Pricing
What things cost
Fixed prices for defined pieces of work, so you know the number before you commit. Anything outside these shapes gets a written scope instead of an hourly rate.
Tiers
Four ways to work with us
Open
Freealways
Everything that should not have a price on it.
- Unit converter, constants and periodic table
- Template library downloads
- Free preview pages of every magazine issue
- Written guides and policy documents
- One free module from each Academy course
Reader
Free accountsign-up
Full access to the magazine and course materials.
- Complete bi-monthly issues, not just the preview
- Full back-issue archive
- Course workbooks and example datasets
- New-issue notifications
- Comment on opinion pieces
Commission
From quoteper piece
CF360 Lab design work and Research Services.
- Graphical abstracts and journal figures
- Posters, decks and scientific animation
- Data analysis and characterisation support
- Editable source files included
- Fixed price agreed before work starts
Partner
Annualgroups & institutions
For research groups, departments and facilities.
- Group-wide magazine and Academy access
- Priority turnaround on design work
- A house figure style applied across the group
- Named contact and quarterly review
- Invoiced annually
These tiers are indicative and are still being finalised. Ask for a quote and you will get a firm figure for your specific job.
Questions
Before you ask
How is a commission priced?
By the piece, not by the hour. You describe the work, we send a written scope with a fixed figure and a delivery date, and that figure does not move unless the brief does.
How many revisions are included?
Two full rounds on every design commission, plus any correction needed because we misread the science — those are never counted.
Who owns the result?
You do, outright, including the editable source file. We ask permission before showing anything in our portfolio and never assume it.
Is there an academic rate?
Yes. Students and researchers without grant funding should say so when they write in; we would rather do the work than lose it to a price list.
Stay with it
New issues, new tools, new openings
One email when an issue goes out, a course opens or a deadline is close. No more than that, and nothing passed on to anyone else.
Or create a free account — it opens the full magazine and keeps your downloads in one place.