# CityEngine Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 CityEngine Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on August 24, 2025

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[Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews)

CityEngine

## What is CityEngine?

Urban planning, architecture, and design software with 3D visualization capabilities to help manage projects and plan implementations.

## What is CityEngine used for?

[3D Architecture](https://www.capterra.com/3d-architecture-software/)

Top alternative

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Overall rating

Based on 3 user reviews

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### CityEngine

4.7 (3)

VS.

[4.4 (72)](https://www.capterra.com/p/207052/Enscape/reviews/)

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Starting Price

$52.9

Other, Per Year

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.3 (3)

Ease Of Use

4.6 (387)

Value For Money

4.3 (3)

Value For Money

4.2 (366)

Customer Service

4.0 (3)

Customer Service

4.0 (340)

## CityEngine alternatives

[4.4 (44)](https://www.capterra.com/p/177284/Cedreo/reviews/)

Starting price

$129.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

86%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

Highest Rated

[D5 Render](https://www.capterra.com/p/10005615/D5-Render/)

[4.8 (387)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10005615/D5-Render/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

99%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/10005615/D5-Render/)

[SketchUp](https://www.capterra.com/p/211798/SketchUp/)

[4.5 (1,046)](https://www.capterra.com/p/211798/SketchUp/reviews/)

Starting price

$19.99

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

92%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/211798/SketchUp/)

[AutoCAD](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/)

[4.7 (3,205)](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/reviews/)

Starting price

$250.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/)

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

3D Modeling

4.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Representation of any object in 3D

Collaboration Tools

3.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Drafting

4.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Prepare preliminary versions of digital documents, technical drawings, or design mock-ups for review

Project Management

4.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments

Rendering

5.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Generation of non-photorealistic images from a 2D or 3D model

CityEngine 5 features

Representation of any object in 3D

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Prepare preliminary versions of digital documents, technical drawings, or design mock-ups for review

Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments

Generation of non-photorealistic images from a 2D or 3D model

Features

4.0 (3)

4.0

Based on 3 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.3 (3)

### Starting price

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for pricing

Free trial  
not available

Value for money

4.3 (3)

4.3

Based on 3 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.0 (3)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.0 (3)

4.0

Based on 3 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.7

Based on 3 reviews

Filter by rating

5(2)

4(1)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

Stefano P.

Technical drawing assistant

Architecture & Planning

### "A useful tool for urban planning"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

April 9, 2023

In general, I find it an essential tool for the automated design of certain structures, it saves time and generates very realistic 3D models.

Pros

One advantage is the speed at which design progresses, since with automated processes and rulers, complex designs can be created with little manual intervention. It also allows for better spatially located designs by integrating satellite imagery.

Cons

Its only disadvantage is that it requires hardware with high processing capacity and a minimum graphics card to be able to work smoothly, otherwise it may present delays or even fail to open the application.

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AU

Anonymous User

Civil Aviation Authority

Aviation & Aerospace

### "City Engine- An amazing and powerful tool for Urban City Design"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

March 29, 2021

I often don't make reviews for the products or services but City Engine impressed me a lot to do this here. it's an impressive tool in the world of 3D modeling. It provides high-end visualization and multiple design alternatives for your team. A highly recommended tool from my side.

Pros

I am pretty much inspired by this tool. You can create 3D visualization very easily with City Engine. I found it very useful for carrying out urban planning projects. It also saves your time as compared to other ways of 3D visualization.

Cons

It works good but sometimes unstable integration to other Softwares makes the process slow. Also, rendering can be better for the effective use of this tool.

Review source

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AM

Ahmad M.

CEO

Civil Engineering

### "I have requested Trial version several times over the years of improvements but features not stable"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

February 28, 2018

Excellent for fast city planning rough draft and final draft

Pros

Access to satellite landscape geodata maps for desire project location and transition the data to other 3D Applications. Generate City in few minutes even though some features are not stable.

Cons

Unstable Integration to other Software or Game Engines is a major drawback. This could be among other reasons why many potential users out there avoid the Software package. Other big firms do use it with their custom "Scripts" to avoid features limitations.

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