Run your whole shop from quote to delivery. Without your team being the glue.
Quoting, prepress, floor tickets, billing, reorders. One operating layer on top of the tools you already pay for. No rip-and-replace.
- Save 8+ hours, per production role, every week
- Catch file and spec errors before the press starts, not after
- Your team keeps how they work. The system bends to fit.
Built by people who ran print shops for 30+ years before we wrote a line of code.
Just 3 minutes to see how this can help.
Build my versionNo strings attached. No credit card required.
Real shops. Real numbers.
From hours to minutes, across every step.
Drawn from print shops live on SeedOS today.
Quote
30 min to 2 hrs
Under 5 min
Prepress
45 min
~2 min
Reworks
~12% of jobs
Under 5%
Estimator overtime
$1,200/mo
$0
And that is before the labor you get back. Full ROI math below.
Does every busy week feel like the wheels might come off?
It's never one big failure. It's the Tuesday job that shipped on the wrong stock because the ticket said one thing and the quote said another. The reorder you only caught because the customer called. The proof that went out from somebody's personal email.
That's 8+ hours, per production role, every week your team spends being the glue.
At $35/hr all-in, that's $14,500+ a year, per role. A shop with 4 production roles (estimator, CSR, prepress, coordinator) loses $58,000+/yr to copy-paste.
And it gets worse every time you add a printer, a shift, or a new rep.
Not a workflow problem. A system problem.
But I have not switched because...
Switching MIS midyear is the actual problem. We do not ask you to.
SeedOS layers on top of what you already run. Your quoting tool, your prepress engine, your accounting, your customer portal all stay in place. We sit between them and route the work. You can pull SeedOS down any time and your stack is still your stack.
- Your data is yours from day 1.Full export any time, no exit fees.
- Month-to-month.Walk in week 1 if it is not the fit. Your workflows are yours.
- 1 to 6 weeks to live.Not 9 months. No consultant retainer.
How it works
Live in days. Then it gets better, on its own.
Day 0
30-min call. You walk us through your worst job last month. You leave with a written workflow map of where it broke.
Day 1 to 7
First quote out in 5 minutes. First job hits the floor without a re-touch. Quote, prepress, schedule all live in one place.
Week 1 to 6
Onboarding done. Auto-routing handles 80% of jobs untouched. Approvals leave email, clients click and you ship.
Month 1+
The system knows your presses. It stops quoting jobs you can not run profitably and flags substrate swaps before press-check.
Month 3 to 6
System suggests fill-in jobs before a press goes idle. Reorders ink and substrate before you run out. You stop firefighting.
Year 2+
Your shop has workflows no one sold you. Auto-imposition rules for your top 10 customers, reorder triggers tuned to your seasonality. The stack you bought is now custom to you.
Day 0
30-min call. You walk us through your worst job last month. You leave with a written workflow map of where it broke.
Day 1 to 7
First quote out in 5 minutes. First job hits the floor without a re-touch. Quote, prepress, schedule all live in one place.
Week 1 to 6
Onboarding done. Auto-routing handles 80% of jobs untouched. Approvals leave email, clients click and you ship.
Month 1+
The system knows your presses. It stops quoting jobs you can not run profitably and flags substrate swaps before press-check.
Month 3 to 6
System suggests fill-in jobs before a press goes idle. Reorders ink and substrate before you run out. You stop firefighting.
Year 2+
Your shop has workflows no one sold you. Auto-imposition rules for your top 10 customers, reorder triggers tuned to your seasonality. The stack you bought is now custom to you.
Most print software is a tool you operate.
This one runs the shop with you.
8+ modules. One shop.
Built around how you actually run. Plus whatever else your shop needs.
- 01
Customer Portal
Stop chasing proof approvals
Branded door for proofs, files, approvals, invoices.
- Each client gets their own URL
- Proof approvals + signed quotes
- Self-serve reorders & invoices
Replaces a $100 to $300/mo customer-portal stack.
- 02
Quoting
Quote a job in 2 minutes
Pricing logic shaped to your equipment, substrates, and finishing.
- Quotes from real production data
- Substrates and finishing baked in
- From 30 min to 2 hrs, down to under 5 min on repeat work
Replaces a $200 to $500/mo quoting tool.
- 03
Prepress
PDF in. Print-ready out.
Files checked, fixed, proofed, handed off in seconds.
