# Rayon for studying

**Rayon is free for the academic world.**

Our hope by opening the software for free to students, faculty and universities at large is **to finally offer a collaborative CAD environment that provides architecture and interior architecture/design curriculums the means to learn and teach with a modern tool set**. As a professional CAD environment that supports multiplayer editing and reviewing, Rayon is essentially the ideally platform to gather architecture/interior design students and faculty. 

Today, Rayon offers free accounts to students and faculty through its ***student plan.*** Rayon also offers more control to academic institutions (admin rights, SSO, repository curation, etc), thanks to its ***academic plan***. Both are free, and can be explored below.

To get started, **click on the option below that best represents who you are...**

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### We are always available

Book a demo with our team, [right here](https://b1kzip68v9f.typeform.com/to/Hgr0eQ4k#source=docs).\
To get some support, reach out to us through our **in-app support chat**. \
More about [our support policy right here](https://docs.rayon.design/other-resources/others/support).