Prusa Connect is Prusa Research's own cloud for Prusa printers, and it has come a long way: it now has a free EasyPrint cloud slicer, native iOS and Android apps, real 1080p camera streaming, teams with roles, and 2FA. If your shop is 100% Prusa, it's a genuinely good, free, first-party way to run it, and it's made by the people who made your printers, hosted in the EU.
The catch is in the name: Prusa Connect. It manages Prusa hardware and nothing else, no Bambu, no Klipper, no Creality, no generic Marlin, and older Prusas need a Raspberry Pi to join. The day you add a printer from another brand, you need a platform that speaks all of them. That's SimplyPrint, and it adds the farm-grade automation, AI and shop-floor tools Prusa Connect doesn't. Here's a fair, side-by-side look.
Prusa Connect is the best free cloud for an all-Prusa shop. It's first-party, deeply integrated, EU/GDPR-hosted, and now ships a cloud slicer, native apps, teams and 2FA, so the old "it's missing everything" story no longer holds. If every printer you own is a Prusa and you want free and official, it's an easy yes.
SimplyPrint is the platform for everyone else, and for mixed and growing farms. It has been running real print farms since 2020, runs Prusa and Bambu, Klipper/Moonraker, Marlin (incl. USB), Duet and OctoPrint natively, and adds AI failure detection with AI bed-check, AutoPrint continuous printing, full filament inventory with NFC and label printing, a maintenance system and a dedicated education plan. If you run any non-Prusa printer, or want farm automation Prusa Connect doesn't have, SimplyPrint is the better fit.
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Prusa Connect is built for Prusa hardware, full stop. SimplyPrint runs Prusa just as happily, and every other major brand alongside it, so the platform never decides which printers you're allowed to buy next.
Prusa Connect has closed a lot of its old gaps, and for an all-Prusa shop a few things genuinely land. Credit where it's due:
Prusa Connect monitors and controls your Prusa fleet well. Where SimplyPrint pulls ahead is the production layer: keeping printers running unattended, catching failures, and tracking filament and upkeep.
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 Prusa Connect as well!
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| General | ||
| Tiene plan gratuito | ||
| Free printers | 2 | |
| Coste máximo | Free; paid storage tiers | Free, or from $9.99/mo (Pro) |
| Almacenamiento en la nube gratuito | 1GB (expandable) | 1GB |
| Coste basado en el uso | ||
| Impresión ilimitada | ||
| Es compatible con todas las impresoras | Prusa printers only | |
| Funciones | ||
| Acceso remoto | ||
| Gestión de filamento | Usage tracking only | |
| Filament NFC tags (read & write) | ||
| Filament label printing (Dymo / Zebra) | ||
| Conoce tu impresora | Prusa only | |
| Archivos en la nube | ||
| Cola de impresión | ||
| Transmisión en vivo | ||
| Análisis de Gcode | ||
| Detección de fallos con IA | ||
| 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 | EasyPrint (cloud) | |
| Apto para varias impresoras | ||
| Multi-impresión | ||
| Multi-transmisión | ||
| Estadísticas | ||
| API | Limited (camera + mobile) | |
| 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 | ||
| Compatibilidad nativa con Moonraker | ||
| Instalación de Mainsail | ||
| Instalación de Fluidd | ||
| Compatibilidad con Klipper | ||
| Integración con Duet3D | ||
| Compatibilidad directa con Prusa (MK4, XL y superiores / placas base nuevas) | ||
| 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 Prusa Connect.
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