Civil 3D vs. Plex-Earth
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Civil 3D | Plex-Earth |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| Review count | 389 | 20 |
| Ease of use | 7.8 | 9.1 |
| Ease of setup | 7.4 | 9.6 |
| Quality of support | 7.7 | 9.8 |
| Meets requirements | 8.8 | 9.5 |
| NPS | 57.99458 | 80 |
| Small Business | 29.8% | 50.0% |
| Mid-Market | 43.8% | 30.0% |
| Enterprise | 26.4% | 20.0% |
| Total page views | 1,338 | 265 |
| Total LLM citations | 8,736 | 619 |
Civil 3D
Autodesk® Civil 3D® is civil infrastructure design and documentation software that helps civil engineers design, analyze, and document transportation, land development, and water infrastructure projects in a 3D model-based environment. Civil 3D provides integrated tools for working with the data and design elements used throughout civil engineering projects. Engineers and designers can create and manage surfaces, alignments, profiles, corridors, grading, pipe networks, and other infrastructure design elements while maintaining relationships between objects as designs change.
- Tools
- Design Development
- Versatility
- Intuitive
- Customization
- Powerful Fun
Plex-Earth
Plex-Earth is your geospatial go-to tool in CAD. Satellite and aerial imagery, years of historical archives, and 3D terrain, all inside your drawing. Built for AEC teams across civil engineering, solar, wind, telecom, oil & gas, and utilities, it integrates into AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Map 3D, and BricsCAD. Choose from basemaps including Google Maps, Azure Maps, and OpenStreetMap for general reference, or bring in premium imagery from Nearmap, Vexcel, Hexagon, Airbus, and Vantor when the project demands higher resolution and defensible source data.