A workshop with one computer and a company with nine workstations and a machining centre should not pay the same, and it would not be fair if they did. Instead of a figure that means nothing without context, this page sets out how the price is calculated — so you can judge the order of magnitude before contacting us at all.
The licence unit is the computer, not the person. The number of users is unlimited on every tier — if three people work shifts on the same computer, that is one licence. Each additional computer costs noticeably less than the first, and volume discounts apply above a certain count.
A computer counts the same wherever it sits — plant, office or home.Three tiers: Starter, Pro and Enterprise. They differ in which modules are included — Starter covers sales and engineering preparation, Pro adds production and business modules, Enterprise the premium ones. The exact contents of each tier depend on configuration and are agreed with the quotation.
A tier can be raised later without repeating the implementation.CNC is a separate add-on: machining operations, geometry templates, collision checks and export from Production Studio. The add-on covers all your machines; it is not charged per machine. If you have no CNC, you do not pay for it.
A postprocessor for a specific machine is separate one-off work.One-off, and this is where quotations differ most. Implementation covers entering your profile, hardware and shutter systems, migrating existing data, setting up CNC operations and training. Scope depends on how much you already have in place and what condition it is in.
Scope depends on how many systems, hardware sets and shutters need entering, and what condition your existing data is in.The largest part of first-year cost is usually not the licence but the implementation — especially if CNC operations are set up from scratch. When comparing quotations, ask for total cost over three and five years, not the entry price. We are happy to prepare that calculation for our proposal and for a competitor's.
New versions are included; there is no separate line for a major upgrade.
During business hours, including screen sharing when that is faster than explaining.
Free throughout the five-year support period. With a bought-out licence and no maintenance the software keeps running and keeps receiving them.
The computer is licensed, not the person.
The workstation runs on a local database and does not stop when the internet does.
Because updates are not tied to login or licence. With a bought-out licence that is a direct benefit — the software runs and stays patched. With an expired subscription the software does not run anyway, so it is primarily a measure to stop an installed copy from staying knowingly vulnerable on your network, and an obligation under the Cyber Resilience Act (Art. 13(8)).
Because a figure without implementation scope and computer count would be misleading. Send a short description of your production and you will get a quotation with itemised lines, including cost over three and five years.
No. The computer is licensed and the number of users on it is unlimited. If three people work shifts on the same computer, that is one licence.
No. Each workstation runs on a local SQLite database and keeps working without a network. For multi-user work, data synchronises through a cloud database belonging to your company — each company has its own, separate from everyone else's. Its cost and terms are agreed with the quotation.
The licence tier is raised without repeating the implementation. Data and settings stay as they are; additional modules are unlocked.
The CNC add-on covers all machines. Only a postprocessor for a specific machine is agreed separately, because that is real engineering work per machine model.
With a subscription the software stops working when it expires — there is no grace period. With a bought-out licence and no maintenance it keeps running on the last delivered version and keeps receiving security patches, but without upgrades or support.