# SimplyPrint vs Creality Print

## About Creality Print

- **Website:** [Creality Print](https://www.creality.com/pages/creality-print-software)

## Overview

Creality Print is Creality's free, official slicer, and it's a good one: since v5 it's built on an OrcaSlicer fork, so you get the full Orca settings tree tuned for Creality's Ender, CR and K-series machines. If you're on Windows or macOS and print only on Creality printers, it does the job.**
The catch is where it runs, and what it slices for. Creality Print is a desktop app: there's no version for a Chromebook, an iPad, an Android tablet or a phone, and it's built around Creality's own printers. So people search "Creality Print alternative" for one of two reasons: they can't install it on the device they have, or they've added a printer from another brand.

The honest answer to both is OrcaSlicer** (Creality Print is an Orca fork, so it's the natural switch), and the better answer is that you don't have to choose. SimplyPrint runs the **unmodified CrealityPrint engine** in your browser, on any device, right next to PrusaSlicer, OrcaSlicer, BambuStudio, ElegooSlicer, Cura & Kiri:Moto. Keep Creality's profiles, add every other engine, and slice from a Chromebook, tablet or phone. Here's a fair, side-by-side look.

## Pros of Creality Print

Creality Print has real strengths, and they're worth being honest about:**

- Free and official:** Creality's own slicer, maintained by Creality, at no cost.
- **A full OrcaSlicer feature set:** since v5 it's an OrcaSlicer fork, so the settings tree, previews and controls are the ones Orca users already know.
- **Tuned for Creality printers:** factory-calibrated profiles for the Ender, CR and K-series, and the newest Creality models are supported first.
- **Fully offline and local:** runs on your own machine with no account and no internet; your files stay on your computer.
- **Multi-color ready:** supports Creality's CFS multi-material system for multi-color prints.

## Cons of Creality Print

Where Creality Print falls short if you want to slice from anywhere, on any printer:**

- Desktop-only:** Windows and macOS (plus a community Linux build). There's no native version for a Chromebook, iPad, Android tablet or phone, so on those devices there's no native way to run it.
- **Heavy models need a real machine:** slicing runs locally, so a big or detailed model is slow on an older or low-RAM computer.
- **Built around Creality's printers:** it's an Orca fork, so it can slice for other brands, but it's tuned for Creality and its profiles don't transfer cleanly to non-Creality machines.
- **Profiles live on one machine:** your tuned profiles sit on the computer you set them up on; there's no built-in cloud sync across devices or users.
- **Slicing and printing are separate:** it's a slicer, not a print platform, so there's no built-in remote queue, monitoring, AI detection or team management beyond Creality's own tools.

## Feature Comparison: SimplyPrint vs Creality Print

### General

| Feature | Creality Print | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------------|-------------|
| Has free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max cost | Free | Free, or from $4/printer/mo |
| Free cloud storage | ✗ | 1GB |
| Usage based cost | ✗ | ✗ |
| Unlimited printing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Supports all printers | ✗ | ✓ |

### Features

| Feature | Creality Print | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------------|-------------|
| Remote access | ✗ | ✓ |
| Filament management | ✗ | ✓ |
| 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 | Creality printers | ✓ |
| Built-in slicer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-printer friendly | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-print | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-stream | ✗ | ✓ |
| Statistics | ✗ | ✓ |
| API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Slicer smart-rotation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Smart filament change | ✗ | ✓ |
| Bed level helper | ✗ | ✓ |

### Organizations

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

### Apps

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

### Security & Privacy

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

### Support

| Feature | Creality Print | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------------|-------------|
| Email support | ✗ | ✓ |
| Live-chat support | ✗ | ✓ |
| Phone support | ✗ | ✓ |

### Firmware & Gateway Support

| Feature | Creality Print | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------------|-------------|
| OctoPrint install | ✗ | ✓ |
| 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 | Creality Print | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------------|-------------|
| OEM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Partner program (reseller / distributor) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Affiliate program | ✗ | ✓ |