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nTop pricing
nTop publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the cad tools listed alongside it.
As of 31 August 2026, nTop pricing is on request. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Quote
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Not on record
nTop plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| nTop | On request | 4 | Entry tier |
What the product covers
The full nTop feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Implicit modelling
- Lattice and cellular structures
- Field-driven design
- Integrated simulation
- Reusable workflows
- Topology optimisation
- CAD and AM interoperability
People bring nTop in for designing a variable-density lattice bracket where mass must drop without losing stiffness in the loaded regions, generating a heat exchanger with thousands of internal channels that a conventional cad kernel cannot represent, producing patient-specific implant geometry with porous surfaces at scale rather than one at a time, automating a family of parts as a reusable design workflow that reruns when the load case changes. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to nTop are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in CAD
Too few cad tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nTop (this page) | On request | quote | - | |
| Carlson Software | $4450/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs nTop |
| RealityScan | Free, then $1250/year | Free below a revenue threshold, then per seat per year | - | vs nTop |
| CloudCompare | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs nTop |
| Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler | On request | quote | - | vs nTop |
| MicroSurvey CAD | $2945/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs nTop |
| Nomad Sculpt | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs nTop |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the nTop badges page.
Before you pay for nTop
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at On request. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare nTop against the tools that do have one before committing.
nTop runs on windows, cloud, and is published by nTop, Inc. of New York, New York, United States. The full record is on the nTop review, and the rest of the category is under best cad tools.
nTop pricing questions
- How much does nTop cost?
- nTop publishes a single tier, nTop, at On request.
- Does nTop have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: nTop is listed as quote. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which cad tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 cad tools listed alongside nTop have a free tier: RealityScan, CloudCompare, SolveSpace.
- What am I actually paying for with nTop?
- The record lists 7 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for designing a variable-density lattice bracket where mass must drop without losing stiffness in the loaded regions, generating a heat exchanger with thousands of internal channels that a conventional cad kernel cannot represent, producing patient-specific implant geometry with porous surfaces at scale rather than one at a time.
- Does nTop charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these nTop prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare nTop against before paying?
- The closest cad tools in this directory are Carlson Software, RealityScan, CloudCompare, Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler. Each has a side-by-side comparison with nTop covering price, platforms and features.