Free to learn.
Pay if it pays you back.
Pay it forward if you can.
Free baseline forever — no card, no trial timer. Pro tier for chartered engineers whose CPD audit just got automated. Honour subscription for Fellows funding the next generation. A clear, transparent earnings model for the experts who do the work.
Calculate
what your expertise
earns
I publish 5 entries a month
Most active contributors publish 3—8 high-quality entries a month alongside a day job.
Each entry gets ~ 1,200 monthly reads
Top-rated entries in popular topics regularly clear 2,000 monthly reads within six months.
Monthly, you'll earn
£300/mo
Illustrative figures based on early platform economics. Real rates set at production launch and rebalanced quarterly. Top contributors earn at consultant day-rates without consulting hours — your experience compounds while you sleep.
For individuals
Three doors. Pick the one that suits you.
Free for graduates closing the gap. Pro for chartered engineers who want their CPD evidence handled. Honour for senior Fellows who want their £100/year flowing straight to the next generation.
Free
For graduates exploring the field, career-switchers entering the trades, and anyone curious about engineering knowledge — no card required.
- Browse every published entry
- All four learning lenses (Activist / Reflector / Theorist / Pragmatist)
- Save 5 entries + follow 5 channels
- 10 tasters per month from paywalled content
- Manual CPD activity log
- Cancel never — there's nothing to cancel
Pro
For chartered engineersFor chartered engineers who want their CPD evidence handled. One-click report. Direct export to ICE / IET / IMechE / IStructE / CIBSE portals.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited follows + unlimited saves
- Full access to all paywalled content
- Downloadable Pragmatist-lens templates
- 🆕 One-click "Generate CPD Report" PDF
- 🆕 Auto-export to ICE/IET/IMechE/IStructE/CIBSE
- Initiate Strands (Mentor · Peer · Research · Hire)
- 14-day free trial · cancel any time
Founding Fellow Honour
Pay it forwardFor senior chartered engineers and Fellows who want to pay it forward. Every penny flows to the Scholarship Fund for underrepresented engineering students.
- Everything in Pro (all features)
- 🏅 Founding Fellow badge on your profile
- 💚 100% of your £100 flows to Scholarship Fund — Lagos · Nairobi · Manchester · Birmingham students
- Recognition wall on /about (opt-in)
- Eligible for Custodian of the Year Award (Engineering Knowledge Awards)
- Annual report on scholarships your contribution funded
- Tax-deductible where applicable
Indicative pricing — real billing lands at launch. Free baseline is genuinely free forever (no card required). Pro includes 14-day free trial. Honour subscription is non-refundable because the Scholarship Fund disburses quarterly.
Engineering deserves higher standards.
Get paid to raise them.
The knowledge of UK chartered practice is walking out the door — 40% of UK chartered engineers are within 10 years of retirement. When you validate, you're not just earning a fee. You're anchoring the wisdom of a generation before it's gone.
~£30
per validation
General best practice
Career advice, soft skills, methodology — experience-based peer validation.
Typical: 5—10 validations
~£75
per validation
Technical guidance
Design approaches, calculation methods — multi-validator review.
Typical: 3—8 validations
~£150
per validation
Safety-critical
Gas, electrical, structural — chartership-required, liability framework binds.
Typical: 1—4 validations
What you get
- AI Pre-Check (Claude-powered) does first-pass technical review — you focus on the flags that matter
- Estimated review time per entry: 8—25 minutes (AI-augmented vs ~30—45 unaided)
- Validator reputation score — public, cryptographically signed, exportable
- Specialism-aligned queue: only entries you're credentialed to validate
- Pro-bono validation slots available for retired practitioners who want to give back
“The validation work I'd been doing pro bono on LinkedIn for years now has a price tag and a paper trail. That's what was missing.”
Margaret Sinclair
CEng FICE · Independent geotechnical consultant, 35 yrs
Free for universities.
Paid for employers.
Universities get EngTree free for curriculum-mapped seats — their students graduate using it and carry it into employment. Employers pay £8/seat/month to give every engineer Pro features. Same platform, different value exchange — institutional brand moat on one side, productivity multiplier on the other.
For Universities
Academic — Free
Capped seats per programme, curriculum-mapped. Your students graduate with EngTree as part of their learning toolkit — and carry it into employment. The institutional brand moat for the next generation.
- Capped seat count per programme (curriculum-mapped)
- Co-branded "EngTree powered by [University]" landing page
- Faculty analytics + employment outcome dashboard
- Integration with university CPD / accreditation frameworks
- Direct line to EngTree partnerships team
For Employers
Employer — £8/seat
For corporate L&D teams. Pro features for every employee. From zero to three years of practical engineering judgement in under six months.
- Pro features for every seat
- Admin dashboard + SSO (Google Workspace / Microsoft Entra)
- Custom learning paths aligned to your discipline mix
- Bulk CPD reporting for chartered engineers on payroll
- Volume discount above 250 seats · dedicated success contact
- Minimum 25 seats
Institutional rollout
Universities free · Employers £8/seat/month · Min 25 seats
Academic seats are capped per programme and curriculum-mapped. Employer seats include admin dashboard, SSO and custom learning paths. Volume discount above 250 seats.