The journey is free.
You pay only to make it yours.
Every Stop, the coach, the drills, your record — and the pantry, our full asset library — cost nothing, forever — including 10 asset generations a month, a weekly learning pace. Money enters only when you want to build faster than the free ten — or connect real systems and get paid.
- The whole journey, Stops 1–7 — up to 3 fresh modules a day, each opening as you finish the one before. Practice, quizzes and retakes: unlimited
- The pantry — sprites, sounds, art and templates, all included
- 10 asset generations a month — enough to cover a weekly learning pace, resets monthly
- The coach, daily drills, and your full process record
- Show your masterpiece to the world — every build ships to the Counter as a playable link
- Unlimited free-tier building — precise words cost nothing
- Everything in Free
- Set your own pace — sprint a whole Stop in a weekend when you need to
- 100 asset generations a month — for building faster than the free ten allows
- Creator Fund eligibility — flat rates for helping others learn
- Get contacted by hiring companies — the employer index (18+, opt-in). Your plan lists you; only your evidence ranks you
- Gentle slow-down if you burn through a day — never a surprise bill · top-up packs for big months
- Everything in Director, 400 generations
- Stop 8 — Connect Everything: Supabase, n8n, Vercel, MCP
- Opus on any build · bring your own API key, safely proxied
- The marketplace: real clients, real money, you keep the large share
The pantry rule
No lesson ever requires a paid generation. Every Stop from 1 to 7 is completable with the pantry — the house library of sprites, sounds, art and templates. You pay only at the moment you want something that exists for nobody else. And the Stop 8 certificate cannot be bought: the Founder plan unlocks the integrations, but Systems Founder is still earned the only way anything here is — a connected system a real person uses. And the pace rule: up to three fresh modules a day, opened in order as you finish them — they don’t stack, so a missed day simply means today has three again. Practice never locks, and the copy never says “you ran out.” It says come back tomorrow.
Money questions, answered straight.
Is it really free, or free-for-now?
Really free. No trial window, no timer, no card at signup. The skills are the product and they are cheap to run — most practice costs us nearly nothing, so it costs you nothing.
What exactly costs money?
Nothing, until you want speed. Free is up to 3 fresh modules a day — opened in order as you finish them, no stockpiling — and 10 asset generations a month. Your own pace, more generations, and the hiring-company index come with Director ($6/mo). Founder ($20/mo, 18+) adds Stop 8’s real integrations.
Where do my generations come from on the free plan?
Every month you get 10 asset generations included — enough for a weekly learning pace. Most of the craft costs nothing anyway: precise words resolve free, and the pantry covers every lesson. The ten are for the moments you want something that is yours alone.
What happens if I cancel?
You keep everything — every build, your record, your certificates, and a static export of your portfolio. Cancelling loses you nothing you made.
Do I need my own API key?
No. Models run inside Makery on every tier. Bring-your-own-key exists only as a Founder convenience, proxied through our safety layer — never a requirement.