--- title: "Revit vs STAAD: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Revit or STAAD more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Civil engineering software set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/revit-vs-staad" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Revit vs STAAD: Which is searched more? Is Revit or STAAD more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Civil engineering software set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Revit and STAAD - **Competitive set**: Civil engineering software - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Revit Share of Search**: 12.9% - **STAAD Share of Search**: 0.78% ## Is Revit or STAAD more popular in search? - In September 2026, Revit had more branded searches than STAAD among civil engineering software worldwide. Revit had about 368,000 branded searches, while STAAD had 22,200. Revit made up 12.9% of all civil engineering software searches we track, and STAAD accounted for 0.78%. - Revit was ahead of STAAD in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Revit’s share of searches among civil engineering software worldwide moved from 13% to 12.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 368K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, STAAD’s share of searches among civil engineering software worldwide moved from 0.52% to 0.78%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 14.8K to 22.2K. ## Top civil engineering software in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, both Revit and STAAD showed up in all five answers. Revit was listed before STAAD in three of them. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AutoCAD | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Civil 3D | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Revit | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | STAAD | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | ETABS | 5th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | SAP2000 | 6th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | HEC-RAS | 7th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | OpenRoads | 8th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Esri ArcGIS | 9th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | EPANET | 10th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Primavera P6 | 11th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | 12d Model | 12th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | InfraWorks | 13th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | QGIS | 14th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about civil engineering software - Asked ChatGPT "Which civil engineering software should I use?": 1. AutoCAD, 2. Civil 3D, 3. ETABS, 4. STAAD, 5. HEC-RAS, 6. Revit, 7. SAP2000, 8. Esri ArcGIS, 9. QGIS, 10. EPANET, 11. Primavera P6, 12. InfraWorks - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best civil engineering software options?": 1. Civil 3D, 2. AutoCAD, 3. SAP2000, 4. ETABS, 5. OpenRoads, 6. HEC-RAS, 7. Esri ArcGIS, 8. STAAD, 9. EPANET, 10. Revit, 11. Primavera P6, 12. QGIS - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best civil engineering software for road design?": 1. Civil 3D, 2. AutoCAD, 3. OpenRoads, 4. 12d Model, 5. InfraWorks, 6. Revit, 7. STAAD - Searched Google, AI Overview "civil engineering software": 1. AutoCAD, 2. Civil 3D, 3. Revit, 4. STAAD, 5. ETABS, 6. Primavera P6, 7. HEC-RAS, 8. Esri ArcGIS, 9. SAP2000 - Searched Google, AI Overview "civil design software": 1. AutoCAD, 2. Civil 3D, 3. Revit, 4. STAAD, 5. SAP2000, 6. ETABS, 7. HEC-RAS, 8. EPANET, 9. Esri ArcGIS Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for civil engineering software worldwide in September 2026? - In September 2026, STAAD fell from 8th to 9th among civil engineering software worldwide. ## Month by month | Month | Revit estimated searches | Revit Share of Search | Revit rank | STAAD estimated searches | STAAD Share of Search | STAAD rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 368K | 13% | 3 | 14.8K | 0.52% | 11 | | Nov 2025 | 368K | 13% | 3 | 14.8K | 0.52% | 11 | | Dec 2025 | 246K | 10.9% | 4 | 12.1K | 0.54% | 11 | | Jan 2026 | 301K | 12.4% | 3 | 14.8K | 0.61% | 11 | | Feb 2026 | 301K | 12.4% | 3 | 14.8K | 0.61% | 11 | | Mar 2026 | 368K | 13% | 3 | 18.1K | 0.64% | 11 | | Apr 2026 | 301K | 12.1% | 4 | 18.1K | 0.73% | 11 | | May 2026 | 301K | 12.3% | 3 | 22.2K | 0.91% | 9 | | Jun 2026 | 301K | 13% | 3 | 22.2K | 0.96% | 9 | | Jul 2026 | 301K | 14.5% | 3 | 22.2K | 1.1% | 8 | | Aug 2026 | 301K | 13% | 3 | 27.1K | 1.2% | 8 | | Sep 2026 | 368K | 12.9% | 3 | 22.2K | 0.78% | 9 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Revit’s and STAAD’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Revit**: Measured on the search term “revit”. - **STAAD**: Measured on the search term “staad”. - [Revit profile](/demand/global-en/brands/revit) - [STAAD profile](/demand/global-en/brands/staad) - [All civil engineering software worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/civil-engineering-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 14 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Revit or STAAD more popular in search? In September 2026, Revit had more branded searches than STAAD among civil engineering software worldwide. Revit had about 368,000 branded searches, while STAAD had 22,200. Revit made up 12.9% of all civil engineering software searches we track, and STAAD accounted for 0.78%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Revit vs STAAD: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/revit-vs-staad This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/revit-vs-staad. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.