Buyer's guide · updated October 1, 2026

Best countertop drawing and slab layout software (2026), free and paid

"Countertop drawing software" covers four different jobs: drawing the tops with edges and cutouts, laying the pieces on slabs, nesting them for yield, and turning the result into CNC toolpaths. Most shops need two or three of these, and no single product is best at all four.

This guide sorts the drawing and layout tools stone shops use by which of those jobs they do, and is honest about what is free.

Disclosure. We make Stone Project, and it is on this list. Every other entry uses only what that vendor publishes on its own website, checked on October 1, 2026. Where another product is the better pick for a shop, the entry says so. Prices change: confirm with the vendor before you buy.

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At a glance

# Software Best for Published price
1 Stone Project Drawings that price themselves and travel to the CNC From $129.99/mo (promo)
2 Slabsmith Vein matching on real slab photos $15,000 one-time (fabricator bundle)
3 Moraware Drawing and slab layout inside the industry-standard suite CounterGo $100/user/mo
4 iCounterSoft Simple browser drawing with slab layout From $70/mo
5 SlabWise Automatic nesting and DXF cleanup $99–$799/mo
6 Easy Stone Shop Template-based drawing with vein matching on a budget From $50/mo (Easy Quote)
7 QuickQuote Windows desktop drawing with DXF/DWG export From $1,000 one-time
8 Stonify Drawing seats, with or without their ERP $500/mo base + seats
9 EasySTONE CNC toolpaths (CAM), not the quote drawing Quote (CAD/CAM)

Prices as published on each vendor's own website on October 1, 2026. "Quote" means the vendor does not publish a price. Product names on this page are trademarks of their respective owners. Stone Project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a reseller of any of them.

The list

#1

Stone Project

Best for: Drawings that price themselves and travel to the CNC

Sketch L, U and island tops with snapping measurements, mark edges, seams, splash, waterfalls and mitered strips, and drop sinks and cooktops from a library. The drawing is priced from your price book as you go and works offline.

Pieces go onto slabs in a slab layout, with Magic Layout to place them automatically. DXF comes in (from a digital template or an architect) and goes out, including a separate-pieces export for CNC machines that read one closed shape per piece.

Price

From $129.99/mo (Solo, 1 user, 12-month promo). Regular $149.99/mo. 3 users $199.99/mo promo.

Trial

14 days, no credit card

Where it wins

  • Drawing, slab layout and quote in one screen, on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and web.
  • DXF import and export, with a separate-pieces option for CNC.
  • AI Drawing Assistant: a first draft from text, a photo of a sketch, a PDF or a DXF.
  • A separate slab layout, or a separate drawing, for each stone option in the quote.
  • Works offline at the job site and syncs when the signal comes back.

Watch out for

  • No photo-calibrated vein matching on real slab images.
  • Not CAM: toolpaths come from your machine's software.

See plans and pricingStart the 14-day trial

#2

Slabsmith

Best for: Vein matching on real slab photos

Slabsmith photographs each slab into a Digital Slab, then Perfect Match lays the templates on that photo so the customer approves the actual veining, not a sample.

Published price

Basic Bundle for fabricators $15,000 USD; Slab Maker module alone (distributors) $11,000 USD. One-time purchase with the first year of maintenance; after that, 10% of current retail per year (slabsmith.com).

Trial

Not a SaaS trial — vendor / hardware sale

Where it wins

  • The reference tool for customer-approved vein matching.
  • Layouts can continue toward the CNC.

Watch out for

  • Needs a photo station; the fabricator bundle is $15,000 one-time.
  • Does not quote, schedule or invoice.

Full side-by-side: Stone Project vs SlabsmithSlabsmith website

#3

Moraware

Best for: Drawing and slab layout inside the industry-standard suite

CounterGo draws the job and lays it on slabs for the quote, and hands off to Systemize when the job is sold.

Published price

CounterGo $100/user/mo; Systemize $120/user/mo (3-user minimum, $50/user after 5); Inventory $50/user/mo (requires Systemize). Billed monthly, no contract, no implementation fee (moraware.com/pricing).

Trial

No trial version — buying starts with a 30-minute call

Where it wins

  • Familiar to a lot of US estimators and templaters.

Watch out for

  • No trial version; CounterGo is $100 per user per month.

Full side-by-side: Stone Project vs MorawareMoraware website

#4

iCounterSoft

Best for: Simple browser drawing with slab layout

Click-and-drag drawing in inches or millimeters with edges, cutouts and splashes, then slab layout and vein matching, all in the browser. The Professional plan imports DXF and draws the pieces for you.

Published price

Standard $70/mo, Professional $149/mo (1 user each); extra users $39/mo. Month to month, no setup fee (icountersoft.com/pricing).

Trial

14 days; a card is required to start

Where it wins

  • Nothing to install, from $70/month.

Watch out for

  • Nesting and 3D rendering are listed as in development.

iCounterSoft website

#5

SlabWise

Best for: Automatic nesting and DXF cleanup

SlabWise uses AI to nest pieces across slabs and to check template DXF files before production, which is a different job from drawing the quote.

Published price

Starter $99/mo, Pro $299/mo, Enterprise $799/mo (3 / 5 / unlimited seats, extra seats $20/mo). Nesting optimizer from Pro. $1 for the first 14 days on any plan (slabwise.com/pricing).

Trial

$1 for the first 14 days, any plan

Where it wins

  • Batch nesting and DXF middleware are the product.

Watch out for

  • Built around production files more than the in-home drawing.

