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Working without an account

What you can do signed out, where your work is kept, and what an account adds.

You can use the optimizer without signing up. Enter materials, stock and cuts, import a spreadsheet, optimize, print the plan and export its files.

Limits when signed out

  • The Fast optimization mode.
  • Up to 250 pieces in one job, the same as the free plan.

Where your work is kept

The job you are editing is saved in this browser on this device, which the workspace shows as Saved on this device. Clearing the browser’s site data removes it, and it does not follow you to another computer.

What an account adds

  • Saved lists of materials, stock and cuts you can load into any job.
  • Projects, and a history of every optimization you have run.
  • Organizations with members, API keys and the embeddable optimizer.

Create an account when you want any of these.

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