# SimplyPrint vs 3DPrinterOS

*SimplyPrint prices are shown in USD; see the pricing page for other currencies. Competitor prices are shown as they publish them.*

## About 3DPrinterOS

- **Website:** [3DPrinterOS](https://www.3dprinteros.com/)
- **Pricing:** [3DPrinterOS Pricing](https://www.3dprinteros.com/pricing-plans)

## Overview

3DPrinterOS is one of the originals in cloud 3D-printer management, and it shows in the best way: it's deeply embedded in universities, school districts, enterprises and government labs, with mature role-based access, per-user billing, SAML SSO and API-enabled LMS integration. If you're an institution that needs that governance layer, it's a serious, proven platform, and it has kept shipping (native Bambu H-series support landed in 2025).

What's changed is that you no longer have to trade modern features or transparent pricing to get that. SimplyPrint matches the fleet management, RBAC, SSO and education depth, then adds the things 3DPrinterOS doesn't, native support for today's printers, AutoPrint continuous printing, an AI bed-check, NFC filament inventory and label printing, a maintenance system, maintained native apps, and EU data residency, with prices you can read on the page for both farms *and* schools. Here's a fair, side-by-side look.

## Pros of 3DPrinterOS

3DPrinterOS has real strengths, and they're worth being honest about:**

- Deep institutional install base:** a long, sticky footprint across major universities and government labs.
- **Mature governance:** workgroups, per-user balances and billing, job approval, SAML SSO, plus API-enabled LMS integration.
- **They DO have the basics:** AI failure detection, an in-browser cloud slicer, a public API, push notifications and software filament tracking, plus OEM/white-label.

## Cons of 3DPrinterOS

Where 3DPrinterOS tends to fall short for a modern farm or school:**

- Opaque, per-printer pricing:** Education and Enterprise are quote-only, there's no permanent free tier, and per-printer pricing has no volume discount.
- **No continuous printing or bed-check:** it has spaghetti-detection AI and auto job-assignment to free printers, but no AutoPrint-style continuous (lights-out) printing and no AI bed-check.
- **Filament is software-only:** a G-code "digital twin", with no NFC tags and no label printing.
- **No maintenance system,** and native mobile apps that look long-neglected.
- **US-hosted:** no EU data-residency cloud region.

## Feature Comparison: SimplyPrint vs 3DPrinterOS

### General

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Has free plan | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max cost | ✗ | Free, or from $4/printer/mo |
| Free cloud storage | ✗ | 1GB |
| Usage based cost | ✗ | ✗ |
| Unlimited printing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Supports all printers | 150+ models (via client) | ✓ |

### Features

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Remote access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filament management | Software tracking (no NFC) | ✓ |
| Knows your printer | ✗ | ✓ |
| Cloud files | ✓ | ✓ |
| Print queue | ✓ | ✓ |
| Livestream | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gcode analysis | ✓ | ✓ |
| A.I failure detection | ✓ | ✓ |
| AutoPrint / continuous printing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom fields | ✗ | ✓ |
| Staggered Start (for power draw) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Print job history | ✓ | ✓ |
| Print remotely | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in slicer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-printer friendly | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-print | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-stream | ✓ | ✓ |
| Statistics | ✓ | ✓ |
| API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slicer smart-rotation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Smart filament change | ✗ | ✓ |
| Bed level helper | ✗ | ✓ |

### Organizations

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Multiple users | ✓ | ✓ |
| User groups / ranks | ✓ | ✓ |
| User permissions | ✓ | ✓ |
| School plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared files & folders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared slicer profiles | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hub | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom domains | ✗ | ✓ |
| SSO (single sign-on) | ✓ | ✓ |

### Notifications

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Email notifications | ✓ | ✓ |
| Push (mobile / app) notifications | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMS / text message notifications | ✗ | ✓ |

### Apps

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Android app | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS app | ✓ | ✓ |
| "PWA" (installable web-application) | ✗ | ✓ |

### Security & Privacy

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Account 2-factor authentication | ✗ | ✓ |
| EU servers | ✗ | ✓ |
| Privacy-minded analytics & data-gathering | ✗ | ✓ |

### Support

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Email support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live-chat support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Phone support | ✗ | ✓ |

### Firmware & Gateway Support

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| OctoPrint install | Connect via plugin | ✓ |
| Native Moonraker support | ✗ | ✓ |
| Mainsail install | ✗ | ✓ |
| Fluidd install | ✗ | ✓ |
| Klipper support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Duet3D integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Direct Prusa support (MK4, XL and up / new main boards) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Direct Bambu Lab printer integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for custom integrations | ✓ | ✓ |

### Enterprise & Partners

| Feature | 3DPrinterOS | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| OEM | ✓ | ✓ |
| Partner program (reseller / distributor) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Affiliate program | ✗ | ✓ |