Sketchup Simplifies Pro Plan Description, Expands Go Plan Features to Include Photoreal Materials and Live Components
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 11, 2025 captures of Sketchup's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Go plan feature description expanded to explicitly include 'Photoreal Materials, Environments & Live Components' alongside 'Access 4M+ pre-built 3D models'; Pro plan description simplified from 'Desktop, iPad, and web-based 3D modelers' to 'Desktop 3D modeler' only. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 26, 2026) lists Student at $4.58, Educator at $4.58, Go at $10.75, Pro at $33.25 and Pro Scan at $41.58.
Sketchup's previous recorded change was "Sketchup Discontinues 20% Cyber Week Discount on Pro Plan, Reverting to $349/yr Pricing" (Q4 2023). Sketchup has been tracked since 2023-11-23.
In the same window Brightspot, Tyk, ON1, Mobbin and Mailtrap also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Go · FeatureFeature change
Go plan feature description expanded to explicitly include 'Photoreal Materials, Environments & Live Components' alongside 'Access 4M+ pre-built 3D models'
- Pro · FeatureReworded
BeforeDesktop, iPad, and web-based 3D modelers
AfterDesktop 3D modeler
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | Feature | Go plan feature description expanded to explicitly include 'Photoreal Materials, Environments & Live Components' alongside 'Access 4M+ pre-built 3D models' | Feature change | |
| Pro | Feature | Desktop, iPad, and web-based 3D modelers | Desktop 3D modeler | Reworded |
Values as written on Sketchup's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Sketchup's pricing page (sketchup.com) from Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 11, 2025; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Desktop, iPad, and web-based 3D modelers" becomes "Desktop 3D modeler".
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Sketchup, pricing history
Full history- Q4 2025improvedSketchup Introduces Real-Time Collaboration Feature in Go Plan Amidst Significant Changes to Features and Content Library
- Q3 2025packagingSketchup Removes Sefaira Energy Analysis Tool from Education Plan Features
- Q2 2025increaseSketchup Pro Plan Price Increases by 14.3% to $399/year
- Q1 2025improvedSketchup Simplifies Pro Plan Description, Expands Go Plan Features to Include Photoreal Materials and Live Components · this change
- Q4 2023packagingSketchup Discontinues 20% Cyber Week Discount on Pro Plan, Reverting to $349/yr Pricing
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- BrightspotOct 26Brightspot swaps staging for QA and UAT in hosting environments
- TykOct 26Tyk now prices Core by API count and Professional by deployment, not traffic
- ON1Oct 26ON1: Perpetual lineup updated: new full ON1 Photo RAW MAX 2027 and Photo RAW 2027 cards added; Photo RAW MAX 2026…
- MobbinOct 26Mobbin expands Finance+ to 80+ apps across banking, crypto, investing
- MailtrapOct 26Mailtrap Emailsandbox expands Device Previews add-on to Basic and Team plans
Questions about this change
Did Sketchup raise prices in April 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 11, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Sketchup's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 11, 2025?
Go plan feature description expanded to explicitly include 'Photoreal Materials, Environments & Live Components' alongside 'Access 4M+ pre-built 3D models'; Pro feature: Desktop, iPad, and web-based 3D modelers → Desktop 3D modeler, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 11, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Sketchup change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Sketchup in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Sketchup Discontinues 20% Cyber Week Discount on Pro Plan, Reverting to $349/yr Pricing" in Q4 2023; Sketchup has been tracked since 2023-11-23.