In short
Quot3D is an embeddable quote widget for FDM print shops that prices from the slicer configuration the shop already uses, takes card payment through Stripe Connect, and costs from free to $79 a month. Quotometry also prices resin, SLS, MJF, metal printing, CNC machining, 2D cutting and moulding, shows a full price breakdown, backtests changes, calibrates to your parts and versions your configurations. Quotometry does not take payment in its widget yet and does not import slicer configuration files.
At a glance
| Quot3D | Quotometry | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model and entry price | Free, Starter $29, Growth $49, Professional $79 a month. Each plan has a monthly quote limit; the numbers are not on the home page. No overage fees | Free plan (25 quote requests a month, one process). Starter €29 (250), Growth €99 (1,000), Pro €299 (5,000) a month, or annual with two months free. Re-pricing does not count |
| Self-serve sign-up | Yes. 14-day free trial on all plans, no credit card | Yes. Free plan with no card; paid plans have a 14-day trial |
| Over the monthly limit | The widget keeps working and asks visitors to contact the shop; an e-mail at 80% of the limit | Buyers see a request-for-quote form instead of a price, never an error |
| Processes priced | FDM (filament) printing from STL files; no other process named on the site | FDM, SLA/DLP/LCD resin, SLS, MJF, metal powder bed, PolyJet and binder jetting; CNC milling and turning; laser, waterjet and plasma; budgetary injection moulding and vacuum casting. Free and Starter cover polymer printing |
| CNC and sheet metal | No | CNC milling and turning from STEP (Growth plan and up); a mesh upload goes to the shop's review. Laser, waterjet and plasma cutting from DXF or SVG (Pro). Bent sheet metal is not built |
| How material and time are estimated | Slices the upload with the shop's own exported configuration from OrcaSlicer, Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer, SuperSlicer or Creality Print | Slice-profile estimator: samples true cross-sections and integrates walls, skins, infill and supports per layer, without running a slicer per quote. No import of slicer files; accuracy against real slicers is not yet published |
| Pricing rules | Material cost per kg, machine hourly rate, margin, minimum order and volume discount tiers | Material, machine time, labour by activity, consumables, energy, overhead, margin, minimums and quantity breaks, plus a formula layer for custom rules (Growth plan and up) |
| Price breakdown for the shop | Not found in public sources | Every price is a tree of named lines with the inputs behind them; the shop chooses what the buyer sees |
| Test a pricing change | Preview changes before going live | Simulator re-prices recent quotes and reference parts with a draft change before you publish it (Growth plan and up) |
| Calibration and versioning | Not found in public sources | Calibration fits speed and overhead coefficients to parts you have made. Configurations are drafted, published and rolled back, and every quote keeps its version |
| Embed method | One line of code for WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace or custom sites; light and dark mode; several languages including German; white label on Professional | Native web component, with iframe and hosted quote page fallbacks; WordPress and Shopify plugins; English, German and French |
| Buyer pays online | Yes on Starter and above: card payment through Stripe Connect on the quote page, or a manual payment link such as PayPal or Square | Not in the widget yet; Stripe Connect is planned. With the WooCommerce plugin (basket) or the Shopify plugin (draft order) the buyer pays at the shop's own checkout; otherwise the shop invoices |
| Orders, API and webhooks | Saved quotes with the buyer's e-mail, team accounts with admin and viewer roles. No public API or webhooks found | Order inbox with manual review and price override; REST API with OpenAPI 3.1 (Growth plan and up); signed webhooks with retries, replay and a delivery log |
| AI features | Not found in public sources | No AI features today |
Which to choose
Choose Quot3D if
- Your FDM prices already come from a tuned OrcaSlicer, Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer or SuperSlicer configuration and you want the quote to use that exact file.
- You want buyers to pay by card on the quote page, today.
- You want a white-label widget for $79 a month.
- You only print FDM and want the simplest set-up.
Choose Quotometry if
- You print resin, SLS or MJF as well as FDM, or machine or cut parts too.
- You want to read every line of a price and decide how much of it the buyer sees.
