G2 Vendor Directory

DIALux vs. SketchUp

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricDIALux

by DIAL

SketchUp

by Trimble

Overall rating4.54.5
Review count121,328
Ease of use8.69.0
Ease of setup9.49.1
Quality of support8.38.4
Meets requirements9.38.7
NPS66.66666769.230769
Small Business66.7%75.1%
Mid-Market16.7%17.9%
Enterprise16.7%7.0%
Total page views2753,532
Total LLM citations1,86053,934

DIALux

DIALux is the world’s leading software platform for professional lighting design, calculation, and visualization, trusted by over 750,000 users worldwide. Developed by DIAL, a company based in Lüdenscheid, Germany, DIALux has set the industry standard since its launch in 1994, serving lighting designers, architects, engineers, and planners in more than 26 languages and across a wide range of project types. At its core, DIALux simplifies the entire lighting design process for both indoor and outdoor environments.

Pros

  • Library Variety
  • Lighting Quality
  • Realistic Rendering
  • Creativity
  • Collaboration
  • User Interface

SketchUp

Trimble is a global technology company founded in 1978 and headquartered in Westminster, Colorado. With over 11,000 employees worldwide, Trimble connects the physical and digital worlds to transform the ways work gets done. Through relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling, and data analytics, Trimble powers essential industries including construction, geospatial, and transportation. Whether helping customers build infrastructure, optimize global supply chains, or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront of driving productivity and progress.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • 3D Modeling
  • Ease of Learning
  • Intuitive
  • Drawing
  • Modeling