- PDF in to print-ready out in under 2 minutes
- Auto-fix common file issues
- Versioning ends approval chaos
Replaces a $300 to $800/mo prepress automation.
- 04
Production Scheduler
Walk the floor from your screen
Daily schedule built from live job and machine data. Floor visibility. Material alerts.
- Drag-to-override scheduling
- Live job status by station
- Pre-press to press to finishing
Replaces a $200 to $600/mo production scheduler.
- 05
Billing & AR
Bill what actually shipped
Billing sees what shipped, installed, or changed.
- Auto-generated from completed jobs
- QuickBooks / Xero sync
- Statement runs + AR aging
Replaces a $50 to $200/mo billing add-on stack. Recovers ~$8K/yr in faster collections.
- 06
Inventory & POs
Reorder before the press goes idle
POs, suppliers, smart reorder before the press idles.
- Live stock vs. job demand
- Low-stock alerts before runout
- Supplier coordination in one view
Replaces a $150 to $400/mo inventory and PO tool.
- 07
Shipping & Install
Carrier, crew, customer, all wired
Carrier labels, tracking, install crews, customer pings.
- Multi-carrier label printing
- Install crew dispatch + photos
- Customer notifications auto-sent
Replaces a $100 to $300/mo shipping and customer-comms platform.
- 08
Analytics
Know what is actually making money
Margin per job, machine utilization, repeat rate. The dashboard that makes the other modules feel intelligent.
- Margin per job, per customer, per substrate
- Press utilization and idle time tracking
- Repeat rate and customer LTV
Replaces a $200 to $500/mo BI tool plus the spreadsheet your bookkeeper builds every Friday.
- +
The module we build for your shop
Custom production logic, a branded customer portal, an internal content hub, AR follow-ups, anything else your shop runs. We build it into SeedOS, not bolted on.
- Custom workflows and automations on demand
- Branding, customer portals, content tools
- Lives inside SeedOS, maintained as you grow
Over $3,000 a month in tools and recovered cash. Eventually replaced by one bill from $149/mo, as old vendor renewals come up.
8 tools that do not talk to each other
Add it up. Your current stack costs $34,000 to $70,000 a year.
- A quoting tool (~$200 to $500/mo)
- A prepress automation (~$300 to $800/mo)
- A customer portal stack (~$100 to $300/mo)
- A production scheduler (~$200 to $600/mo)
- An inventory tool (~$150 to $400/mo)
- A customer-comms platform (~$100 to $300/mo)
- Billing add-ons / AR tool (~$50 to $200/mo)
- A BI dashboard or admin tools (~$200 to $500/mo)
Plus 10 to 15 hours a week your team spends moving data between them. At $35/hr loaded, that is another $18,000 to $27,000 a year in payroll burned on context-switching.
Your stack today: $34,000 to $70,000 a year (software plus wasted labor).
SeedOS Starter: $1,788 a year. (Shop tier $4,788. Plant $15,588. Operator paid only on recovery.)
Pays for itself in the first month.
Pick the size of the rollout.
Starter
1 to 2 presses, owner-operated, automating the first workflow.
Replaces around $1,400 a month in tools you currently subscribe to.
- All 8 standard modules
- 2 active presses (add $49/mo per additional press)
- 25k automation runs/mo
- 5 workflows, branded customer portal
- Self-serve setup + email support
Just getting your first workflow off paper?
Start free workflow mapShop
3 to 6 presses, one location, one ops team running everything.
Replaces $3,500+/mo in tools, plus a part-time ops admin.
- Everything in Starter
- 6 active presses (add $39/mo per additional press)
- 250k automation runs/mo
- Unlimited workflows + Custom Operational Apps
- Phoenix nesting + DTF / White Ink profile pack
- Priority chat + named success engineer
- 2-week guided onboarding included
Run your whole shop on one?
Build my versionPlant
7 to 15 presses, 2+ locations, real wide-format and DTF volume.
Replaces $8,000+/mo in tools plus a consultant retainer.
- Everything in Shop
- 15 active presses (add $29/mo per additional press)
- 1.5M automation runs/mo
- Multi-site dashboards + roll-up reporting
- EDI starter (3 trading partners)
- 4-hour priority response, dedicated success engineer
- 4-week white-glove Operational Onboarding included
Running multi-plant or wide-format volume?
Talk to a shop engineerOperator
Multi-plant groups, $10M+ in print revenue, or shops that want SeedOS on the hook for an outcome.
