Qepe licence
Everything Qepe does, for €149 a year.
The full version for a year: every feature, every machine file, updates, support and 1,000 AI credits. One licence, no tiers, nothing held back for a dearer plan.
Not released yet. The licence, the trial and AI credits start with the first release.
What a licence buys.
What you pay for is what a shop depends on: the program, a year of its updates, and your account.
The installer
Qepe for Mac with Apple silicon and Windows, from this site.
A year of updates and support
Every update that comes out in the twelve months.
Your Qepe account
It holds your trial, your licence and your AI credits.
- Is anything held back for a dearer plan?
- No. There is one licence: the full version of Qepe for a year, with every feature, all seven languages, updates and support, and your Qepe account.
- What exactly do I buy?
- A year of Qepe: the full app on your computer with every tool, every update and support in that year, and 1,000 AI credits to use within it. The designs and machine files you make are always yours.
- Can I use Qepe on two computers?
- One licence runs on one computer at a time. Sign in on another and Qepe offers to move the licence there: up to 3 moves in 30 days, and our support helps after that.
Compare
What the others sell in plans, in one licence.
Qepe beside three programs embroidery shops buy, as each maker’s own pages showed them on 21 October 2026.
 | Chroma Luxe12 | Hatch Embroidery 4 Digitizer345 | Wilcom EmbroideryStudio Decorating 20266 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price, first year | €149, or €99 for the first 100 shops | US$2,499 | US$1,199 | US$790 |
| Each year after | €149 | US$492 | Paid once | US$790 |
| Plans | One, with everything | Three: Inspire, Plus, Luxe | Four: Organizer to Digitizer | Four editions |
| On a Mac | Native, on Apple silicon | Native | Only inside Windows, through Parallels | Not compatible with macOS |
| On Windows | Windows 10 and 11 | Included | Windows 11 | Included |
| Free trial | 7 days, export included | 14 days | 30 days, not on a Mac | 14 days |
| AI credits | 1,000 every year | Not in this plan | Not in this plan | Not in this plan |
| See availability | ||||
What Chroma keeps for Luxe.
Chroma sells three plans. These come only with Luxe, its top plan, at US$2,499 for the first year. Qepe sells one licence, and all of them are in it.
| €149 a year | Chroma Inspire1US$799 first year | Chroma Plus1US$1,799 first year | Chroma Luxe1US$2,499 first year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto digitizing | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Realistic stitch view | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Design analysis | Quality, with Fix all | Not in this plan | Not in this plan | Included |
| Appliqué | Included | Not in this plan | Not in this plan | Included |
| Magic wand | Included | Not in this plan | Not in this plan | Included |
| A design split across hoops | Included | Not in this plan | Not in this plan | Included |
| Cross stitch | Included | Not in this plan | Not in this plan | Included |
| More fill types | Contour, circular, meander, guided, gradient, tartan | Not in this plan | Not in this plan | 10 complex fills |
| Embroidery fonts | 128, and any installed font | 150 | 200 | 250 |
Or send every logo out: a digitizing service charges from US$7.50 a logo, most left-chest logos US$7.50 to US$15. Twenty logos a year cost US$150 to US$300.7
A Qepe licence is €149 a year, about €12 a month, for every logo of the year, on a Mac or a PC.
- Is Qepe cheaper than Wilcom, Hatch or Chroma?
- In the first year, yes: Qepe is €149, or €99 for the first 100 shops, with every tool. Chroma Luxe is US$2,499 for the first year, Hatch Embroidery 4 Digitizer US$1,199 once, and Wilcom EmbroideryStudio Decorating 2026 US$790 a year, as their pages showed on 21 October 2026.
- Chroma, Pricing and the plan comparison (chromaembroidery.com)
- Ricoma, Chroma digitizing software: system requirements (shop.ricoma.com)
- Hatch Embroidery, Pricing (hatchembroidery.com)
- Hatch Embroidery help, Will Hatch Embroidery run on a Mac computer?
- Hatch Embroidery, Getting started (hatchembroidery.com)
- Swing Design, Wilcom EmbroideryStudio Decorating 2026 (swingdesign.com)
- EMBPUNCH, Logo digitizing (embpunch.com)
Read on 21 October 2026; prices without tax, and they can change. AI credits: none of the three pages lists them. Names and trademarks belong to their owners and are used only to compare; Qepe is not affiliated with them.
7 days with everything on.
Export included: embroider Qepe’s files on your own machine before you pay anything.
Day 1
Open Qepe and create your account: your e-mail and a password, or a code we e-mail you.
Every day
Digitize, check, edit by hand, export and print the sheets. Nothing is locked.
After day 7
A licence keeps Qepe going: €149 for the year.
- Can I try it first?
- Yes: 7 days with everything on, export included. One trial per account and per computer.
- What happens after the trial?
- A licence keeps Qepe going: €149 for the year. Without one, Qepe opens at the sign-in screen until it is paid; the designs and machine files you made stay yours, on your computer.
AI is an add-on, paid for as you use it.
Qepe does everything above without AI. AI Digitizing PRO and Qepe AI run on credits added to your licence.
Before a run
The button shows what the action costs, in credits.
After it
The run takes only what it really used.
If it fails
It costs nothing.
At zero
The AI buttons say Add credits; everything else keeps working.
- Do I need AI credits?
- No. Digitizing, Quality, the manual tools, lettering, sheets and export all work without them. Credits are only for AI Digitizing PRO and Qepe AI.
Qepe isn’t released yet.
When it is, this page offers the 7-day trial and the licence. Nothing is sold before the release.
- Does Qepe need the internet?
- Digitizing, Quality and export run on your computer, without a connection, and your customers’ artwork stays there. Signing in, the licence check and AI use the internet.