Maket opens Draw from Scratch tool to all users for free

Maket AI has opened its Draw from Scratch canvas to all users at no cost, broadening access to a workflow that previously sat behind paid tiers. The Montreal-based startup confirmed the change through a thread on X this week, walking prospective users through a three-step demo that frames the residential design tool as a free-to-start alternative to paid CAD.

The workflow begins with manual sketching on a blank canvas, where homeowners and builders can lay out walls to specific dimensions rather than relying on AI generation from a text prompt. A toolbar exposes the Furniture, Structure, Select, and Draw Wall controls, with a side panel that hosts stairs, doors, and windows. Once the layout is set, users proceed to a furnishing pass before switching to the Visualize tab, which produces 3D renderings in any chosen style. Reference inputs are flexible: a typed prompt, a Pinterest image, an Instagram screenshot, or any inspiration file dropped onto the canvas can drive the style applied to the plan.

The move follows Maket's v2 rollout earlier this year, which introduced a conversational editing layer for real-time floor plan modifications through typed commands. By unlocking manual drawing alongside AI generation on the free tier, the company is targeting a wider funnel of homeowners, self-builders, and prefab clients who may have been deterred by the previous twenty-dollar entry point. Paid plans remain in place for those who need volume rendering, project storage, or commercial features.

Residential AI design tools have multiplied over the past year, with rivals such as Planner 5D, Coohom, and Floorplanner offering free 2D-to-3D pipelines from sketches or uploads. Maket's bet is that pairing sketch-first control with generative 3D output, gated only by sign-up, can pull users away from incumbents whose free tiers tend to be watermark-heavy or feature-clipped.