Pricing · Excluding VAT · Launch prices
One price per studio.Not per head, not per day.
All of Bernard is in every plan. Only the size of the team changes the price. And with monthly billing, you choose the tier each month: when the team grows for a production, then shrinks again, the bill follows.
Team
€149 / month
€119 a month billed annually
(€1,428 a year)
Up to 10 users. For a small studio or a production team.
- Every Bernard feature
- Hosting, backups, updates
- Bernard Review included
- Copies between sites included
- E-mail support within 48 business hours
Studio · Recommended
€349 / month
€279 a month billed annually
(€3,348 a year)
Up to 30 users. The studio in production.
- Everything in Team
- Support within 24 business hours
- A half-day of onboarding: templates, workflows, imports
- Test environment for your scripts
Large studio
€690 / month
€552 a month billed annually
(€6,624 a year)
Up to 80 users. Several productions, several sites.
- Everything in Studio
- Priority support
- Two days of onboarding
- A dedicated contact person
Enterprise
On quote
from €6,000 a year
More than 80 users, or Bernard installed on your premises.
- Users on demand
- Installation on your servers Soon
- Service level agreement (SLA)
- The Bernard squad on site: onboarding, training, scripts
One user = one account that can log in. Deactivated accounts do not count. Schools and non-profits: −50%. The Bernard Review player stays free; online review with remote guests is available on bernardreview.com.
Compare
What a year costs, by studio size.
Public prices of the hosted plans, annual billing, excluding VAT, taken from the vendors' websites on 6 November 2026.
| Per year, excl. VAT | 10 people | 30 people | 80 people |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Engine | €1,428 | €3,348 | €6,624 |
| Autodesk Flow Production Tracking | €3,700 | €11,100 | €29,600 |
| ftrack Studio | ≈ €2,670 | ≈ €8,020 | ≈ €21,380 |
| Kitsu (hosted) | €2,400 | €10,800 | €28,800 |
Flow: €370 per user per year (autodesk.com/eu). ftrack Studio: $25 per user per month billed annually (ftrack.com), converted at €1 = $1.1224 (ECB, 5 November 2026). Kitsu: Agency plan at €20 up to 20 users, Production at €30 beyond (cg-wire.com). These plans do not all include the same features.
Questions
The questions we get asked.
- Why a price per studio?
- Because an animation studio grows and shrinks from one production to the next, and a meter running per head or per day worries everyone. A tier is a figure known in advance.
- What if the team outgrows the tier?
- On monthly billing, you move up to the next tier when the new month comes, and back down when the production ends. Nothing gets blocked mid-month.
- Do my files go through your servers?
- No. Production files stay on your disks, your shares and your SFTP servers. The Bernard service only keeps the tracking data.
- Will I be able to install it myself?
- Soon: Bernard Engine will be open source. Installing it on your own servers will be free; the Enterprise plan adds support, a service level agreement and hands-on assistance.