy Management Software platform. RETScreen Expert, the intelligent version of the software, incorporates benchmark, feasibility, performance and portfolio analysis for various types of facilities, including commercial, institutional, residential, industrial and power generation, all within one comprehensive platform. The focus of our innovation lab is to ensure that the RETScreen software is always at the leading edge of the clean energy technology transition, and that we continuously improve our platform to meet the complex needs of our large and rapidly growing global user community.

Starting Price: $869 per year

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Best Engineering Software for Startups - Page 12

Compare the Top Engineering Software for Startups as of November 2026 - Page 12

Vizbase

3DGEN

Tutelia

Vizai Render

PartGrid

CADProps

FPVtune

Nasjicad

fabPlane

Sol-load

Solpile

AutoMEP

ZapSketch

Pi3D

NestMaxx

IrriPlanner

RayCAD

Solispec

StructSuite

MapperTool

SAM Aviation Maintenance Software

Calibration Control

Streamtime

Cirro

Sim3D

Mosaic

MediaLab Compliance & CE

Limble

HydroCAD

RETScreen

Best Engineering Software for Startups - Page 12

Compare the Top Engineering Software for Startups as of November 2026 - Page 12

Vizbase

3DGEN

Tutelia

Vizai Render

PartGrid

CADProps

FPVtune

Nasjicad

fabPlane

Sol-load

Solpile

AutoMEP

ZapSketch

Pi3D

NestMaxx

IrriPlanner

RayCAD

Solispec

StructSuite

MapperTool

SAM Aviation Maintenance Software

Calibration Control

Streamtime

Cirro

Sim3D

Mosaic

MediaLab Compliance & CE

Limble

HydroCAD

RETScreen

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