The Plan your Van alternative with real vans and no object cap
Plan your Van gets the price shape right — €9.99 or €24.99 once, no subscription — and totals cost and weight from a database of real products. It also caps the free and Premium tiers at 10 and 30 objects, models generic van shapes, and speaks German only. VanPlot is $39 once for 29 real vehicles with wall taper and arches, unlimited parts, live axle loads and centre of mass, and a stud-level cut list, in seven languages.
| VanPlot | Plan your Van | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39 once (€36 in the EU), yours forever | Free €0; Premium €9.99 once; Unlimited €24.99 once |
| Free use | 15 min of the full editor, no card, saves your work | Registration required; 1 layout variant, 10 objects |
| Objects per layout | Unlimited | 10 (free), 30 (Premium), unlimited (Unlimited) |
| Van models | 29 vehicles, 195 variants with wall taper, arches, doors and cab | Pre-designed vans in the paid tiers; generic shapes |
| Weight | Live payload, axle split, centre of mass, tilt test, EN 1646-2 reserve | Weight total from the product database |
| Cost planning | Itemised budget, materials, running costs | Cost total from real products |
| Power planning | Battery + solar sizing, days of autonomy | Not listed |
| Cut list | Stud-by-stud, sheet counts, priced | Not included |
| Layout variants | Unlimited projects with version history | 1 / 3 / unlimited by tier |
| Walkthrough | First-person walk mode | Not listed |
| Devices | Browser, on desktop and phone | Browser, "works on all devices" |
| Languages | EN, DE, FR, SR, NL, IT, ES | German |
Facts from plan-your-van.com, checked 30 September 2026. Plan your Van is made by Meike and Daniel (imprint on their site).
The honest verdict
Plan your Van, a side project by two German students, is the cheapest paid planner here and it charges the right way: once. For a rough German-language layout with a cost and weight total, €9.99 is hard to argue with.
The limits show as soon as the plan gets real: 30 objects on Premium, generic van shapes rather than your exact Ducato L3H2 with its arches and taper, a weight total but no axle split or centre of mass, and nothing you can take to the saw. VanPlot costs more — $39 once — and answers those: 29 real vehicles, unlimited parts, live balance, power, an itemised budget and a stud-level cut list, in seven languages.
Where Plan your Van is ahead
Price: €9.99 or €24.99 once is cheaper than VanPlot's $39, and there is no time limit on its free tier (it caps objects instead). Its cost and weight totals come from a database of real products you can buy, where VanPlot's catalog uses typical weights and prices you adjust.
Questions people actually ask
How much does Plan your Van cost?
Free with registration (1 variant, 10 objects), Premium €9.99 once (3 variants, 30 objects) or Unlimited €24.99 once — no subscription, from plan-your-van.com, checked 30 September 2026. VanPlot is $39 once (€36 in the EU) with unlimited parts and projects.
Is Plan your Van available in English?
The site and planner are in German (checked September 2026). VanPlot's editor and site are in English, German, French, Serbian, Dutch, Italian and Spanish.
Does Plan your Van calculate axle loads?
It shows a weight total from its product database; it lists no axle split or centre of mass. VanPlot computes payload, axle loads and centre of mass live while you place parts, with a tilt test and the EN 1646-2 reserve.
Other comparisons
Your exact van, unlimited parts, the weight checked — $39 once
Who makes this
I'm Vladimir. I'm planning my own conversion, and none of the tools I tried could tell me whether a layout would fit or what it would do to the rear axle, so I made this one. I work on it alone. If something's wrong or missing, write to me — the address goes to my inbox.
Vladimir Šterjoski