What is Easel Pro?
Easel Pro is an automatic-renewing subscription software that builds upon the basic/free Easel software. Easel and Easel Pro minimize the barriers associated with complicated CAD and CAM product manufacturing software, making it easy for users to produce physical products. Easel Pro’s production efficiencies decrease the amount of time required to carve detailed products, enabling businesses to produce more products per day and bring in more income.
Who is Easel Pro for?
Easel Pro is designed to offer additional tools for makers who generate income from their work. Our mission at Easel Software is to build accessible communities and tools for the maker journey. Easel and Easel Pro are designed to work together and support the transition from learning to earning income. The market for manufacturing is changing. Today, people make their full living off X-Carve and Easel. Easel Pro helps them make more products per day because they can carve detailed products much faster. Producing more products per day means more money comes in each day.
Why was Easel Pro launched?
Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of customers starting, running, and growing businesses with our tools. We believe manufacturing is undergoing a transition. We are moving away from the 20th-century model, where large factories produced the majority of products, and into the 21st century: micro and indie manufacturing companies are producing products alongside factories. Easel Pro is focused on supporting and accelerating this transition.
What are the features and benefits of Easel Pro?
Easel Pro’s production efficiencies decrease the amount of time required to carve detailed products, enabling businesses to produce more products per day and bring in more income. In addition to production efficiency, businesses can expand their product offerings with Easel Pro’s built-in customization tools. With hundreds of built-in fonts, businesses can design personalized products for customers.
With Easel Pro, business owners:
- Report saving time on each product they make, allowing them to produce more products in a day
- Sell products with a greater level of detail at a higher price point without increasing production costs
- Offer more customization options to customers by choosing from hundreds of new fonts
- Avoid investing in complex and expensive software
- Can take 2D designs and achieve 3D effects using v-carving toolpaths and v-bits
- Minimize production errors
How much does Easel Pro cost?
- Easel Pro Monthly subscriptions are $24 per month
- Easel Pro Yearly subscriptions are $216 per year
- Easel Pro Three-Year subscriptions are $599 every three years
All subscriptions are automatically recurring and billed at the beginning of each term; prices subject to applicable sales tax.
Can I try Easel Pro for free?
Anyone can design, preview, and simulate projects in Easel Pro for free. New users are automatically granted full access to Easel Pro carves during that period. A paid monthly or annual membership provides you with immediate access to Easel Pro.
What's the difference between Easel and Easel Pro?
The easiest way to see the difference between Easel and Easel Pro is by using this chart:
| Easel | Easel Pro | |
|---|---|---|
3D-Carving |
X | ✓ |
| V-Carving | X | ✓ |
Advanced Toolpaths: Raster Carving, Ramping Plunges, Center Work Zero |
X | ✓ |
| More than 1 Carve/G-code Export Per Week | X | ✓ |
| Resume Carving | X | ✓ |
Pro Design Library with More Than 3 Million Designs |
X | ✓ |
| Customizable Font Library with 300+ Fonts and Text Effects | X | ✓ |
Toolbox with Custom Bits, Materials, and Saved Cut Settings |
X | ✓ |
Project Labels |
X | ✓ |
Large Material Tiling and Additional Cut Depth Below Material |
X | ✓ |
Multiple Machine Profiles and Machine Parking |
X | ✓ |
Design Tools & Detailed 3D Preview |
✓ | ✓ |
Basic Design and Font Libraries |
✓ | ✓ |
Image Trace, SVG, and G-Code Import and Export |
✓ | ✓ |
Built-in Material and Bit Libraries with Recommended Cut Settings |
✓ | ✓ |
Interactive Apps and Tools |
✓ | ✓ |
Automated Easy Toolpath Generation |
✓ | ✓ |
Two-Stage Carving with Feedrate Override |
✓ | ✓ |
Workpiece Organization and Project Downloads |
✓ | ✓ |
Software Upgrades, Cloud Storage, Access to Community Forums |
✓ | ✓ |
Where can I learn more about Easel Pro's features?
We suggest checking out the other articles in our Support Center for FAQs and tutorials around Easel Pro's features.