Craftcloud is a worldwide marketplace of 3D printing service providers who compete against each other for your business. Upload your digital file and receive instant printing quotes. From those quotes you can choose the least expensive, or perhaps you need the fastest delivery or a combination of both. It’s your choice.

Who are Craftcloud Manufacturing Partners?

Craftcloud’s network of global partners is thoroughly vetted for quality and service. New partners are only accepted onto the platform if they meet rigorous criteria and can deliver the quality, price, and service to high standards. The partners are identified in the ordering process so you know exactly where your part is coming from.

A new customer review feature launched in 2024 provides even more information about our partners to help you make the best selection. Every Craftcloud user is invited to rate and review the manufacturer that they selected to receive their part from. There are already more than 1,000 customer reviews and experience feedback.

The customer reviews are available once you’ve uploaded your digital file and have been presented with offers. Next to each manufacturing partner’s name, you’ll see a star rating you can click on to read all of the reviews.

Through reviews and offers, you’ll be confident that you’re selecting the best manufacturing partner for your part, but the Craftcloud team acts as your primary point of contact. You don’t need to spend time negotiating with suppliers or tracking orders, and instead can spend your time creating innovative products.

We handle every aspect of managing our 3D printing service providers, so all you have to do is upload your model and place the order. Aside from simply finding the best possible price to get your 3D model printed, we also are proud to offer friendly live customer support — no support bots.

Craftcloud aims to make the market transparent. We deliver manufacturing quotes from several partners in real-time to show you the cheapest and fastest options available – including local offers. You can always trust you are getting the best price because the price you see on Craftcloud is the same price you’d pay if you purchased directly with our 3D printing manufacturers.

Unlike other 3D printing services, Craftcloud is completely free to use and you don’t have to create an account to get quotes or place an order.

Our team is committed to making Craftcloud easy to navigate and use, so you can find the solution you need for you projects quickly and clearly.

The first step is to upload a file of your 3D model. Craftcloud supports many file formats, including STL, 3MF, OBJ, STEP, and ZIP files. Once your models are uploaded, Craftcloud will calculate in real-time how much each service partner will charge for manufacturing your part in a given material and will show you the best price.

Your Digital Library of Parts

Every model you upload can be saved in your account for future use so your company’s digital library of parts can live on Craftcloud and be ordered by anyone on your team. Additionally, we immediately tailor offers to your location to present you with the best shipping options. Staff in London can order the same part as staff in Austin but each part can be manufactured locally.

Once your digital file is uploaded, all you have to do is to choose a material, finish, and color. Then the offers are displayed, including the choices for the best price, quick delivery, and Craftcloud’s recommendation (the best mix of price and delivery time).

Select your offer, then add your model to the cart. After adding all your models, click Proceed to Checkout, and you will be prompted to complete your order. Once processed, your models will be produced to your specifications by the manufacturing partner you selected.

If at any point along the way you need assistance or you wish to receive a manual quote, you can always contact Craftcloud’s helpful customer service. They will answer your questions and help you through the configuration or checkout process.

After submitting an order, the customer service team will also handle any queries regarding your order, such as shipping, returns, and refunds, relieving you from having to try and find a potentially elusive representative from the manufacturers themselves.

Craftcloud is, simply put, for everyone.

We’ve brought over a million custom pieces to life for thousands of individuals and companies worldwide, so you can trust Craftcloud to produce the parts you need.

Whether you are simply looking to get something printed quickly and affordably or have a more complex, professional project, Craftcloud has you covered. Large, small, simple, or intricate, Craftcloud has a solution for your print, and with competitive prices.

With our network of reliable 3D printing services, Craftcloud is able to maintain much higher standards for the price than any comparable service. Each partner is a trusted company with which the Craftcloud team works closely to make sure your orders are being delivered on time, with the quality you expect.

With an ever-expanding network of manufacturers, you’re sure to find several who can produce your part your way. If you don’t find the material or technology you’re looking for, reach out and we can help. We are committed to working with you to find unique solutions for your individual needs.

Craftcloud has worked with thousands of businesses to rapidly produce high-quality prototypes efficiently then, often, more on to production-volumes part orders, without having to juggle multiple contractors and services. Craftcloud offers everything you need in one place – saving you time and money.

Craftcloud currently offers more than 100 materials with custom options available upon request. The advantage of the Craftcloud platform is that you can select your specific material or check out our extensive guides to the different materials to make a more informed choice.

We not only offer material details and technical specifications but also a design guide to ensure the part you need is compatible with that material. Below is just a sampling of the available materials.

Plastics

• PLA
• Nylon
• Flexible TPU
• PETG
• Transparent resin
• Polycarbonate
• Carbon-fiber-infused nylon

Metals

• 316L Stainless Steel
• Aluminum
• Gold & Sterling Silver (cast)
• 17-4 PH Stainless Steel
• Titanium
• Brass

New CNC Machining at Craftcloud

Traditional machine shops are one of the biggest adopters of 3D printing technology. They know that 3D printing is often the better technology for certain projects – but it isn’t always the better option. Often, CNC machining your part can be faster or cheaper. That’s why Craftcloud has expanded to offer CNC machining. So many Craftcloud 3D printing partners also offer CNC machining that it has become a natural fit for the platform.

Also, companies often have projects where some parts are ideal for 3D printing and others are better for CNC machining. Now, you can use Craftcloud for all of your part creation needs.

Craftcloud partners with CADmore, the US-based 3D design services company, to bring you a complete design and printing solution that can take your napkin sketch all the way through design and manufacturing to a marketable product.

CADmore sits upstream of prototyping and manufacturing, providing a real-time collaborative process solution for designers, product managers, engineers, and third-party partners to work together. The aim is to help companies simplify and accelerate the design-to-production process by offering a complete solution for on-demand digital manufacturing that includes leveraging our broad network of 3D printing partners.

In addition to creating digital part files from scratch, Craftcloud + CADmore, will also optimize and repair your CAD files, for example, if they’ve been rejected by a print service or have resulted in failed prints. It can also convert 2D drawings into 3D files, which is especially useful for companies that want to upgrade their legacy or spare parts catalogs.

Reverse engineering services include the ability to use photos and measurements (even a ruler sitting next to a part) to recreate the item digitally.

Craftcloud + CADmore boasts response times in minutes, quotes in hours, and models designed in less than a day and two free revisions are included for every project.

Models can then be uploaded to the Craftcloud 3D printing marketplace, where you’ll choose your materials and receive quotes from various 3D printing services.

If you’re worried about uploading your intellectual property, you’ll appreciate Craftcloud + CADmore’s mutual non-disclosure agreement.

Craftcloud is always here to help with your 3D printing needs. Whenever you need to get something 3D printed, find us at craftcloud3d.com, and we’ll bring your ideas to life!