# SimplyPrint vs Print&Go

## About Print&Go

- **Website:** [Print&Go](https://printandgo.tech/)
- **Pricing:** [Print&Go Pricing](https://printandgo.tech/pricing)

## Overview

Print&Go is an EU-based (Spanish) "multi-brand 3D printing workflow software," built for manufacturers and print farms, and it does several things genuinely well: real-time fleet monitoring, AI spaghetti detection, deep production analytics, and some of the best robotic-arm (cobotics) automation in this space. If you run an industrial shop and want a robot pulling finished plates off your printers around the clock, it's a serious tool, and we mean that.**
But for most print farms, two practical questions shape the decision: how your printers actually connect**, and **what you pay as the farm grows**. That's where SimplyPrint and Print&Go diverge sharply, Print&Go routes most printers (Bambu included) through a paid hardware bridge and doesn't slice at all, while SimplyPrint connects your printers directly and ships the full toolchain. Here's a fair, sourced side-by-side.

## Pros of Print&Go

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

- Robotic (cobotics) automation:** their standout, an Enterprise Universal Robots integration where a cobotic arm physically clears plates and reloads printers for true 24/7 lights-out production.
- **Multi-factory control:** an Enterprise tier to manage global sites from one account, with cross-factory G-code sharing.
- **Long analytics retention:** a 365-day production-data window with KPI heat-map views, a genuine edge if you need a full year of history in one presentation.
- **AI spaghetti detection & maintenance:** real-time failure detection with auto-stop (from the Standard plan), plus a per-printer maintenance system.
- **Broad brand directory & mobile apps:** a large multi-brand printer list and native iOS and Android apps.

## Cons of Print&Go

Where Print&Go tends to fall short for a working farm:**

- Hardware to connect:** most printers (Bambu included) need the €120 **Node** bridge, which handles only 2 printers over USB or ~10 over LAN and must share their network. Only Ultimaker connects cloud-direct.
- **No slicer:** Print&Go states plainly "we do not offer slicing functionality", you slice elsewhere and upload pre-sliced files (a Cura plugin is the only slicer send-to integration).
- **Missing farm tools:** no AI bed-check, no NFC filament tags, no filament label printing, and no SSO, even on Enterprise.
- **Everything gated by tier:** hard caps of 4/10/50 printers and 1/5/25 users; AI starts on Standard, and the public API, multi-factory and cobotics are Enterprise-only.
- **No native OctoPrint, Moonraker or Duet,** and no perpetual free plan (30-day trial only).

## Feature Comparison: SimplyPrint vs Print&Go

### General

| Feature | Print&Go | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| Has free plan | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max cost | €216/mo (Expert) + €120 Node | Free, or from $4/printer/mo |
| Free cloud storage | ✗ | 1GB |
| Usage based cost | ✗ | ✗ |
| Unlimited printing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Supports all printers | 1000+ models, most via €120 Node | ✓ |

### Features

| Feature | Print&Go | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| Remote access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filament management | Consumption & cost only | ✓ |
| Knows your printer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cloud files | ✓ | ✓ |
| Print queue | ✓ | ✓ |
| Livestream | Via Node + camera | ✓ |
| Gcode analysis | ✗ | ✓ |
| A.I failure detection | Spaghetti detect (Standard+) | ✓ |
| AutoPrint / continuous printing | Expert+; needs add-on hardware | ✓ |
| Custom fields | ✗ | ✓ |
| Staggered Start (for power draw) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Print job history | ✓ | ✓ |
| Print remotely | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in slicer | No - not a slicer | ✓ |
| Multi-printer friendly | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-print | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-stream | ✓ | ✓ |
| Statistics | ✓ | ✓ |
| API | Enterprise only | ✓ |
| Slicer smart-rotation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Smart filament change | ✗ | ✓ |
| Bed level helper | ✗ | ✓ |

### Organizations

| Feature | Print&Go | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| Multiple users | Tier-capped (1/5/25) | ✓ |
| User groups / ranks | ✓ | ✓ |
| User permissions | 3 fixed roles (Expert+) | ✓ |
| School plan | ✗ | ✓ |
| Shared files & folders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared slicer profiles | ✗ | ✓ |
| Hub | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom domains | ✗ | ✓ |
| SSO (single sign-on) | ✗ | ✓ |

### Notifications

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

### Apps

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

### Security & Privacy

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

### Support

| Feature | Print&Go | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| Email support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live-chat support | Expert+ (24/5) | ✓ |
| Phone support | ✗ | ✓ |

### Firmware & Gateway Support

| Feature | Print&Go | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| OctoPrint install | ✗ | ✓ |
| Native Moonraker support | ✗ | ✓ |
| Mainsail install | ✗ | ✓ |
| Fluidd install | ✗ | ✓ |
| Klipper support | Via Node (not certified) | ✓ |
| Duet3D integration | ✗ | ✓ |
| Direct Prusa support (MK4, XL and up / new main boards) | Via Node | ✓ |
| Direct Bambu Lab printer integration | Via Node (not cloud-direct) | ✓ |
| Support for custom integrations | ✗ | ✓ |

### Enterprise & Partners

| Feature | Print&Go | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| OEM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Partner program (reseller / distributor) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Affiliate program | ✗ | ✓ |