Creality Cloud is a free, all-in-one app with a huge model marketplace and maker community, plus cloud monitoring and remote control for Creality printers. For a hobbyist with one or two Creality machines, it's genuinely good: free, polished native apps, a big library of models to print, in-app cloud slicing, and tight integration with Creality's own hardware.
What it isn't is print-farm or classroom software. There's no real farm queue or continuous-printing automation, no team roles or SSO, no filament inventory or maintenance system, it's Creality-centric (other brands only via an OctoPrint plugin), and it's a Chinese-owned platform with no EU data-residency option. For a farm or a lab, or anyone who wants their data in-region, that's where SimplyPrint comes in. Here's a fair, side-by-side look.
Creality Cloud is a free community and remote-control app for Creality owners: a big model marketplace, free cloud monitoring (Premium is $7.99/mo, and bundled with some new Creality machines), in-app slicing and tight Creality hardware integration. If you have a Creality printer and want free monitoring plus models, it's a great hobbyist pick. (Just after the slicer? See our Creality Print alternative page, run the real CrealityPrint engine online, on any device.)
SimplyPrint is print-farm and classroom management that runs any brand. It adds a real print queue, AutoPrint continuous printing, AI failure detection, filament inventory with NFC, a maintenance system, multi-user roles with SSO and a school plan, and it natively runs Bambu, Klipper/Moonraker, Prusa, Marlin, Duet and OctoPrint, with EU + US data centres so you can keep data in-region. For a production fleet, that's the difference.
Gratis para siempre. Sin tarjeta de crédito.
Creality Cloud lets you watch and control a few printers from your phone. SimplyPrint is built to actually run a fleet.
For a Creality hobbyist, Creality Cloud has genuine strengths, and SimplyPrint is honest about them:
Creality Cloud is Creality-centric, single-account, and Chinese-owned. SimplyPrint is brand-agnostic, team-ready, and lets you choose your region.
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 Creality Cloud as well!
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| General | ||
| Tiene plan gratuito | ||
| Free printers | 2 | |
| Coste máximo | $7.99/mo (or $79.99/yr) | Free, or from $9.99/mo (Pro) |
| Almacenamiento en la nube gratuito | 2GB | 1GB |
| Coste basado en el uso | ||
| Impresión ilimitada | ||
| Es compatible con todas las impresoras | Creality (others via OctoPrint plugin) | |
| Funciones | ||
| Acceso remoto | ||
| Gestión de filamento | Multi-colour assignment only | |
| Filament NFC tags (read & write) | ||
| Filament label printing (Dymo / Zebra) | ||
| Conoce tu impresora | Creality printers | |
| Archivos en la nube | ||
| Cola de impresión | ||
| Transmisión en vivo | ||
| Análisis de Gcode | ||
| Detección de fallos con IA | Creality printers only | |
| AI Bed Check (is the bed clear?) | ||
| AutoPrint / impresión continua | ||
| Maintenance & servicing system | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Staggered Start (for power draw) | ||
| Historial de trabajos de impresión | ||
| Imprime de forma remota | ||
| Slicer integrado | ||
| Apto para varias impresoras | ||
| Multi-impresión | ||
| Multi-transmisión | ||
| Estadísticas | ||
| API | ||
| Rotación inteligente del slicer | ||
| Cambio inteligente de filamento | ||
| Ayudante de nivelación de cama | ||
| Organización | ||
| Varios usuarios | ||
| Grupos de usuario / rangos | ||
| Permisos de usuario | ||
| Plan para escuelas | ||
| Archivos & carpetas compartidos | ||
| Perfiles de slicer compartidos | ||
| Hub | ||
| Dominios personalizados | ||
| SSO (inicio de sesión único) | ||
| Notificaciones | ||
| Notificaciones por correo electrónico | ||
| Notificaciones push (móvil / app) | ||
| Notificaciones por SMS / mensaje de texto | ||
| Apps | ||
| App de Android | ||
| app de iOS | ||
| "PWA" (aplicación web instalable) | ||
| Security & privacy | ||
| Autenticación de dos factores de la cuenta | ||
| Análisis & recopilación de datos centrados en la privacidad ? | ||
| Soporte | ||
| Soporte por chat en vivo | ||
| Soporte telefónico | ||
| Soporte por correo electrónico | ||
| Compatibilidad con firmware & gateways | ||
| Instalación de OctoPrint | Connect via plugin | |
| Compatibilidad nativa con Moonraker | ||
| Instalación de Mainsail | ||
| Instalación de Fluidd | ||
| Compatibilidad con Klipper | Creality K-series only | |
| Integración con Duet3D | ||
| Compatibilidad directa con Prusa (MK4, XL y superiores / placas base nuevas) | ||
| Direct Creality integration (modern printers) ? | ||
| Integración directa con impresoras Bambu Lab | ||
| Compatibilidad con integraciones personalizadas | ||
| Enterprise & partners | ||
| OEM | ||
| Programa de partners (revendedor/distribuidor) | ||
| Programa de afiliados | ||
| On-prem / self-hosting ? | Contact us | |
| Comparar | Ver precios | Ver precios |
¡Contáctanos si crees que nos hemos equivocado en nuestra comparación!
Creamos SimplyPrint porque nada más en el mercado se ajustaba del todo a nuestras necesidades. Queríamos una plataforma fácil de usar, pero que tuviera todas las funciones que necesitábamos. Queríamos una plataforma rica en funciones, intuitiva y fácil de usar, con una gran experiencia de usuario y una innovación real dentro del sector del software de gestión de impresión 3D.
En resumen, creemos, humildes e imparciales como somos 😉, que la plataforma SimplyPrint es una gran alternativa a Creality Cloud.
Empezar, gratis para siempre