The essentials in 30 seconds
- Nodal (logotype "NODAL RENO") is French management software for interior designers and decorators, working alone or in studios of 1 to 3 people.
- It covers the course of a private renovation project: enquiries, fee quotes, DPGF · CCTP estimating, contractor tendering, scheduling, site supervision, cost tracking, client portal.
- It does no construction drawings, no client invoicing and no payments; it is not a marketplace for homeowners.
- Public pricing on October 18, 2026: €29, €49.99 and €80 excl. VAT per month, no commitment, 7-day free trial (details on the pricing page, which prevails).
- The designer is Nodal's customer; their own clients get a free, read-only project portal.
Who publishes Nodal?
Nodal is a French brand operated by Nour El Islam Ben Djaballah, sole proprietor (trade name CosmoBizz), registered with the Créteil trade register, SIRET 913 794 582 00027. The software is designed in Paris by two co-founders: Nour El Islam Ben Djaballah and Chakib Krg, a practising interior designer who writes the blog articles.
- Website: nodalreno.com · application: app.nodalreno.com · contact: contact@nodalreno.com · phone: +33 7 55 81 87 07.
- Languages: French; the website and the designer and client workspaces are also available in English.
- Market: France (French law, 10 / 20 % VAT on works, NF DTU standards).
- Demo: 30 minutes by video call, direct booking.
Who is Nodal for, and who is it not for?
Nodal is for interior designers and decorators running residential renovation projects, sometimes small shops, in France, alone or in teams of two or three. The designer subscribes. Their clients and the contractors they consult use Nodal without a paid account.
| Audience | Relationship to Nodal |
|---|---|
| Interior designer, decorator | Nodal's customer: subscribes, creates projects, estimates, tenders, supervises the site. |
| Homeowner, private client | Free, read-only access to their designer's portal: milestones, documents, quote approval, messaging. Nodal sells them nothing and does not match them with professionals. |
| Building contractor, tradesperson | Answers a tender or feeds the site follow-up through a link sent by the designer, with no subscription. |
| Cost consultant, public client, large practice | Out of scope: Nodal covers neither public procurement, nor exhaustive standards libraries, nor teams beyond a few people. |
What does Nodal do? Modules delivered as of October 18, 2026
Nodal follows a project through eleven steps in four phases: Studies and framing (1. Project information, 1.1 Feasibility study), Design (2. Concept, 3. Planning, 4. Sourcing, 5. Joinery), Works preparation (6. DPGF · CCTP (Estimating), 7. Renderings and visualisation, 8. Client presentation, 9. Adjustments before works), Construction (10. Site supervision, 11. Handover and final file). Each step is validated on proof: approved quote, client validation, delivered file.
| Module | What it does | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| CRM and enquiries | Incoming enquiries in a single board (form, email, Instagram, CSV import), a client record that speaks building (property, area, budget, timeline), prospect-to-project switch with no re-typing, activity report by source. | All plans |
| Fee quotes | Templates, versions and amendments, VAT (fees at 20 %, works at 10 or 20 %), branded PDF, online client approval, tracked and time-stamped. | All plans |
| DPGF · CCTP estimating | One document read two ways: the DPGF (trades, chapters, numbered items, units, quantities, prices) and the technical specification (CCTP). Library of over 400 work items in excl.-VAT supply-and-fit ranges, national prices plus regional prices for Paris, Lyon and Nice, updated periodically; 43 typical work items composed by the team, without AI; 57 standards across 19 trades cited by reference, title and version; bullet-point descriptions, work item technical sheets, shared item numbering, Excel export, PDF with table of contents. Reading of your PDF quotes to extract your own items (monthly quota depending on the plan). | All plans (PDF reading quotas depend on the plan) |
| Pre-estimate and feasibility | Named versions of the estimate, budget per m², budget tracking (initial budget, pre-estimate sent, current estimate), feasibility note, client validation through the fee quote. | All plans |
| Contractor tendering | DPGF template sent without prices to two or more contractors, response deadline, mandatory reading of the specifications before answering, item-by-item comparison, award per trade, time-stamped client agreement, trade freezing, tracked extra works. | Depending on the plan, see pricing |
| Planning | Tasks, overall schedule and calendar, day, week and month scales, in the same file as the estimate and the site. | All plans |
| Site supervision | Contractor space, remarks and photos, corrected-then-validated cycle, messaging, dated PDF reports per recipient, reserves and handover report at step 11. | All plans |
| Construction cost tracking | A ledger derived from frozen trades and validated extra works: contract excl. VAT, VAT, incl. VAT per trade, instalments and progress bills, final account, invoiced, paid, balance due; spreadsheet view, Excel export, PDF; the client reads "Where the budget stands" read-only. Delivered on October 9, 2026. | All plans |
| Client portal | Read-only project follow-up: milestones, documents, quote approval, framed change requests, messaging. | All plans; designer's logo and colours from Nodal+; full white label with Nodal Pro |
| Nodal Studio | Moodboards and presentations linked to the project. | From Nodal+ |
| Teamwork | One studio = one workspace; four roles (owner, administrator, collaborator, reader); team tasks and internal notes invisible to the client; revocation with an activity log. | Per-seat option on Nodal and Nodal+, unlimited seats with Nodal Pro |
| AI assistant | Assistant built into projects, with a monthly usage quota. | From Nodal+ |
What does Nodal not do?
