Design hours, a dedicated engineer, and the finished part — every month.
Most design firms hand you a file and wish you luck. We engineer the part, print it on our own machines in Enola, inspect it, and ship it. One monthly fee, one team, no handoffs.
Connext Launch
One product you believe in. Get it right before you spend real money.
- A named CAD specialist assigned to your account
- FDM and SLA (Form 3L) printing
- One active project, 2 revision rounds per part
- Design-for-manufacturing review on every part
- Monthly 30-minute design review call
- STEP + STL files, native CAD on request
- 10% off production beyond your credit
- First concept in 5 business days
Connext Build
Several products moving at once. You need to ship on a cadence.
- SLS production unlocked — Fuse 1 30W, engineering nylon
- Your specialist holds a reserved weekly block for you
- Three active projects, unlimited revisions
- Engineering materials — PA12, Nylon, Tough 1500/2000
- 2D manufacturing drawings + version-controlled file library
- Shared Slack or Teams channel, 4-hour response
- Priority print queue · 15% off production
- First concept in 3 business days
Connext Foundry
You have decided not to build an in-house engineering team. We are the department.
- A senior mechanical lead plus a dedicated project manager
- Reserved machine capacity — front of the queue
- Unlimited active projects
- Full material library — High-Temp, Flame Retardant, ESD, BioMed
- Tolerance stack-up analysis + first-article inspection reports
- Complete engineering package — drawings, BOM, assembly
- Weekly review + quarterly roadmap session
- 20% off production · concept in 2 business days
Every line, side by side
No asterisks and nothing held back for the sales call. If it is not in this table, it is not in the plan.
| Specification | Launch | Build | Foundry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | |||
| Monthly, month-to-month | $1,500 | $3,500 | $7,500 |
| Annual prepaid | $15,0002 months free | $35,0002 months free | $75,0002 months free |
| Minimum commitment | 3 months | 3 months | 6 months |
| One-time onboarding | $500waived on annual | $750waived on annual | Waived |
| Design & engineering | |||
| CAD design hours per month | 8 | 20 | 45senior-led |
| Dedicated specialist | Named specialist | Named + reserved weekly block | Senior lead + project manager |
| Concurrent active projects | 1 | 3 | Unlimited |
| Revision rounds per part | 2 | Unlimitedwithin your hours | Unlimitedwithin your hours |
| Design-for-manufacturing review | Summary note | Full written review | + tolerance stack-up |
| Unused hour rollover | 25%30 days | 50%30 days | 50%60 days |
| Additional hours, if you need them | $165/hr | $155/hr | $135/hr |
| Prototyping & production | |||
| Monthly print credit | $250 | $750 | $2,000 |
| FDM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SLA — Formlabs Form 3L | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SLS — Formlabs Fuse 1 30W | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Engineering materialsPA12, Nylon, Tough, TPU 90A | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Specialty materialsHigh-Temp, Flame Retardant, ESD, BioMed | — | — | ✓ |
| Printer queue position | Standard | Priority | Reserved capacity |
| Quality control | Visual inspection | + dimensional check | + first-article report |
| Production discount beyond credit | 10% | 15% | 20% |
| Turnaround, in business days | |||
| First CAD concept | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Each revision round | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Print starts after design lock | 3 | 2 | Same or next day |
| Support response | 1 business day | 4 business hours | 2 business hours |
| Access & ownership | |||
| Design review call | Monthly, 30 min | Every 2 weeks, 45 min | Weekly, 60 min |
| Quarterly roadmap session | — | — | ✓ |
| File deliverables | STEP + STL | + 2D drawings | + BOM & assembly docs |
| Version-controlled file library | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native CAD source files | On request | ✓ | ✓ |
| NDA signed at onboarding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| You own 100% of the design IP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Files released if you cancel | 5 business days | 5 business days | 2 business days |
| Account pause, once per year | — | Up to 60 days | Up to 90 days |
Try us on one part first
Six design hours and a real prototype in your hands in ten business days.
Send a sketch, a photo, or the broken part you are replacing. We engineer it, print it in the material that suits it, and ship it. If you decide to subscribe within 30 days, the full $1,250 comes off your first month — so the trial costs you nothing.
We would rather tell you now
- Injection mold tooling, CNC, sheet metal, casting. We manage these through vetted partners at a 10% fee for subscribers.
- Electronics, PCB layout, firmware, software. Not our discipline. We will happily design around your board.
- Renderings and animation beyond standard CAD views. Available as an add-on.
- Regulatory certification — FDA, UL, FCC. We produce the documentation; we do not certify.
- Volume production past your monthly credit — discounted, quoted per run.
- Materials outside our published menu — sourced at cost plus 15%.
Straight answers
Why subscribe instead of paying per project?
Because per-project pricing makes you a worse product designer. Every iteration becomes a new quote and a new approval, so you stop one revision early and ship something you know is not quite right. A subscription lets you iterate without asking permission — which is why our subscribers’ second version is always better than their first.
What if I do not use all my hours?
You keep a quarter of them on Launch and half on Build and Foundry, for 30 days. And if you are consistently under, we will tell you and move you down a tier at renewal. We would rather have you on the right plan for three years than the wrong one for four months.
Can I bring my own CAD files?
Yes, and your hours go further when you do. Instead of concept modeling, your specialist spends the time on design-for-manufacturing review, tolerance work, and production prep — the stages where self-taught CAD most often costs people money.
What happens to my files if I leave?
They are yours, in STEP and native format, within five business days. No hostage clause, no export fee. We would rather you leave able to work with anyone than stay because you cannot.
Is $7,500 a month not more than hiring an engineer?
A part-time engineer does not come with eighty printers, three processes, and a materials library that runs from flexible TPU to 238°C high-temp resin — and cannot print your part Tuesday and hand you the inspection report Wednesday. If you want to hire, hire. Most Foundry clients who build an internal team stay with us on Build for the fabrication.
I only need one part made.
Then do not subscribe. Take the Sprint at $1,250, or send us the part through our regular quote form. Subscriptions are for people building a product, not buying one.
Tell us what you are building.
Thirty minutes on a call and we will tell you which tier fits — or that none of them do. No CAD file needed to start the conversation.
Prices in US dollars, effective 2026. Design hours are billed against the calendar month. Print credit is calculated at standard retail rates and does not roll over. Fair use applies to unlimited items — work is delivered in the order agreed on your review call. Need more than Foundry provides? We write custom agreements above 45 hours per month.