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Zoo pricing
Zoo 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 31 August 2026, Zoo pricing is free, then $20/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 $20/month
- Model
- Per user per month
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Zoo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Plus | $20/month | 3 | +$20/month, 3 more features |
| Pro | $99/month | 3 | +$79/month, 3 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
FreeThe entry tier. It covers design studio access, about 20 minutes of zookeeper reasoning per month, around $10 of api calls included, cloud engine only.
Plus
$20/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Roughly 400 Zookeeper minutes per month
- Pay as you go beyond the allowance
- Design Studio and API access
Pro
$99/monthOver Plus, this tier adds:
- Unlimited Zookeeper reasoning
- Higher API allowance
- Priority support
Where Zoo stops being free
Free, Free
- Design Studio access
- About 20 minutes of Zookeeper reasoning per month
- Around $10 of API calls included
- Cloud engine only
Plus, $20/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Roughly 400 Zookeeper minutes per month
- Pay as you go beyond the allowance
- Design Studio and API access
What the product covers
The full Zoo 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
- KCL scripting
- Design Studio
- Design API
- Zookeeper agent
- Format conversion
- Open source client
People bring Zoo in for a hardware startup that wants part models reviewed in pull requests alongside firmware, a software team generating thousands of parametric part variants programmatically rather than by hand, a saas product that needs to render and convert customer cad files without licensing a geometry kernel, an engineer who models occasional brackets and enclosures and does not want a four figure annual seat. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Zoo 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. Zoo starts at $20/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoo (this page) | Free, then $20/month | Per user per month | - | |
| Carlson Software | $4450/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs Zoo |
| RealityScan | Free, then $1250/year | Free below a revenue threshold, then per seat per year | - | vs Zoo |
| CloudCompare | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Zoo |
| Bentley iTwin Capture Modeler | On request | quote | - | vs Zoo |
| MicroSurvey CAD | $2945/one-time | One-time purchase | - | vs Zoo |
| Nomad Sculpt | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Zoo |
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 Zoo badges page.
Before you pay for Zoo
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 $99/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.
Zoo runs on web, windows, macos, linux, api, and is published by Zoo (formerly KittyCAD) of San Francisco, California, United States. The full record is on the Zoo review, and the rest of the category is under best cad tools.
Zoo pricing questions
- How much does Zoo cost?
- Zoo publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $99/month for Pro. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Zoo have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers design studio access, about 20 minutes of zookeeper reasoning per month, around $10 of api calls included. Paying starts at $20/month for Plus.
- What is the difference between Free and Plus on Zoo?
- Plus costs $20/month against Free, and adds roughly 400 zookeeper minutes per month, pay as you go beyond the allowance, design studio and api access.
- Is the Pro plan on Zoo worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited zookeeper reasoning, higher api allowance, priority support. It costs $99/month against $20/month for Plus. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Zoo 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; Zoo starts at $20/month.
- Which cad tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 cad tools listed alongside Zoo have a free tier: RealityScan, CloudCompare.
- What am I actually paying for with Zoo?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a hardware startup that wants part models reviewed in pull requests alongside firmware, a software team generating thousands of parametric part variants programmatically rather than by hand, a saas product that needs to render and convert customer cad files without licensing a geometry kernel.
- Does Zoo 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 Zoo 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 Zoo 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 Zoo covering price, platforms and features.