specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Autodesk PowerMill
providerId: autodesk-powermill
created: '2026-05-04'
modified: '2026-09-06'
generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: https://www.autodesk.com/products/powermill/buy
tags:
  - CAM
  - CNC
  - Machining
  - Manufacturing
  - Pricing
  - Subscription
description: >-
  PowerMill is licensed as named-user seat subscription software, not as a metered API. Its
  programmable interfaces — macro commands and the Autodesk.ProductInterface.PowerMILL .NET/COM
  automation library — are included with the seat at no additional cost and are not separately
  priced, quota'd or tiered. There is no API plan, no request quota and no overage: an automation
  script runs in-process against a licensed PowerMill session on the customer's own machine.
  This file REPLACES a 2026-05-04 scaffold that asserted a "Free" tier with a 1,000-requests/month
  quota against https://local-powermill-instance. That tier does not exist and was never published
  by Autodesk.
plan_count: 2
plan_model: seat-subscription
api_pricing: included-with-seat
plans:
  - id: autodesk-powermill-standard
    name: PowerMill Standard
    type: subscription
    unit: named-user seat
    price: null
    currency: null
    billing_periods: [monthly, annual, three-year]
    description: >-
      2.5D milling and basic turning, 3-axis and 3+2 programming, toolpath simulation and virtual
      machine verification. Sold as part of Autodesk Fusion with PowerMill.
    api_access:
      included: true
      metered: false
      quota: null
      note: Macro API and .NET/COM automation library are available to any licensed seat.
  - id: autodesk-powermill-ultimate
    name: PowerMill Ultimate
    type: subscription
    unit: named-user seat
    price: null
    currency: null
    billing_periods: [monthly, annual, three-year]
    description: >-
      Everything in Standard plus simultaneous 5-axis machining, offline robot programming,
      automated electrode production, hybrid manufacturing, and dedicated port / blade / blisk /
      impeller strategies.
    api_access:
      included: true
      metered: false
      quota: null
price_capture:
  captured: false
  reason: >-
    AUTODESK PUBLISHES NO LIST PRICE FOR POWERMILL. Its own buy page answers the question directly:
    "How much does a PowerMill subscription cost? Contact your local Autodesk sales team to discuss
    your business needs and review subscription pricing options." Pricing is sales-gated. Third-party
    resellers and review sites quote figures; a reseller's number is not a provider-published price
    and recording it here would be a fabrication.
  quote: >-
    "How much does a PowerMill subscription cost? Contact your local Autodesk sales team to discuss
    your business needs and review subscription pricing options."
  evidence:
    - {url: 'https://www.autodesk.com/products/powermill/buy', http_status: 403, fetched: '2026-09-06', detail: 'Akamai bot policy returns 403 to non-browser clients; page content read through a text-extraction proxy and confirmed live.'}
    - {url: 'https://www.autodesk.com/products/powermill/overview', http_status: 403, fetched: '2026-09-06', detail: 'Same page family; title "Autodesk Fusion with PowerMill | Get Prices & Buy PowerMill".'}
trial:
  available: true
  length_days: 30
  url: https://www.autodesk.com/products/powermill/trial-intake
  quote: 'Start your project and try PowerMill free for 30 days.'
  note: Free 30-day trial; longer time-limited versions are arranged through an Autodesk sales representative.
terms:
  seats: named-user
  install_devices: 3
  concurrent_use: 'Only the named user can sign in and use the software on a single computer at any given time.'
  refund: '30-day return on annual and multi-year subscriptions; 15-day return on monthly subscriptions.'
  prior_version_rights: 'A subscription grants the right to install and use the 3 previous versions.'
  license_agreement: https://www.autodesk.com/company/terms-of-use/en/general-terms
editions_evidence:
  - url: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/PowerMill-product-comparison.html
    http_status: 403
    fetched: '2026-09-06'
    detail: Autodesk's own "Feature comparison between different PowerMill variants" article; edition names Standard and Ultimate.