Engineering-grade, project-heavy
Revit is built for full building documentation. Furnishing and presenting an interior is a different, lighter job.
Revit alternative
A Revit alternative for the interior design workflow
Revit is deep BIM for architecture and engineering — more machine than most interior projects need. Decato covers the interior design workflow instead: floor plan to layout, real-product sourcing, fit and budget checks, and a client-ready render, without the modelling weight.
Real productsFit-validated renderBudget-awareClient-ready deck
A room sourced from real, fit-checked products — the render, budget and spec describe the same room.
Where Revit is more than you need
BIM depth vs. a buyable, presentable room
Families aren’t furniture you can buy
Revit families are parametric objects. Decato sources real, in-stock products with prices and real dimensions.
No budget or sourcing output
Revit won’t price or source a room. Decato tracks the budget and returns a spec as part of the workflow.
How Decato does it
The interior workflow without the BIM overhead
01
Start from the plan
Import a floor plan — no full BIM model to build first.
02
Lay out and source
Furnish with real, in-stock products matched to the space.
03
Validate fit and budget
Dimensions, scale and cost checked as you go.
04
Render and hand off
A client-ready render and deck from orderable furniture.
The deliverable
What the workflow returns
- A laid-out, furnished room from a floor plan
- Real products with real dimensions and live pricing
- A budget tracked across the project
- A client-ready render, spec and deck
Comparing modelling and workflow tools?
See Decato vs alternatives →Common questions
Can Decato replace Revit?
For the interior design workflow — layout, sourcing, fit, budget and client-ready output — yes. For full architectural BIM and construction documentation, Revit remains the specialised tool; Decato is the lighter alternative focused on furnishing and presenting interiors.
Why choose Decato over Revit for interiors?
It’s faster to go from floor plan to a sourced, buyable, rendered room, and it adds the sourcing and budget layer Revit doesn’t — without building a full BIM model.
Does it output a spec I can hand a client?
Yes — a client-ready deck with the layout, render, priced product bundle and spec.
Built for professional interior design
Bring the whole workflow into one tool.
Plan, source, render and present a room your client can actually order — from the floor plan, not a stack of disconnected apps.