Deep Excavation

subscription (annual per-seat) Engineer & Analyze

Suite of geotechnical engineering software for deep excavation shoring design (DeepEX 2D/3D), deep foundation pile design (DeepFND, HelixPile), retaining wall design (RetainEX, SnailPlus), quay wall design (QuayWalls), inclinometer monitoring (SiteMaster), and borehole soil estimation (GeoBase) -- serving geotechnical engineers, shoring contractors, and transportation agencies globally since 2000.

Agent-hostile

2.4 /5 composite score

Situational -- a capable geotechnical shoring and foundation design suite (since 2000, 3,000+ users, transparent pricing from $950-$14,950/yr for individual products, free trial) with 2D/3D FEM and limit equilibrium analysis across deep excavations, piles, retaining walls, and soil nails, but the desktop-only GUI with no API/CLI (RF2) blocks agent-driven workflows and per-product pricing adds up for a full suite.

Situational

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion	Score	Evidence
Value for the price	4/5	subscription (annual per-seat), from $950
Agent Friendliness	1/5	API: none
Ease of adoption	2/5	--
Portability & lock-in	3/5	3 file formats
Interoperability	2/5	--

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How we verified this: we checked Deep Excavation against its live site and an independent source — cesdb.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-05.

Evidence

File formats

Format	Direction	Support
DXF	both	unknown
CSV	unknown	unknown
DWG	unknown	unknown

Pricing detail

Billing unitper-seat

TiersDeepEX 2D (Basic) ($3950), DeepEX 3D (Best Seller) ($7950), DeepEX 3D City (Complete) ($14950), DeepFND ($2250), RetainEX ($950)

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