How much for a DeskProto license: Prices
Price information for the DeskProto CAM software
On this page:- 1. Commercial licenses
- 2. Hobby / Educational licenses
- 3. Updates and upgrades
- 4. What you will receive
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Each DeskProto license can be used on all supported Operating Systems: Windows , MacOS , Linux. So no need to buy an new license when you switch to a different OS.
These prices are including all options, and free email support (except for the hobby license). The license that you will receive is 'perpetual': we do not ask any annual maintenance fee.
DeskProto orders need to be processed manually, to check if the license type applies. This means that after ordering it will take one or even a few days before your license is emailed to you. Our apologies for this small delay.
As the software can be downloaded, shipment cost do not apply - except for the optional box with printed manual and backup CD.
1. Commercial licenses.
DeskProto is created with the idea to make 3D CNC machining possible for any 3D CAD-user, not only for the large companies with their large budgets. To make this possible prices start at a very low level.You can order from one of our Resellers, or place a direct order in our Webshop.
| Product: (prices excl VAT) |
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| DeskProto Free Edition Free license |
€ 0.00 | N/A | N/A |
| DeskProto Entry Edition Commercial license |
€ 145.00 |
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| DeskProto Expert Edition Commercial license |
€ 595.00 |
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| DeskProto Multi-Axis Edition Commercial license |
€ 995.00 |
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| Optional extra: | |||
| Box with backup CD and printed manual | € 15.00 |
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The optional box, filled with a printed Tutorial book and a backup CD.
2. Hobby / Educational licenses.
These licenses offer exactly the same program as a commercial license, however you are not allowed to use them for any commercial application. They are available only for the Multi-Axis Edition.You can order from one of our Resellers, or place a direct order in our Webshop.
| Product: (prices excl VAT) |
Price: | Find reseller: | Webshop: |
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| DeskProto Free Edition Free license |
€ 0.00 | N/A | N/A |
| DeskProto Multi-Axis Edition Hobby license |
€ 248.00 |
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| DeskProto Multi-Axis Edition Educational license |
€ 248.00 |
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| Box with backup CD and printed manual | € 15.00 |
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A Hobby license is a full-featured license: the price is lower than for a commercial license, the software is identical. The price is much lower: 25% of the full price, so a 75% discount !
A few restrictions do apply though:
- A hobby license may be bought only by a private person, not by a company
(also not by an employee or owner acting as a private person but in fact buying for the company).
- A hobby license may not be used for commercial purposes. However, commercial activities that generate less than EUR 3000 in annual revenue are considered to be a hobby business and are permitted with a hobby license. When the revenue grows above this limit it is needed to purchase an upgrade to a commercial license (the upgrade price is exactly the price difference between both licenses).
- For hobby licenses the free support by telephone and email does not apply: use the Forum instead.
- A hobby license may be sold or transferred only to a hobby user.
An Educational license also is a full-featured license: only the price is lower than for a commercial license. Much lower: educational discount on DP Full is 75%. Educational licenses are available only to students, teachers and schools. A proof is required, like a dated student ID card.
- An educational license may not be used for commercial applications. However, applications that generate less than EUR 3000 in annual revenue are considered to be a hobby business (see above) and are permitted with an educational license.
- An educational license may be sold or transferred only to an educational user.
Schools :
| Product: (prices excl VAT) |
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| DeskProto Entry Edition Class Pack |
€ 395.00 |
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| DeskProto Multi-Axis Edition Lab license |
€ 1295.00 |
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In addition to (single) Educational licenses, for Schools we also offer Lab licenses and Class-packs:
Lab license : EUR 1,295.00
Using a Lab license the school may install the DeskProto Multi-Axis edition on any number of PCs in the school's network, and run it max 25 PCs simultaneously.
Class-pack : EUR 395.00
A Class-pack is a bundle of 25 DeskProto Entry Edition licenses, to be installed within one classroom. To be used by students that only need the Entry Edition's functionality.
A lowcost school license is possible by just ordering one educational license, for the teacher's PC, and using the free edition for the students. Each student then can save his Project file and send that to the teacher to create an NC toolpath file without the Trial cross. So you can have your complete classroom equipped with the DeskProto Entry edition for EUR 145.00 only, and with the DeskProto Multi-Axis edition for EUR 248.00 only!
3. Updates and upgrades.
Upgrades to a higher edition, and Updates to a newer version are available only for customers who already own a DeskProto license. When ordering you will need to enter the Serial number of your current license.Below you can find a table with prices for all updates and upgrades:
On the left side select the DeskProto version that you have, on that line you can find your upgrade price to the current version of each edition. These are advised end-user prices, excl VAT.
You can order from one of our Resellers, or place a direct order in our Webshop.
| Upgrade matrix | You upgrade to V7: | ||||
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| Entry | Expert | Multi-Ax | Multi-Ax | ||
| comm. | comm. | comm. | hobby / educ. | ||
| You now have: | |||||
| Lite, V1-5 | commercial | 88.00 | 498.00 | 898.00 | 148.00 |
| Entry, V6 | commercial | 58.00 | 498.00 | 898.00 | 148.00 |
| Entry, V7 | commercial | 498.00 | 898.00 | 148.00 | |
| Expert, V6 | commercial | --- | 238.00 | 448.00 | 98.00 |
| Expert, V7 | commercial | --- | 448.00 | 98.00 | |
| Full, V1-5 | hobby / educ. | --- | 347.00 | 747.00 | 148.00 |
| Multi-Ax, V6 | hobby / educ. | --- | 347.00 | 747.00 | 98.00 |
| Multi-Ax, V7 | hobby / educ. | --- | 347.00 | 747.00 | |
| Full, V1-5 | commercial | --- | 238.00 | 598.00 | 98.00 |
| Multi-Ax, V6 | commercial | --- | 198.00 | 398.00 | 98.00 |
Special licenses for schools:
| School upgrades | You upgrade to V7: | ||
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| Class-pack | Lab license | ||
| educational | educational | ||
| You now have: | |||
| Class-pack, V1-6 | educational | € 158.00 | € 898.00 |
| Lab license, V1-6 | educational | --- | € 498.00 |
When buying an upgrade or update you need to supply the serial number of your current license.
How to find that Serial number:
- DeskProto Lite V3-5 and Full V4.2: shown in the program, via Help > Register
- DeskProto Full all other Version Nrs: on a printed label, both on the box and on the inside front cover page of the Tutorial book. It is not present on the dongle (after upgrading the dongle will no longer be needed)
- DeskProto V6, any edition: shown in the program, via Help > About.
- DeskProto V7, any edition: shown in the program, via Help > About.
4. What you will receive
Purchasing DeskProto is completely Internet-based. After buying you will receive a license (PDF file) that contains a Name and a Key that you can enter via Help > Activate license. As all orders have to be manually processed your license will not be sent immediately; the delay will depend on the difference in time zone.Manuals can be downloaded in PDF format, more sample models can be downloaded as well.
As an optional extra we can also ship a fine Box with a printed Tutorial book and a backup CD (containing the installation files for both Windows and Apple, a number of sample geometry files and the scripting documentation). See the illustration near the top of this page. The box can of course also be included in any upgrade order. This optional extra can be added for 15 Euro plus shipment cost.