For freelancers
You are your own organisation and your own administrator: no Team tab, no branding, no pools — and no feature cuts, no resolution cap, no file wall either.
What it costs
| Licence | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | $50/mo | $300/yr | $25/mo effective — the annual price is the point, not a discount |
| Second | $80/mo | $480/yr | Deliberately more, not less. This tier is for one person |
| Third | Not sold | Two seats is the cap. A third means you are a studio — Professional tier |
Subscription only, monthly or annual, bought and cancelled on forgedstu.com. The Hub never takes a card; it shows what you hold.
Make your account as you buy
Checkout asks for your name, your email, a password and a security question before it asks for a card. That is your Forged account, and it exists before the money moves. The security question matters more for you than for anyone else: nobody stands above a freelancer account, so it is how you reset your own password.
Download the Hub and sign in
Get the launcher from the Forged Hub page on forgedstu.com. Sign in with the email and password you chose at checkout — straight in, no temporary password and no setup step. Forged Image arrives through the Hub, never as a separate download.
Work with studios without a file wall
Every Image tier reads and writes the same file format. A script from a Professional studio opens on your Freelancer licence and comes back the same way. Nothing you send is stamped, watermarked or downgraded, and headless rendering on a farm needs no licence at all.
When you outgrow it
Freelancer accounts hold no org features by design. When you start hiring, move to Professional on the website; your files come with you unchanged, and the Hub then shows you the administrator's tabs.
What actually differs
| Freelancer | Professional and up | |
|---|---|---|
| The application | Complete | Complete — identical |
| File compatibility | Full, both directions | Full, both directions |
| Headless render | Free, unlimited, no licence check | Free, unlimited, no licence check |
| Seats | Two, named, capped at checkout | As many as bought, floating pools available |
| Team tab and admin console | No | Yes |
| Studio branding in the Hub | No — plain Forged Hub | Yes |
| Support | Community | Studio support |