QuotedPartHow do we source and label competitor prices?
By Touko Ursin, co-founder of QuotedPart
Every competitor price on this site is one of three kinds of evidence, and we never blend them into one number without saying so. A customer-reported quote is a price a vendor quoted a real shop that the shop told us directly; we have one, a North Carolina machine shop's Paperless Parts quote of $30,000 a year in 2026, and it is always labeled a single report. A vendor-published list price is copied from the vendor's own pricing page with the day we read it. A third-party estimate is someone else's number, such as Software Finder's estimate or a Reddit post, credited to them with its date. Where a vendor publishes nothing, we say so instead of filling the gap.
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Customer-reported quotes
This is the strongest evidence and the rarest. It counts only when the shop that received the quote told us the figure itself and agreed to our using it. We name the state, never the shop. The one we hold: a North Carolina machine shop was quoted exactly $30,000 a year by Paperless Parts in 2026, told to us on 2026-11-04. That shop now uses QuotedPart, and you can't check the figure yourself. Read it as one shop's quote for its own scope, not a price list: Paperless Parts prices each shop by size, modules, integrations and term.
A quote passed to us second-hand, by a reseller, or without the shop's permission doesn't count. Neither does a figure we were asked not to publish.
| Vendor | Figure | Who reported it | Quoted | Reported to us | Label on our pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless Parts | $30,000 a year | The shop that received it (a North Carolina machine shop) | 2026 | 2026-11-04 | single report |
Vendor-published list prices
When a vendor prints its price, we copy the figure, the unit (per shop, per user, per quote, per credit) and the currency from its pricing page and record the day we read it. We don't convert euros to dollars, and we keep conditions such as minimum seats, annual billing or founding offers next to the figure, because they change what a shop actually pays. A list price is what the vendor asks before any discount; it isn't what a given shop ended up paying.
Vendors that publish no figure are listed as not published, with the page we checked, never with an estimate in their column.
| Vendor | What the vendor's page says | Page | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cetec ERP | $50 per standard user a month with a 5-user minimum; shop-floor and portal users at a discount; support plans $0, $650 or $3,200 a month | cetecerp.com | 2026-10-30 |
| Customiser | Standard costs $0.10 per processing credit with discounted packs, no minimum spend and no per-seat license; usage varies by document complexity. Enterprise is custom-priced. | customiser.ai | 2026-10-30 |
| DatumTech | Advertises a $149/month founding rate per shop with no per-seat fees or contracts; future standard pricing is not announced. Availability must be confirmed. | datumtech.net | 2026-10-30 |
| Fishbowl | Fishbowl Advanced Manufacturing from $675 a month (BOMs, MRP, work orders, make-to-order) | fishbowlinventory.com | 2026-10-30 |
| GETMILK | Service page lists pilot from €3,900, integrated agent from €7,900, and run/support from €190/month plus model usage at cost; EUR excluding VAT. | getmilk.tech | 2026-10-30 |
| MetronQ | Net of VAT: Flexible €5 per quote; Start €119/month (€95 billed yearly), up to 100 quotes a month, owner plus one user; Pro €219/month (€175 billed yearly), unlimited quotes, owner plus three users; Enterprise by quote | metronq.com | 2026-11-06 |
| MRPeasy | Starter $49, Professional $69, Enterprise $99, Unlimited $149 per user a month (Unlimited minimum 2 users); from the 11th user $79 per 10 users; annual billing gives 1 month free | mrpeasy.com | 2026-10-30 |
| Phasio | Pro $1,000 per month billed annually with a 14-day no-card trial; Factory Floor (shop-floor terminals, routing, traceability) by quote | phas.io | 2026-11-06 |
| PriceFab | Free (3 quotes a month, 1 user), Solo $49/month, Shop $149/month (up to 5 seats), Pro $399+/month (API, white-label widget); prices take effect at launch and the first 50 customers keep founding pricing | pricefab.com | 2026-11-06 |
| Quotation Factory | Platform €1,870/month plus a €5,490 one-time setup fee, paid quarterly or yearly; Self-Service Portal add-on €745/month plus €1,940 setup | quotationfactory.com | 2026-11-04 |
| QuoteBuddy | Free €0 (unlimited AI quotes for 30 days, then 3 a month); Starter €149/month (100 automatic quotes, 3 seats); Professional €399 (500, 10 seats); Business €799 (1,500, unlimited seats) | quotebuddy.therness.com | 2026-10-30 |
| Uptool | Starts at $195+ a month, depending on total employees and ITAR; month-to-month, no upfront cost | uptool.com | 2026-10-30 |
| QuotedPart | $399/month per shop; the first 20 shops pay $199/month and keep it; 14-day trial, no card | quotedpart.com/pricing | live |
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Where the vendor publishes no price
Most ERP and enterprise quoting vendors price each shop after a demo. For these we state that the price isn't published and link the page that says so.
