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Procurando alternativas ao Spoolman?

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.

SimplyPrint filament manager

There's a lot more to the SimplyPrint filament manager

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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The SimplyPrint filament manager

Compare Spoolman vs SimplyPrint:

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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.

A filament manager that's actually connected to your printer

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.

Automatic usage tracking
SimplyPrint
We read the G-code of every print on a connected printer, convert it to grams and deduct it from the assigned spool when the print ends, automatically. No plugin, no scale, no spreadsheet.
Spoolman
Spoolman has no printer connection of its own. Automatic tracking works only if you separately run the Moonraker [spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin and set the active spool yourself, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.
AMS & multi-material
SimplyPrint
Drop a tagged spool into a Bambu Lab AMS (or a Creality CFS or Anycubic ACE) and we auto-create the spool, assign it to the right slot and sync the AMS-measured weight.
Spoolman
No first-party AMS support. Bambu AMS workflows exist only through third-party Home Assistant or Docker community bridges; the native Bambu request has been open since 2023.
NFC, labels & hardware
SimplyPrint
Native NFC read and write across Bambu Lab, Creality CFS, Prusa OpenPrintTag, OpenSpool and OpenTag, from your phone, your browser or a USB reader, plus direct label printing to Dymo and Zebra thermal printers. No extra hardware to build.
Spoolman
No first-party NFC and no hardware of its own (NFC/RFID are long-standing open feature requests, served only by third-party community gadgets). It generates QR labels in the browser, but prints them through the OS dialog, with no built-in Dymo or Zebra driver.
The core difference is simple: SimplyPrint is connected to the printer, so tracking happens by itself; Spoolman is a database that other tools have to keep fed.

Open filament data, two different ways

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.

The database
SimplyPrint
The Open Filament Database, MIT-licensed and stewarded by SimplyPrint, with 151 brands and growing, and editable in a no-code web editor by anyone, in minutes.
Spoolman
SpoolmanDB, also MIT-licensed and a real strength, but a separate single-maintainer repository with far fewer brands, contributed to only by opening a JSON pull request on GitHub.
Where the data goes
SimplyPrint
The same open data backs your slicing profiles and the automatic deduction, so adding a spool and tracking it are one connected flow.
Spoolman
The database fills in spool details, but consumption still has to be pushed in from a separate plugin you set up.
Spoolman's data is honestly open, and that counts. SimplyPrint uses an open database too, a larger one that anyone can edit straight from the browser, wired directly into automatic tracking.

Where Spoolman is the better pick

Spoolman is a well-made tool, and for some setups it's the right call. Credit where it's due:

Self-hosting & data ownership
SimplyPrint
Hosted for you (on-prem is an enterprise option), so there's no server to run, but it is our cloud.
Spoolman
Genuinely MIT-licensed and runs entirely on your own Pi, NAS or VPS with no cloud at all, ideal if data ownership or an air-gapped setup is a hard requirement.
A home in the Klipper / Moonraker world
SimplyPrint
We connect Klipper, Moonraker and OctoPrint printers natively, alongside every other brand.
Spoolman
Purpose-built to slot into a self-hosted Klipper stack, with a clean REST API and WebSocket updates and a rich community of plugins and bridges built on top.
If self-hosting and data ownership are non-negotiable, or you've built your setup around Klipper and Moonraker and enjoy running your own services, Spoolman is a fine choice, and it's free. If you'd rather the tracking just happen, across any printer brand, with no server to run, that's SimplyPrint.
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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.

A filament manager that's actually connected to your printer

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.

Automatic usage tracking
SimplyPrint
We read the G-code of every print on a connected printer, convert it to grams and deduct it from the assigned spool when the print ends, automatically. No plugin, no scale, no spreadsheet.
Spoolman
Spoolman has no printer connection of its own. Automatic tracking works only if you separately run the Moonraker [spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin and set the active spool yourself, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.
AMS & multi-material
SimplyPrint
Drop a tagged spool into a Bambu Lab AMS (or a Creality CFS or Anycubic ACE) and we auto-create the spool, assign it to the right slot and sync the AMS-measured weight.
Spoolman
No first-party AMS support. Bambu AMS workflows exist only through third-party Home Assistant or Docker community bridges; the native Bambu request has been open since 2023.
NFC, labels & hardware
SimplyPrint
Native NFC read and write across Bambu Lab, Creality CFS, Prusa OpenPrintTag, OpenSpool and OpenTag, from your phone, your browser or a USB reader, plus direct label printing to Dymo and Zebra thermal printers. No extra hardware to build.
Spoolman
No first-party NFC and no hardware of its own (NFC/RFID are long-standing open feature requests, served only by third-party community gadgets). It generates QR labels in the browser, but prints them through the OS dialog, with no built-in Dymo or Zebra driver.
The core difference is simple: SimplyPrint is connected to the printer, so tracking happens by itself; Spoolman is a database that other tools have to keep fed.