Pay only on documented margin recovery. 3x ROI year one or refund the variable.
- Everything in Plant, unlimited presses
- + 8% of documented margin recovery (capped, audited monthly)
- Quarterly Margin Recovery Review with a SeedOS operator
- Custom EDI, custom integrations, dedicated infrastructure
- 30-day notice exit, full data export, no clawback
- Outcome floor: 3x ROI year one or we refund the variable fee
Want SeedOS paid on what it recovers?
Map my recovery model60 days. Built. Automated. Connected. Or you do not pay.
60 days from kickoff: quoting, prepress, scheduling, and billing are live and your team is using them daily. Or you do not pay Operational Onboarding, get 3 months of SeedOS free, and keep every workflow we built.
- Plus: First 3 months, any change you want, no scope debate.
- Plus: Ongoing support always covered. No tiers, no tickets, no separate fee.
- Plus: Take your data anytime. Month-to-month after onboarding.
Worst case: you get a free shop map. Best case: we run the install.
Build my version3 minutes to map your shop. No credit card. No sales call until you ask.
Frequently asked
Questions print shops actually ask.
How can $149/mo replace $1,400+ in tools?
The old stack bills per seat, per feature, per integration. Eight vendors taking a cut on the same job. Starter is one bill for the operating layer that holds it all together: quoting, prepress checks, scheduling, billing, reorders. As your shop adds presses, you move up the per-press tiers (Shop, Plant). The Operator tier pays itself back as a share of margin we recover, so cost scales with results.
Is there a setup fee?
Onboarding is built into the tier. Starter is self-serve. Shop includes 2 weeks of guided onboarding. Plant includes 4 weeks of white-glove Operational Onboarding. Operator is fully white-glove and your variable fee starts only after we show documented margin recovery. No surprise invoices, no separate consulting line item.
What happens after I click ‘Build my version’?
A short form (3 minutes). Name, shop, the workflow that hurts most. We auto-pull what we can find about your shop, draft a tailored view of how SeedOS would fit your operation, and walk you through it on a 5-minute Loom. No call required, no card, no sales pitch. 2 business days max from click to Loom.
When does this pay for itself?
Most shops hit payback in the first month. One automated quoting workflow saves 8 to 12 hours a week of an estimator. At $35 an hour loaded, that is about $1,200 a month back, already 8x the Starter price before any other automation kicks in. We will model your specific numbers on the Loom.
Why trust SeedOS over a 30-year vendor?
The brand is new. The team is not. We have over 30 years of combined operator experience inside actual print shops, plus engineers who have built ERPs at scale. We are not a startup learning print on your time. Three reasons we are the better trade: speed (live in days, not 9 months), terms (month-to-month, take your data anytime, no lock-in), and the guarantee (we do not invoice Operational Onboarding until your system is built, automated, and connected). The big vendor's track record is real. So is the 18-month implementation, the consultant retainer, and the lock-in. Different trade.
How long does implementation actually take?
Week 1, your first version is live and real jobs flow through it. Weeks 2 to 6, the rest layers in. Compare to the big vendor quoting you 9 months and a consultant retainer. Same operational outcome, about 40 times faster, no consultant.
Is the AI part real, or marketing?
Most AI in print software is a chatbot strapped to a 2009 ERP. Ours runs the work. It drafts quotes off spec sheets you upload, flags prepress issues before the press starts, watches stock and reorders, and writes the end-of-day brief. It only works on data that is actually in your system, no hallucinations, no made-up numbers. If you have been burned by AI demos before, ask us to run it on your last 10 quotes on the Loom.
Can I keep my current tool?
Probably yes. SeedOS integrates with most things. RIPs, prepress engines, accounting tools, CRMs, design files. The job is to put one operating layer on top of what you already paid for, not to make you rip out tools you trust.
Where does my data live? Is it secure?
US-hosted, encrypted at rest and in transit, daily backups, full export on demand. We can run on-prem for shops with customer NDAs that require it. No third-party data sales, ever.
Want the deep-dive on the prepress engine?
Prepress has its own page. Eleven product-type profiles (banner, canvas wrap, cut-to-size, tiling, white ink, color remap, more), the orchestration story, a canvas-wrap sandbox you can scrub through, and an honest list of what the engine does not do yet. Read it at /print/prepress.
Still on the fence? The Loom is free and there is no card. Worst case you keep our workflow map.
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