CADchat Announces New Tier and Pricing Structure – Even More Flexibility

Converge partnered with CADchat earlier this year, and we couldn't have imagined the product and company growth that CADchat has experienced over that time. We instantly saw the value of an engineering-team-focused meeting platform that tackles not only design review in a meaningful way, but all team meetings both internal and external.

A quick look back: how CADchat grew this year

This past year has been all about focus — making CADchat more reliable, more useful, and easier for teams to adopt. Highlights include:

• Broader adoption across industries. CADchat is now used by a wider range of teams — from small machine shops to mid-market OEMs to massive house-hold brands — for day-to-day design questions, standards checks, and CAD workflows.

• Improved product performance. The dev team at CADchat has reduced average response times, increased uptime, and made chat interactions more accurate and CAD-aware so users get better answers faster.

• Richer integrations. CADchat now connects more seamlessly with the tools CAD teams already use (file systems, PDM/PLM viewers, and common CAD formats), making it simpler to work with real models and drawings.

• More knowledge, better coverage. They have expanded CADchat’s technical knowledge base and templates (Common parts, BOM checks, drawing dimensioning guidance, etc.), so it’s more helpful across mechanical, sheet-metal, and assembly workflows.

• Growing community and support. CADchat has added product specialists to customer success and support, hosted training sessions and webinars, and built a community forum where power users share tips and best practices.

These improvements translate into measurable business value for customers: faster design iterations, fewer review cycles, and less time spent searching for CAD standards and answers.

Introducing the new CADchat pricing tiers

We've also seen the evolution of how CADchat is delivered, and now we're excited to announce that there is a tier for everyone, no matter how small of a team you have. CADchat launched four clear tiers so you can pick the plan that fits your team and scale up as needed.

1) CADchat Free

• Educational use, Individual Engineers, or Small teams

• Core conversational features and a sample set of CAD templates

• Ideal for individual users and teams to get introduced to CADchat

• 40 Min Meeting Times

2) CADchat Light — Small Teams in need of Collaboration

• Only available as bundled with Annual SOLIDWORKS Elite Subscription

• Access to common CAD templates (drawing checks, BOM lookups)

• Basic collaboration tools

• 90 Min Meeting Times

3) Professional — Small teams and engineering groups

• Multi-user seats with shared team administration

• Higher query limits, collaboration features, and file linking to PDM/PLM viewers

• Priority email support and quarterly training sessions

• Advanced collaboration tools
• No Meeting Time Limit

4) Premium — Organization-wide deployment (TBD)

• Custom seat counts and admin controls (SSO, audit logs, role-based access)

• Dedicated onboarding, SLA, and white-glove support

• Integration assistance for PLM/PDM and custom workflows

• Flexible usage terms and volume discounts

Transition & special offers

• Existing customers: We’ll make the transition seamless. If you’re currently on an older plan, we’ll reach out with details about how your account maps to the new tiers and any promotional pricing or grandfathering options.

• New customers: To help teams get started quickly, we’re offering guided onboarding for CADchat Free and Professional trials.

• Volume & education discounts: Available for multi-seat purchases, academic institutions, and longer commitments — contact us to discuss options.

ARTICLE BY Tanner Knight, CSWE