# SimplyPrint vs Printago

## About Printago

- **Website:** [Printago](https://printago.io/)
- **Pricing:** [Printago Pricing](https://printago.io/pricing)

## Overview

Printago is a Bambu-first "commerce OS" for print farms, built around one genuinely strong idea: turning Shopify, Etsy and TikTok Shop orders into started prints, automatically. If order-to-print e-commerce automation on an all-Bambu fleet is the thing you need most, it's a smart, well-made tool, and we mean that.

But "print farm software" is a bigger job than order intake. A farm has to run whatever printers you already own, keep them printing unattended, catch failures, manage filament, and stay affordable as it grows. That's the ground SimplyPrint was built for, across every major printer brand, and it's where the two platforms really differ. Here's a fair, side-by-side look.

## Pros of Printago

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

- Parametric custom products:** their standout - a mature OpenSCAD-based system for configurable, personalized products, with storefront SKU variants.
- **Automated order-to-print:** Shopify and Etsy orders (both still in beta) become queued, sliced prints automatically, with no manual step.
- **Usage-based pricing:** if you only ever run a few jobs at once, paying per "production slot" can be cheaper than a flat plan.
- **Runs on your hardware (the bridge):** the Fuse LAN client runs locally on Windows, Mac, Docker or a Pi, so non-Bambu connections stay on your own network.

## Cons of Printago

Where Printago tends to fall short for a working farm:**

- Bambu is the only no-install path:** Bambu Lab connects over the cloud with nothing to install; every other brand (Prusa, Creality, Elegoo, Anycubic, Klipper/Moonraker, OctoPrint) needs their **Fuse** LAN client running on your own hardware, there's still no Duet support, and Marlin only via an OctoPrint host (not direct USB/serial).
- **No AI detection:** no AI failure detection and no AI bed-check (Printago concedes the former themselves).
- **Filament inventory needs a second product:** true spool inventory and consumption aren't native - they rely on **Filametrics**, a separate paid SaaS whose integration is still "coming soon"; native RFID reading is tied to the Bambu AMS only.
- **Headless slicing only:** no interactive cloud slicer, and only 2 slicing engines.
- **No published SSO, US-only data,** and a flat per-slot rate with no published volume discount as the fleet grows.

## Feature Comparison: SimplyPrint vs Printago

### General

| Feature | Printago | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| Has free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Max cost | $4 / production slot / mo | Free, or from $4/printer/mo |
| Free cloud storage | 5GB | 1GB |
| Usage based cost | ✓ | ✗ |
| Unlimited printing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Supports all printers | Bambu-first; others via Fuse client | ✓ |

### Features

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

### Organizations

| Feature | Printago | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| Multiple users | ✓ | ✓ |
| User groups / ranks | ✓ | ✓ |
| User permissions | ✓ | ✓ |
| School plan | No dedicated plan | ✓ |
| Shared files & folders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared slicer profiles | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hub | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom domains | ✗ | ✓ |
| SSO (single sign-on) | ✗ | ✓ |

### Notifications

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

### Apps

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

### Security & Privacy

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

### Support

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

### Firmware & Gateway Support

| Feature | Printago | SimplyPrint |
|---------|--------|-------------|
| OctoPrint install | API only, separate device | ✓ |
| Native Moonraker support | ✗ | ✓ |
| Mainsail install | ✗ | ✓ |
| Fluidd install | ✗ | ✓ |
| Klipper support | Via Fuse client | ✓ |
| Duet3D integration | ✗ | ✓ |
| Direct Prusa support (MK4, XL and up / new main boards) | Via Fuse (PrusaLink) | ✓ |
| Direct Bambu Lab printer integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support for custom integrations | ✗ | ✓ |

### Enterprise & Partners

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