qbiq
qbiq turns an existing office floor plan into optimized 2D layouts, rendered 3D tours, photorealistic images, editable Revit and CAD models and a quantity takeoff, delivered as a complete package within 24 hours for brokers, landlords, tenants and architects.
What is qbiq?
qbiq is a space planning platform that automates the early architectural work behind commercial real estate deals. You upload an existing floor plan in CAD, DWG, PDF or JPEG, describe the program you need (headcount, room types, specifications), and the platform returns a full planning package: several optimized 2D layouts, rendered 3D tours, photorealistic images, editable Revit and CAD models, a quantity takeoff and a comparative analysis of the options.
The engine is presented in five parts: geometric optimization, GenAI planning, BIM automation, photorealistic visualization, and a feedback and iteration loop. qbiq claims the largest real estate planning database in the world, built by analyzing hundreds of millions of square feet of layout scenarios. The AI output is not shipped raw: in-house architects review and refine each package before delivery, which is why the promised turnaround is 24 hours rather than instant. The technology page puts the trade-off bluntly: a plan that's 99% accurate is useless, because in architecture, that missing 1% changes everything.
The user journey has four steps and is advertised at five minutes of input: Upload, Define, Customize, Receive. Fourteen named capabilities sit behind it, among them Space Planning, Multi Floor Space Planning, Program Generator, Themes & Finishes, Rendered Tours, Revit & CAD Model Generation, Quantity Takeoff, Marketing Suite, qbiq Studio and an Admin Interface for users, projects and permissions.
Four audiences are addressed explicitly: real estate service providers, landlords, tenants, and architecture and construction firms. Named testimonials include JLL, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, AECOM and Amot Real Estate, and qbiq advertises deal cycles shortened by more than 40% and planning capacity increased by more than 300%. Its traction figures vary from page to page: the home page claims 700M square feet delivered across 62 countries, the About page 650M square feet across 100 countries.
The platform is published by QBIQAI Ltd., a team formed in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel. It runs in the browser only, at plan.qbiq.ai, with ISO 27001 certification, an AWS endorsement and a filed patent. There is no mobile app and, so far, no public API.
What it does
- Generate several optimized 2D layouts, single-floor or multi-floor, from an existing plan
- Produce rendered 3D walkthroughs and photorealistic still images of each layout
- Export editable Revit and CAD models ready for BIM workflows
- Build a quantity takeoff and a bill of materials with costs and suppliers
- Compare layouts side by side on efficiency, density, daylight, privacy and circulation
- Generate or refine a space program, then apply themes, finishes and furniture standards
- Edit a layout in qbiq Studio with live metrics, or request verified AI iterations within 24 hours
When to use qbiq / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if qbiq is the right fit.
When to use qbiq
- Commercial brokers and landlords who need to show a prospect how its teams would fit into a vacant floor, before the lease is signed
- Leasing teams answering an RFP, where a credible test fit has to be attached to the proposal itself
- Real estate service providers with no in-house architect who still have to hand over architectural-grade drawings and visuals
- Architecture practices and construction firms bottlenecked at the preliminary planning stage, looking for capacity rather than headcount
- Corporate real estate and workplace teams that have to arbitrate quickly between several candidate spaces
When not to use qbiq
- Land feasibility, massing and zoning studies: qbiq's own comparison points that work to TestFit rather than to itself
- Multifamily residential, mixed-use or structured parking projects, which sit outside the scope qbiq claims
- Teams that need a code compliance check: qbiq states its designs do not check compliance with specific codes, and final validation stays with the architect and the local authorities
- MEP work such as plumbing and electrical layouts, which is handled outside the platform through the Revit and CAD exports
- Developers who want to call the engine programmatically: there is no API today, only a roadmap mention with no date
How to use qbiq
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Request access through the Book a Demo form: no open self-service sign-up is visible on the site
- Sign in to the web app at plan.qbiq.ai; the FAQ states there is no limit on the number of logins per account
- Upload the existing floor plan of the space in CAD, DWG, PDF or JPEG
- Define the program (uses, capacity, specifications) or let the Program Generator recommend one
- Customize the look: pick a theme from the finishes library, or load your own finishes and furniture
