Pricing
The calculator is free. Always.
Start free with cut lists up to 500 parts and four optimisation methods, including Cutter’s Dream. Hobby supports 1,000 parts; Maker and above support up to 25,000. Choose a plan for the features and capacity your work needs.
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The core calculator uses the same solver as every paid plan. Start without an account; optional paid features are clearly marked.
Open the calculator- Cut lists up to 500 parts
- Four optimisation methods, including Cutter's Dream
- Kerf, end trim, mitre & angle cuts, the offcut rack
- Provably optimal plans, verified before you see them
- PDF and CSV export
- With a free account: 10 saved cutting jobs in 5 projects; last 3 calculations in browser history
- The JSON API with no account: 30 calls an hour, 250 a month, real plans not a sandbox
- No trial or expiry. Optional paid features are clearly marked.
Paid plans add cost and bundle optimisation, more saved work, the API, and workshop tools.
Billed monthly, cancel anytime. Overage is off by default: if you run out of API requests, the calls simply stop until the month turns over and you are charged nothing. You can switch overage on if you would rather they kept working, and it comes with a spend cap you set yourself, which is a hard stop rather than a warning. Either way, no invoice you did not choose.
Compare all features and limits
All prices are in US dollars, billed monthly. Cancel anytime. Extra API usage is off by default.
| Plan | Parts per job | Distinct part rows | Saved jobs | Projects | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 500 | 300 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Hobby | 1,000 | 100 | 200 | 100 | 1 |
| Maker | 25,000 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 1 |
| Workshop | 25,000 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 5 |
| Business | 25,000 | 1000 | 200 | 100 | 20 |
Projects group saved cutting jobs. History is stored in this browser. Jobs also have a solve-time budget. Full limits are in the API documentation. API documentation
From the office to the saw
Plan a job → save and share the cutting sheet → open Saw Mode on a tablet → tick off cuts → see completed work in the dashboard. Saw Mode starts with Maker; separate team logins start with Workshop.
What Saw Mode actually is
The office plans a job. The person at the saw opens it on a tablet and ticks each piece off as they cut it. Bar 1 of 6, six parts on it, one big target each. Tap, cut, tap.
It is built for a hand in a glove, not a mouse: nothing on the screen is small, the plan cannot be edited from it, and the screen does not go to sleep between cuts.
It works with the wifi off. Shop wifi behind a steel wall is not something you can design around, only around its failure. Ticks are kept on the tablet and sync when the signal comes back, so the cutter never stops and never loses their place.
Meanwhile the office watches the job go from ready to cutting to done, without anyone ringing anyone.
PO-1182
Henderson balustrade
Bar 1 of 6 · 1/32 parts cut
Teams: the shop, not a login you share
A shared password is how a cutter accidentally re-solves a job halfway through a bar. Everyone gets their own way in, and the roles mean what they say:
Owner
Everything, including billing and seats.
Admin
Invites people and manages the jobs. No billing.
Staff
The office: quotes and plans the jobs. No billing, no hiring.
Cutter
Opens a plan and ticks parts off. Cannot change the job, which is the point: the plan on the tablet is the plan being cut to.
The API is cheap on purpose
| Plan | Requests / month | Price | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | 500 | $5 | $10.00 |
| Maker | 3,000 | $19 | $6.33 |
| Workshop | 12,000 | $59 | $4.92 |
| Business | 30,000 | $99 | $3.30 |
| optiCutter Enterprise API | 5,000 | €99 | €19.80 |
Their prices as published in July 2026, and they charge €0.02 for every request past the 5,000. Ours stop instead. Same JSON in, same solver, same proof of optimality: the documentation is public and there is a live playground on the API page.
Questions people actually ask
Is the free calculator really free, or is it a trial?
Do I need a plan to save my jobs?
We are a two-person shop. Do we need Workshop?
What happens if we go over the API limit?
Can we pay for extra seats?
Start with the free one
It is the same solver the paid plans use. The maths is never held back, only the shop niceties and the API.
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