Formulation software, a raw material search engine, compliance intelligence, and a marketplace to buy what you find. One platform, built by contract manufacturers who launched 10,000+ real products.
Free base version. No credit card, no contracts, no long-term commitments. Anyone can sign up and start today.
Everything you pay a legacy PLM for, plus an AI Formula Assistant they don't have. Build, compare, and evaluate cosmetic formulas faster, or reverse-engineer an existing INCI list in minutes.
Build, compare, and evaluate cosmetic formulas faster.
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Search 8,000+ materials from 150+ suppliers by INCI name, trade name, or CAS number. Then see what the others never show you: live pricing per kg, stock status, and a buy button.
Other databases end with a "request info" form. Ours ends with a cart. Pick a pack size, check out, and get samples, downpacks, or bulk shipped from vetted suppliers.
from $12.40 / kg
Every record an auditor asks for already lives in one system, timestamped, versioned, and searchable. When the inspection comes, you export instead of excavate.
Analyze any formula against global regulatory databases in seconds, then schedule it for ongoing monitoring. When regulations change, you know before it becomes a problem.
Coptis for formulation. Prospector to find materials. Good Face Project for compliance. Or all of it in CM Studio+, connected, with a checkout at the end.
| CM Studio+ | Coptis | UL Prospector | Good Face Project | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price for formulators | Free base version | Paid license | Suppliers pay to list | Paid subscription |
| Formulation software and full PLM | ||||
| AI formula generation and evaluation | ||||
| Raw material search engine | Internal database | Limited | ||
| Live pricing per kg and stock status | ||||
| Buy ingredients directly, with checkout | ||||
| Regulatory and compliance flags | ||||
| Free white-glove data migration |
Based on publicly available product information as of July 2026. See the full breakdown on our Compare Tools page.
Switching software is the reason most labs stay stuck overpaying. So we removed it. Our team migrates your formulas, raw materials, specs, suppliers, and documents from Coptis, spreadsheets, or any other system. You lose nothing, and you pay nothing.
Send us your exports from Coptis, Excel, or any PLM. Any format works, even messy ones.
Formulas, raw materials, specs, suppliers, clients, and documents, mapped and verified by our team.
Your full history, versioned and searchable, ready to quote and produce. Cancel your old licenses.
CM Studio+ isn't just three tools. It's a lab-tested operating system for modern product development, from first idea to final PO.
Most formulation tools are built by software developers who've never stepped foot in a lab. CM Studio+ was created by contract manufacturers, regulatory experts, and chemists who've actually launched, scaled, and reformulated 10,000+ real products. Not theoretical templates.
We didn't guess what features chemists need. We built what we needed ourselves: a smarter way to develop compliant formulas at speed, a centralized hub for samples, batches, quotes, and specs, and a tool that understands the real-world chaos of R&D, from unstable emulsions to last-minute regulatory shifts.
★★★★★Purchasing ingredients used to be a drawn-out process that took days and involved five people. Now, thanks to this incredible system, a single person can handle it all!
★★★★★Using our old formulating software felt like being trapped in a time warp. Switching to CM Studio was a game-changer and easily the best decision we've ever made!
★★★★★Dealing with regulatory compliance used to be a constant struggle. Since switching to CM Studio, staying current with regulations has become effortless.
The base version is free, which is already more than anyone else in this space offers. No contracts, no long-term commitments, no sales call required: anyone can sign up and start today. Advanced capabilities are how we sustain the platform, and you only pay for what you choose to use.
Those tools each cover one slice of the workflow: formulation, ingredient search, or compliance. CM Studio+ covers all three in one connected platform, adds live pricing and a marketplace so you can actually buy what you find, and starts at $0 instead of a license negotiation.
No. There are no contracts and no minimum terms, and your data exports as easily as it imports. We'd rather keep you with a better product than with paperwork.
Export your data from your current tool in any format, and our team imports and verifies your formulas, raw materials, specs, suppliers, clients, and documents. There's no charge, and most migrations are completed within days.
Search across 8,000+ indexed materials by INCI name, trade name, or CAS number. Filter by function, application, supplier, and certifications like Halal, Vegan, Kosher, and ISO 16128. Each result includes documentation, specs, live pricing per kg, and sample availability.
Yes. Our AI Formulator can generate custom formulas based on your specs (desired function, skin feel, claim, cost targets, etc.) or reverse-engineer a formula from an existing INCI list. You can also chat with the AI Formula Assistant to evaluate and compare formulas and ingredients.
Yes. CM Studio flags regulatory issues across multiple markets, from ingredient bans to labeling requirements. Batch tickets, testing reports, and maintenance records are timestamped and exportable, so most customers can pull a complete audit package in minutes.
Your data is yours, always. All formulations, documents, and specifications are encrypted and access-controlled, and Privacy mode keeps confidential work out of AI training. We do not share, use, or claim ownership of your IP, and every account is isolated.
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