Scaffcalc alternatives

Alternatives to Scaffcalc, one row each

What you lose and keep when you leave Scaffcalc

Scaffcalc combines three things that rarely sit in one product: it runs in the browser without installation, it builds quotations from the 3D model, and its Engineering package adds «verified load analysis and FEM». It lists 18 systems, from Layher Allround and Speedy to PERI UP, HAKI Universal, Plettac and Solideq, and imports IFC models.

No tool on this list matches that mix one to one. The desktop and CAD tools (Avontus Designer, ScaffPlan, SMART Estimator, NTI SCAFFPLANNER, LayPLAN CAD, iScaf, scaffmax) are stronger at drawings and BIM; several have checks, but none of them runs in a browser. The browser tools (PERI QuickSolve, ScaFix) are lighter: QuickSolve for PERI products only, ScaFix for facade scaffolds of many makers without checks.

If the structural check is why you use Scaffcalc

Look at ScaffPlan in Tekla, NTI SCAFFPLANNER in Revit and SMART Estimator for UK tube and fitting work. ScaffPlan says its engineering checks run inside Tekla; NTI lists automatic strength calculations; CADS describes SMART Calculations as checking leg loads, tie duty and bridge beams to TG20:21. Layher's LayPLAN CAD hands the model to RSTAB for the analysis instead of doing it itself.

ScaFix is not an option here: it calculates no loads and gives no structural approval.

If the browser and the quick quote are why

Then the question is which systems you plan. PERI QuickSolve is free and browser-based, but only for PERI products. ScaFix runs in the browser on PC, Mac and Android and as a native iPhone app, starts from wall measurements, a PDF floor plan or a LiDAR scan, and gives the facade scaffold with its full parts list for 108 systems; Pro adds the PDF quote and CSV or Excel export.

Scaffcalc prices on request after a short form; ScaFix publishes its prices, shown below from its price list.

How this list was made

A tool is listed only if its vendor publishes a product page for scaffold planning or design that could be read on 25 October 2026. Facts are copied from those pages; where a page does not state something, the cell says so. scaffmax is described through PERI Deutschland's product page and the softguide.de directory, because those are the public pages that describe it. No tool is rated or ranked; the rows are in alphabetical order, with ScaFix last because ScaFix publishes this page.

Where you work matters

Several tools here are shaped by one market: SMART by UK guidance (TG20:21), scaffmax by German tenders (GAEB) and PERI UP, NTI by industrial BIM work. Scaffcalc itself is Swedish and lists Nordic systems such as Solideq next to Layher and PERI. Check that the tool you pick knows the systems in your yard before anything else.

Pick another tool if…

• you need FEM or engineering checks: ScaffPlan (Tekla), NTI SCAFFPLANNER (Revit), SMART (TG20:21, tube and fitting) or LayPLAN CAD with RSTAB;
• you design complex system scaffolds on Windows with catalogues from many makers: Avontus Designer or iScaf;
• you plan only PERI or only Layher products: PERI QuickSolve, scaffmax, LayPLAN;
• the whole firm already works in SketchUp, Tekla, AutoCAD or Revit.

Pick ScaFix if…

• you want Scaffcalc's no-install convenience, plus a native iPhone app for planning on site;
• your jobs are facade scaffolds and the parts list matters more than a structural calculation;
• your yard stocks a system Scaffcalc does not list, such as Jamax, HAKI Ram or Alfix;
• you prefer a published weekly or yearly price to a custom quote.

What ScaFix does not do

• No FEM, load or stability calculation. ScaFix is a planning aid, not structural approval.
• No IFC import or export and no CAD drawings.
• No rental management: no hire, dispatch, returns or invoicing.
• No free plan.

What ScaFix costs

From ScaFix's own price list: the first week of Pro costs €0.98, then €9.98 a week until you cancel (cancel in the first week and access ends at once). The yearly plans cost €39.90 (Basic Light), €79.90 (Basic) and €149.90 (Pro) a year. Rounded corners, silos, hanging scaffolds, hoists and mobile and stair towers are Pro only.

Questions and answers

Sources

Each vendor's own pages, read on 25 October 2026: Scaffcalc (home and pricing), Avontus, Scaffolding Software (iScaf), Layher (LayPLAN CAD and the LayPLAN SUITE), NTI, PERI (QuickSolve), PERI Deutschland and softguide.de (scaffmax), ScaffPlan, SMART Scaffolder and CADS.

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2. scaffcalc.com/en/pricing
3. avontus.com/Designer
4. avontus.com/designer/purchase
5. avontus.com/quantify/purchase
6. scaffoldingsoftware.com/iscaf
7. scaffoldingsoftware.com
8. layher.com/en/products/layplan-suite/overlay_layplan-cad
9. layher.com/en/LayPLAN-SUITE
10. prod.nti-group.com/uk/products/nti-products/nti-scaffplanner
11. peri-usa.com/products/peri-quicksolve.html
12. peri.de/produkte/scaffmax-geruestbau-planungssoftware.…
13. softguide.de/programm/scaffmax
14. scaffplan.com
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16. smartscaffolder.com
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