OpenSpace is a reality capture platform that uses 360-degree cameras to create a visual record of job site conditions. Walk the site with a camera, and OpenSpace maps the photos to your floor plans, creating a navigable, time-stamped visual history of construction progress. For GCs tracking progress, verifying installations, and resolving disputes about what was built when, OpenSpace provides powerful documentation.
OpenSpace is a documentation and verification tool, not a plan markup platform. You can view captured images overlaid on plans, but the plan collaboration workflow — marking up drawings, pinning trade-specific comments, tracking punch items — is not what OpenSpace was built for. It tells you what the site looks like; HomeFloorPlan helps you coordinate what needs to happen on it.
The two tools actually work well together. Use OpenSpace to document conditions and HomeFloorPlan to collaborate on what to do about them.
What OpenSpace Does Well
Where It Falls Short
Side-by-Side Comparison
The Verdict
OpenSpace is a powerful reality capture platform. If you need to document site conditions over time, verify work in place, or have a visual record for dispute resolution, OpenSpace delivers capabilities that no markup tool can match. For large projects where visual documentation is critical, it provides genuine value.
But OpenSpace does not replace plan collaboration. For marking up drawings, coordinating trades by layer, and tracking punch items to resolution, HomeFloorPlan is the right tool. It is browser-based with no app download or hardware required, costs $20/seat/month, and includes AI floorplan sorting and trade layer filtering. Many teams use both: OpenSpace for documentation, HomeFloorPlan for plan collaboration.