Template design or review by a person is free for prepaid accounts. Every account, including pay as you go, gets the AI template designer at no extra charge, with an included allowance (prepaid includes more). This service ensures that each ID badge meets your exact specifications, enhancing your brand identity.

Yes, we provide discounts for non-profits on prepaid accounts. Verified 501(c)(3) organizations receive $1.00 off every card, and it stacks with our large-order discount. The discount is for prepaid accounts only; pay as you go has one flat price per card. This initiative is part of our commitment to supporting non-profit entities.

The base price includes a standard full-color front and a black and white back. On prepaid, full-color printing on the back adds $0.95 per card. On pay as you go, the full-color back is already included in the $12.00 price. This option is perfect for those who want to make a more vibrant impact with their ID badges.

Our pricing is structured to be budget-friendly for teams of all sizes, with no monthly fees. If you only need a few cards now and then, pay as you go is $12.00 per card, all in, with no deposit and no minimum. If you order regularly, prepaid is $8.95 per card on Small Business, $7.35 on Growth and $5.95 on Enterprise, plus postage and any options you choose, with free template design for prepaid accounts.

There are no signup, monthly or subscription fees with InstantCard, on either plan. On prepaid, beyond the per-card price, you pay only for the options you choose (such as a full-color back, a holographic overlay or extra templates) and postage. On pay as you go, the color back, slot punch and standard mail are already in the price, so you pay extra only for things like a chip or faster shipping. Either way, you always know what you are paying for.

We offer two ways to pay. With a prepaid account, you fund your account by credit card or check and your orders come out of that balance at lower per-card prices. With pay as you go, there is no deposit: each order is charged to your card when you place it.

You choose on the funding page in your account, and you can switch from pay as you go to prepaid at any time.

For smart ID badges, we offer the ISO7816 Atmel Cryptomemory chip with 1 KB of user memory, adding an additional $4.50 per card. This option is perfect for enhanced security and functionality needs. On pay as you go, a chip card adds the same upgrade to the all-in price, and chip cards start at $14.50.

Pay as you go is a way to order InstantCard ID cards with no deposit. You pay $12.00 per card, all in, and each order is charged to your card when you place it.

You choose between pay as you go and prepaid on the funding page in your account, right after you sign up. Nothing is charged when you choose, and you can switch to prepaid later.

The $12.00 price per card includes:

• A full-color back
• A slot punch, whether you use it or not
• Same-day standard USPS mail

Cards with a chip add their usual upgrade (chip cards start at $14.50). Faster shipping is extra and is added to your order total at checkout.

You pay by card at checkout, one order at a time. Choose a saved card or add a new one, and the total for that order (the cards, any chip upgrade and any faster shipping) is charged when you place it.

There is no balance to keep topped up and no invoice to pay. If you would rather pay by check, that goes with a prepaid account.

No to all three. There is no deposit, no minimum order and no commitment. Order one card or a hundred, whenever you need them, and you pay only for the orders you place.

Yes. Every card is $12.00, with standard mail included, whether you order one or a hundred. There is no small-batch fee. Chip cards add their usual upgrade.

Pay as you go suits a few cards now and then. You put nothing down and pay $12.00 per card, all in.

Prepaid suits a steady flow of cards. You fund your account first, starting at $200, and the deposit becomes credit for your cards. A base card then runs from $8.95 to $5.95 depending on your deposit, plus postage and any options you choose, such as a color back. Prepaid adds our design team, the discounts below and access to integrations.

Both are sound choices. If you are not sure, start with pay as you go and switch when it makes sense, or talk to us.

Yes, whenever you like. On the funding page in your account, make a deposit of $200 or more. Your deposit becomes credit, your account moves to prepaid at the level your deposit reaches, the base card price is lower, our design team is included and integrations become available. Your designs stay as they are.

Moving the other way, from prepaid back to pay as you go, goes through our team. Contact us and we can make the change for you.

On pay as you go you design your own cards, and you get:

• The card studio, with no limit on how many designs you make
• Every ready-made design in the gallery
• An AI design assistant, with an included allowance (the studio tells you when it is used up, and prepaid includes more)

Prepaid adds our design team: we can make your card for you, set up artwork you already have, or review a design you made. Integrations (order forms, WooCommerce, Zapier and the API) are also available on prepaid accounts.

Standard USPS mail is included in the price of every card, and orders placed by 4 p.m. ET on a business day print and ship the same day. Other shipping options, such as FedEx Next Day or 2-Day, cost their usual price and are added to your order total at checkout.

Chip and access-control cards add their usual upgrade to the all-in price, so they start at $14.50 a card. The color back, slot punch and standard mail are still included.

No. The large-order discount ($1.50 off every card for a single job of 100 cards or more) and the nonprofit discount ($1.00 off every card for verified nonprofits) are for prepaid accounts. Pay as you go has one flat price per card.

If you order in large quantities or are a verified nonprofit, prepaid is usually the better fit.