Priya Raman

Tools Editor

Covers the app and software comparisons, including the free tiers, and reads vendors' own pricing pages rather than repeating their marketing.

Editorial byline for the AI Landscape Design team. Articles under this name are researched, written and fact-checked in-house; every figure is sourced to a page you can open yourself.

16 posts

• PRO Landscape review: cost, Windows and who it fits

  PRO Landscape+ costs $90/month or $900/year and runs on Windows 10 and 11 only. What it does, what it doesn't, and who should buy something else.

• DreamzAR review: cost, AR mode and alternatives

  DreamzAR costs $19.99/mo or $199/yr with no published free tier, and its AR mode is iOS only. What the AR is really for, and where it stops.

• Yardzen review: what it costs and who it is for

  Yardzen packages run $295 to $3,495 and a first draft lands in 5 to 10 business days. What you get, the contractor catch, and when an app is enough.

• Best free AI patio design apps 2026

  Which patio design apps are genuinely free in 2026, what each free tier actually allows, and the measurement no app will do for you.

• iScape vs Neighborbrite in 2026

  One charges up to $299.99 a year. The other is free and unlimited. I compared what each actually gives you in 2026, and who should pick which.

• Planner 5D vs iScape in 2026

  One rebuilds your yard from a catalogue, the other places objects on a photo. What each costs in 2026 and which kind of work suits you.

• Best 3D landscape design software in 2026

  What real 3D landscape design software costs in 2026, which tools build a model you can actually walk through, and when a flat render beats one.

• Best AI backyard design apps in 2026

  Which backyard design app suits a courtyard, a narrow lot, a slope or a pool surround — 2026 pricing, free tiers, and the four ways they fail.

• Best free landscape design software in 2026

  Free landscape design software means five different things. What each one actually gives you, where it stops, and which suits your yard.

• Tools for landscape work: the software and the steel

  Two toolkits get called tools for landscape: spades, mattocks and compactors, and design software. What each is for, and the order to use them.

• Free AI landscape design: what you actually get

  What a free AI landscape design tool really gives you, which one is most generous, and how to spend three free renders so they settle something.

• Best free landscape design app in 2026

  Which free landscape design apps are really free on a phone: 2026 free-tier terms, the iOS-only trap that catches Android buyers, and how to shoot a yard.

• iScape review: cost, Android and alternatives

  iScape runs $7.99/week to $299.99/year and marks its 2D and 3D tools iOS only. What it does well, where it stalls, and what to use instead.

• Neighborbrite review: what it costs and where it stops

  Neighborbrite is unlimited and free on the web, with no watermark and no card required. Where it wins and where it stops.

• Planner 5D landscape design software review

  Planner 5D is free to start, $59.99/yr Premium and $399.99/yr Professional. What its outdoor tools do, who they suit, and where they stop.

• Best landscape design software in 2026

  What landscape design software costs in 2026, from free 2D planners to $2,364/yr pro CAD, and which tier actually suits your project.