CUTL is pay-as-you-go. There is no subscription and no monthly fee. You buy coins and spend them on the work you actually do, mostly cost calculations. When your balance runs low you top it up, and unused coins stay on your account.
What coins are
Coins are the credit you spend inside CUTL. Buy a pack once, then draw it down as you price parts. Nothing renews on its own and nothing expires on a monthly cycle, so a quiet month costs you nothing.
What uses coins
Coins are spent when CUTL does real processing for you. The main cost is a calculation: analysing a drawing and producing a cost.
| Action | Coins |
|---|---|
| Quick calculation (single part) | 100 per calculation |
| Project part calculation | 100 per part: a 20-part project costs about 2,000 |
| Recalculation after edits | 100 per calculation |
| Part split out of a multi-part drawing or PDF | 20 per extracted part |
| AI part generation (photo or sketch to DXF) | 200 per generated part |
| API calls | billed in coins, see below |
Everyday setup work does not cost coins. Creating your account, adding machines, materials and cutting modes, browsing your history and downloading quotes are all free. You only spend when you run a calculation or generate a part.
Check your balance
Your current balance is shown in the app at app.cutl.online, in the billing area. From there you can also see your recent transactions, so you can tell exactly what each calculation or top-up cost.
Top up by buying a coin pack
When you want more coins, buy a pack. Packs are one-off purchases: you pay once, the coins land on your balance, and nothing recurs.
Three pack sizes are available:
- 10,000 coins (about 100 calculations)
- 50,000 coins (about 500 calculations)
- 100,000 coins (about 1,000 calculations)
Current pack prices are listed on the pricing page.
Redeem a promocode
A promocode adds coins straight to your balance. Codes usually come from a partner or a campaign, and each code can be redeemed once per team (in CUTL, coins and billing are shared across your team, not per individual login).
If a code will not redeem, it has usually already been used on your account, has reached its overall limit, or has passed its expiry date. Check the code with whoever gave it to you.
Using the API
The CUTL API is billed the same way as the app: each call that runs a calculation draws coins from your balance, so a single top-up covers both the web app and your integrations. See the API guide for endpoints and authentication.
Next, head back to Getting started to price your first part, or see Quoting & cost calculation to turn an estimate into a commercial offer.