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.
Printago is a Bambu-first platform whose standout strength is e-commerce order automation, taking a Shopify or Etsy order and turning it into a queued, sliced print with little manual work. If that pipeline (on an all-Bambu farm) is your number-one need, it's an excellent fit.
SimplyPrint is a farm-grade management platform that's been running print farms since 2020. It runs Bambu brilliantly, and Klipper, Prusa, Marlin and Duet natively too, and ships AI failure detection and AI bed-check, the most-integrated continuous-printing automation (AutoPrint), a full interactive cloud slicer with 5 engines, built-in filament inventory, a maintenance system, NFC and SSO, all today, not on a roadmap. Whether your farm is all-Bambu or a mix of brands, SimplyPrint is the more established platform with the deepest toolset, at a flat, volume-discounted price.
Independent review
Their comparison video was recorded in 2025, so treat the specific numbers as a little dated, but the conclusion is theirs.
Read how they run their farm on SimplyPrintPlenty of farms run nothing but Bambu, and SimplyPrint runs Bambu brilliantly, with more features and five years more experience behind it (we've been doing this since 2020). What you also get, at no extra cost, is the freedom to add any other printer later. Printago is built Bambu-first; everything else routes through a LAN bridge.
Printago meters by "production slots" (how many jobs run at once); SimplyPrint charges a flat plan with per-printer scaling. "Cheaper" depends entirely on the size and duty-cycle of your farm, so here's the real math instead of a single headline number.
Figures compare SimplyPrint's Print Farm plan and are indicative as of June 2026; check each provider's current pricing page for exact numbers.
We respect what Printago built. They didn't barge into the market trying to clone SimplyPrint and then differentiate; they started with the basics and went deep on a lane we haven't (yet). Credit where it's due:
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 Printago as well!
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| General | ||
| Has free plan | ||
| Free printers | 1 | 2 |
| Free cloud storage | 5GB | 1GB |
| Usage based cost | ||
| Unlimited printing | ||
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Per concurrent job slot | Flat plan + per-printer |
| Price per printer | $4 / slot, flat | From $4 to ~$3/mo at scale |
| Annual billing discount | 10% | 15-20% |
| Fair Billing (only pay for printers & seats you use) ? | Per concurrent slot | |
| Volume pricing (per-printer cost drops at scale) ? | ||
| Supports all printers | Bambu-first; others via Fuse client | |
| 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 | Bambu Lab only | |
| Maintenance & servicing system | Beta (Bambu) | |
| 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 | ||
| Organization | ||
| 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 | ||
| Email notifications | ||
| Push (mobile / app) notifications | ||
| SMS / text message notifications | ||
| 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 | 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 Creality integration (modern printers) ? | Via Fuse client | |
| Direct Anycubic integration (modern printers) | Via Fuse client | |
| Direct Bambu Lab printer integration | ||
| Support for custom integrations | ||
| Enterprise & partners | ||
| OEM | ||
| Partner program (reseller / distributor) | ||
| Affiliate program | ||
| On-prem / self-hosting ? | Enterprise (get a quote) | Contact us |
| Selling & custom products | ||
| Parametric custom products ? | ||
| Automated Etsy / Shopify order-to-print ? | Shopify + Etsy | Closed beta: coming soon |
| 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 Printago alternative!
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