Civil 3D 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

Wondering if Civil 3D is right for your organization?

Our Engineering CAD Software selection experts can help you in 15 minutes or less.

On this page

Overview
Pricing and Plans
Features
User Reviews

Overview

Civil 3D

4.4

(39)

Pricing

Starting at $320.00 per month

About Civil 3D

Civil 3D software is a product-focused on civil infrastructure design and documentation. It provides the tools required for creating, editing, and publishing drawings of roads, highways, bridges, railroads, canals and junctions that enable you to create intelligent designs.

Users can quickly document them using the latest data capture technology, create 3D artwork to interactively visualize design, produce a wide range of reports and perform advanced calculations to support complex master planning. Start with plan production including profile and cross-section sheets and get high accuracy drawing sheets on your desktop. Easily create stakeout points from plan views, and then convert them to construction staking layouts.

Design projects more efficiently with Autodesk PowerCivil tools for international coordinate system translation and translation tables, plus an intelligent design tool for automatic grading.

Civil 3D Screenshots

Civil 3D Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $320.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$320.00

flat rate, per month

No plan information available

Confused about pricing? We've got you covered.

Get a personalized pricing breakdown tailored to your specific needs—no guesswork, no generic estimates.

Civil 3D Features

Popular features found in Engineering CAD
2D Drawing
3D Imaging
Collaboration Tools
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Design Analysis
Design Management
Document Management
Presentation Tools
Version Control
More features of Civil 3D
CAD Tools
Civil
Electrical
Manufacturing Design Data
Mechanical
Project Management
Reporting/Analytics

Civil 3D User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

56%

33%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

3.7

Functionality

4.6

Kalitt M.

Verified reviewer

Construction

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Perfecto software to Engeniers and Arhcitects

Overall my experience with the software has been positive, I have used it for over 3 years and it has helped me to accomplish my work duties and tasks. It is a very complete and comprehensive software, you can always keep learning about it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This tool is perfect for people who work with point clouds, streets, topographies and others. The software is intuitive and on the net there are thousands of forums with help to develop projects. From sketch drawing to street planning it is the perfect software for civil engineers and structural architects.

Cons:

I could say that the function that I liked the least is the integration with some extensions. Also the software could be even easier to use and much more descriptive with its functions.

Mike H.

Verified reviewer

Construction

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2025

Great software even if its a bit buggy

Civil 3D is a great piece of software that can do things seamlessly that no other software could cope with but unfortunately it has a lot of legacy bugs that cause issues and crashes often

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Its ability to process vast amounts of data and create topography and roads better than any other software

Cons:

It is buggy and can often crash without warning

Reasons for choosing Civil 3D

We chose Civil 3D over Bentley Microstation (Open Roads) and it works better with the software ecosystem we operate in and has more intergrations

James B.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2024

Terrible service for the price you pay

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Haven't got it working yet, terrible online support

Cons:

online support is shocking from [sensitive content hidden]

Verified

Reviewer

Civil Engineering

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Exceptional software

I have been using this software for more than 2 years for my road works and various networks (VRD)

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

What I like the most about this software are the plan drawings, the gradient and especially the drawing of the different profiles for road projects. Unlike other software, civil 3D makes exceptional plan views

Cons:

Civil 3D is very complicated to handle and weighs a lot, which makes it very difficult to work with low capacity computers

Reasons for choosing Civil 3D

This software has so many features that make it exceptional in my eyes

Verified

Reviewer

Civil Engineering

10000+ employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2024

Civil 3D for Road Design

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The software provides an opportunity to design roads and especially developing 3D BIM models.

Cons:

The software cannot handle large-size files.

André Luiz L.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2021

Great design tool.

After the use of Civil 3D, my infrastructure and topography projects have become more simplified and streamlined, since the implementation of BIM features makes the software itself very comprehensive and compatible with numerous other project platforms.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Civil 3D is an essential software when it comes to designing infrastructure works and also in pure and applied topography projects. Its features range from the simplicity of the level curves to extremely elaborate projects such as an urbanization project. With it, it is possible to carry out projects in an automated way, saving time and adding value to the final product. In addition, everything has all the features of the already traditional and renowned autocad, using the fusion of two great tools.

Cons:

Autodesk products are undoubtedly highly acclaimed, however the products have a high price when it comes to small designers, the platform could provide more amortized plans when it comes to users with little volume of projects or recent graduates.

Sameh H.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2023

great experience

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

the features provided makes perfect data output

Cons:

the program speed while analyizing data is not fast

Benny H.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

10000+ employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Overall Impression

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's a powerful tool to use for design if you know what you are doing.

Cons:

too many tabs that are not useful, should simplify with different levels of usage.

Diego d.

Verified reviewer

Design

2-10 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed October 2020

Excellent investment for companies

It solved our problem of project organization and integration with other programs.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

it is a very complete software for which it is proposed, its learning curve is not large and also meets small demands.

Cons:

The value could be more affordable for emerging markets or a trial option, and most frequent updates.

Neval E.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

1001-5000 employees

Used other for free trial

Review source

Reviewed March 2021

Expensive product

There was many error messages in the 2013 version and It makes meaningless these messages. As well as, in this version there is an issue with google maps transferring. On the other hand, It's like temple of civil engineering students.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's commonly used civil engineering program. It's very user friendly and easy to understand. It helps to coordinate project and provide consistency. As well as you can find many functionality in this program such as road, railway, canal design, profiles etc.

Cons:

Cost... It's expensive and there is no option to buy this program. You can subscribe instead of buying.

Showing 1 - 10 of 39 Reviews

See All Reviews