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Understanding Plans & Pricing Tiers

What's included in each plan — Hobby, Starter, Pro, and Scale — and how to choose the right one for your business.

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Printforge has four plans designed to grow with your business. Every account starts with a 14-day Pro trial — no credit card required.

Hobby — Free Forever

The Hobby plan gives you the core tools with generous limits:

  • Cost calculator with presets
  • Up to 10 active quotes with PDF export
  • Up to 3 printers and 5 materials
  • Up to 10 clients
  • Job tracking (kanban and calendar)
  • Customer upload links and quote templates

Perfect for hobby printers who handle a handful of orders each month.

Starter — $12/month ($9/month annually)

Everything in Hobby with no quantity limits, plus professional tools:

  • Unlimited quotes, printers, materials, and clients
  • Send quotes via email directly from Printforge
  • Client portal with shareable quote links
  • Your business logo on PDF quotes and invoices
  • CSV export for quotes, clients, and jobs
  • Job photos and dashboard analytics
  • Bulk actions across quotes and invoices

Pro — $24/month ($18/month annually)

Everything in Starter plus operational tools for established businesses:

  • Full invoicing system (create, send, track, PDF with GST/ABN)
  • Supplier management and consumable tracking
  • AI Quote Assistant — describe a job, get structured line items
  • Part Drawings — generate technical drawings from STL files
  • Webhooks for external automation

Scale — $49/month ($39/month annually)

Everything in Pro plus enterprise integrations and advanced tools:

  • Shopify integration — import orders as jobs automatically
  • Xero accounting sync — push invoices and contacts
  • Design Studio with AI chat and vision analysis
  • Cloud storage — Google Drive and OneDrive sync
  • Master backup to OneDrive
  • Asana integration for task management
  • Priority support

Annual Billing

Save up to 25% with annual billing. You can switch between monthly and annual at any time from your billing settings. Annual plans are charged upfront for the full year.

After Your Trial

When your 14-day Pro trial ends, your account automatically moves to the Hobby plan. No charges, no surprises. All your data is preserved — you just lose access to paid features until you subscribe. Upgrade any time from Settings → Billing.

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