- Paperless Parts: No blanket price or price range; priced by modules, integrations, onboarding and contract length, not by seats (read 2026-11-05).
- ProShop ERP: Pricing customized per shop; standard and government options; request a proposal by form (read 2026-10-30).
- JobBOSS²: No list price; pricing is tailored to the shop's scale and the functionality it needs (read 2026-10-30).
- Machine Research: Price not published; the pricing page is a form to request pricing (read 2026-10-30).
- Global Shop Solutions: No dollar subscription, license, implementation or renewal price was shown on the home and estimating pages checked; request a written proposal. (read 2026-10-30).
- Epicor Kinetic: No dollar list price is displayed on the Kinetic product page. Bundle selection covers platform core, cloud package and concurrent users. (read 2026-10-30).
- Costimator: Pricing is supplied after a demo based on modules, user count and configuration; no dollar list price appears on the demo/pricing page. (read 2026-10-30).
- Veriti: No price published on the home page (read 2026-10-30).
Third-party estimates and public reports
When a vendor publishes nothing, the next best figures are other people's, and we credit them by name. Software Finder estimates Paperless Parts "starts at $1,500/month", with one-time onboarding, configuration and training that add up to $10,000–$33,000 on its own ranges (read 2026-11-05); that is Software Finder's estimate, not a price from Paperless Parts. On Reddit r/smallbusiness, April 2025, an 8-person waterjet and laser shop reported a quote of $1,600 a month plus about $10,000 setup on a 3-year minimum (read 2026-09-22); it is one owner's post, so we label it a report. Vendr lists Paperless Parts' editions with no prices (read 2026-11-05).
Paperless Parts' own facts page says prices listed by third-party websites are not accurate. We show that statement next to these figures rather than leaving it out.
How the figures are combined
A range is drawn only across evidence about the same product. Our Paperless Parts range, $1,500 to $2,500 a month ($18,000 to $30,000 a year), runs from Software Finder's estimated starting point to the North Carolina quote, and each end keeps its own label wherever the range appears. We never present it as a list price and never average it into a single "typical" price.
First-year and multi-year totals are our arithmetic on those figures, with the inputs written out: no tax, renewal increases or staff time unless a row says so. The worked version for one vendor is the Paperless Parts cost breakdown, and published prices of quoting tools side by side are on quoting software pricing.
Dates, re-checks and corrections
Every vendor fact sits in one file per vendor with the URL it came from and the day it was read, and every page that shows the figure prints that date. When a page that shows a price changes, its figures are read again; when a vendor changes its pricing page, the old figure goes, not just the date. If you are a vendor and a figure here is wrong or out of date, send us the page that shows the current one; the facts page says how to reach us.
Sources and limits
Claims are dated where they can change. Product calculations are examples from the stated inputs, not a promise about a customer's quote. Competitor wording is attributed to the source shown.
- A North Carolina machine shop was quoted exactly $30,000 a year by Paperless Parts in 2026; reported to QuotedPart by the shop, which agreed to its use without its name. The shop now uses QuotedPart.
