Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Explorer | — | Free plan with no hidden fees; a free 7-day trial is shown. |
| Creator | — | billed yearly; Free 7-day trial shown; paid amount is not printed. |
| Engineer | — | billed yearly; Free 7-day trial shown; paid amount is not printed. |
From DesignSpark Mechanical's own pricing page, checked 27 Sept 2026. Every plan
What the maker publishes
- Assembly design
- Yes source
- Assembly tool
- The Assembly Tool supports constraints, movement, exploded views and tracelines, and is available in Engineer. source
- BOM and quotes
- Models use RS product codes to help create bills of materials and production quotes. source
- Cloud collaboration
- No source
- Engineer adoption
- The page says DesignSpark is trusted by 1.4 million engineers. source
- Complex geometry
- Pull, Combine and Blend tools transform solids into desired shapes. source
- Customization options
- Users can customize shortcuts, workspace views, rendering, shading, colors and toolbar layout. source
- Drawing standards
- Drawing annotations support ASME, JIS, ISO and GB standards and ASME Y14.5 GD&T. source
- File import and export
- Explorer imports RSDOC, RSDOCX, DSPCB IDF, TXT, JPG, BMP, PNG; exports RSDOCX, STL, OBJ, 3D PDF. Creator/Engineer also import OBJ, SKP, DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, AVI, WMV, MKV; export AMF, DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, GLB/GLTF, OBJ, VDB, 3D PDF, SKP, STL, XAML, JPG, PNG. source
- Founded
- 2010 source
- Free plan
- Yes source
- Free tier
- The Explorer plan is free and has no hidden fees. source
- Headquarters
- Birchington Road, Weldon, Corby, Northamptonshire NN17 9RS, United Kingdom source
- Modeling method
- direct source
- Modeling method
- The software uses gesture-based direct modeling with push-pull tools. source
- Parametric sketching
- Parametric equations define custom curve patterns in 2D and 3D space. source
- 3D part library
- The integrated library contains over one billion manufacturer-approved 3D part models. source
- Pricing display
- Explorer is free; Creator and Engineer show monthly billing yearly, but no prices are printed. source