# Lumion Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Lumion Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Lumion

## What is Lumion?

From early ideas to final visuals, Lumion’s rendering solutions make visualization fast, seamless, and intuitive. Lumion View brings real-time visualization into the earliest design stages, making it easy to explore, refine, and share ideas, directly in your 3D modeling software. Compatible with all major modeling software, Lumion Pro helps transform any 3D model into an experience that captivates and inspires, with an extensive asset library, atmospheric effects, and multiple output options.

## What is Lumion used for?

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

Overall rating

Based on 157 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

97%

Neutral

3%

Negative

1%

Pros & cons

Fast, user-friendly rendering workflow

High-quality, realistic visual output

High cost and upgrade expenses

Starting price

€199

Per User, Per Year

Free trial  
available

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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.

### Lumion

4.7 (157)

VS.

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

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

Starting Price

€199

Flat Rate, Per Year

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.5 (157)

Ease Of Use

4.8 (392)

Value For Money

4.1 (129)

Value For Money

4.6 (371)

Customer Service

4.3 (117)

Customer Service

4.6 (345)

## Lumion alternatives

[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/)

[MyArchitectAI](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016165/MyArchitectAI/)

[4.6 (72)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016165/MyArchitectAI/#reviews)

Starting price

$29.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

89%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/10016165/MyArchitectAI/)

[Hover](https://www.capterra.com/p/239375/HOVER/)

[4.8 (59)](https://www.capterra.com/p/239375/HOVER/reviews/)

Starting price

$999.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

98%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/239375/HOVER/)

[Coohom](https://www.capterra.com/p/192882/Coohom/)

[4.8 (78)](https://www.capterra.com/p/192882/Coohom/reviews/)

Starting price

$9.90

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/192882/Coohom/)

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## Pros and Cons

Fast, user-friendly rendering workflow

92% positive reviews out of 86

Most reviewers describe rendering as quick, intuitive, and packed with features for creating realistic scenes efficiently.

High cost and upgrade expenses

89% negative reviews out of 28

Most reviewers report pricing is steep, with expensive upgrades, limited licensing options, and ongoing costs compared to alternatives.

High-quality, realistic visual output

92% positive reviews out of 36

Most reviewers find rendering quality consistently delivers detailed, photorealistic images and animations with minimal effort.

Zorana E

Architect, 2 - 10 employees.

"Lumion is very easy to use, with capability to create super fast lot of different scenes in up to 8k resolution."

Enhances client communication and presentations

100% positive reviews out of 22

Most reviewers indicate client support enables quick, impressive presentations, making project updates and revisions easy for clients.

## Features

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

Data Import/Export

4.5 (37)

59.46% of 37 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Import and export data to and from software applications

Component Library

4.4 (33)

51.52% of 33 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Database of components and materials used in design templates

Landscape Design

4.5 (26)

57.69% of 26 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Edit images and create drawings with computer-aided design (CAD) tools

Rendering

4.8 (26)

65.38% of 26 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

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

BIM Modeling

4.0 (23)

52.17% of 23 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

3D design and modeling tool enabling a virtual information model

3D Modeling

4.2 (18)

61.11% of 18 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Representation of any object in 3D

Lumion 27 features

Design products in 3D

Representation of any object in 3D

Generating non-photorealistic images from 2D to 3D with a focus on lighting, shading and shadows

Representation of any object in 3D

Generating non-photorealistic images from 2D to 3D with a focus on texture and layering components

Ability to insert animations/transitions

3D design and modeling tool enabling a virtual information model

3D design and modeling tool enabling a virtual information model

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

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

View and compare images, studies, etc., to track changes over time

Database of components and materials used in design templates

Centralized repository to store content and assets

Import and export data to and from software applications

Graphical representation of data

Collaborate on creating a product by sharing and adjusting designs through a shared portal

Primarily serving architecture, engineering, and construction industry professionals

Intended to be used by architects

Edit, touch up, and convert images for publishing

Edit images and create drawings with computer-aided design (CAD) tools

Using physical, mathematical, or logical models as a basis for simulations to generate data for managerial or technical decision-making

Create panoramic images

Share and present designs

Visualize products in real time, as they are configured

Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made

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

Create original videos from scratch

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Features

4.5 (157)

4.5

Based on 157 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.1 (129)

Free Trial

[View pricing plan details](https://www.capterra.com/p/174874/Lumion/pricing/)

Lumion View

€199.00

Per User,Per Year

Lumion Pro

€999.00

Per User,Per Year

Lumion Studio

€1,299

Flat Rate,Per Year

Value for money

4.1 (129)

4.1

Based on 129 reviews

## Integrations

[

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

Revit](https://www.capterra.com/p/265023/Revit/)

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.3 (117)

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

4.3 (117)

4.3

Based on 117 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.7

Based on 157 reviews

Filter by rating

5(110)

4(42)

3(4)

2(1)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

BA

Bishnu A.

Project Engineer

Construction

### "Lumion: More than Satisfactory!!"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 5, 2026

Experience with Lumion is more than satisfactory. I can easily get the render view as per the requirement whether its exterior or interior. Also, video creation for me is so much fun and effective in Lumion. Just easy to go with software!

