Arcol

Freemium Produce & Issue Documents

A browser-based, multiplayer BIM platform for early-stage architectural design, combining massing, metrics, boards/presentation, and real-time collaboration.

Independent, seed-funded -- raised $5.1M, last round Mar 2022 led by Cowboy Ventures.

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2.6 /5 composite score

This placement is limited to early-stage browser authoring; C4 4/5 reflects IFC and DWG import plus OBJ, FBX, STL, GLTF, GLB, and 3DM exchange, while C2 2/5 reflects no public API, CLI, or shipping scripting surface.

Situational

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion	Score	Evidence
Value for the price	2/5	Freemium, free tier Source →
Agent Friendliness	2/5	API: none
Ease of adoption	3/5	--
Portability & lock-in	4/5	8 file formats Source →
Interoperability	2/5	1 integrations

Pricing

ModelFreemium

Free tieryes

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How we verified this: we checked Arcol against its live site and an independent source — aecmag.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-18.

Evidence

File formats

Format	Direction	Support
IFC (import only)	unknown	unknown
DWG (import)	unknown	unknown
OBJ	unknown	unknown
FBX	unknown	unknown
STL	unknown	unknown
GLTF	unknown	unknown
GLB	unknown	unknown
3DM	unknown	unknown

Integrations

Revit (add-in, export to Revit masses)

Sources

Pricing Formats

Also covers

Arcol also appears in these sub-categories:

Conceptual Massing

C3 3/5 reflects browser-based onboarding, and C4 4/5 reflects IFC and DWG import plus OBJ, FBX, STL, GLTF, GLB, and 3DM exchange. The documented integration surface is a Revit add-in for exporting masses downstream.

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