Alternatives, compared
Honest comparisons, with every claim about somebody else taken off their own public site and dated. Where they are better, we say so.
The whole category, at a glance
| Tool | What it is | What it costs | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| LayerFlow3D | Orders, costing, filament stock, live telemetry and a storefront, for a print shop. | Free for 2 printers; paid from $8 a month. | Today - it is ours |
| 3D Print Manager | Filament stock and print costing, with work orders on the farm plans. | Free for 50 spools; PRO €3.99 a month for up to 5 printers. | October 26, 2026 |
| 3D PrintForce | A marketplace seller's back office, with real machine costing. | Free calculator; from $12.50 a month. | September 24, 2026 |
| 3DPCC | Job costing and quotes, with manual stock and orders. | Free calculator; PRO $15 a month or $150 a year. | October 26, 2026 |
| Calcura3D | Costing and branded quotes, in beta. | Free tier, no login; Pro "$39". | September 24, 2026 |
| Craftybase | Inventory and COGS for small-batch makers. Not a 3D printing tool. | From $24 a month, or $20 billed annually, for one user and up to 25 order lines; no free plan. | September 24, 2026 |
| FoxTrack | Quotes, orders, invoices, filament and printer control. | Free for 1 printer; Pro $12 a month for 5. | October 28, 2026 |
| Inventora | Inventory for makers, with a 3D printing page. Costs material, not machine time. | From $23 a month; 7-day trial. | September 24, 2026 |
| Khayt | A free desktop app: quotes, orders, e-invoices, filament and printer control. | Free; the optional cloud is in beta. | October 28, 2026 |
| Layers.app | Instant quoting from an uploaded model, plus CRM and ERP. | Free for 5 orders; from $49 a month. | September 24, 2026 |
| Printago | Fleet control and cloud slicing for a print farm. | From free; $4 per production slot a month. | September 15, 2026 |
| Printforge | Quotes, jobs and invoices, with an instant-quote widget. | Free Hobby tier; paid from A$4 a month. | October 26, 2026 |
| SimplyPrint | Printer fleet management, queueing and filament tracking. | Free for 2 printers; from $5.99 a month. | September 15, 2026 |
| a spreadsheet | The thing every shop already has. | Free, until an evening of yours is not. | September 15, 2026 |
Prices are the ones on their own public pages on the date beside them, in the currency each one publishes. They move; tell us when one is wrong.
The comparisons in full
3D Print Manager
3D Print Manager is filament stock and costing first, and cheap for five printers. Where it is stronger than us, where we are, and every claim sourced.
Read it →3D PrintForce
3D PrintForce is a marketplace seller's back office, with real machine costing. We read the printers ourselves and give the shop its own storefront. Every claim sourced.
Read it →3DPCC
3DPCC prices jobs carefully and keeps quotes, customers and orders, with nothing connected and nothing imported. Where it fits better than us, and where it does not.
Read it →Calcura3D
Calcura3D quotes; we run the shop. Their costing model is close to ours and their quote flow is better. Where each one is stronger, with every claim sourced.
Read it →Craftybase
Craftybase is now Stocksmith: inventory and COGS for maker businesses. It has never been a 3D printing tool. Where each one is stronger, with every claim sourced.
Read it →FoxTrack
FoxTrack runs quotes, orders and invoices and can pause or start your printers; we sell from a shop page of your own. Where each is stronger, every claim sourced.
Read it →Inventora
Inventora is inventory for makers, with a 3D printing page. It costs the material; we cost the job. Where each one is stronger, with every claim sourced.
Read it →Khayt
Khayt is a free desktop app that quotes, invoices and starts your printers; we are a web app with a shop page buyers pay on. Where each is stronger, every claim sourced.
Read it →Layers.app
Layers quotes an uploaded model instantly and does it better than we do. We cost the job from the machine. Where each one is stronger, with every claim sourced.
Read it →Printago
Printago routes jobs across a print farm. LayerFlow3D costs them. Where each one is stronger, with every claim taken off their own site.
Read it →Printforge
Printforge quotes a customer's STL on your website and takes the card; we sell a catalogue and read the printers. Where each is stronger, with every claim sourced.
Read it →SimplyPrint
SimplyPrint runs the printers. LayerFlow3D runs the business around them. Every claim taken off their own site and dated.
Read it →a spreadsheet
Where a spreadsheet stops working for a 3D print shop, and what actually breaks first.
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