Pricing · GCnester
Pick the GCnester tier that fits your shop.
From $20 a month. Every plan includes updates, access to the controller post library and support. Cancel from your account any time. Not sure yet? The free 10-day demo has every Business feature.
2 months free on annual
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Download the free demoStandard
Import parts, nest them, cut them and export G-code.
$20/month
or $200/year, 2 months free
DXF, DWG and SVG import with cleanup
True-shape automatic and manual nesting
Leads, kerf and overcut, with per-chain lead overrides
Cut simulation and time estimates
Controller post library
G-code export
Shared shop settings for every operator on a computer
1 seat: install anywhere, one computer running at a time
Pro
Most popularAdds plate inventory, remnants, Sketcher and the Profile Library.
$30/month
or $300/year, 2 months free
Everything in Standard
Plate inventory management
Remnant nesting and remnant capture
Sketcher
Profile Library and the Shape Library of common flat parts
Cut-order strategies: Nearest Neighbor, Heat Spread, Serpentine, Smallest First
1 seat: install anywhere, one computer running at a time
Business
Adds reporting, quoting and plate cost management.
$50/month
or $500/year, 2 months free
Everything in Pro
Work orders
Reporting
Quoting
Plate cost management
3 seats: install anywhere, three computers running at a time; add more for $10 a month or $100 a year each
Free 10-day demo. Everything in Business, no card. It generates G-code and plays it back, but does not show, save or send the G-code.
Download the demoSeats: Standard 1, Pro 1, Business 3 (add more at $10/mo or $100/yr each) · prices before tax
Compare
Everything in each GCnester tier
GCnester
Other nesting software
Feature
Standard
Pro
Business
$5,000 range
$10,000 range
$15,000 range
Import and drawing
DXF, DWG and SVG import with process mapping
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Import cleanup: gap weld, dedup, arc fit
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Sketcher
—
✓
✓
Profile Library
—
✓
✓
Shape Library: mounting plates, flanges, straps, gussets, lugs, slotted plates and more
—
✓
✓
Nesting
True-shape automatic nesting
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Manual nesting: drag, rotate, delete
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Part spacing, edge spacing, rotations
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Rotation per part: Free, Locked, 0/180, Quarter
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Remnant nesting
—
✓
✓
—
✓
✓
Tool path
Leads, kerf and overcut
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Per-chain lead overrides
✓
✓
✓
—
✓
✓
Manual cut order
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Cut-order strategies (Nearest Neighbor, Heat Spread, Serpentine, Smallest First)
—
✓
✓
—
✓
✓
Skeleton and crop cuts
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Simulation and estimating
Cut simulation with posted G-code playback
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Falling parts and skeleton web in playback
✓
✓
✓
—
—
—
Time estimating: cut length, rapids, pierces, run time
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Plate cost management and cost estimates
—
—
✓
✓
✓
✓
Quoting
—
—
✓
—
Partly
✓
Production
Plate inventory with auto-plating
—
✓
✓
—
✓
✓
Save reusable remnants after cutting
—
✓
✓
—
✓
✓
Plate queue in consumption order
—
✓
✓
—
—
—
Reporting, including setup sheets with printing
—
—
✓
✓
✓
✓
Work orders: seed a job from an order, Complete Nest records production
—
—
✓
—
✓
✓
Posts and machines
Machine-specific posts
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Machine selection per nest
✓
✓
✓
—
✓
✓
Shared shop settings folder for several operators
✓
✓
✓
—
—
✓
Controller post library: 44 templates (33 plasma, 7 laser, 4 waterjet) including JD2 XR12 and MPR2; verify with a test cut
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
G-code export
✓
✓
✓
Laser and waterjet post templates (machine validation required)
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Absolute-arc-center controller templates (ESAB Vision, MicroEDGE)
✓
✓
✓
Partly
✓
✓
Licensing
Seats (computers activated at once)
1
1
3 included, more at $10/mo or $100/yr each
The three right-hand columns are our reading of how other commercial nesting products at roughly those list prices tier these features, as of September 2026, not vendor-confirmed. "Partly" means that tier has a lighter version of the feature. A blank means we have not compared that row.
Running a JD Squared XR Series machine?
GCmaker is the complete CAD/CAM for it, with rotary and structural cutting, on its own plan.
Yes. The free demo starts with an email address and no card, includes everything in Business for 10 days from first activation, and cannot show, export or send G-code.
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