Giraffe

freemium with two self-serve tiers Design the Building

Cloud-based early-phase urban planning, site feasibility, and generative design platform that connects spatial design with GIS data, financial modeling, and AI-driven analysis for developers, architects, and planners.

3.6 /5 composite score

A well-established (since 2018), self-serve urban planning and feasibility platform with transparent $45/mo Core pricing, free tier, and confirmed JavaScript SDK/API access for custom app development; strong named customers include Lendlease, Trammell Crow, HKS, Mortenson, and NSW Government per AEC Magazine.

Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion	Score	Evidence
Value for the price	4/5	freemium with two self-serve tiers, from $0, free tier Source →
Agent Friendliness	3/5	API: Giraffe Workspace API and JavaScript SDK for building custom extensions and apps (SDK docs at help.giraffe.build) Source →
Ease of adoption	4/5	web-saas, gentle learning curve Source →
Portability & lock-in	4/5	2 file formats, export: bulk
Interoperability	3/5	3 integrations Source →

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How we verified this: we checked Giraffe against its live site and an independent source — aecmag.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-04.

Evidence

File formats

Format	Direction	Support
IFC	export	full -- Export site models to IFC for downstream BIM workflows
DWG	export	full -- Export to CAD format

Integrations

Revit (api-only) Esri ArcGIS (native) Rhino (native)

Adoption

Deploymentweb-saas

Self-serve signupyes

Implementation requirednone

SSO/admin requiredno

Training requiredtutorials

Learning curvegentle

Data export

Export mechanismbulk

Export scopeall-data

Ecosystem

Plugin marketplaceyes

Pricing detail

Billing unitper-seat

Free tier scopeusable

TiersCore ($45), Teams ($1500), Enterprise

Sources

API docs Pricing Signup Integrations

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