# Cheaper subscription for non professional users. (Home users)

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cheaper-subscription-for-non-professional-users-home-users/40034
**Category:** Feature requests
**Created:** [December 23, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cheaper-subscription-for-non-professional-users-home-users/40034 "2025-12-23T10:27:17Z")
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### Author: ![m4rk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/m4rk/32/19107_2.png) [@m4rk](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/m4rk)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/cheaper-subscription-for-non-professional-users-home-users/40034/6 "2026-01-22T19:44:44Z")

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This was discussed a lot a few years ago…

> [@Hobbyists - how do you manage due to no hobbyist plan/price?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/hobbyists-how-do-you-manage-due-to-no-hobbyist-plan-price/19960/27):
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> Hello Istvan. I notice this is a stock response — which I don’t blame you for using smile However, “we haven’t found a way” is disingenuous I fear. There are ways, you’re just choosing not to implement them. Now I’ve started off with what appears to be such a negative commentary, let me set some context, and be a little more positive. I’m a product manager in the software industry by day, so I fully, very acutely, appreciate the balancing act of pricing and targeting the kind of customers you…

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 😄 )

But clearly Shapr don’t see the value in that. Which is a shame.

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