Cut Smarter. Waste Nothing.
Enter your parts and stock. CutPlan finds the layout that wastes the least material, in seconds.
CutPlan is a free online cut list optimizer for kitchen cabinets, furniture, shelving and DIY projects: enter your parts and your stock, and it returns the cutting plan, with the layout, the numbered cut order and how many sheets, or metres of roll, to buy.
Type the parts in, paste them from a spreadsheet or import a CSV. Each row carries the material, label, length, width, quantity, grain and edge banding.
One click runs the optimizer. This 13-part cabinet job fits on 2 sheets with 92.5% of the plywood used; the sheet shown reaches 94.7%.
Export a PDF cut plan with numbered cut steps, a CSV parts list, labels or the project file. Free PDFs carry a faint watermark.
DXF export is part of Pro
Fabric, rolls and custom shapes
Enter a roll by its width and the metres you have. Draw or import the pieces you need, straight edges, curves and holes included. CutPlan nests them by their real outline, keeps every piece on the grain, matches a printed repeat across pieces, and tells you how many linear metres to buy.
Sheet, roll and banding stock in one project. Rolls and shaped pieces on every plan.
Powerful optimization tools designed for real workshops and production floors.
CutPlan automatically tracks every usable offcut from your projects. Tick “Prefer my saved offcuts” on your next plan and the optimizer spends them before opening a new sheet — saving material and money.
Measured on one 8-part job in the app, free plan: the same parts, first with an empty offcut inventory, then with the three offcuts above and “Prefer my saved offcuts” ticked.
A transparent look at how CutPlan stacks up against the most popular cut list optimizers.
| Feature | CutPlan | CutList Optimizer | optiCutter | CutlistEvo | MaxCut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 30 calcs + 5 exports/mo | Limited | Limited | Limited | No |
| Clean exports (no watermark) | Pro / Project Pack | Yes | Yes | Paid only | Paid only |
| No account needed to calculate | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Browser-based (no install) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Material types | Sheet + Roll + Banding | Sheet only | Sheet only | Sheet + Roll | Sheet only |
| Kerf / blade thickness | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Offcut inventory | Yes | No | No | Basic | No |
| DXF export | Pro | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| RTL support | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Optimization | 148 strategies per calculation | Limited | Limited | Limited | Limited |
Checked October 2026. Features may change.
Each full comparison also covers grain direction, edge banding, PDF export, cut steps, cloud sync, import and use on a phone.
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Billed monthly. Cancel anytime: Pro stays on until the end of the month you paid for.
One credit saves one project — forever.
Free plan limits: 30 calculations and 5 exports a month, up to 150 parts, one cloud-saved project and a faint watermark on PDFs. DXF export is Pro only; a Project Pack does not include it.
Everything you need to know about CutPlan
CutPlan works with any flat sheet material — plywood, MDF, melamine, solid wood panels, metal sheets, glass, acrylic, and more. You can create custom materials with specific thicknesses and grain properties.
Yes — you can use CutPlan for free. The free tier includes 30 calculations and 5 exports per month and 1 saved project, with a faint watermark on free exports. For unlimited calculations, exports, and clean PDFs you can buy a one-time Project Pack or subscribe to Pro ($29/mo). No account is required to start.
CutPlan tests 148 different nesting strategies including first-fit decreasing, guillotine cuts, and advanced heuristics. It picks the layout that minimizes waste across all your sheets, respecting grain direction and edge banding constraints.
Yes. Exporting needs a free account; PDFs carry a faint CutPlan watermark, and the free plan includes 5 exports a month. DXF export for CNC is only in Pro. A Project Pack gives clean, watermark-free PDF and CSV exports for that project, but not DXF.
You can calculate cut plans without an account. Exporting (PDF, CSV, labels) needs a free account, which also adds one cloud-saved project you can open from any device.
CutPlan is fully responsive and works on phones, tablets, and desktops. The interface adapts to your screen size, and all features are accessible on any device with a modern web browser.
CutPlan supports 21 languages including English, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Polish, Dutch, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, Georgian, and Kazakh. The interface includes full RTL support for Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian.
It depends on what you cut. CutPlan is a strong free choice if you want to work in the browser with no installation: the free plan includes 30 calculations and 5 exports a month, it tries 148 optimization strategies, and it handles grain direction, edge banding, fabric rolls and shaped parts. Compare it with the alternatives on our comparison pages and try it on one of your own jobs.
Paste or import your cut list, let the optimizer do the math, and export production-ready layouts in seconds.