Shapr3d would be a really nice tool to use.
But as of the current pricing (250 is just way to mutch when doing 3d printing for fun and not for commercial use) and limit’s of the free tier it feels more like a Demo then a actual useable software.
Please widen up the free tier (Like allowing more projects, or implement it like Fusion where you can “pause” a project.
Or add a additional plan without the multi user sharing and less export options that would cost cheaper.
Yes, widen up the free tier and give us something, maybe 1 high res STL or High Res export per month, better than nothing. You might gain more users vs demo it and delete the app.
Disable Cloud Save but let us save more than 2 files locally. More Shapr3d files lock up more likely one would sign up to get it exported.
Yup, when doing 3d printing for a hobby shapr3d is kind off useless as the export is such a low quality that I can sadly count the triangles when opening the file in a slicer 
My take on this as someone who has zero interest in commercial-use and non-professional: a plan with no drawings, generative render and whatever other features generally target the “professional” markets at a lower cost would be nice (naturally).
But with that said, it is not hard to extract £25/mo. value from this software. Compared to other software (and backed by much bigger companies who can deal with the volume market more effectively). But for me as a single individual user, I probably would only need to burden their support with 1 ticket per month to use up all their margin lol.
Including taxes it’s €361,79/y (±31/m) Which is quite a lot for a software that you don’t use each day or make any revenue off.
This was discussed a lot a few years ago…
Given nothing has changed since then, I’d proffer they’ll never offer a “hobbyist” price point.
If I was a product manager at Shapr I’d be bumping up the main product price and introducing a hobbyist tier - monthly, not the annual lock in - at €15/£15/$15 and go after the low hanging fruit and batter the big boys pricing. I’d restrict some of the functionality to ensure it’s worthwhile for proper businesses to pay the full price, but let the hobbyists tinker. It’s totally doable.
Folks like video meeting company, Whereby, manage to make b2c and b2b pricing work. There’s no reason why Shapr couldn’t. They’re choosing not to (which don’t get me wrong, I understand why - I just don’t agree with it 
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But clearly Shapr don’t see the value in that. Which is a shame.
Sharpr3D is a great app, but the pricing is honestly a big problem.
There’s no real subscription for hobbyists. The current plans are just too expensive for people doing personal projects, learning, or 3D printing at home. We’re not businesses and we’re not making money with this — yet we’re priced like professionals.
A cheaper hobbyist plan doesn’t need full functionality. Most of us would be totally fine with fewer features, limited exports, or a non-commercial license if the price actually matched hobby use. Reducing functionality is a fair trade-off and keeps the pro plans clearly separated.
This feedback has been around for years. A lot of users are asking for it, but it feels like it’s being ignored. Without a realistic entry-level plan, people just move to other tools and don’t come back.
Sharpr3D is awesome. A limited, affordable hobby plan would only make it better.
Honestly it has to be hurting them. The reason a lot of large businesses do lower priced or free consumer tiers isn’t because they’re being nice, it’s because they know that once you’ve learned their product you’ll want to stick with it and should you get involved in it professionally you’ll pay whatever it takes at that point to stick with their product.
I print personally and at work. I used Shapr3d to design a personal print (Noctua fan casing for my PC).
I have been responsible for teaching multiple people at my work how to get into 3d printing, 3 of those people now do it professionally. I always suggest people stay away from Shapr3d, not because it’s a bad product it’s actually really great especially if you design on an iPad. However for the novice users starting out it’s more than they need for far more than they will ever reasonably pay.
So they get started with other free simple options (such as TinkerCad) because it’s just not worth learning Shapr3D at the price point for a novice. They then naturally grow from there to more advanced options (such as Fusion which is also Autodesk) or even Blender (depending on the need/user). Once they have advanced and they start building or working at businesses that involve 3D design they aren’t going to switch to Shapr out of the goodness of their heart, just like Shapr didn’t build a path for them in the start. They’re going to stick with, teach, and through that propagate the alternatives.
Shapr3d doesn’t provide a reasonable path for new users into their product. The product can be amazing, it doesn’t matter if your users learn a different tool from the start. No amount of bells and whistles will change that.
I get both sides of this debate.
I think where I would be happy would be if there was some form of credit model.
Paid the full price over the last year - am a hobbyist and certain times in life there are just more pressing matters. Can go sometime without use for weeks / months.
A model where credits are purchased for exports.
Perhaps a day price? Getting a bit silly, but…..
If I know I have some time that I can devote, a day here or there, then for the price of a coffee (the advertisers always say that) I could plan that day working on the application.
The below is all my conjecture, although it is based on extensive industry experience.
Shapr3D is currently not capable of truly competing with the “big boys”. Many companies will not even consider them for one simple reason - the lack of assembly capabilities.
Consider a company designing a product consisting of multiple parts. Responsibilities for the parts comprising that product are typically split among different people, and all the parts are ultimately assembled to a top assembly. When any parts are individually modified, the assembly is automatically updated to reflect all the latest changes.
For these types of companies, a CAD program without assembly capabilities, no matter how nicely designed, is a non-starter. Period. Assemblies are an essential requirement for multi-part product design, so even if Shapr3D was free, they still wouldn’t use it because it simply can’t do the job.
Until assembly capabilities are added, it will be difficult for Shapr3D to compete for any business requiring more than a small number of CAD seats, effectively shutting them out from more profitable opportunities.
Given this inability to compete for the more lucrative deals, they’ve calculated that $299/yr is the right balance that optimizes customer demand vs revenue among the enthusiast crowd and businesses with very modest product complexity.
When Shapr3D finally implements proper assemblies, they’ll be better able to compete with the established players and thus justify a higher price point for professionals. The increased revenue from larger deals will enable them to offer tiered pricing - a lower-priced plan for hobbyists / casual users and a higher-priced plan for professionals.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that they will actually do this, but they will at least be in a position to do so. They’re likely not in a position to do so now.
Thus, everyone should hope that they release assembly capabilities soon. 