G2 Vendor Directory

OpenRoads Designer vs. RoadEng Civil Engineer

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

MetricOpenRoads Designer

by Bentley Systems

RoadEng Civil Engineer

by Softree Technical Systems

Overall rating4.14.6
Review count13917
Ease of use7.39.2
Ease of setup6.99.5
Quality of support7.99.6
Meets requirements8.69.2
NPS37.570.588235
Small Business22.1%41.2%
Mid-Market34.6%35.3%
Enterprise43.4%23.5%
Total page views471287
Total LLM citations3,508315

OpenRoads Designer

OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition, the successor to Bentley’s industry leading civil engineering brands InRoads, GEOPAK, MX, and PowerCivil, is a truly innovative design application, built to address the demands of today’s evolving infrastructure industry. By blending traditional engineering workflows for plan, profile, and cross-sections with 3D parametric modeling, OpenRoads Designer enables the model-centric creation of all your design deliverables.

Pros

    RoadEng Civil Engineer

    RoadEng Civil Engineer is a specialized software created to streamline the design of roads, railways, pipelines, and other corridor-based infrastructure projects. Unlike traditional CAD-heavy platforms, it emphasizes engineering efficiency, terrain modeling, and earthwork optimization, making it particularly effective for greenfield, rural and public works projects where speed and cost control are critical. Its intuitive interface allows most users to begin designing without extensive training.

    Pros