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Diatech Studio vs Kerf

Both stand on jewelry design software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Diatech Studio

Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+2

Diatech Studio brings design generation, archive search, costing, 3D work, and team coordination into one workspace. Image and video generation draw on the same monthly allowance, and paid plans start with Basic at $99 a month.

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Kerf

Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3

Kerf brings a wide set of CAD, simulation, and manufacturing tools into a local, open-source workspace. Its chat workflow depends on a user-provided LLM, and source installation has a Python version requirement.

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The facts

	Diatech Studio	Kerf
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	No	Yes
Runs on	Android, API, iPhone, Self-hosted, Web	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Basic: $99 a month	Free or on request
Plans published	4	2
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	studio.diatech.ai	vulos.org
On jewelry design software	#2 of 21	#1 of 21

Diatech Studio: what it does well

Accepts design inputs from text, speech, images, and CAD
Searches archives by text or reverse image
Creates 3D models from 2D images
Costing includes price estimates and stone matching
Free plan includes 25 images

What to know first

Image and video generation share one monthly allowance
Basic costs $99 a month
Pro costs $399 a month
Enterprise costs $1,199 a month

Kerf: what it does well

Covers 37 engineering domains.
Includes mechanical design, analysis, simulation, and manufacturing tools.
Supports Python SDK and JSON-RPC workflows.
Runs locally without accounts and keeps Git history.
Free and open-source under the MIT license.

What to know first

Source installation requires Python 3.11 or later.
Chat workflow requires a bring-your-own LLM.
No bundled model or paid hosted plan is listed.

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