Size does matter!

Choose the right plan at the right low monthly price! Small breeders can sign up for free.

	Elite $25^†	Super $14^†	Plus $6^†	FREE

Animal records	unlimited	500	200	50
Populations	5	5	2	1
Mating reports	40	40	20	5
Basic herd stats
Inbreeding estimates
Inbreeding and coancestry minimisation
Download mating lists
Animal list download
Advanced herd stats
Birthdate profiling
Pedigree file upload
Index upload
Mating strategy selection
*Sneak Preview*
Genetic trait estimation
Trait improvement
Index development

^†Pricing is AU dollars per month, inclusive of GST. Non-Australian residents including New Zealand residents prices not subject to GST.

Start with a FREE plan and move up as you need more populations, animal records or features!

Paying plans are on a subscription basis, with per-month pricing and billing. By starting with a FREE plan you can experience X'Aim and upgrade to the right plan for you and your breeding program!

Animal records include the active herd and pedigree records

X'Aim records animals for two reasons: Animals in the active herd are available for breeding. Pedigree animals are what X'Aim uses to keep track of parent-child, sibling-sibling and other relationships between animals. Both are required to avoid inbreeding. Small flocks or herds may take several years to reach the FREE limit of 50 animal records, because it may take some time to build up the pedigree depth. Paying plans let you record more breeding animals, more pedigree depth, which is important to get good estimates of inbreeding.

Populations; herds, flocks or gaggles?

Call them what you like, but before we know what species you have, we call them populations. Basically, they are your herd or your flock or your gaggle! And it's on the basis of the animals included in this population that estimates of inbreeding are calculated.

Users can create animal populations up to the limit provided by their plan; 1 on the FREE plan, more on the others. All accounts come with a bonus Example population for trying new X'Aim features. You can modify your Example population, but we will be updating it every month to show you new features and how to get the best out of your X'Aim account. We recommend starting by playing with the Example and when you're confident to enter your own data, go for it!

Mating recommendations

Mating recommendations are easy to generate and are optimised by our mating engine to balance the inbreeding in the offspring of the recommended matings and the overall relationships between animals, minimising each.

Each time you request a new mating recommendation, a mating list is created automatically for you that lists the recommended matings and the estimation of the inbreeding coefficient for offspring from that mating. Each plan has a limit of how many mating lists you can create. (On the FREE plan it is 5 mating lists.) .

Basic herd statistics

This report summarises the number of available and unavailable (pedigree, too young, sick, etc.) animals you have entered records for, and how many of them are male and how many are female. This helps you manage your animals and selections, and set up your mating recommendations.

Inbreeding and coancestry minimisation

When you request a new mating recommendation, our algorithms work through your population's animals using the complete pedigree you have included. Using information you provided about how many matings to make, and the maximum usage of males, our algorithms then search for the combination of animals that results in a balance between the average inbreeding in the offspring of the recommended matings and the predicted coancestry or relationships among the animals that would result from those matings. This helps to avoid inbreeding now and in the future!

X’Aim Pricing and Plans Frequently Asked Questions

Is there only Signup for the FREE plan?

Once you have signed up for a free plan you can upgrade to a paying plan from within your account. You do not need to provide credit card details until you choose to upgrade to a paying plan! As long as you are happy with using the FREE X'Aim plan, please be our guest! We do hope that you will find X'Aim useful enough to upgrade to a paying plan when your herd size warrants or you need additional features. Don't forget you can upgrade or downgrade at any time with no penalty!

What’s the difference between the FREE plan and the paying plans?

The paying plans give you more animals to record and more features to use. On the FREE plan you can record up to 50 animals including pedigree animals in one herd/flock/population. Upgrade to increase the number of animals you can record or the number of flocks or herds you can keep on your account. You'll also have access to more tools that help you to make better decisions about which animals to mate and which ones to sell!

How do I upgrade/downgrade?

You can upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time by using the My Account link on your X’Aim home page. Make sure you aren’t over the limits if you’re downgrading to avoid losing any data. If you aren't sure, download all your animals first before downgrading.

Tell me more about the limit on the number of animals

The number of animals allowed on each plan includes both available and unavailable animals. If you want to have good estimates of inbreeding, ensuring all the pedigree animals are recorded is vital! Also, each animal is used to look at things like the litter size in sheep, or the distribution of birth dates over the birthing season. For a small breeder with 10 females and keeping one male each year, it could take several years to accumulate enough animal records to reach the 50 animal limit on the FREE plan!

If I don’t like or need X’Aim any longer, can I cancel at any time and take my data with me?

Yes, you can cancel at anytime and there is no penalty to cancel your account. We provide a data download facility so you can safely retrieve your data.