FlowQ is the cloud print-farm software from Infinity Flow 3D, a US company best known for its 3D-printing automation hardware (the S1 Plus automatic filament loader, filament cutters and ejection kits). FlowQ grew out of running their own farm, and it shows: it's a tidy, genuinely multi-brand cloud dashboard for queueing prints, auto-restarting jobs and tracking filament. If you already slice on your desktop and mostly want a shared queue tied to their filament hardware, it's a smart, affordable little platform, and we mean that.
But "manage a queue" and "run a print farm" aren't the same job. A farm has to prepare its own files, catch failures before they waste a night, track filament, service machines, and stay affordable as it grows, ideally without buying anyone's hardware. That's the ground SimplyPrint has been built on since 2020, across every major printer brand. Here's a fair, sourced side-by-side.
FlowQ is a young (its own docs date to late 2025), US-built cloud tool from a hardware company. Its real strength is the surrounding Infinity Flow hardware, the S1+ automatic filament loader, filament cutters and a Bed Swap ejection kit, paired with a simple, low-cost queue + automation layer. For a small, cost-sensitive farm that already slices on the desktop and wants an integrated hardware-plus-software stack from one vendor, it's a genuine option.
SimplyPrint is a farm-grade management platform that's been running print farms since 2020. On top of the queue and continuous printing, it ships what FlowQ leaves to other tools: a full interactive cloud slicer with 7 engines, AI failure detection and AI bed-check, software filament inventory with NFC and label printing (no proprietary hardware required), a maintenance system, native iOS/Android apps, multi-user teams with SSO, and an Education plan, all today. It runs 600+ printer models across 130+ brands (including OctoPrint, Marlin-over-USB and Duet, which FlowQ doesn't list), is EU-based with EU data residency, and scales with volume discounts and Fair Billing. 2 printers are free forever.
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FlowQ is a capable, genuinely multi-brand queue and automation layer, credit where it's due. But a working farm needs more than a queue: a way to prepare files, catch failures before they waste a print, keep filament accurate and service machines. FlowQ leaves most of that to your desktop slicer, your own eyes, or its hardware. SimplyPrint builds it in.
FlowQ is genuinely inexpensive and its free tier looks generous. The catch is how the cheap tiers throttle a real farm, and what's missing as you grow. Here's the honest math.
Figures compare SimplyPrint's Pro and Print Farm plans against FlowQ's published tiers as of June 2026; check each provider's current pricing page for exact numbers.
We respect what Infinity Flow built. They came at this from the hardware side, and that's a genuine strength SimplyPrint simply doesn't have:
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 FlowQ as well!
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| Allmänt | ||
| Har gratisplan | ||
| Free printers | 3 | 2 |
| Gratis molnlagring | 1GB | |
| Användningsbaserad kostnad | ||
| Obegränsad utskrift | Unlimited tier only | |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Tiered + per-printer add-on | Flat plan + per-printer |
| Price per printer | $3-4/printer, flat (no volume discount) | From $4 to ~$3/mo at scale |
| Annual billing discount | ~17% | 15-20% |
| Fair Billing (only pay for printers & seats you use) ? | ||
| Volume pricing (per-printer cost drops at scale) ? | ||
| Stöder alla skrivare | 60+ models; no OctoPrint/Duet | |
| Funktioner | ||
| Fjärråtkomst | ||
| Filamenthantering | Requires S1+ hardware | |
| Filament NFC tags (read & write) | ||
| Filament label printing (Dymo / Zebra) | ||
| Känner din skrivare | ||
| Cloud-filer | ||
| Skrivarkö | ||
| Livestream | ||
| Gcode-analys | ||
| A.I-feldetektering | ||
| AI Bed Check (is the bed clear?) | ||
| AutoPrint / kontinuerlig utskrift | Needs external ejection | |
| Maintenance & servicing system | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Staggered Start (for power draw) | ||
| Utskriftsjobbshistorik | ||
| Skriv ut på distans | ||
| Inbyggd slicer | ||
| Multiskrivarvänlig | ||
| Multiutskrift | ||
| Multistream | ||
| Statistik | ||
| API | ||
| Slicer smart-rotation | ||
| Smart filamentbyte | ||
| Bäddnivelleringshjälp | ||
| Organisation | ||
| Flera användare | ||
| Användargrupper / roller | ||
| Användarbehörigheter | ||
| Skolplan | ||
| Delade filer & mappar | ||
| Delade slicerprofiler | ||
| Hub | ||
| Anpassade domäner | ||
| SSO (single sign-on) | ||
| Aviseringar | ||
| E-postaviseringar | ||
| Push (mobil/app)-notiser | ||
| SMS-/textmeddelandeaviseringar | ||
| Appar | ||
| Android-app | ||
| iOS-app | ||
| "PWA" (installerbar webbapplikation) | ||
| Security & privacy | ||
| Tvåfaktorsautentisering för konto | ||
| Integritetsmedveten analys & datainsamling ? | ||
| Support | ||
| Livechattsupport | ||
| Telefonsupport | ||
| E-postsupport | ||
| Firmware- & gatewaystöd | ||
| OctoPrint-installation | ||
| Inbyggt Moonraker-stöd | ||
| Mainsail-installation | ||
| Fluidd-installation | ||
| Klipper-stöd | ||
| Duet3D-integration | ||
| Direkt Prusa-stöd (MK4, XL och uppåt / nya moderkort) | ||
| Direkt Bambu Lab-skrivarintegration | ||
| Stöd för anpassade integrationer | ||
| Enterprise & partner | ||
| OEM | ||
| Partnerprogram (återförsäljare/distributör) | ||
| Affiliate-program | ||
| On-prem / self-hosting ? | Contact us | |
| Selling & custom products | ||
| Automated Etsy / Shopify order-to-print ? | Via Zapier/Make | Closed beta: coming soon |
| Jämför | Se priser | Se priser |
Kontakta oss om du tycker att vi har gjort ett misstag i vår jämförelse!
Vi gjorde SimplyPrint eftersom inget annat på marknaden riktigt passade våra behov. Vi ville ha en plattform som var enkel att använda, men som ändå hade alla funktioner vi behövde. Vi ville ha en funktionsrik plattform, intuitiv och enkel att använda, med en fantastisk användarupplevelse och verklig innovation inom programvara för 3D-utskriftshantering.
Sammanfattningsvis tycker vi, ödmjuka och opartiska som vi är 😉, att SimplyPrint-plattformen är ett utmärkt alternativ till FlowQ!
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