- Submit the request; the input stage is advertised at around five minutes
- Receive the complete planning package within 24 hours, once in-house architects have reviewed the AI output
- Compare the returned layouts side by side and share the package with clients or colleagues
- Request iterations: the edits are made by the AI, verified, and returned within 24 hours
- Adjust a layout yourself in qbiq Studio with live metrics, then export to CAD, Revit, PDF or a 3D tour
Pros & Cons
Pros
- One continuous flow from a floor plan to 2D layouts, 3D tours, images, Revit/CAD files and a quantity takeoff, with no intermediate tool
- Every AI output is reviewed and refined by in-house architects before it is delivered
- 24-hour turnaround, against the days or weeks a traditional test fit takes
- Usable without architectural training: the platform is aimed at architects and non-architects alike
- Editable Revit and CAD exports that drop into an existing BIM workflow
- The planning engine can be customized with your own rules, furniture standards and brand finishes
- ISO 27001 certification, an AWS endorsement, contractual ownership of the deliverables for the customer, and named references such as JLL, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield and AECOM
Cons
- No pricing page: the only published amounts sit in a comparison table inside a blog post, and the real entry point is a sales demo
- No API (the FAQ places it on the roadmap with no date) and no mobile app
- GDPR compliance is explicitly not claimed, no DPA is published and no subprocessor list exists
- No data retention period is published and no automatic deletion procedure is documented
- Hosting is delegated to third parties with no guaranteed country and possible replication across several countries
- The terms license Customer Data for further development of the system, in tension with the technology page's claim that no proprietary user data is used
- Scope is limited to commercial interiors: no land feasibility, no residential, no MEP, no building code compliance check, and delivery in 24 hours rather than on the spot
Pricing & Plans
qbiq publishes no pricing page: /pricing and /plans both return 404 and no pricing page appears in the sitemap. The only first-party amounts available are in a comparison table inside a post on qbiq's own blog, comparing qbiq with TestFit: "From $0.15/sq ft/year (unlimited test fits) or $29.99/month Standard Plan". The entry price is therefore USD 29.99 per month, billed monthly, or USD 0.15 per square foot per year. No free plan and no trial are announced anywhere on the site. The terms of service state that fees are payable in advance on the first day of each calendar month according to the signed Order Form, are non-refundable and exclude VAT, and that termination requires 30 days' notice with access maintained until the end of the paid month. In practice the commercial entry point is the Book a Demo form, and figures taken from a blog post should be reconfirmed with the vendor before any budget is committed.
- USD 29.99 per month
- the only plan name qbiq publishes
- from USD 0.15 per square foot per year
- with unlimited test fits
- any other configuration is set out in the Order Form referenced by the terms of service
- with fees payable monthly in advance
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how qbiq handles your data.
GDPR overview
qbiq does not claim GDPR compliance. The only place the regulation is named on the site is one FAQ answer on the technology page: "While qbiq is not officially GDPR compliant our data and information policies follow its data processing regulations." The privacy policy, effective 10 March 2024, never mentions the GDPR: no legal basis, no data subject rights in the European sense, no data protection officer and no Article 27 representative. Rights are offered on a voluntary basis instead, with deletion or correction on request to info@qbiq.ai. The dedicated sections cover California law, not Europe. No DPA is published and no formal subprocessor list exists. A cookie banner with four categories and Global Privacy Control support is in place, and qbiq holds ISO 27001 certification, an information security standard that is not evidence of GDPR compliance.
Who owns the data?
Section 9 of the terms keeps ownership on the customer's side: all right, title and interest in the customer's intellectual property, Customer Data and Deliverables (the output, plans and documents created by the Qbiq System) remain the sole and exclusive property of the customer. qbiq retains ownership of the Qbiq System itself, its documentation and any Feedback submitted. Analytics Information (metadata, aggregated and non-identifying data derived from usage) is qbiq's exclusive property. The technology page adds that qbiq may not share or distribute customer content without explicit permission. On termination, access to the system and to the Deliverables ends, and keeping copies is the customer's own responsibility.
