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:
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 ? | ||
| 比较 | 了解更多 | 了解更多 |
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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 ? | ||
| 常规 | ||
| 提供免费套餐 | ||
| Free printers | 2 | |
| 最高成本 | Free, self-hosted | Free, or from $4/printer/mo |
| 免费云存储 | 1GB | |
| 基于使用量的费用 | ||
| 无限打印 | ||
| 支持所有打印机 | ||
| 功能 | ||
| 远程访问 | ||
| 了解您的打印机 | ||
| 云文件 | ||
| 打印队列 | ||
| 直播 | ||
| Gcode分析 | ||
| AI故障检测 | ||
| AI Bed Check (is the bed clear?) | ||
| AutoPrint / 连续打印 | ||
| Maintenance & servicing system | ||
| Custom fields | ||
| Staggered Start (for power draw) | ||
| 打印任务历史 | ||
| 远程打印 | ||
| 内置切片软件 | ||
| 支持多打印机 | ||
| 批量打印 | ||
| 多路视频流 | ||
| 统计 | ||
| API | ||
| 切片软件智能旋转 | ||
| 智能耗材更换 | ||
| 打印床调平助手 | ||
| 组织 | ||
| 多用户 | ||
| 用户组/等级 | ||
| 用户权限 | ||
| 学校版 | ||
| 共享文件&文件夹 | ||
| 共享切片配置文件 | ||
| Hub | ||
| 自定义域名 | ||
| SSO(单点登录) | ||
| 通知 | ||
| 电子邮件通知 | ||
| 推送通知(移动/应用) | ||
| 短信通知 | ||
| 应用 | ||
| Android应用 | ||
| iOS 应用 | ||
| “PWA”(可安装的网络应用) | ||
| Security & privacy | ||
| 账户双重验证 | ||
| 注重隐私的分析 & 数据收集 ? | ||
| 支持 | ||
| 在线客服支持 | ||
| 电话支持 | ||
| 电子邮件支持 | ||
| 固件 & 网关支持 | ||
| OctoPrint安装 | ||
| 原生支持 Moonraker | ||
| Mainsail 安装 | ||
| 安装 Fluidd | ||
| Klipper支持 | ||
| Duet3D 集成 | ||
| 直接支持 Prusa(MK4、XL 及更新型号/新主板) | ||
| 直接集成 Bambu Lab 打印机 | ||
| 支持自定义集成 | ||
| 企业 & 合作伙伴 | ||
| OEM | ||
| 合作伙伴计划(经销商/分销商) | ||
| 联盟计划 | ||
| On-prem / self-hosting ? | Contact us | |
| 比较 | 了解更多 | 了解更多 |
如果您认为我们的对比内容有误,请联系我们!
[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.我们打造SimplyPrint,是因为市面上没有一款产品能真正满足我们的需求。我们想要一个易于使用、同时功能齐全的平台。我们希望它功能丰富、直观易用,拥有出色的用户体验,并在3D打印管理软件领域实现真正的创新。
总而言之,我们(谦逊而公正,就像我们一直标榜的那样😉)认为SimplyPrint平台是Spoolman的绝佳替代方案!
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