Obico (formerly The Spaghetti Detective) is an open-source platform that adds AI failure detection and remote access to OctoPrint and Klipper. It's one of the best at exactly that: the AI is good, the free cloud tier lets you try it at no cost, and because it's open-source you can self-host the whole thing for free, with your data staying on your own hardware. For a single maker on a Klipper or OctoPrint setup, it's a genuinely great, principled tool.
What it isn't is a fleet or team management platform, and it doesn't pretend to be. There's no print queue, no cloud slicer, no filament inventory, no maintenance system and no real multi-user teams, and it's native only to OctoPrint and Klipper (Bambu and Duet work through bridges/community plugins). That management layer, across every brand, is what SimplyPrint is. Here's a fair, side-by-side look.
Obico is the best open-source AI failure detection and remote-monitoring tool, especially for self-hosters and the Klipper/OctoPrint maker crowd. Free to self-host, free AI to try on the cloud, and your data stays yours, that's a real, honest advantage we respect.
SimplyPrint is the management platform around the printing. It has AI failure detection too, and adds an AI bed-check, a print queue, AutoPrint continuous printing, a full cloud slicer, filament inventory with NFC and label printing, a maintenance system, multi-user roles with SSO and a school plan, and it runs Bambu, Klipper/Moonraker, Prusa, Marlin, Duet and OctoPrint natively. If you're running a farm or a classroom, that's the layer Obico doesn't try to be.
Both platforms watch your prints with AI. The difference is everything around the watching: dispatching jobs, slicing, tracking filament, keeping the fleet running.
Obico is open-source and principled, and for the right user that's exactly right. SimplyPrint is glad to be honest about it:
Obico sits on top of a host you already run, and centres on your account. A farm or a school needs broader hardware support and real users.
Nothing is black-and-white, and there are always pros and cons to consider when choosing a 3D printing cloud solution!
And we're not here to simply tell you, that SimplyPrint is the best - we want you to make an informed decision, and of course there are pros of using Obico as well!
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| General | ||
| Has free plan | ||
| Free printers | 1 cloud / unlimited self-host | 2 |
| Max cost | $6.99+/mo (AI Premium) | Free, or from $9.99/mo (Pro) |
| Free cloud storage | 1GB | 1GB |
| Usage based cost | ||
| Unlimited printing | ||
| Supports all printers | OctoPrint & Klipper hosts | |
| Features | ||
| Remote access | ||
| Filament management | ||
| Filament NFC tags (read & write) | ||
| Filament label printing (Dymo / Zebra) | ||
| Knows your printer | ||
| Cloud files | ||
| Print queue | ||
| Livestream | ||
| Gcode analysis | ||
| A.I failure detection | ||
| AI Bed Check (is the bed clear?) | ||
| AutoPrint / continuous printing | ||
| Maintenance & servicing system | ||
| 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 | ||
| OctoPrint / Mainsail / Fluidd tunnel | ||
| Organization | ||
| Multiple users | ||
| User groups / ranks | ||
| User permissions | ||
| School plan | ||
| Shared files & folders | ||
| Shared slicer profiles | ||
| Hub | ||
| Custom domains | ||
| SSO (single sign-on) | ||
| Notifications | ||
| Email notifications | ||
| Push (mobile / app) notifications | ||
| SMS / text message notifications | Paid plans | |
| Apps | ||
| Android app | ||
| iOS app | ||
| "PWA" (installable web-application) | ||
| Security & privacy | ||
| Account 2-factor authentication | ||
| Privacy-minded analytics & data-gathering ? | ||
| Support | ||
| Live-chat support | ||
| Phone support | ||
| Email support | ||
| Firmware & gateway support | ||
| OctoPrint install | ||
| Native Moonraker support | ||
| Mainsail install | ||
| Fluidd install | ||
| Klipper support | ||
| Duet3D integration | Via community plugin | |
| Direct Prusa support (MK4, XL and up / new main boards) | ||
| Direct Bambu Lab printer integration | ||
| Support for custom integrations | ||
| Enterprise & partners | ||
| OEM | ||
| Partner program (reseller / distributor) | ||
| Affiliate program | ||
| On-prem / self-hosting ? | Contact us | |
| Compare | See pricing | See pricing |
Contact us if you think we made a mistake in our comparison!
We made SimplyPrint due to the fact, that nothing else on the market quite fit our needs. We wanted a platform that was easy to use, but still had all the features we needed. We wanted a feature-rich platform, intuitive and easy to use, with a great user experience and actual innovation within the 3D print management software space.
In summary, we - humble and unbiased as we are 😉 - believe that the SimplyPrint platform is a great Obico alternative!
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