Homestyler vs Sweet Home 3D: catalog facts
 Homestyler |  Sweet Home 3D |
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Best for: Homeowners and designers planning and visualizing rooms in 3D |
Best for: Planning a room layout before you move the furniture |
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Free + paid options Free to design online; enterprise solutions are sold through sales. |
Free The desktop application is free and open source under the GPL. |
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Web |
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web |
- No install needed
- Large library of furniture models
All 4 strengths for Homestyler- No install needed
- Large library of furniture models
- Converts uploaded 2D plans into 3D
- Cloud rendering
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- 2D plan and 3D view update together as you draw
- Over 10,000 models and 400 textures included in the full download
All 5 strengths for Sweet Home 3D- 2D plan and 3D view update together as you draw
- Over 10,000 models and 400 textures included in the full download
- Produces photo-quality renderings and video walkthroughs
- An online version runs in any WebGL browser, with nothing to install
- Translated into around twenty languages
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- Requires an internet connection
- Details of paid tiers are not listed on the homepage
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- Aimed at interior layout, not engineering drawings or parametric parts
- Java-based, so it does not feel like a native application on any platform
All 3 limitations for Sweet Home 3D- Aimed at interior layout, not engineering drawings or parametric parts
- Java-based, so it does not feel like a native application on any platform
- The 3D rendering is good enough to plan with rather than to publish
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Web application |
Downloadable app, Web application |
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Not open source |
Open source |
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License not stated |
License: GPL-2.0 |
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Not stated if an account is needed |
No account needed |
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Needs internet |
Offline features available |
Sources for HomestylerCatalog checked September 24, 2026 |
Sources for Sweet Home 3DCatalog checked September 20, 2026 |
“Not stated” means we have not confirmed it. Features can vary by device and plan.
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