FloorGen vs Helicon: Features, Pricing & Which Is Better (2026)

A side-by-side comparison of FloorGen and Helicon — features, pricing, and ideal use cases — to help you decide which AI tool fits your workflow.

FloorGen

Freemium

A free browser-based floor plan maker with an AI that drafts plans from text, 3D walkthroughs and PDF/DXF export.

AI Plan Generation: Describe a house, ADU or room and get an editable plan drawn for you.
Trace From Image: Import a photo or PDF, set scale with two points and accept the suggested walls.
3D and Video Walkthroughs: Walk through the plan in 3D and export walkthrough video in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1.
Furniture Library: Furnish with about 3,000 models and give each wall its own finish.
Export Options: PDF print sets from Letter to ARCH D or A1 with title block, DXF (R12) and view-only HTML.
MCP Integration: 151 tools let Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients read and change the real drawing.
Code Checks and Budgets: Numbered plan checks plus room areas in ft² or m² and budgets for finishes.

Home Layout Planning: Try furniture arrangements before moving anything.
Renovation Briefs: Hand a contractor a to-scale drawing for a kitchen, bath or ADU.
Listing Floor Plans: Trace plans from photos for real estate listings and quotes.
Client Walkthroughs: Share 3D views or videos with clients as an interior designer.
AI-assisted Drafting: Let an MCP-connected assistant edit the plan directly.

Free

A free, open-source desktop and web app for Meta's Muse Code CLI that puts sessions, diffs, approvals and cost in one window.

Project and Thread Sidebar: Threads are grouped by folder, worktrees included, and any session can be resumed in one click.
Inline Diffs: Every edit lands in the thread as a diff right where it happened, with no scrollback digging.
Approvals Surfaced Live: Every approval request appears the moment it arrives; none are batched or bypassed.
Cost at API Rates: Shows what each thread would cost at published per-token rates by day, model and thread, as a meter on your subscription.
Command Palette and Keyboard Navigation: Command palette, slash commands such as /plan and /review, and a model picker for keyboard-first use.
Desktop and Web Shells: The same React UI ships as a Tauri desktop app with auto-update and as a web app pointed at a remote daemon.
Local-First Architecture: A local daemon and SQLite store keep state on your machine, with auth through your own muse login.

Multi-Repo Agent Management: Monitor sessions across several repositories from one sidebar.
Code Review of Agent Edits: Inspect inline diffs and approve or reject shell commands before they run.
Windows Muse Code Usage: Run Muse Code natively on Windows without WSL through a GUI.
Cost Awareness: See what threads would cost at API rates to understand plan usage.
Remote Agent Access: Point the web app at a remote daemon to drive sessions from a browser.