Yugma's Free Tier Explained — What Triggers an Upgrade
We get the same question every week: "What's actually in the free tier?" Here's the unambiguous answer.
# What free includes
- Full editor. No watermark on the studio UI. Manual editing is never metered.
- 3 projects. Enough to keep a few client drafts going at once.
- 100 AI Director compositions per month. Monthly quota, resets each month. (A 30-requests-per-hour burst cap applies on every tier, free and paid.)
- 100 MB storage.
- Sketchfab import. Full library, free + paid models with their license intact.
- Library panel. 30 PBR material presets, primitive shapes, your own GLB uploads.
- Real-time collab. Live cursors, room codes, comments.
- GLB export. No watermark.
- PNG export. No watermark.
- Embed iframe. Watermarked (small "Made with Yugma" badge in corner).
- Version history. 10 most recent saves per project.
# What paid plans add (Premium €19/mo · Ultimate €99/mo)
- Far higher AI Director composition limits. Premium raises the quota to 1,000/month; Ultimate to 10,000/month with priority compute.
- Unlimited projects. The 3-project cap goes away.
- More storage. 50 GB on Premium, 500 GB on Ultimate.
- No embed watermark. GLB and PNG are already clean on free; paid removes the badge from the embed viewer too.
- USDZ export. For iOS AR Quick Look.
- Private share links with PIN protection.
- Priority generation queue. Faster Meshy text-to-3D when the queue is busy.
- AI Material Inspector. Generate custom PBR presets from prompts.
# What specifically triggers the upgrade prompt
We don't surprise users. The upgrade modal appears in exactly four places:
- Monthly AI quota reached (free → Premium). Modal explains you've used your 100 free compositions this month and offers an upgrade.
- Trying to export USDZ (free → Premium). Modal explains the AR feature and offers an upgrade.
- Creating a private / PIN-protected share link (free → Premium). Public share links stay free.
- Using the AI material generator (free → Premium). Preset materials stay free.
Anywhere else, the free tier just works.
# What never costs more
- Loading a scene.
- Saving a scene.
- Editing manually (drag, scale, rotate).
- Importing a Sketchfab model.
- Generating a single Meshy asset (counts against your AI credits).
- Sharing a scene with a watermarked link.
# Cancelling a subscription
Subscriptions are billed through Stripe. Cancel anytime from the Billing page in the app. Your scenes stay; free-tier limits kick back in at the end of the billing period. No data loss.
# Why €19/mo
Most AI 3D tools charge $15–25/mo — but they're per-asset metered or have aggressive credit caps. Yugma's Premium at €19/mo is a flat subscription for scene composition and collab; Ultimate (€99/mo) adds max capacity and priority compute. Work out the per-deliverable cost on a real client project and Yugma is usually cheaper for designers serving clients.