Spoolman is a free, open-source, self-hosted filament inventory: a tidy database of your spools that you run on your own server. It's genuinely good software, and if you live in Klipper and Moonraker and want to own your data, it's a sensible pick.
But Spoolman is a database, not a tracker. It doesn't connect to your printers; it waits for other software to tell it what you used. SimplyPrint's filament manager works the other way around: it's connected to your printers, reads the G-code of every print, and keeps each spool accurate on its own, with no plugins, no scale, and no server for you to run. Here's a fair, side-by-side look, first purely as a filament manager, then as the whole platform.
Automatic usage tracking, NFC across every standard, Bambu & Creality AMS auto-import, direct Dymo & Zebra label printing, drying, storage locations, a mobile app and the Open Filament Database. See it all, with screenshots, on one page.
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Compare Spoolman vs SimplyPrint:
Spoolman is a free, MIT-licensed, self-hosted spool database, a great fit if you run Klipper/Moonraker, want to own your data, and don't mind wiring up a plugin to feed it usage. It doesn't connect to printers itself.
SimplyPrint is a connected filament manager: it reads the G-code of every print on your printer and deducts filament automatically, with no plugins, no scale and no server to run, plus native NFC, Bambu and Creality AMS auto-import, direct Dymo and Zebra label printing, and the open, MIT-licensed Open Filament Database (151 brands and growing). And the filament manager is free on every plan. If you want tracking that just happens across any printer brand, that's SimplyPrint; if self-hosting a database you control is the point, that's Spoolman.
Comparing purely as a filament manager, the deep, head-to-head view.
This is the heart of it. Spoolman is a database that other software has to feed; it doesn't talk to your printers. SimplyPrint is connected to them, so your inventory stays right on its own.
[spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin and set the active spool yourself, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.Credit where it's due: Spoolman's filament data is genuinely open. So is ours. The difference is reach, how you contribute, and whether the data is wired into tracking.
Spoolman is a well-made tool, and for some setups it's the right call. Credit where it's due:
Spoolman does one job, filament inventory, and self-hosts it well. SimplyPrint includes that same filament manager and surrounds it with the rest of a print operation: a print queue, a full cloud slicer, AI failure and bed detection, a maintenance system, teams and permissions, mobile apps and more, in one hosted platform that's free to start. In the table below, Spoolman's column is filament; ours is the whole platform.
The same filament comparison, plus everything else SimplyPrint does that a spool database doesn't.
This is the heart of it. Spoolman is a database that other software has to feed; it doesn't talk to your printers. SimplyPrint is connected to them, so your inventory stays right on its own.
[spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin and set the active spool yourself, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.Credit where it's due: Spoolman's filament data is genuinely open. So is ours. The difference is reach, how you contribute, and whether the data is wired into tracking.
Spoolman is a well-made tool, and for some setups it's the right call. Credit where it's due:
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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 Spoolman as well!
[spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.|
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| Filament management | ||
| Free to use | ||
| Open-source / self-hostable ? | ||
| Filament database ? | SpoolmanDB (separate) | Open Filament Database |
| Open, community-built database ? | ||
| Add filament without code or GitHub ? | ||
| Connects directly to your printer ? | ||
| Automatic usage tracking (no manual subtracting) ? | Via Moonraker / OctoPrint plugin | |
| AMS auto-import (Bambu / Creality / Anycubic) ? | Bambu, Creality, Anycubic + more | |
| Read filament NFC tags | ||
| Write filament NFC tags | ||
| Label printing (direct to Dymo / Zebra) | QR labels; no thermal driver | Dymo & Zebra |
| Barcode / QR scanning | ||
| Drying tracking | ||
| Storage locations | Text field, no nesting | |
| Cost & spend tracking | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Mobile app (iOS & Android) | ||
| Multi-user / team access | ||
| Import your existing spools ? | ||
| Developer API for filament data ? | ||
| Comparar | Más información | Más información |
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| Filament management | ||
| Free to use | ||
| Open-source / self-hostable ? | ||
| Filament database ? | SpoolmanDB (separate) | Open Filament Database |
| Open, community-built database ? | ||
| Add filament without code or GitHub ? | ||
| Connects directly to your printer ? | ||
| Automatic usage tracking (no manual subtracting) ? | Via Moonraker / OctoPrint plugin | |
| AMS auto-import (Bambu / Creality / Anycubic) ? | Bambu, Creality, Anycubic + more | |
| Read filament NFC tags | ||
| Write filament NFC tags | ||
| Label printing (direct to Dymo / Zebra) | QR labels; no thermal driver | Dymo & Zebra |
| Barcode / QR scanning | ||
| Drying tracking | ||
| Storage locations | Text field, no nesting | |
| Cost & spend tracking | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Mobile app (iOS & Android) | ||
| Multi-user / team access | ||
| Import your existing spools ? | ||
| Developer API for filament data ? | ||
| General | ||
| Tiene plan gratuito | ||
| Free printers | 2 | |
| Coste máximo | Free, self-hosted | Free, or from $4/printer/mo |
| Almacenamiento en la nube gratuito | 1GB | |
| Coste basado en el uso | ||
| Impresión ilimitada | ||
| Es compatible con todas las impresoras | ||
| Funciones | ||
| Acceso remoto | ||
| Conoce tu impresora | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | Más información | Más información |
¡Contáctanos si crees que nos hemos equivocado en nuestra comparación!
[spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin and set the active spool, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers. SimplyPrint reads the G-code of every print on a connected printer and deducts usage automatically, with nothing to install.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 Spoolman.
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