# SimplyPrint vs Filametrics

## About Filametrics

- **Website:** [Filametrics](https://myfilametrics.com)
- **Pricing:** [Filametrics Pricing](https://myfilametrics.com/pricing)

## Overview

Filametrics is a tidy, cloud-only filament inventory with a genuinely useful project and order side: a Kanban for jobs, a print-cost calculator, and native Shopify and TikTok order intake. Its free tier is generous, you get unlimited spools, and its AI Slicer Reader can read your usage off a slicer screenshot, which is lower friction than typing it in by hand.

But that usage is still an *estimate* from a file or a photo, on your timing, not a measurement from the printer. SimplyPrint's filament manager works the other way around: it's connected to your printers, reads the G-code of every print and deducts filament on its own when the print ends, across any brand, and that whole connected toolkit, NFC, direct labels and the Open Filament Database, is free. Here's a fair, side-by-side look, first purely as a filament manager, then as the whole platform.

## Pros of Filametrics

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

- A genuine projects & orders pillar:** a Kanban "My Projects", project templates, a print-cost calculator and a Production Intelligence cost-to-PDF flow, more than a plain inventory.
- **Native Shopify & TikTok order intake:** an order from your storefront auto-creates a project and its filament usage, a workflow SimplyPrint doesn't focus on.
- **A genuinely generous free tier:** unlimited filaments and spools at $0, plus the AI Slicer Reader and a cost calculator; the paid tiers gate projects, integrations and NFC/QR, not spool count.
- **The AI Slicer Reader:** paste a slicer screenshot and it estimates the print's usage, a lower-friction input than typing it in by hand.
- **Clean inventory basics:** an expanded color system (multi-hex, gradients, glow, metallics), most-recently-dried dates, per-roll locations, low-stock alerts and advanced filtering, plus an AI Label Scanner for inputting boxes.

## Cons of Filametrics

Where Filametrics falls short if you want tracking that just happens off the print:**

- Usage is estimated, not measured:** it logs from a slicer screenshot, a 3MF file or manual entry, on your timing (its own copy says "automatic (mostly)"). There's no shipped auto-deduction from a connected printer; Bambu API sync and job routing are roadmap / private-beta.
- **Connected-grade depth is paywalled:** 3MF usage upload, store integrations and "Unlimited NFC/RFID/QR" sit on Maker (from $10/mo), and usage & history analytics on Printing Emperor (from $25/mo). It documents no tag standards or read/write workflow, and no direct thermal label printing.
- **Cloud-only and closed:** hosted-only at app.myfilametrics.com with no self-host option, a proprietary catalog with no published size, and no documented bulk export (no CSV/JSON/Spoolman) to take your inventory elsewhere.
- **No native mobile app and no own hardware:** it's a responsive web app you open in a mobile browser, with no iOS/Android app and no scale, reader or kit of its own.

## Feature Comparison: SimplyPrint vs Filametrics

### General

| Feature | Filametrics | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Has free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max cost | Printing Emperor from $25/mo | Free, or from $4/printer/mo |
| Free cloud storage | ✗ | 1GB |
| Usage based cost | ✗ | ✗ |
| Unlimited printing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Supports all printers | ✗ | ✓ |

### Features

| Feature | Filametrics | 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 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Built-in slicer | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-printer friendly | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-print | ✗ | ✓ |
| Multi-stream | ✗ | ✓ |
| Statistics | ✗ | ✓ |
| API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Slicer smart-rotation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Smart filament change | ✗ | ✓ |
| Bed level helper | ✗ | ✓ |

### Organizations

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

### Apps

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

### Security & Privacy

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

### Support

| Feature | Filametrics | SimplyPrint |
|---------|-----------|-------------|
| Email support | ✗ | ✓ |
| Live-chat support | ✗ | ✓ |
| Phone support | ✗ | ✓ |

### Firmware & Gateway Support

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