Pros

The ease of visualization. Whenever the file is uploaded to Lumion we can immediately see how it would shape. That makes the job way easier. It's like playing the video game, it's so easy to get used to with commands.

Cons

It takes a lot of storage in PC. For a normal user with least PC space, Lumion can be problematic which requires strong graphics as well. It could be costly.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

DS

Danielli S.

Arquiteta

Architecture & Planning

### "O render mais completo para arquitetura"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 8, 2025

O Lumion se tornou uma ferramenta importante de trabalho que facilita não só o entendimento do cliente em relação ao projeto, mas complementa o nosso processo criativo como arquiteta.

Pros

O software está repleto de ferramentas que representam detalhes do dia a dia ou de fotografias, mas que são importantes para trazer o realismo das renderizações. Umas das ferramentas mais interessantes são as possibilitam transformar um material ou superfície 2D, sem ser um objeto, em uma textura 3D customizável de vegetação ou pedra e ainda adicionar intempéries para deixar mais realista.

Cons

O valor da licença é alta, anual e não garante as atualizações das versões. Cada versão do Lumion tem novidades extremamente interessantes e úteis, mas os valores aumentam de maneira inviável.

Switched from

[V-Ray](https://www.capterra.com/p/228828/V-Ray-Collection/)

O Lumion é mais didático, tem muitos recursos e é mais facil de alcançar um realismo satisfatório com menos investimento de tempo.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

HB

Harrison B.

Interior Designer

Design

### "Lumion Review"

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

10/10

January 27, 2025

It is easy to use. Fun to use especially world building (placing trees, cars etc.) and creating scenes with different lighting, camera effects such as depth of field and using the near clip plane to get great perspectives on interiors.

Pros

It is very easy to use and I love how realistic the renders are. They are so realistic it is sometimes hard to differentiate between our renders and a photograph.

Cons

It can be slow sometimes especially if we have SketchUp models imported that have a lot of detail.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Architectural Designer

Architecture & Planning

### "Decent experience overall."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

December 30, 2024

Overall experience has been decent. Although I like the quality of rendering in Lumion, it takes a good amount of time to coordinate between multiple applications.

Pros

\- Hyper realistic renderings - Multiple customization options for materials, effects and library.

Cons

\- Additional software open, needs constant linking back and forth.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RA

rafael a.

vendeder

Animation

### "Intuitivo "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

April 25, 2024

no geral, tudo sempre ocorre bem, apresar de algumas vezes demorar

Pros

O programa é fácil de usar, possui uma grande biblioteca de materiais e objetos, assim como vegetação

Cons

o grande problema é ter um computador compatível

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

GG

GUILLAUME G.

Infographiste

Animation

### "Avis personnel"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

2.0

2.0

Customer Service

2.0

2.0

Likelihood to Recommend

3/10

February 20, 2024

Vraiment trop cher par rapport à ces concurrents proches voir par rapport aux autres softs comme cinema 4D, Adobe...

Pros

Evite les fermes de rendus et c'est tout.

Cons

Long dans l'import et les sauvegardes, Problème de récupération de textures, Primitif (peu voir aucune possibilité d'un retour en arrière, la touche tab pour passer d'une cellule à l'autre n'est pas fonctionnelle, pas de possibilité de créer sa propre bibliothèque lumion dans les plantes et personnages pour avoir les options qui vont avec).

Reasons for choosing Lumion

simple d'utilisation pour un rendu que je pensais meilleur que ces concurrents

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Jhordann C.

Asistente de ingeniero de proyectos

Mining & Metals

### "Software de renderizado y mapeo de proyectos"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 20, 2024

Es muy buena, la experiencia es muy fluida para trabajar ayuda en tiempos y genera visualizaciones muy realistas

Pros

Es mu sencillo de usar, da una perspectiva realista de cada proyecto

Cons

Es muy pesado y no cualquier pc lo puede correr de buena manera

Switched from

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

Mejor apartado de componentes mas características de modificado entre otros

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Zorana E.

Architect

Architecture & Planning

### "Power of Lumion"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

December 27, 2023

I am using Lumion for over 6 years now, mostly in my landscape designs. Lumion has great plant library, and i am very happy with an outcome it provides.

Pros

Lumion is very easy to use, with capability to create super fast lot of different scenes in up to 8k resolution.

Cons

It does not achieve the great quality with lighting as other softwares on the market.

Switched from

[Twinmotion](https://www.capterra.com/p/234219/Twinmotion/)

At the time, Lumion 8 was better in realism then Twinmotion.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MS

MOHAMED s.

ingenieur

Architecture & Planning

### "lumion un bon logeciel"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

December 5, 2023

Pros

rapide et facile a exploité c un bon logeciel

Cons

la qualitté du rendu n'est bien pour ce qui cherche un 3D détail

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MG

Mateusz G.

Architect

Architecture & Planning

### "Rating Lumion from employee eye"

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

10/10

October 31, 2023

Pros

Beautiful lanscapes and all flora assets. Of course tempo of rendering high quality views is irreplaceable

Cons

I don't have any issues with Lumion. Maybe selection of imported models could be easier eventually.

Switched from

[Artlantis](https://www.capterra.com/p/234273/Artlantis/)

[V-Ray](https://www.capterra.com/p/228828/V-Ray-Collection/)

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

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