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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| Allmänt | ||
| Har gratisplan | ||
| Free printers | 2 | |
| Max pris | Free; paid storage tiers | Free, or from $9.99/mo (Pro) |
| Gratis molnlagring | 1GB (expandable) | 1GB |
| Användningsbaserad kostnad | ||
| Obegränsad utskrift | ||
| Stöder alla skrivare | Prusa printers only | |
| Funktioner | ||
| Fjärråtkomst | ||
| Filamenthantering | Usage tracking only | |
| Filament NFC tags (read & write) | ||
| Filament label printing (Dymo / Zebra) | ||
| Känner din skrivare | Prusa only | |
| Cloud-filer | ||
| Skrivarkö | ||
| Livestream | ||
| Gcode-analys | ||
| A.I-feldetektering | ||
| AI Bed Check (is the bed clear?) | ||
| AutoPrint / kontinuerlig utskrift | ||
| Maintenance & servicing system | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Staggered Start (for power draw) | ||
| Utskriftsjobbshistorik | ||
| Skriv ut på distans | ||
| Inbyggd slicer | EasyPrint (cloud) | |
| Multiskrivarvänlig | ||
| Multiutskrift | ||
| Multistream | ||
| Statistik | ||
| API | Limited (camera + mobile) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Prusa Connect!
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