Simple pricing. No surprises.
Start with a free AI-guided sprint. Pay only when you want expert human input. Every tier delivers a document — not a promise.
All IEN services produce specification and strategy documents. Engineering, prototyping, and manufacturing are delivered separately through Cast Iron CAD.
- Product concept definition
- Market & competitor research
- MoSCoW feature prioritisation
- Feasibility & risk assessment
- Indicative timeline & cost ranges
- Recommended next steps
- Conversational output (ChatGPT)
- Exportable as text / PDF
- 30-minute engineer video review
- Refined cost estimates (supplier-informed)
- Risk flags AI may have missed
- Manufacturing method recommendation
- Viability assessment with flagged risks
- Written summary within 48 hours
- Branded Product Specification (.docx)
- MoSCoW Requirements Summary
- Design Brief document
- Investor / funder-ready formatting
- Manufacturer-ready formatting
- 1-hour specialist consultation (video)
- Custom development roadmap
- Manufacturing strategy & method selection
- Supply chain considerations
- Direct Cast Iron CAD team introduction
- Priority engineering quotation
What’s included at each level
Every tier builds on the one before. You never pay for something you’ve already received.
Standalone templates & tools
Not ready for the sprint? These standalone templates give you a professional starting point for specific product development tasks.
Product Specification Template
Our standard 8-section spec format used across 280+* projects. Fill in the blanks with guided prompts for each section.
MoSCoW Requirements Template
Structured Must / Should / Could / Won’t prioritisation template with colour-coded cards and worked example.
Design Brief Template
The brief format our engineering team actually uses. Covers scope, constraints, materials, manufacturing intent, and budget.
Ready to build? Meet the engineering team.
Innovate.Engineer helps you validate and specify your product. When you’re ready to design, prototype, and manufacture it, that’s where Cast Iron CAD comes in.
CIC is a full-service product engineering consultancy delivering end-to-end development — from CAD modelling through to production tooling and manufacturing. Every IEN tier is designed to produce documentation that feeds directly into a CIC engineering engagement.
3D CAD & Detailed Design
Full mechanical design from your validated specification
Prototyping & Testing
Rapid prototyping, functional testing, design iteration
Tooling & Pre-Production
Production tooling, supplier selection, quality systems
Manufacturing & Delivery
Full production runs, QC, packaging, logistics
The complete journey at a glance
IEN services produce validated documents. CIC engineering turns those documents into physical products. Two companies, one seamless path.
Free Sprint
AI-guided viability assessment producing concept, research, and indicative numbers
Expert Review
Human engineer sharpens numbers, flags risks, gives a structured viability assessment
Spec Package
Professional branded specification, MoSCoW, and design brief documents
Cast Iron CAD
Full engineering: CAD, prototyping, tooling, manufacturing, delivery
Each step is optional. The free sprint stands alone. You only pay when — and if — you want more. There’s no obligation to continue at any point.
Ready to find out?
The sprint is free. Paid tiers deliver professional documents, not promises. Every output is designed to move your product forward.*
*Based on product concepts assessed across Cast Iron CAD and Innovate Engineer projects since 2018.