Open filament data, two different ways

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.

The database
SimplyPrint
The Open Filament Database, MIT-licensed and stewarded by SimplyPrint, with 151 brands and growing, and editable in a no-code web editor by anyone, in minutes.
Spoolman
SpoolmanDB, also MIT-licensed and a real strength, but a separate single-maintainer repository with far fewer brands, contributed to only by opening a JSON pull request on GitHub.
Where the data goes
SimplyPrint
The same open data backs your slicing profiles and the automatic deduction, so adding a spool and tracking it are one connected flow.
Spoolman
The database fills in spool details, but consumption still has to be pushed in from a separate plugin you set up.
Spoolman's data is honestly open, and that counts. SimplyPrint uses an open database too, a larger one that anyone can edit straight from the browser, wired directly into automatic tracking.

Where Spoolman is the better pick

Spoolman is a well-made tool, and for some setups it's the right call. Credit where it's due:

Self-hosting & data ownership
SimplyPrint
Hosted for you (on-prem is an enterprise option), so there's no server to run, but it is our cloud.
Spoolman
Genuinely MIT-licensed and runs entirely on your own Pi, NAS or VPS with no cloud at all, ideal if data ownership or an air-gapped setup is a hard requirement.
A home in the Klipper / Moonraker world
SimplyPrint
We connect Klipper, Moonraker and OctoPrint printers natively, alongside every other brand.
Spoolman
Purpose-built to slot into a self-hosted Klipper stack, with a clean REST API and WebSocket updates and a rich community of plugins and bridges built on top.
If self-hosting and data ownership are non-negotiable, or you've built your setup around Klipper and Moonraker and enjoy running your own services, Spoolman is a fine choice, and it's free. If you'd rather the tracking just happen, across any printer brand, with no server to run, that's SimplyPrint.
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Comparação entre Spoolman e SimplyPrint

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!

Vantagens de usar Spoolman

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

  • Genuinely free and open-source: both the app and its SpoolmanDB filament database are MIT-licensed, so you can fork, audit and contribute to them.
  • Self-hosted, your data: it runs entirely on your own Pi, NAS or VPS with no cloud dependency, a real plus if you want full data ownership or an air-gapped setup.
  • A deep, well-modelled inventory: per-spool cost, locations and archiving, batch/lot numbers, lifecycle status and custom fields.
  • Built for the Klipper crowd: a clean documented REST API and WebSocket updates make it a first-class fit for Klipper/Moonraker/Fluidd/Mainsail and OctoPrint, with a healthy plugin ecosystem.
  • Active and well-supported: a popular, actively maintained project (2,500+ GitHub stars), not abandonware.

Contras de usar Spoolman

Where Spoolman falls short if you want tracking that just happens:

  • It isn't connected to your printers: Spoolman never measures usage itself. Automatic deduction works only if you separately install and configure the Moonraker [spoolman] component or the OctoPrint-Spoolman plugin, and only for Klipper or OctoPrint-hosted printers.
  • No first-party NFC, AMS or hardware: native NFC read/write, Bambu and Creality AMS auto-import and direct thermal label printing aren't built in. NFC/RFID and a Bambu AMS link are open feature requests, met only by third-party community tools.
  • No mobile app and no native drying tracker: it's a responsive web app only, and there's no built-in mark-as-dried / days-since-dried tracking.
  • You run the server: hosting, TLS, backups, remote access and updates are all on you, which is exactly what some people want, and a chore for others.