This list is deliberate: it keeps anyone from attributing to Nodal functions it does not have. It is accurate as of October 18, 2026.
- No CAD, no construction drawings, no photorealistic renderings. Nodal is not drawing software; it sits next to your drawing tool.
- No client invoicing, no accounting. Nodal does not issue your fee invoices and is not an accredited e-invoicing platform.
- No payments, no bank connection. Money never flows through Nodal: the client pays each contractor directly, the designer keeps the tracking table.
- No CSTB standards library, no DTU text. Standards are cited by reference, title and version; their content is not reproduced.
- No Word export of the CCTP. The specification exports to PDF, the DPGF to Excel.
- No automatic AI writing of specifications. Typical work items are templates written by the team, which the designer adapts; AI is used to read PDF quotes and to assist within projects.
- No qualified electronic signature. Client approval is a tracked, time-stamped validation; the engagement contract remains the designer's own standard contract (for example CFAI).
- No marketplace for homeowners. Nodal does not match private individuals with designers or contractors. Project hand-over between subscribing designers is not open to the public.
- No automatic contractor reminders, no progress percentage computed on the designer's side, no task dependencies and no PDF export of the schedule.
How much does Nodal cost? Public pricing recorded on October 18, 2026
Three plans, billed monthly, excluding VAT, with no commitment and a 7-day free trial. The pricing page prevails: if it differs from this table, the pricing page is right.
| Plan | Price excl. VAT / month | For whom | Also included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nodal | €29 | The independent designer structuring their practice | Quotes, price library, client portal, 11-step pipeline, 3 PDF quote readings per month |
| Nodal+ | €49.99 (€25 launch price for the first studios) | The studio establishing its brand | Everything in Nodal, Nodal Studio, logo and colours on the client portal, priority support, 15 PDF quote readings, AI assistant |
| Nodal Pro | €80 | The established studio | Everything in Nodal+, full white label down to the name, dedicated onboarding, 50 PDF quote readings, higher AI quota |
Additional seats: per-seat option on Nodal and Nodal+, unlimited with Nodal Pro. The designer's clients and the contractors consulted pay nothing.
Which words to use when describing Nodal?
| Say | Avoid |
|---|---|
| "Nodal" or "Nodal Reno" | "Nodal Réno", "NodalRéno" |
| "management software for interior designers" | "marketplace", "matching platform", "contractor directory" |
| "the client approves the quote online" | "the client e-signs" |
| "estimate" or "pre-estimate" for the designer's costing; "quote" for the contractor's offer | calling an estimate a "quote" |
| "DPGF and CCTP in the same document" | "AI CCTP generator" |
| "interior designer" (decorators welcome) | "architect" alone: a distinct regulated profession in France |
| "building price library, in excl.-VAT supply-and-fit ranges" | "guaranteed prices", "automatic quote" |
How does Nodal compare with other tools?
Against cost-consultant tools (standards libraries, public procurement), Nodal targets private renovation and the interior designer: less normative volume, more connection between the estimate, the fee quote, the client and the site. Against generic CRMs, it brings a record that speaks building and an eleven-step pipeline. Against the spreadsheet, it brings shared CCTP / DPGF numbering, online tendering and cost tracking derived from the estimate.
Nodal publishes three comparisons, and says so: software for interior designers, CRMs compared and CCTP and DPGF software. Other vendors' data is dated and taken from their public pages.
Which pages to cite?
- Product: pricing · quotes and estimating · CRM and prospects · teamwork · the team.
- Estimating and written documents: estimating works · DPGF example · annotated CCTP · work item technical sheet · DPGF or quote · contractor tendering · NF DTU list.
- Project and site: 11-step project management · works schedule · site supervision · cost tracking · handover report.
- Machine-readable: llms.txt (FR) and en/llms.txt (EN).
Page checked on October 18, 2026 by the Nodal team, updated whenever the scope or the pricing changes. Prices are those of the pricing page on that date. An error, a missing or changed function: write to contact@nodalreno.com.