Pricing
Every price is in US dollars and excludes VAT; VAT is added where it applies. The decoder and the cable designer stay free.
For people · For businesses · For software and AI agents · Questions
For people
One engineer, a team of three, one project or a whole organisation: the same designer, with more of the work that follows from it.
| Plan | Free$0 | Pro$32 / month · $320 / year | Team$79 / month · $790 / year | Project pass$169 once | Enterprisefrom $4,400 a year |
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| Decode and 3D | |||||
| Decode any cable code, in every coding system | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| 3D view and to-scale cross-section | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Designer and calculations | |||||
| The cable designer, every value with its standard | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Current rating, short circuit, drum, equivalents and the compliance check, on screen | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| AI reading of the designer box (the rules' own reading stays free) | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Datasheet reading (PDF, link or pasted text) | Not included | 20 a month | 60 a month, shared by the team | 150 in the pass (60 days) | 300 a month |
| The same values on the PDF datasheet | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Calculations | |||||
| Voltage drop and reverse sizing, grouping, the armour and protective conductor check, NEC conduit fill | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Burial depth, laying in cold weather and the tests after installation, on screen | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Pull calculation, NEC tray fill and the loading planner: the verdict | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Pull calculation: the tensions, the step table and the PDF | Not included | One route at a time | One route at a time | One route at a time | A whole project's cable list at once |
| NEC tray fill: the areas, the ampacity and the PDF | Not included | One tray at a time | One tray at a time | One tray at a time | A whole project's cable list at once |
| Loading plan: the drums on each truck or container | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Climate check for your town and month of laying | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Commissioning sheet (PDF) for the tests after installation | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| MV and HV electrical values: capacitance, charging current, reactance, a.c. resistance, dielectric loss | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Economic size: the energy lost, its cost over the years and the payback of a larger size | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Cable end preparation: the common step order | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Cable end preparation: each step with the design's own thicknesses and the step sheet (PDF) | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Cable accessories in 3D on your own cable: the lug, the screen fold-back and the earthing parts, with the lug row | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| MV terminations and joints in 3D on your own cable, with the kinds of kit that fit it: their ranges, length and shed count | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Minimum creepage of an MV outdoor termination by pollution class (IEC TS 60815), sheds drawn to it in 3D | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Installation lines on the datasheet: lowest laying temperature, pre-warming, sheath test | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Datasheet and CAD | |||||
| PDF datasheet under your brand | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| STEP for 3D CAD | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Your print along the cable | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Specification | |||||
| Specification and required / offered schedule | Preview | One cable | One cable | A project of up to 30 cables | Unlimited projects, up to 200 cables each |
| Bid comparison | |||||
| Bidders on your own files | The sample | 2 bidders | 2 bidders | 5 bidders, a project's cables | Unlimited, several cables, with the exports |
| Saved designs and shared library | |||||
| Designs kept in your account | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| One library and one brand for the team | Not included | Not included | Included | Not included | Included |
| Users | |||||
| People on one plan | No account needed | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 or more |
| Price and billing | |||||
| Price | $0 | $32 / month · $320 / year | $79 / month · $790 / year | $169 once | from $4,400 a year |
| Billing | Nothing to pay | By card through Whop, monthly or yearly, until you cancel | By card through Whop, monthly or yearly, until you cancel | Paid once, for 60 days; it does not renew | By card every 6 months, or yearly by invoice |
| Plan | Open the designer | Pro monthlyPro yearly | Team monthlyTeam yearly | Get the Project pass | Buy by cardWrite to us |
Members who joined at an earlier price keep it while their membership runs.
Enterprise by card
Fill in the details for the invoice and your brand, then pay by card through Whop: $2,200 every 6 months, $4,400 a year. The plan opens at once for 5 people and renews until you cancel it.
For businesses
The 3D cable engine as a licence for your own software, product pages and datasheets, offered after a short call and in writing.
Not to be confused with the plans above: a plan is for using this site's designer, a licence puts the engine into your own software or website.