Spoolman vs. SimplyPrint

Comparação lado a lado de detalhes e recursos entre Spoolman e SimplyPrint

Spoolman logo SimplyPrint logo
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 ?
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Spoolman logo SimplyPrint logo
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 ?
Geral
Tem plano gratuito
Free printers 2
Custo máximo Free, self-hosted Free, or from $4/printer/mo
Armazenamento em nuvem gratuito 1GB
Custo baseado no uso
Impressão ilimitada
É compatível com todas as impressoras
Recursos
Acesso remoto
Conhece sua impressora
Arquivos na nuvem
Fila de impressão
Transmissão ao vivo
Análise de Gcode
Detecção de falhas com IA
AI Bed Check (is the bed clear?)
AutoPrint / impressão contínua
Maintenance & servicing system
Custom fields
Staggered Start (for power draw)
Histórico de trabalhos de impressão
Imprima remotamente
Slicer integrado
Adequado para várias impressoras
Multi-impressão
Multi-transmissão
Estatísticas
API
Rotação inteligente do slicer
Troca inteligente de filamento
Assistente de nivelamento de mesa
Organização
Vários usuários
Grupos de usuário / níveis
Permissões do usuário
Plano para escolas
Arquivos & pastas compartilhados
Perfis de slicer compartilhados
Hub
Domínios personalizados
SSO (login único)
Notificações
Notificações por e-mail
Notificações push (celular / app)
Notificações por SMS / mensagem de texto
Apps
Aplicativo Android
app para iOS
"PWA" (aplicativo web instalável)
Security & privacy
Autenticação de dois fatores da conta
Análise e coleta de dados focadas em privacidade ?
Suporte
Suporte por chat ao vivo
Suporte por telefone
Suporte por e-mail
Firmware & compatibilidade com gateway
Instalação do OctoPrint
Suporte nativo ao Moonraker
Instalação do Mainsail
Instalação do Fluidd
Compatibilidade com Klipper
Integração com Duet3D
Suporte direto à Prusa (MK4, XL e superiores / placas principais novas)
Integração direta com impressoras Bambu Lab
Compatibilidade com integrações personalizadas
Enterprise e parceiros
OEM
Programa de parceiros (revendedor/distribuidor)
Programa de afiliados
On-prem / self-hosting ? Contact us
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Spoolman vs. SimplyPrint: perguntas frequentes

Is SimplyPrint or Spoolman better for filament tracking?

It depends on what you want. Spoolman is the better fit if you specifically want to self-host an open-source database on your own server and you live in the Klipper/Moonraker world. SimplyPrint is the better fit if you want filament tracking that happens automatically: it connects to your printers, reads the G-code of each print and deducts filament on its own, across any printer brand, with native NFC, Bambu and Creality AMS auto-import, direct Dymo/Zebra labels and the Open Filament Database, free on every plan.

Does Spoolman track filament usage automatically?

Not on its own. Spoolman is a database that doesn't connect to printers; its own wiki notes it doesn't need to know about your printers at all. Automatic deduction works only if you separately install and configure the Moonraker [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.

Is Spoolman free?

Yes, completely. Spoolman is free and MIT-licensed, and so is its SpoolmanDB filament database. You do provide and run the server it lives on. SimplyPrint's filament manager is also free, included on every plan down to Free, with automatic tracking and the Open Filament Database, and there's no server for you to run.

Can I import my Spoolman spools into SimplyPrint?

Yes. SimplyPrint lists Spoolman as a supported import source, and Spoolman can export your spools, filaments and vendors as CSV or JSON through its API, so moving your inventory over is straightforward, with brands matched against the Open Filament Database as they import.

Does Spoolman work with the Bambu Lab AMS or NFC tags?

Not with first-party support. Spoolman has no built-in AMS integration or NFC reading/writing; both are long-standing open feature requests, and the workflows that exist rely on third-party community bridges and gadgets. SimplyPrint reads Bambu AMS tags to auto-create and auto-assign spools and sync their weight, reads and writes NFC across Bambu, Creality CFS, Prusa OpenPrintTag, OpenSpool and OpenTag, and works from your phone, browser or a USB reader.

Is the Open Filament Database the same as SpoolmanDB?

No, they're separate projects. SpoolmanDB is Spoolman's own MIT-licensed filament list, contributed to via GitHub pull requests. The Open Filament Database is a separate MIT-licensed, community-maintained database stewarded by SimplyPrint, with more brands and a no-code web editor anyone can use, and it's wired directly into SimplyPrint's presets and automatic tracking.

Do I have to run a server to use SimplyPrint?

No. Spoolman is self-hosted, so you run, secure and back up the server yourself, which some people specifically want. SimplyPrint is hosted for you, so you just sign in and start; an on-premises option is available for enterprise customers who need it.

Conclusion
Why SimplyPrint is the Top Spoolman Alternative

Criamos o SimplyPrint porque nada mais no mercado atendia bem às nossas necessidades. Queríamos uma plataforma fácil de usar, mas que ainda tivesse todos os recursos de que precisávamos. Queríamos uma plataforma rica em recursos, intuitiva e fácil de usar, com uma ótima experiência de usuário e inovação de verdade no espaço de software de gestão de impressão 3D.

Em resumo, nós, humildes e imparciais como somos 😉, acreditamos que a plataforma SimplyPrint é uma ótima alternativa ao Spoolman!

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