What is the price of our membership?
CG Cookie's mission is to be more than a training site. The definition of a "Citizen" varies, though we define it as an individual who is engaged and present in the community.
As an Inner Circle member, we hope you take advantage of the benefits of being part of this unique community. It goes beyond consuming content and leaving. We see CG Cookie as a living, breathing community you are actively involved in and inhabit... in other words... a Citizen. 😎
Inner Circle Annual
$399 per year. Everything CG Cookie offers, including the full CORE curriculum.
- Stream all 11 CORE Fundamentals courses, built on Blender 5.2 LTS
- Stream 200+ more Blender courses across every discipline
- Get detailed mentorship feedback from the CG Cookie team on Exercises
- Download HD videos of lessons and project files
- Access 40+ Blender Rigs and Models to learn from
- Follow along in guided content Playlists
- Ask questions on video lessons and in the community forum
- Upload images to the student gallery and your personal portfolio page
- Free Blender add-ons: Scattershot, anAtomic, Eevee Glass Shader and Extra Lights (a $75 value)
- Live programming with the CG Cookie team, starting September 2026
Inner Circle Monthly
$27.99 per month. The full course library, month to month, cancel whenever.
Monthly includes everything in the list above except:
- The 11 CORE Fundamentals courses are not included in Monthly. See below for how to get them.
- Live programming is not included in Monthly.
Why does Annual cost more than twelve months of Monthly?
Twelve months of Monthly comes to $335.88. Annual is $399, so it is $63.12 more.
Annual is not a discounted Monthly, it is a different plan. That $63.12 includes streaming access to all 11 CORE Fundamentals courses, which sell for $199 on their own, plus the live programming starting September 2026.
If you are not interested in CORE, Monthly is the better value and you should take it.
Why isn't CORE included in the Monthly plan?
CORE is a full curriculum rather than a set of individual courses. Eleven courses in order, with exercises you submit and get feedback on, covering the ground a degree program spreads across years. It is not something anyone works through in thirty days, so pricing it monthly would set you a deadline you could not reasonably hit.
CORE was also built to order. Six instructors built it as a single production, to a spec and a deadline, for this release. Work commissioned that way is funded by being sold as a product rather than absorbed into a monthly plan.
If you want CORE, there are two ways to get it: Inner Circle Annual streams it alongside everything else, or you can buy it outright on Superhive and keep the files.
Can I buy CORE without a membership?
Yes. The complete CORE Fundamentals bundle for Blender 5.2 LTS is available as a single purchase on Superhive.
- All 11 courses, downloadable, yours to keep permanently
- Every CORE project file included
- Royalty free license for your own work
- No membership, so no library access, no mentor feedback and no live programming
Individual CORE courses are also sold separately on Superhive if you only need one discipline. Past three courses, the complete bundle costs less.
Can I download the CORE courses with my membership?
No. Inner Circle Annual streams CORE. The rest of the library is downloadable, but CORE is stream only, because the Superhive purchase is what buys the files.
Plenty of members do both: Annual for the library and the community, and the Superhive purchase for CORE on disk.
If my membership lapses, do I keep CORE?
No. A membership is access for as long as it is active. If owning the CORE files matters more to you than the rest of the library, the Superhive purchase is the option you want.
I am on Monthly. How do I get CORE?
Two ways, and either is fine. Switch to Annual and CORE appears in your library, or buy it on Superhive and keep your Monthly plan alongside it. If you switch to Annual mid cycle, email support@cgcookie.com and we will credit what is left of the month.
Subscription Questions
What types of payment do you accept?
We accept all major credit cards and PayPal.
How do I update my credit card information?
You may update your credit card information by visiting your Membership Tab while logged into CG Cookie. From here you can add a new card by clicking the "Add New Card" button at the bottom. You should have the option to delete the old card and keep the new one.
Does my price change if prices go up?
Your membership price is locked as long as your membership stays active. If you cancel and rejoin later, you pay whatever the price is at that time.
Do you offer discounts to educators and students?
Yes. Read more about how to receive that discount here.
Do you offer your courses for sale individually?
You will be able to find most of our newer courses available on Superhive (formerly Blender Market) for individual sale. This is a great option for those who may only be interested in a specific course, or who are not interested in the additional platform benefits.
Are you interested in a team or school account?
Perfect for universities and schools offering digital software education. Let CG Cookie work alongside your instructors and provide the content, allowing you more time to focus on the student. If you would like to know more, please email support@cgcookie.com.