Plans and pricing
Find the Easel plan that's right for you.
Easel runs in your browser and works with the CNC machine you already own. Start free, and move up when your projects ask for more.
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Pricing that grows with your projects.
Start with the complete design toolset for free. Upgrade when you need more carves, advanced toolpaths or shop-ready controls.
Easel Basic
$0 forever
No card, no trial clock.
For the maker who just got the machine running and wants to learn the software before paying for anything.
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Easel Starter
$8 per month
Or $72 a year when billed annually.
For the maker who has stopped experimenting and is carving most weekends, and keeps running into the one carve a week limit.
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Easel Pro
$24 per month
Or $216 a year, or $599 for three years.
For the maker who needs advanced toolpaths for V-Carve Inlays and 3D Carving
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Basic is a real design tool, not a demo.
The whole drawing and editing toolset is here. The limit is how often you can send a job to the machine.
- Full design and vector editing tools
- Image trace, SVG and G-code import and export
- Built-in bit and material libraries
- Community Cut Settings
- Interactive apps and the project gallery
- Automated toolpaths and two-stage carving
- Digital Read Out and Rapid Connect
- One carve or G-code export per week
Hitting the weekly limit? See what Starter adds
Starter adds four things to Basic.
Everything on the Basic plan stays exactly as it is. These are the additions.
- 20 carves or G-code exports a week, up from one
- Raster carving
- Ramping plunges
- Center work zero
Looking for V-carving, 3D carving or unlimited carves? Those live on Pro. See what Pro adds
Pro includes everything in Basic and Starter, then adds twelve more.
Raster carving, ramping plunges and center work zero all come with Pro as well. These are what Pro adds on top of them.
- Unlimited carves and G-code exports
- V-carving
- 3D carving
- V-Carve Inlays
- Pro Design Library, 10 million vectors
- 300+ fonts with text effects
- Toolbox for custom bits and materials
- Custom Material Appearance
- Large material tiling
- Additional cut depth below material
- Multiple machine profiles
- Machine parking
- Resume carve
Carving once a week and not sure you need all of this yet? Compare it against Starter
Side by side
The whole lineup, one table.
Basic gives you the full design toolset and one carve a week. Starter lifts that to 20 and adds raster carving. Pro removes the limit entirely and opens up V-carving, 3D carving and the shop tools makers reach for once projects turn into orders.
| Feature | Basic | Starter | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carving volume | |||
| Carves and G-code exports | 1 per week | 20 per week | Unlimited |
| Toolpaths | |||
| Automated toolpath generation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Two-stage carving with feedrate override | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Raster carving | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ramping plunges | No | Yes | Yes |
| Center work zero | No | Yes | Yes |
| V-carving | No | No | Yes |
| V-Carve Inlays | No | No | Yes |
| 3D carving | No | No | Yes |
| Design | |||
| Design tools and detailed 3D preview | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image trace, SVG and G-code import and export | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Basic font libraries | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pro Design Library, 10 million vectors | No | No | Yes |
| 300+ fonts with text effects | No | No | Yes |
| Bits and materials | |||
| Built-in bit and material libraries | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Community Cut Settings | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Toolbox with custom bits, materials and saved cut settings | No | No | Yes |
| Large and deep work | |||
| Large material tiling | No | No | Yes |
| Additional cut depth below material | No | No | Yes |
| Machine control | |||
| Digital Read Out (DRO) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rapid Connect from the browser | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Machine profiles | One | One | Multiple |
| Machine parking | No | No | Yes |
| Resume carve | No | No | Yes |
| Price | |||
| Monthly | $0 | $8 | $24 |
| Annual | $0 | $72 | $216 |
| Three year | Not offered | Not offered | $599 |
| Add-ons | |||
| Easel Generate subscription | Add-on | Add-on | Add-on |
| Carve a generated 3D design in Easel | No | No | Yes |
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