Best AutoTURN Alternative: PathSweeper

It depends on what you need. If custom vehicles matter and you want to stay in the browser, PathSweeper lets you build custom vehicles, including articulated combinations, for free; only using them in a project requires the Project Pass. If you want the largest vehicle library on the web, AutoTURN Online (2,800+ vehicles) is unmatched, but it cannot create custom vehicles. And if you need 3D analysis, sight lines or automated path generation, nothing lightweight replaces AutoTURN Pro inside a CAD platform. A detailed comparison of all major tools is in our swept path software comparison on the blog.

Transoft publishes no prices on its product pages; they only appear inside the official store. As of 27 September 2026, the store lists the AutoTURN desktop annual subscription at 1,080 € per user and year (net) in Germany, and AutoTURN Pro at 1,420 €. In the US the same licences are $1,190 and $1,560. AutoTURN Online, the browser version, lists at 630 € per year. The full price table for 23 markets is on this page, including a machine-readable JSON download.

Yes. Users of AutoTURN Online or InSTRATO get reduced first-year pricing on the PathSweeper Annual Pass. Proof of an existing licence (your invoice as PDF) is required; the code is issued on the switcher offer page and stays valid for 12 months, so it also works if you have just renewed. From the second year the Annual Pass renews at the regular list price.

Not directly as a project file, but via CAD exchange: with the Project Pass, DWG and DXF upload plus DXF and DWG export are supported. You take an existing site plan from AutoCAD, BricsCAD or Civil 3D, run the swept path in PathSweeper, and export the result as DXF or DWG for overlay back in your CAD.

Yes. Swept path analysis with the standard vehicles is permanently free, with no signup, no tracking cookies and no third-party tracking. Only the optional Project Pass (one-time per project) for the full vehicle catalog, using custom vehicles in a project, and CAD export is paid; for continuous use across many projects there is also an Annual Pass.

No: the four free standard vehicles (passenger car, delivery van, 2-axle truck, city bus) are generic templates with typical dimensions, not the official RBSV 2020 design vehicles. The Project Pass includes all 13 official RBSV 2020 design vehicles (passenger car, additional truck classes, city and coach bus, refuse truck, plus the articulated semi-trailer, truck-and-trailer and articulated bus) and the custom-vehicle editor.

Calculations are based on Ackermann steering geometry, the same kinematic model used by AutoTURN and the RBSV 2020 templates. The four free standard vehicles are generic templates with typical dimensions (not the official RBSV 2020 design-vehicle dimensions), sufficient for feasibility studies and plausibility checks. The calculation itself is accurate; the limitation is which vehicles are available. For the official RBSV design vehicles, garbage trucks and custom vehicles, use the Project Pass.

There is no German design vehicle for fire apparatus that we could add: German fire appliances are described in DIN standards and are not part of RBSV 2020. The dimensions can be entered from the manufacturer data sheet in the vehicle editor, and the UK library includes a fire appliance. Articulated vehicles (semi-trailer, truck-and-trailer, articulated bus) have been fully included since July 2026. Recent additions include DWG export, the A3 audit plan sheet with scale bar, video export and folder-based project management with a 30-day trash bin. We typically ship major updates every 4-6 weeks.