Honest comparison

Printer's Friend vs Printavo

Print shop CRM for screen printers. Here's how we stack up.

Pick Printavo if you are screen-print led and want a mature quoting and CRM workflow. Pick Printer's Friend if you run mixed decoration methods, or want stores and the customer portal without a second subscription.

Printavo is strong on quoting and CRM for screen printers. The main structural difference is what sits inside the subscription: their online-store product is a separately priced add-on, where our branded stores, campaign pages and customer portal are part of the platform.

Printer's Friend
Printavo
Pricing
From $49/mo, all decoration methods included
Lite USD 109/mo, Standard USD 244/mo, Premium quote-only
Free trial
14 day free trial
7 day free trial, no card required
Online stores
Branded team stores and campaign pages included
Printavo Merch, listed at an additional USD 109/mo
Customer portal
Branded customer portal included, unlimited free portal users
Not stated on their pricing page
Online designer
In-browser designer included on every plan
Mockup creator included on Standard and above
Decoration methods
Screen, DTG, DTF, embroidery, sublimation and transfers each with their own pricing model
Screen print led; not stated per method on their pricing page

Printavo figures taken from their own published pricing on , source. Prices change; check theirs before you decide.

What Printer's Friend includes

One monthly price and no add-on fees. Where something needs a higher plan, the card says which.

Quoting and pricing per decoration method

Screen, DTG, DTF, embroidery, sublimation and transfers each price on their own model, with garment cost, setup, quantity breaks and margin visible on the quote line.

On every plan

Production board, floor board and operator screens

A kanban for the office that updates every fifteen seconds, a full-screen wallboard for the shop, and per-station screens filtered to the stages that station cares about. Barcode scan advances a job.

On every plan

Labour time tracking on every job

Staff clock on and off at a floor station against an order number. Hours cost at each person's labour rate, so reports show margin after labour, not just gross margin.

On every plan

Sales commission tracking

Assign a rep to an order and their rate is frozen onto it. Commission is earned on dispatch, on the ex-tax value, and totals per rep sit in Reports.

On every plan

Customer portal, artwork approvals and reorders

Customers sign in under your branding to approve artwork, track the production stage, pay invoices and reorder past jobs. Unlimited portal users, no per-seat charge.

On every plan

Team stores, campaign pages and social sharing

Team stores at your workspace address, group-buy campaign pages and an in-store kiosk, all included. Every storefront page carries its own social card and share buttons so a link unfurls with the product picture.

On every plan

Inventory, purchase orders and supplier receiving

SKU-level stock with a movement ledger, reorder points, suggested purchase orders, PO emailing to the supplier, receiving and cycle counts. Any supplier's range imports from CSV.

On every plan

Open API and signed webhooks

A REST API for customers, orders and inventory, and signed outbound webhooks on order stage changes, so any tool you already run stays in step.

On Premium and above

When Printavo is the better choice

Printavo is the better fit for a pure screen print shop with an established Printavo workflow, no plans to add embroidery, and no need for online stores.

Start free

14 day trial. Card collected at signup, not charged until the trial ends. Cancel anytime.

Already on Printavo?

Your customer list imports from CSV. Open orders are usually easier to finish in Printavo and start fresh with us on the next job; importing order history is planned. We do it for free in your first onboarding session.

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Printer's Friend vs Printavo: questions

Does Printer's Friend do embroidery as well as screen print?
Yes. Screen, DTG, DTF, embroidery, sublimation and transfers are all core, each with its own pricing model and production stages, on every plan.
Do online stores cost extra?
Not with us: branded affiliate stores and group-buy campaign pages are included. Printavo lists its Merch store product at an additional USD 109 a month as at 25 August 2026, so compare the combined figure.
Can I import my Printavo customer list?
Yes, by CSV. Customers, contacts and addresses map directly.

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