- Cetec ERP: $50 per standard user a month with a 5-user minimum; shop-floor and portal users at a discount; support plans $0, $650 or $3,200 a month (their words: “Standard users are priced at a flat monthly rate, while users with smaller system footprints, like shop floor and portal access, are priced at a discounted rate.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Customiser: Standard costs $0.10 per processing credit with discounted packs, no minimum spend and no per-seat license; usage varies by document complexity. Enterprise is custom-priced. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- DatumTech: Advertises a $149/month founding rate per shop with no per-seat fees or contracts; future standard pricing is not announced. Availability must be confirmed. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Fishbowl: Fishbowl Advanced Manufacturing from $675 a month (BOMs, MRP, work orders, make-to-order) (their words: “Advanced Manufacturing from $675USD/mo.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- GETMILK: Service page lists pilot from €3,900, integrated agent from €7,900, and run/support from €190/month plus model usage at cost; EUR excluding VAT. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- MetronQ: Net of VAT: Flexible €5 per quote; Start €119/month (€95 billed yearly), up to 100 quotes a month, owner plus one user; Pro €219/month (€175 billed yearly), unlimited quotes, owner plus three users; Enterprise by quote (their words: “All prices are net - VAT is added to each of them.”) — source (checked 2026-11-06)
- MRPeasy: Starter $49, Professional $69, Enterprise $99, Unlimited $149 per user a month (Unlimited minimum 2 users); from the 11th user $79 per 10 users; annual billing gives 1 month free (their words: “From the 11th user $79 per 10 users”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Phasio: Pro $1,000 per month billed annually with a 14-day no-card trial; Factory Floor (shop-floor terminals, routing, traceability) by quote (their words: “$1000 per month, billed annually”) — source (checked 2026-11-06)
- PriceFab: Free (3 quotes a month, 1 user), Solo $49/month, Shop $149/month (up to 5 seats), Pro $399+/month (API, white-label widget); prices take effect at launch and the first 50 customers keep founding pricing (their words: “Pricing that takes effect at launch.”) — source (checked 2026-11-06)
- Quotation Factory: Platform €1,870/month plus a €5,490 one-time setup fee, paid quarterly or yearly; Self-Service Portal add-on €745/month plus €1,940 setup (their words: “The full Quotation Factory platform is €1,870 per month with a one-time setup fee of €5,490.”) — source (checked 2026-11-04)
- QuoteBuddy: Free €0 (unlimited AI quotes for 30 days, then 3 a month); Starter €149/month (100 automatic quotes, 3 seats); Professional €399 (500, 10 seats); Business €799 (1,500, unlimited seats) (their words: “Up to 100 automatic quotations per month”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Uptool: Starts at $195+ a month, depending on total employees and ITAR; month-to-month, no upfront cost — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Paperless Parts: No blanket price or price range; priced by modules, integrations, onboarding and contract length, not by seats (their words: “Paperless Parts does not have a blanket price range.”) — source (checked 2026-11-05)
- ProShop ERP: Pricing customized per shop; standard and government options; request a proposal by form (their words: “ProShop’s manufacturing software pricing is customized to match the unique needs of your shop.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- JobBOSS²: No list price; pricing is tailored to the shop's scale and the functionality it needs (their words: “Our pricing is tailored to the specific scale of your manufacturing operations and the depth of functionality required.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Machine Research: Price not published; the pricing page is a form to request pricing (their words: “Fill out your information below and we will be in contact to provide pricing for your organization.”) — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Global Shop Solutions: No dollar subscription, license, implementation or renewal price was shown on the home and estimating pages checked; request a written proposal. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Epicor Kinetic: No dollar list price is displayed on the Kinetic product page. Bundle selection covers platform core, cloud package and concurrent users. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Costimator: Pricing is supplied after a demo based on modules, user count and configuration; no dollar list price appears on the demo/pricing page. — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Veriti: No price published on the home page — source (checked 2026-10-30)
- Paperless Parts: Says prices listed by third-party websites or search tools are not accurate and asks shops to request a custom-scoped quote (their words: “Pricing information that is listed online by third-party websites or search engine tools is not accurate.”) — source (checked 2026-11-05)
- Software Finder: Paperless Parts "is estimated to start at $1,500/month", plus one-time onboarding, configuration and training. — source (checked 2026-11-05)
- Reddit r/smallbusiness, April 2025: an 8-person shop reported a Paperless Parts quote of $1,600/month plus $10,000 setup on a 3-year minimum. — source (checked 2026-09-22)
- Vendr lists Paperless Parts platform editions and no prices. — source (checked 2026-11-05)
- QuotedPart: $399/month per shop; the first 20 shops pay $199/month and keep it; 14-day trial, no card. — source (checked 2026-11-07)
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