Design Flex 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Design Flex

4.3

(349)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Design Flex

Design Flex is a kitchen and bathroom design application that assists professional designers with space planning, photorealistic rendering and presentation on a unified interface. The platform provides content libraries with decorative catalog items, textures and finishes from manufacturers, which lets users specify and visualize spaces with real products.

It offers a large selection of manufacturer catalogs for kitchens and bathrooms, including cloud-configurable cabinets, appliances, and plumbing. The software provides advanced design tools that allow designers to create stunning spaces through space planning, photorealistic renderings, 360-degree panoramas, and a lighting wizard.

Design Flex includes EZ Render, a rendering engine, which allows professionals to automatically implement lighting effects across cabinet finishes, tiling, flooring, paint and countertop materials. Real estate agents can utilize the Virtual Reality (VR) viewer to deliver immersive 3D experiences and 360° panoramic views of designs to clients.

With a design wizard, businesses can draw custom walls, ceilings, window or cabinets. The tools can be used to place moldings or doors, add countertops to cabi...

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Design Flex Pricing and Plans

Starting price: Pricing available upon request

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

Pricing available upon request

No plan information available

Design Flex Features

Popular features found in Architecture
2D Drawing
3D Imaging
BIM Modeling
Contact Management
Contract/License Management
Data Import/Export
Design Management
Document Management
Drafting
Presentation Tools
Third-Party Integrations
More features of Design Flex
Billing & Invoicing
Bills of Material
Data Visualization
Document Storage
For AEC Industry
Planning Tools
Project Workflow
Quotes/Estimates
Summary Reports
Task Management
Task Progress Tracking
Task Scheduling
Template Management
Timesheet Management

Design Flex Integrations

SketchUp

Integration rated 3.5 from 14 reviews

Design Flex User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.3

Ratings Breakdown

51%

32%

14%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

3.9

Customer support

4.3

Functionality

4.1

Teresa S.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2026

Flexibility and pricing are key features.

Previously 4

It is still my number one design program, and I do appreciate many of the features that they offer and the collaborations that they have with cabinetry companies.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 3

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Previously 4

Pros:

The new updates have allowed more possibility in designing with real time appliances, and lighting features.

Cons:

The rendering feature can take some time, and there are quite a few glitches with some of the cabinetry.

CHARLES O.

Verified reviewer

Architecture & Planning

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Wow Rendering Factor!

My experience has been fabulous. The entire transition has been seamless. Thank you so much!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Realistic rendering that replicates the space as envisioned. I also appreciate the fact that several materials and interior selections are available for me to use in the design. I am practically limited by my imagination.

Cons:

Nothing of significance that I can highlight at this moment.

Reasons for switching to Design Flex

Materials list and pricing are already built into the program.

Patrick M.

Verified reviewer

Building Materials

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed February 2025

It is okay at best.

I have been a Kitchen Designer fo more than 20 years. It works okay but it is not my first choice. I truthfully get so angry at the bugs that I am not happy with the purchase.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The program has many features. It also has the ability to do a very nice and realistic 3D rendering.

Cons:

I have used the 2020 software for many years and it was great until the new interface. I am not sure what happened but the the new system is vey buggy and the drag feature will often lose contol and the cabinet will disappear or just plain drop off the grid and reappear when doing a renering.

Reasons for switching to Design Flex

I thought it was similiar to the old version.

Joe H.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed November 2025

Powerful program that is easy to use

I just started working with 2020 this week and have already completed and priced out 4 kitchens. It has been much easier to get started than I could've expected.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

As a first-time user of the program, I found Design Flex to be very intuitive to use. It was very easy to get started, and the ability to quickly show clients 3D color renderings was great.

Cons:

The only difficult thing so far with Design Flex is that there is so much you can do. Learning it all will take a while.

Jen S.

Verified reviewer

Building Materials

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed August 2024

Kitchen and Bath Designer

I have been happy with Design Live and what it allows me to offer to my customers. The recent improvements with perspectives is huge to me.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

2020 Design Live allows me to show customers what their new project is going to look like. DL is easy to use with multiple lines.

Cons:

Sometimes the lighting effects take forever to get correct in the perspective view.

Reasons for choosing Design Flex

I liked the ease of use when creating a kitchen.

Vendor Response

Hey Jen, Thank you for your review, we appreciate that you left a comment!

Replied August 2024

Markku K.

Verified reviewer

Design

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2024

Good new features added.

I have used the 2020 software for many years and with the addition of the cloud catalogs and sketchup object import we are able to expand what we can do.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is supported by a wide selection of manufacturer supported catalogs which makes ensuring the proper fit, finish, and textures for the renderings.

Cons:

It has significant resource and hardware requirements, so you have to pay attention to get the proper computers.

Reasons for choosing Design Flex

Supported catalogs and integration with our manufacturers.

Andrea H.

Verified reviewer

Design

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed July 2024

Over 20 Years using 2020/Cyncly

I have used the 2020 program for over 21 years. So, it has really come a long way and they offer tons of manufacturer catalogs for designing. Overall I like the new 3D renders and additional items offered with the Design Live that you can import or bring into your layouts.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It looks like the 3D render is better and there are more tile and countertop selections.

Cons:

Now that 3D design is so life like, customers want to see their selections in the 3D renders. 2020/Cyncly has limitations when creating additional spaces in the home where customers add cabinetry. Like archways and specialty areas in the kitchens and other rooms. It's hard to make the renders look realistic

Reasons for choosing Design Flex

I still feel like 2020 has an edge on manufacturer catalogs and overall design. But I do think 2020 should keep up with the latest render ability and keep the price competitive. If another software like a Pro Kitchen or Autocad gets a better at 3D render and offers a lower price than 2020 they will take market share from 2020.

Ken M.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Reviewed November 2024

Artisan Renovations review of 2020 Spaces

Been using 2020 Spaces for a month now and although still in a learning curve, very satisfied with the program.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is much easier to use than other such programs we have used or tested. It easily allows input of various cabinetry and appliances, and access to manufacturer catalogs for accurate designs. We have found it is the same software used by our cabinet vendors which allows for easy interfacing with their ordering systems. As a contractor it also allows for full home design and room layouts too. We highly recommend 2020 Spaces for all your renovation needs.

Cons:

Still learning the system, but making adjustments to designs can be a little frustrating, and time consuming. We have found it easier to delete areas of the design and re-input.

Reasons for choosing Design Flex

Features and ease of use especially for kitchen and bath design

Reasons for switching to Design Flex

Houzz Pro did not have the features or ease of use that 2020 Spaces has

Matt B.

Verified reviewer

Retail

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed June 2024

Home is always Local

Excellent, the platform is very familiar and there are some great new features like the Local function and the Variations function that have improved the way Design Live works.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

My favorite new function in Design Live is the Local function located in the Home ribbon. I remember this by the phrase 'Home is always Local'. This function opens File Explorer where the file is located providing instant access to any records that I have saved in that drawings project folder.

Cons:

I don't like that the colors have been removed from the Icons, in V13 it was easier to identify them as the new colors are very similar in all Icons I have to look a lot closer to make sure that I have selected the correct one.

Reasons for choosing Design Flex

Ease of use, functions are more intuitive, support behind the product surpasses other products, innovation of new product is constant.

Gabriel L.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed March 2025

Kitchen designs that make our life easier