How much does OnShape cost?

OnShape publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $2100/month for Professional. The entry tier costs nothing.

Does OnShape have a free plan?

Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers limited features, public documents. Paying starts at $1500/month for Standard.

What is the difference between Free and Standard on OnShape?

Standard costs $1500/month against Free, and adds private documents, full features.

Is the Professional plan on OnShape worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is advanced simulation, enterprise features. It costs $2100/month against $1500/month for Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

Which cad tools can I use without paying?

2 of the 8 cad tools listed alongside OnShape have a free tier: RealityScan, CloudCompare.

What am I actually paying for with OnShape?

The record lists 17 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for cloud based parametric cad without local workstation installs, collaborative mechanical design with version history and shared documents.

Does OnShape charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 OnShape 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 OnShape 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 OnShape covering price, platforms and features.

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OnShape pricing

OnShape publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

As of 30 August 2026, OnShape pricing is free, then $29/month across 3 published tiers. 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: Free, then $29/month
Model: Subscription
Tiers: 3
Free tier: Yes

OnShape 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.

OnShape pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Free	Free	2	Entry tier
Standard	$1500/month	2	+$1500/month, 2 more features
Professional	$2100/month	2	+$600/month, 2 more features

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

Free

The entry tier. It covers limited features, public documents.

Standard

$1500/month

Over Free, this tier adds:

Private documents
Full features

Professional

$2100/month

Over Standard, this tier adds:

Advanced simulation
Enterprise features

Where OnShape stops being free

Free, Free

Limited features
Public documents

Standard, $1500/month

The first thing you pay for:

Private documents
Full features

What the product covers

The full OnShape 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

Cloud-native CAD
Real-time collaboration
Version control
Part studios
Assemblies
Drawings
FeatureScript
Mobile access

Integrations

Arena PLM
CAM software
Simulation tools

Security

SOC 2 Type II
Enterprise security
SSO

Platform

Web support
IOS support
Android support

People bring OnShape in for cloud based parametric cad without local workstation installs, collaborative mechanical design with version history and shared documents. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to OnShape are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in CAD

Across the 3 cad tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $2945/month. OnShape starts at $29/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.

OnShape entry price against other CAD tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
OnShape (this page)	Free, then $29/month	subscription	-
Carlson Software	$4450/one-time	One-time purchase	-	vs OnShape
RealityScan	Free, then $1250/year	Free below a revenue threshold, then per seat per year	-	vs OnShape
CloudCompare	Free	Open source, no licence fee	-	vs OnShape
Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler	On request	quote	-	vs OnShape
MicroSurvey CAD	$2945/one-time	One-time purchase	-	vs OnShape
Nomad Sculpt	On request	One-time purchase	-	vs OnShape

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 OnShape badges page.

Before you pay for OnShape

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: 3 tiers between Free and $2100/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

OnShape runs on web, ios, android, and is published by PTC Inc. (OnShape) of Boston, MA. The full record is on the OnShape review, and the rest of the category is under best cad tools.

OnShape pricing on the vendor's own site

OnShape pricing questions

How much does OnShape cost?: OnShape publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $2100/month for Professional. The entry tier costs nothing.
Does OnShape have a free plan?: Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers limited features, public documents. Paying starts at $1500/month for Standard.
What is the difference between Free and Standard on OnShape?: Standard costs $1500/month against Free, and adds private documents, full features.
Is the Professional plan on OnShape worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is advanced simulation, enterprise features. It costs $2100/month against $1500/month for Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
Is OnShape expensive for a cad tool?: It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 3 cad tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $2945/month; OnShape starts at $29/month.
Which cad tools can I use without paying?: 2 of the 8 cad tools listed alongside OnShape have a free tier: RealityScan, CloudCompare.
What am I actually paying for with OnShape?: The record lists 17 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for cloud based parametric cad without local workstation installs, collaborative mechanical design with version history and shared documents.
Does OnShape charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 OnShape 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 OnShape 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 OnShape covering price, platforms and features.