Printyard compared
Printyard next to Spoolman, Craftybase, a spreadsheet and the phone cost calculators, with where each one is the better choice.
- 3D print cost calculator apps comparedPrintMate, Spool, 3D Print Cost Calculator, Spoolstock and Printyard, checked on their store listings: what each one costs and what it leaves out.
- 3D print cost spreadsheet: formula and limitsA 3D print cost formula you can paste into Google Sheets or Excel, a worked example, and the point where a print shop's spreadsheet stops keeping up.
- Craftybase alternative for 3D printingCraftybase, now Stocksmith, is inventory and COGS software for makers of all kinds. Printyard is built around the print: grams, machine hours and purge.
- Spoolman alternative: Printyard vs SpoolmanSpoolman tracks spools on a server that your printer reports to. Printyard tracks them on a phone at the machine, with the cost of every print attached.
Keep these numbers for every print
Printyard runs this arithmetic on your phone at the machine and on the web: every quote itemised, every roll to the gram, and a month with the fees and the failed prints already taken out.
