RhinoLands

hybrid (perpetual license or subscription) Design the Building

BIM standalone solution for landscape design combining 2D, 3D, documentation, and visualization capabilities -- includes 8,000+ plant species, terrain modeling, grading, and parametric design via integrated Grasshopper tools; evolved from Lands Design plugin architecture and now offered as a perpetual or subscription license with Rhino 8 integration.

3.4 /5 composite score

C1 4/5 reflects published perpetual license ($1,790 with Rhino 8 included) and monthly subscription ($130/mo) pricing with a free 60-day trial, C2 3/5 reflects Grasshopper parametric workflows but no standalone API/CLI/MCP, C3 3/5 reflects self-serve signup and free trial, C4 4/5 reflects native IFC/DWG file support and parametric design portability, and C5 3/5 reflects Rhino ecosystem integration (McNeel and Asuni corporate alignment) but limited AEC stack breadth outside McNeel.

Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion	Score	Evidence
Value for the price	4/5	hybrid (perpetual license or subscription), from $130 Source →
Agent Friendliness	3/5	API: Rhino API via Python / .NET plugin architecture; Grasshopper visual scripting Source →
Ease of adoption	3/5	--
Portability & lock-in	4/5	3 file formats
Interoperability	3/5	2 integrations

Pricing

Modelhybrid (perpetual license or subscription)

Entry price$130

Free tierno

Free viewerno

Trialyes

Billing unitper-seat

TiersMonthly Subscription ($130), Perpetual License ($1790), Educational Perpetual ($275), Upgrade ($55)

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Evidence

File formats

Format	Direction	Support
IFC	both	full
DWG	import	full
RVT	import	unknown

Integrations

Grasshopper (parametric design) Rhino native

Sources

Pricing API docs

Also covers

RhinoLands also appears in these sub-categories:

Parametric Design

The parametric placement leverages integrated Grasshopper for custom parametric landscape workflows; C2 3/5 reflects Grasshopper scripting surface, and C4 4/5 reflects parametric definition portability within the Rhino ecosystem.

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