Features	Hickory Plasma Free v5.20+	Hickory Plasma Pro v5.20+	Hickory Plasma Ultimate v5.20+
Cost	Free = Limited G code program size.	Plasma Pro $549	Plasma Ultimate $995
Auto Conductive/Ohmic Torch Touch Off	Included	Included	Included
Auto Float Head Torch Touch Off	Included	Included	Included
Breakaway/Collision Switch Torch Protection	Included	Included	Included
Real Time Closed Loop Torch Height	Included	Included	Included
Laser Zero Position Set	Included	Included	Included
Material Profile Manager	Included	Included	Included
Feedrate Override	Included	Included	Included
Target Voltage Override	Included	Included	Included
Restart Mode	Included	Included	Included
Torch Check	Included	Included	Included
Dry Run	Included	Included	Included
Plasma Smoothing	Included	Included	Included
Target Voltage Smart Sense	Included	Included	Included
Edit or Create new Material Profiles	Included	Included	Included
Real Time Voltage Display	Included	Included	Included
Auto and Manual Homing	Included	Included	Included
Wireless MPG Pendant support	Not included	Included	Included
G-code program size	Limited to 50Kb G-code file size	Unlimited G-code file size	Unlimited G-code file size
Work Coordinates Systems (WCS)	One (G54)	Eighteen (G54-G59 plus extended WCS) starting with v5.08	Eighteen (G54-G59 plus extended WCS)
Auto Torch Touch Off	Included	Included	Included
Coordinate System Rotation	Yes	Yes	Yes
Auto find CSR with Probe	No	Yes	Yes
Manual find CSR with Probe or Wiggler	Yes	Yes	Yes
Manual enter angle for CSR	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sub Programs and Macros (M98 & G65) Write your own custom marcos, many uses	Included	Included	Included
Backlash Compensation	Included	Included	Included
Screw compensation (laser or manual!)	Included	Included	Included
Any axis can be Linear or Rotary	Included	Included	Included
G-code backplot graphics	Included	Included	Included
Run Time Program Graphics	Included	Included	Included
User Configurable Touch Screen Virtual Control Panel	Included	Included	Included
Backlash compensation	Included	Included	Included
CNC Configuration Wizard	Included	Included	Included
Operate in Millimeter or Inches	Yes	Yes	Yes
XY Diagonal Jogging	Yes	Yes	Yes
4th axis Jogging	Yes	Yes	Yes
Software Axis Pairing (pair 4th axis any other axis in software)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Auto Squaring of Software Paired axis with auto homing	No	Yes	Yes
Hardware Axis Pairing	Yes	Yes	Yes
4th axis G-code moves: 4&1,4&2,4&3,4&1&2,4&2&3,4&1&3&4, 4&1&2&3	No, "Free" is limited to 3 axis simultaneous moves with single axis 4th axis moves.	Yes, 4 axis simultaneous movement with full interpolation. (move any axis in combination with any others)	Yes, 4 axis simultaneous movement with full interpolation. (move any axis in combination with any others)
CNC Setup Wizard with auto PLC program generation	Included	Included	Included
PLC Detective Software	Included	Included	Included
Use one input for all axis Homing	Included	Included	Included
Contour ShuttleXpress Support	Included	Included	Included
Xkeys, Xbox and other USB keyboard emulator support	Included	Included	Included
Laser Engraving	Yes	Yes	Yes
PWM output for Laser power	Yes	Yes	Yes
PWM output for Spindle speed control	Yes	Yes	Yes
Laser power Velocity modulation	Yes	Yes	Yes
0-5 VDC or 0-10 VDC analog output	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plasma Intercon Conversational programming (Currently in Beta)	Limited to 20 blocks of conversational	Unlimited	Unlimited
Offline Version of Plasma Intercon Conversational programming	No	No	Yes
Intercon "Teach" Mode (Currently in Beta)	Limited to 20 blocks of Intercon	Unlimited	Unlimited