Licences and prices
Starter
$5,500 / year
- 1 product
- 1 domain, up to 100,000 views a year
- Unlimited end users
- A small "3D by thecablecode" credit
- All releases during the year
- Email support, 5 business days
- One integration call (2 hours)
Standard
$11,000 / year
- Up to 3 products
- 3 domains, up to 500,000 views a year
- Unlimited end users
- White-label: our name appears nowhere
- All releases during the year
- Email support, 2 business days
- 8 hours of integration help
Premium
$22,000 / year
- Up to 10 products; more on quotation
- 10 domains and unlimited views; more on quotation
- Unlimited end users
- White-label
- All releases during the year
- Email and video support, 1 business day
- 24 hours of integration help
Add-ons and other licences
- Sizing engine from $5,500 a year
- The calculation without the drawing: thicknesses, diameters and weight, each with its standard and clause; on request also conductor resistance, short-circuit and current ratings, and bending radius. For your own screens and servers.
- Export pack from $2,100 a year
- DXF cross-section, XML design file and STEP AP214 solids for mechanical CAD. SVG and GLB come with every licence.
- Compliance check Live, free to try
- The deviations of a design from the standard, clause by clause (below). For teams and software: an API or a licence.
- Manufacturer licence from $4,400 a year
- For cable makers: the 3D view and the to-scale section on every product page. One website, up to 500 constructions.
- Catalogue datasheet On quotation
- One sheet for a whole family of sections (3x25 to 3x240), as a maker's catalogue page, under your brand.
Prices exclude VAT and are billed yearly in advance; 30 days of free evaluation. Launch-partner and multi-year terms are in the offer, which comes with a private demo in your own brand.
Ask about a licence The licences and the live demo
Sponsorship
Own a place next to the material, cable family or layer you sell, by region: from $110 a month. Every slot and its price
For software and AI agents
The decoder, the designer, the compliance check, the datasheet reader and the specification as an API and an MCP server. No account and no key: each call is paid in USDC with x402.
| Single decode | 5 free per caller per UTC day (API and MCP together), then $0.10 per call |
| Batch decode | $0.03 per code, up to 500 codes, one payment |
| Cable design | 2 free per caller per UTC day (API and MCP together), then $0.50 per design |
| Equivalents | Shares the 5 free decodes a day, then $0.10 per call |
| Compliance check | 2 free per caller per UTC day (API and MCP together), then $0.50 per check |
| Datasheet reader | $2.00 per document from the first one (API and MCP alike), every row's check included |
| Specification | $2.00 for the first cable, $0.50 for each further cable in the same call (up to 30), one payment; no free allowance |
| Drum fit | Free, not counted against any allowance |
| Installation calculations | $0.50 per calculation (pull, tray fill, loading plan, climate check, MV electrical values, economic size); the pull, tray and loading verdict counts against the 2 free designs a day; a list at $0.50 per item |
| Commissioning sheet | $0.50 per sheet (PDF), a separate call, no free allowance |
| Cable end preparation | $0.50 per design with the step sheet (PDF), a separate call; the common step order counts against the free designs |
| Payment | x402 v2, scheme exact, USDC on Base mainnet, wallet to wallet; nothing is held by the site |
| Account | None. No API key, no sign-up, no cookies |
Write to us
For a licence, a demo in your brand, Enterprise by quotation or invoice, or anything not bought by card: the message reaches us at once and we reply in person to the address you give.
Questions
- Project pass or Pro?
- Pro is for steady work, one cable at a time: the files, your brand and one cable's specification, month after month. The Project pass is for one tender: everything in Pro for 60 days, plus a specification of up to 30 cables and a comparison of up to 5 bidders, paid once.
- Is VAT included?
- No. Every price here excludes VAT; where VAT applies, it is added at checkout or on the invoice.
- How do I cancel?
- Pro and Team renew until you cancel them in your Whop account, and stay on until the end of the period you paid for. The Project pass is paid once and does not renew.
- Our team is growing. What then?
- Team covers three engineers on one membership. Enterprise covers 5 people, with the larger projects and the bid comparison, and is bought by card above or by quotation and invoice through the form.
- Which calculations are free?
- Every value on screen and every verdict: current rating, voltage drop and sizing, grouping, the armour check, conduit fill, burial depth, the cold-weather rule and the test table, and whether a pull, a tray or a shipment passes. Pro adds the numbers behind the pull, tray and loading verdicts, the climate check for your place and month, and the sheets as PDFs.
- Is the designer still free?
- Yes. Decoding, the 3D view, the cable designer and its calculations on screen stay free, with no account. You pay only for the files, your brand, the full specification and the larger projects.