Quick verdict: which professional workflow fits best?
Choose PRO Landscape+ for a documented workflow centred on client visuals and sales; choose DynaScape Design for Windows-based, survey-dimension-led technical drafting and automated counts.[1][2] 
Neither vendor page confirms grading tools, planting-schedule generation or end-to-end contractor handoff. Those requirements need a product demonstration before purchase.[1][2]
| Option | Plan workflow | Quantities and presentation | Deciding constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRO Landscape+ | Creates scaled CAD plans in any size or scale. Survey-file import, CAD-file import and desktop operating-system support are not confirmed.[1] | Provides material take-offs, photo imaging, estimates, proposals, 3D rendering, lighting views and tablet-to-computer design transfer.[1] | Best documented for connecting plan creation with client visualization and sales. Intake and export formats remain unknown.[1] |
| DynaScape Design | Runs on Windows and starts from imported property-survey dimensions or preset templates. Drawing styles, line weights and text sizes adjust to scale.[2] | Auto-Count and labelling count plants and materials. A catalogue option presents final plant choices with colour photographs.[2] | Best documented for consistent technical plans. Supported CAD formats and external quantity exports are unknown.[2] |
| DynaScape Creator | Exact intake and plan-production features are unknown.[2] | Counting, presentation and handoff capabilities are not itemized.[2] | The vendor describes Creator only as a lower-priced, “slightly scaled-back” beginner product with many Design features.[2] |
No independent test compares these products on the same project or methodology.[1][2] Treat Creator as unassessed until the vendor provides an edition-by-edition feature matrix.
Grading, planting schedules and contractor handoff
Quantity tools do not establish a complete contractor-document workflow. PRO Landscape+ creates material take-offs and estimates from photo images or CAD plans using the user’s prices and tax rate.[1] DynaScape Design labels parts of a design and counts plants and materials.[2]
The supplied pages do not confirm whether either product converts those quantities into automated planting schedules, contractor-ready schedules or editable estimating files. They also do not confirm grading tools, CAD import and export compatibility, quantity-export formats or contractor-handoff file types.[1][2]
The documented collaboration features are narrower. PRO Landscape+ transfers designs between its Companion App and a computer.[1] DynaScape says centrally saved plans can be accessed by other designers and revised without creating a new sketch for every change.[2]
Ask each vendor to demonstrate a representative project and supply sample files covering:
- grading plans, spot elevations, contours and calculations;
- automatic planting schedules and their available fields;
- editable quantity exports for estimating or procurement;
- drawing and CAD import and export formats;
- preservation of scale, layers, labels and line weights after export; and
- files contractors can open, print or edit without owning the software.
Desktop, tablet and revision constraints
DynaScape Design operates on Windows.[2] The supplied page does not document other desktop operating systems, detailed system requirements, cloud access or simultaneous collaboration.[2]
PRO Landscape+ includes an iPad and Android Companion App for on-tablet design and computer-to-tablet transfers, but its desktop operating-system requirements are not stated.[1] Neither vendor page confirms offline field use, multi-user licensing or specific user and device limits.[1][2]
Before implementation, confirm supported computers and tablet versions, offline functionality, included users and devices, and how shared project files are locked, revised and recovered.
Can DynaScape Creator replace Design?
The available documentation does not support a feature-level comparison. DynaScape positions Creator for beginners and says it offers many Design features in a lower-priced, “slightly scaled-back” product.[2] It does not identify which survey-intake, drafting, counting, symbol-library, revision or export functions are included or removed.[2]
Request a feature matrix and a demonstration from survey intake through contractor handoff. Creator’s actual price, Canadian availability, licence terms and upgrade path to Design also remain unknown.[2]
What Canadian buyers need in writing
The supplied product pages do not verify prices in Canadian dollars for PRO Landscape+, DynaScape Design or DynaScape Creator. Creator is described only as costing less than Design, without an amount or billing structure.[1][2]
Obtain a written quote and contract documents covering:
- Commercial terms: price in CAD, GST/HST treatment, billing interval, licence count, trial terms and Canadian availability.
- Commitment and exit: minimum commitment, renewals, cancellation, refunds and warranties.
- Canadian workflow support: metric defaults, Canadian plant-data coverage, French-language functionality and local support hours.
- Business-risk terms: privacy, data residency, accessibility, governing law and access to project files after cancellation.
None of these commercial, localization or legal details is confirmed by the supplied pages.[1][2] Vendor phrases such as affordable, guaranteed accuracy and unparalleled precision are not supported by a shared test method or independent validation.[1][2]
Run the same project through every finalist
- Intake: Enter property-survey dimensions, attempt any required survey or CAD-file import, set the required metric scale and check the resulting dimensions. DynaScape Design documents survey-dimension intake; PRO Landscape+ documents scaled-plan creation.[1][2]
- Production: Create the technical plan, grading information, labels, planting schedule and quantities. Record any unsupported grading or schedule step as manual work.[1][2]
- Presentation and revisions: Produce a client-facing visual, then revise a planting selection or designed area. Check whether plans, labels, counts and estimates update as required. PRO Landscape+ documents photo, proposal and rendering tools; DynaScape Design documents revisions and presentation options.[1][2]
- Handoff: Export every file needed by the client, estimator and contractor, then open each file in the recipient’s software. Export formats and end-to-end compatibility are not confirmed by the supplied pages.[1][2]
Compare required outputs, manual rework, platform fit, revision effort, contractor usability and total Canadian contract cost. Keep the written quote, licence terms and sample output files with the evaluation record.
References
- Landscape Design Software for Professionals (prolandscape.com)
- Professional CAD Landscape Design Software (dynascape.com)