Full side-by-side: Stone Project vs SlabWiseSlabWise website

#6

Easy Stone Shop

Best for: Template-based drawing with vein matching on a budget

Drawings start from saved templates with edges, cutouts and sinks, and the job is laid on slabs automatically. Vein matching is sold as its own plan, and the top tier prints a label for each CAD piece.

Published price

Easy Quote $50/mo (1 user), Veins Matching $50/mo (2 users), Easy Job $295/mo and Easy Shop $595/mo (up to 5 users); extra users $25; Smart Label add-on $100/mo (easystoneshop.com/pricing).

Trial

No trial listed: request a demo or buy

Where it wins

  • Vein matching from $50/month.

Watch out for

  • Web app with no trial listed.

Easy Stone Shop website

#7

QuickQuote

Best for: Windows desktop drawing with DXF/DWG export

QuickQuote generates a drawing beside each quote, with slab layout and DXF/DWG export, as a one-time Windows license.

Published price

One-time license: Economy $1,000 (2 devices), Standard $1,500 (5 devices, 1 year of updates), Premiere $2,250 (10 devices); updates $240/yr afterwards. QuickQuote Lite web self-quote portal $60/mo (quickquotecountertops.com/shop).

Trial

30-day trial download

Where it wins

  • Owned license from $1,000, with a 30-day trial download.

Watch out for

  • Windows only; a Mac or tablet needs an emulator.

QuickQuote website

#8

Stonify

Best for: Drawing seats, with or without their ERP

Stonify's drawing module sits inside its ERP, with drawing users priced as their own seat type, and is also sold alone as a Drawing Only plan.

Published price

$500/month base (includes $500 seat credit), then $50 / $75 / $35 per user type. Drawing Only plan $100/user/month, no base fee. Add-ons $50–$100/month (QuickBooks $75). Published on stonify.io.

Trial

Demo

Where it wins

  • Drawing Only plan at $100 per user per month, with no base fee.
  • Grows into a full ERP from the same vendor.

Watch out for

  • Priced per drawing user: five estimators drawing is $500 a month before the rest of the shop.

Full side-by-side: Stone Project vs StonifyStonify website

#9

EasySTONE

Best for: CNC toolpaths (CAM), not the quote drawing

EasySTONE from DDX is CAD/CAM for 3-, 4- and 5-axis stone machines: it imports DXF and generates the toolpaths, nesting and 3D simulation the machine needs.

Published price

Not published — quote from DDX / the machine dealer.

Trial

Trial download via DDX; not a shop-app trial

Where it wins

  • If the job is driving a CNC, this is the category.

Watch out for

  • Not a quoting or customer-facing drawing tool. Price on request.

Full side-by-side: Stone Project vs EasySTONEEasySTONE website

Drawing, slab layout, nesting and CAM

1. Drawing

The shape of each top with real measurements, edges, seams, splash and cutouts. This is what the customer approves and what the quote is priced from.

2. Slab layout

Which piece comes out of which slab, where the seams fall and which way the veins run. It tells you how many slabs to sell or reserve.

3. Nesting

Packing many pieces, often from several jobs, onto slabs for the best yield before cutting.

4. CAM

Turning the DXF into toolpaths for the saw or the CNC router. This lives on the machine side.

Free countertop drawing software: what is actually free

No dedicated stone shop tool is free to run a business on. What exists:

The hidden cost of a free drawing tool is the second step: the quote, the slab count and the shop drawing all get rebuilt somewhere else.

Measuring and templating

Drawings start with a measurement. Shops use a tape and a sketch for the estimate, and physical or digital templates for the final one: laser templators such as Laser Products' LT-2D3D (paired with its LT3Raptor software, $58.50 per user per month billed yearly plus a $500 setup fee) or digital measuring devices such as Prodim's Proliner, both priced on request. If your templating system writes DXF, make sure your drawing software can read it in the right units. For the slabs and remnants in your yard, Stone Project measures a piece with the phone camera (LiDAR on iPhones and iPads that have it) and writes the size onto the inventory record: a catalog measurement, not a cut list.

How we built this list

There are no scores here. The list starts with the tools that cover the most of a countertop job and moves toward the specialists, and each entry says which shop it fits. We did not invent ratings, and we do not quote prices from review sites or competitors' blogs: a number appears only when the vendor publishes it on its own site, and "quote" means it does not.

Stone Project is first because it is the product we build and the one we can describe from the inside. The other entries say where each product is the better fit, including where it beats us.

Questions

What is the best countertop drawing software?

For a drawing that prices itself and goes straight into the quote, slab layout and DXF, Stone Project. For vein matching on real slab photos, Slabsmith. For automatic nesting and DXF cleanup, SlabWise. For CNC toolpaths, a CAM package such as EasySTONE.

Is there free countertop drawing software?

General-purpose free CAD can draw a top and save a DXF, but it does not price edges, cutouts or slabs, and some free CAD editions are licensed for non-commercial use only. The stone-specific tools are paid, with free trials: Stone Project gives 14 days with no credit card.

What is slab layout software?

It places each countertop piece on a slab, shows where the seams fall and which way the veins run, and tells you how many slabs the job needs. Nesting goes further and packs pieces from many jobs for the best yield.

Can countertop drawings go to my CNC?

Yes, as DXF. Stone Project exports DXF from the drawing, including a separate-pieces export where each piece is its own closed shape. Your CAM software then generates the toolpaths.

Can I import a DXF from a digital templating system?

Yes. Stone Project imports DXF files, moves the drawing to the origin and lets you confirm the units before it becomes a priced drawing.

Do I need an iPad to draw countertops?

No. Stone Project's drawing tool runs on iPhone, Android, iPad, Mac, Windows and the web. Many templaters prefer an iPad with a pencil on site, and a phone is enough for a simple kitchen.

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