# Pricing — Protoboard Designer

Protoboard Designer is a WYSIWYG PCB layout editor for makers, hobbyists and
students. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and in any modern browser
(WebAssembly), and projects sync across all of them.

Last updated: 2026-09-16
Currency: USD. Local prices and any current offer are shown at checkout.
Billing: through the Apple App Store or Google Play. Subscriptions sync to the
web app automatically. There is no separate web checkout.
Billing periods available: monthly only. There is no annual plan.
Account: a free account is required to use the editor (sign in with Google).
No credit card is required to start.

## Free

- Price: $0/month, permanent
- Cloud-synced boards: 3
- Custom footprints you create: 5
- Stored exports kept per project, per kind: 3 (3 can be pinned)
- Layout editor: full
- Design Rule Check: full
- PDF export: yes, watermarked (the watermark cannot be turned off on this plan)
- Image export: yes, watermarked
- Mirrored 1:1 PDF masks for home etching (toner transfer, UV photoresist): yes
- Mosaic printing (several copies of one board per sheet): no
- Gerber / Excellon export: no
- Thermal pads: no
- Open Sprint Layout `.lay6` boards as projects: yes
- Open Eagle `.brd` boards as projects: yes
- Open KiCad `.kicad_pcb` boards as projects: yes
- Import KiCad `.kicad_mod` footprint libraries: no
- Import Sprint Layout `.lmk` macros: no

## Maker

- Price: $5.99/month
- Cloud-synced boards: 20
- Custom footprints you create: unlimited
- Stored exports kept per project, per kind: 20 (unlimited pinned)
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Watermark: can be turned off on PDF, image and video exports
- Mosaic printing: yes — lays a grid of copies of the same board on one sheet,
  so one sheet of transfer film or photoresist yields several boards
- Import KiCad `.kicad_mod` footprint libraries, including from any public
  GitHub repository: yes
- Import Sprint Layout `.lmk` macros: yes
- Gerber / Excellon export: no
- Thermal pads: no

## Engineer

- Price: $10.99/month
- Cloud-synced boards: unlimited
- Custom footprints you create: unlimited
- Stored exports kept per project, per kind: unlimited
- Everything in Maker, plus:
- Gerber / Excellon export: yes — accepted directly by JLCPCB, PCBWay,
  OSH Park, Aisler and other fabricators
- Thermal pads (thermal relief on SMD and through-hole pads): yes
- Watermark: off by default on all exports

## Notes for comparison

- Opening an existing board from Sprint Layout, Eagle or KiCad is free on every
  plan. Inbound migration is never gated; only the cloud-board count limits how
  many you keep.
- Mirroring a PDF mask is free on every plan. It is required for toner-transfer
  and photoresist workflows, so home etching works end to end without paying.
- Gerber export is the one fabrication output reserved for the top plan.
- A full EDA suite (KiCad, Altium) remains the better tool for complex
  multi-sheet, schematic-driven designs. Protoboard Designer targets simple
  boards — breakouts, adapters, sensor carriers — and home etching.

## Links

- Web app: https://app.protoboarddesigner.com/
- iOS (iPhone & iPad): https://apps.apple.com/app/protoboard-designer/id6799526213
- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.protoboarddesigner.app
- Pricing page: https://protoboarddesigner.com/#pricing
- Documentation: https://protoboarddesigner.com/docs/
- Contact: info@protoboarddesigner.com