G2 Vendor Directory

OpenBuildings Designer vs. AutoCAD Plant 3D

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

MetricOpenBuildings Designer

by Bentley Systems

AutoCAD Plant 3D

by Autodesk

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count1643
Ease of use8.18.8
Ease of setup7.18.5
Quality of support8.58.8
Meets requirements8.29.1
NPS56.2567.5
Small Business43.8%34.9%
Mid-Market43.8%39.5%
Enterprise12.5%25.6%
Total page views172347
Total LLM citations7401,155

OpenBuildings Designer

OpenBuildings Designer is a multi-discipline building design application that enables BIM workflows to provide information-rich models for the design, analysis, simulation, and documentation of buildings. It incorporates OpenBuildings Designer computational design and energy services for building performance evaluation. OpenBuildings Designer immerses you in a 3D modeling environment and provides site content by referencing reality models. The application shares a catalog of design components across the project team. Built-in clash detection allows designers to coordinate building systems.

Pros

  • Features
  • Customer Support
  • Customization
  • Ease of Use

AutoCAD Plant 3D

AutoCAD® P&ID software helps designers and engineers quickly create and edit P&IDs with familiar AutoCAD in-context editing tools.

Pros

  • Drawing
  • Customization
  • Design Development
  • Layout Design
  • User Interface
  • Modeling