Reuse rights
Section 3 of the terms grants qbiq a non-exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable license to use Customer Data both to provide the service and "for further development of the Qbiq System and related technology". Any anonymous data derived from that usage (metadata, aggregates, analytics and machine learning data) is treated as qbiq's exclusive property. The technology page states the opposite emphasis: the planning engine draws on hundreds of millions of square feet of historical scenarios "with no use of personal or proprietary user data". Both statements are published by qbiq and neither page reconciles them, so the training question should be treated as open and raised with the vendor. The privacy policy adds that personal data is used to provide and improve the service, send marketing communications, authenticate users and answer requests, and may be shared with affiliates, service providers and partners, including international transfers; Hotjar, Google Analytics and Mixpanel are named as website analytics tools. Customers, for their part, undertake to upload only anonymized, non-identifying data, and no training opt-out is documented.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
The technology FAQ states that customer data is securely stored on Amazon Web Services, without naming a region or a country. The privacy policy is more explicit about the limits of that statement: qbiq hosts none of the services itself and delegates all hosting to third-party providers it engages. Some of those providers are located in the US, their servers "may be located anywhere in the world (including the US)", and data may be replicated across multiple servers in multiple countries. Users are deemed to consent to those international transfers. As a result, no hosting country and no hosting region is guaranteed, and no data residency option is offered. On the security side, qbiq claims ISO 27001 certification and an AWS endorsement of its distributed machine learning architecture. SOC 2 is not claimed, no DPA is published and no formal subprocessor list exists: Hotjar, Google Analytics and Mixpanel are named in the privacy policy as website analytics tools, which is not the same thing.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting qbiq.
- Pricing exists only in a blog comparison table, not on a pricing page. Treat USD 29.99 per month and USD 0.15 per square foot per year as indicative and confirm them with the vendor before committing a budget.
- GDPR compliance is explicitly not claimed while European clients are clearly in scope: no DPA, no subprocessor list, no Article 27 representative, and a privacy policy that never names the regulation.
- Hosting is delegated to unnamed third-party providers with no guaranteed country and possible replication across several countries; no data residency option is offered.
- The terms license Customer Data for further development of the system and no training opt-out is documented, while the technology page claims no proprietary user data is used. The two positions are never reconciled.
- The terms require customers to upload only anonymized, non-identifying data, which shifts the filtering responsibility onto your own team before anything is submitted.
- The terms forbid publishing reviews, opinions or impressions about the system to anyone other than qbiq and forbid sharing benchmark results, and they commit the customer to act as a reference customer. The governing law is that of the State of New York, for an Israeli publisher.
- Handing the early planning judgment to an engine can quietly erode a team's own space-planning instinct. qbiq does not check building code compliance, so a human architect still has to own the final call, and the traction figures differ from one page of the site to the next, which is a reminder to verify claims rather than absorb them.
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Low. There is nothing to install: qbiq runs in the browser at plan.qbiq.ai, and with no API there is no integration to build. The only real prerequisite is a usable floor plan in CAD, DWG, PDF or JPEG. The input stage takes about five minutes, the package arrives within 24 hours, and the product is explicitly positioned for non-architects. Effort rises only for advanced setup, such as a customized planning engine, your own finishes library, furniture standards and workspace administration, which involves qbiq's team. Onboarding starts with a sales demo, backed by a help center and 18 training videos.
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Frequently asked questions
What can I upload to qbiq, and what do I get back?
How long does a plan take?
Why is the result not instant if it is generated by AI?
Do I need to be an architect to use qbiq?
Is there an API or a mobile app?
Who owns the plans qbiq generates?
Where is my data stored?
Is qbiq GDPR compliant?
Does qbiq check that a layout complies with building codes?
How much does qbiq cost?
Should you pick qbiq?
qbiq is a narrow, mature vertical tool rather than a general design assistant. It targets one moment precisely: the preliminary planning and marketing stage of a commercial interior deal, when a floor plan has to become something a tenant can react to. Where most generative design tools stop at a sketch, qbiq delivers the whole chain, from 2D layouts and rendered tours to photorealistic images, editable Revit and CAD models and a quantity takeoff, in a single package.
The human review sitting between the AI output and the delivery is the defining choice. It costs the instant result and sets the turnaround at 24 hours, but it is also what makes the output usable in front of a client. Teams that need an answer during the meeting will find that frustrating; teams that need an answer they can defend will not.
The reservations are commercial and legal rather than functional. There is no pricing page, and the only published figures, USD 29.99 per month or USD 0.15 per square foot per year, come from a blog comparison table, so any budget has to be confirmed with the vendor. Compliance documentation is thin for a European buyer: GDPR compliance is not claimed, no DPA is published, no retention period is stated, and hosting is delegated to third parties with no guaranteed jurisdiction. The terms also license Customer Data for further development of the system, which the technology page appears to contradict. With no API, programmatic integration is off the table.
Backed by a USD 16M Series A led by Insight Partners and used by firms such as JLL, Colliers and Cushman & Wakefield, qbiq is credible where it plays. It deserves a place on a commercial real estate team's shortlist, provided pricing and data terms are settled in writing first.
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