Sponsor The CAD Hub
The CAD Hub is not a media site. Most of our traffic lands on a buying guide — pages titled "Best Free & Open-Source CAD Software" or "Best CFD Software." Nobody reads those casually. They are read by someone who has been told to pick a tool, and that is an audience you cannot reliably buy on LinkedIn or programmatic display at any price.
8,000
Monthly uniques
185
Products listed
8
Categories
4
Free browser tools
What we sell, and what we don't
We price against the traffic each page actually receives, and we will tell you when a placement is not worth buying. Listing upgrades are free rather than sold, because a listing page alone does not move the needle for you. The inventory worth paying for is the buying guides and the free tools — and we will show you the page-level numbers behind every rate before you commit.
Site Analytics
Most media kits ask you to take traffic claims on faith. Ours is a live dashboard — unique visitors and referring sources — that you can read before you spend anything. Page-level breakdowns go out with the media kit on request.
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Rate Card
Founding-partner rates, locked for twelve months from signature. We sell topic clusters — a labelled partner placement at the top of every guide on a subject, plus the matching category page — because that is where the readers are. Each rate is set against that cluster's actual monthly volume; request the media kit and we will send you the figures behind it.
Enhanced Listing Free
Through 2026
Up to five screenshots, video embed, custom call-to-action, downloadable datasheets and a verified-vendor badge — included with every claimed listing at no charge. We would rather your page be accurate and complete than charge you for the privilege of making it so.
AI & Generative Design cluster
$499/mo
Our largest cluster
$4,990/yr
Labelled partner placement at the top of Smarter CAD with AI, AI CAD Software and the AI-Assisted Design category, with your logo, one-line pitch and call-to-action.
Free & Open-Source CAD cluster
$449/mo
Fastest growing
$4,490/yr
Our fastest-growing cluster, and the obvious one to buy if you have a free tier or student edition.
Free Tools placement
$249/mo
Exclusive — one partner
$2,490/yr
In-app placement across FreeCAD Web, LibreCAD Web, SketchForge 3D and NC Viewer. By far the most engaged audience we have — these users are actively modelling when they see you.
Simulation & CFD cluster
$199/mo
Most technical audience
$1,990/yr
Smaller than our CAD clusters but growing steadily, and the most technical audience we have.
PLM · 3D Printing clusters
$79/mo
Priced to their size
$790/yr each
Genuinely small today. We would rather quote them honestly than fold them into a flat rate and hope you do not check.
Sponsored Article
$350
Labelled; links rel="sponsored"
one-off
Editorially reviewed article, permanently placed and internally linked. $250 if you supply the draft; $500 if we research and write it. We decline pieces that misrepresent competitors.
Portfolio Partner — $3,900/year
One topic cluster of your choice up to the Free & Open-Source CAD tier, three Sponsored Articles, free Enhanced Listings for every product you own, and the homepage banner thrown in — on a single annual invoice, one purchase order, one renewal date.
The same components à la carte come to $5,540. Quarterly reporting on placement views and click-throughs included, and deliberately set below the $5,000 mark most procurement teams use as a purchase-order threshold.
Editorial policy
Sponsorship buys a labelled placement above the article. It does not buy a ranking, a review outcome,
removal of competitors from a guide, or any influence over editorial content. All paid placements are marked
as sponsored and paid links carry rel="sponsored" per Google's guidelines. The credibility of
the guides is the only reason a placement in them is worth anything, so this one is not negotiable.