- You want to backtest a change on recent quotes, roll it back if needed, and keep every quote tied to the version that priced it.
- You want orders pushed into your own systems by signed webhooks, or an API to build on.
- You want a WordPress or Shopify plugin rather than pasted code.
Where Quot3D is stronger
Quot3D starts from the shop’s own slicer. A shop exports its configuration from OrcaSlicer, Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer or SuperSlicer, uploads it, and the widget slices each upload with those exact settings. For a shop that already prices by slicing files by hand, that is a short path to prices it recognises. Quotometry does not import slicer files.
It takes payment. On Starter and above the buyer can pay by card through Stripe Connect without leaving the quote page, or follow a manual payment link. Quotometry does not take payment in its widget yet; its WooCommerce and Shopify plugins hand the quote to the shop’s own checkout.
Its plans are cheap and simple: free, then $29, $49 and $79 a month, with white label on the top plan. Filament colours, including multi-colour options, are set per material.
Where Quotometry is stronger
Quotometry prices more processes: SLA, DLP and LCD resin, SLS, MJF, metal powder bed, PolyJet and binder jetting as well as FDM, and CNC milling and turning, laser, waterjet and plasma cutting, injection moulding and vacuum casting beyond printing. For SLS and MJF the price comes from the part’s share of a packed build.
It shows the working. Every price is a tree of named lines with the inputs that produced them, and the shop chooses what the buyer sees. Quot3D previews a rule change; Quotometry’s simulator re-prices recent quotes and reference parts with a draft change and shows the difference before publishing. Configurations are versioned with rollback, and every quote stays tied to the version that priced it. Calibration fits the estimator to parts the shop has already made.
It connects to other systems: a REST API described by OpenAPI 3.1, signed webhooks with retries and replay, and WordPress and Shopify plugins. We found no public API or webhooks on Quot3D’s site.
Pricing compared
| Plan level | Quot3D | Quotometry |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Yes; payment collection needs a paid plan | 25 quote requests a month, one process |
| Entry | $29 a month | €29 a month, 250 quote requests |
| Middle | $49 a month | €99 a month, 1,000 quote requests |
| Top self-serve | $79 a month, white label | €299 a month, 5,000 quote requests |
Quot3D’s monthly quote limits per plan were not on its home page when we checked. Quotometry counts the first price of a file for a buyer, not later re-prices, and backtesting and API access start on Growth. The currencies differ and we have not converted them. Every Quotometry quota is on the pricing page.
Switching
- Slice three of your real files in the configuration you would give Quot3D, then quote the same files in Quotometry and compare grams and hours.
- In Quotometry, start from the catalogue presets for your printers and materials, enter your own rates, and run calibration with parts you have printed.
- Decide how you will take payment. With Quotometry today you invoice, or the WooCommerce or Shopify plugin sends the buyer to your own store’s checkout.
- Keep your current widget live until a real order has gone through end to end.
Sources
Every statement about Quot3D on this page comes from these public pages, checked on the date in the byline. Something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
Questions people ask
Is Quotometry a Quot3D alternative?
Yes for a print shop that wants an instant quote widget on its own site, with a different approach. Quot3D prices FDM from the slicer configuration you export and takes card payment. Quotometry prices FDM, resin, SLS, MJF and other processes from its own estimators, shows a full breakdown and backtests changes, but does not take payment in its widget yet.
Which is more accurate on FDM, Quot3D or Quotometry?
Quot3D slices the upload with your own exported slicer configuration, so it starts from the numbers you already trust. Quotometry estimates from sampled cross-sections without running a slicer, and can be calibrated to parts you have made; its accuracy against real slicers is not yet published. Quote the same files in both and compare.
What happens when I run out of quotes?
Quot3D says its widget keeps working and asks the visitor to contact you, with no overage fee. Quotometry does the same on Free and Starter: the buyer sees a request-for-quote form, never an error. On Growth and Pro, quote requests over the allowance are metered.
Quotometry prices every part from your own machines and rates, on your website, in seconds.