Business Dashboard
See your KPIs at a glance — total clients, active projects, quotes sent, monthly revenue, and a real-time activity feed.
Quoting & Business Management for Makers
Stop Guessing What to Charge for Custom Maker Projects
Calculate real costs, generate professional PDF quotes, manage clients, and track profit—all in one simple platform.
MakerBud helps 3D printing services, CNC shops, laser cutters, and makers calculate real project costs, generate professional PDF quotes, manage clients, and track profitability.
Built for 3D printing services, CNC shops, laser cutting businesses, woodworkers, jewelry makers, and custom fabricators.
Real cost quoting
PDF quote export
Free trial available
New Clients
Add in seconds
Monthly Revenue
Track in real time
Platform Modules
Why MakerBud?
MakerBud is built specifically for maker businesses — not generic CRMs or spreadsheets. Calculate quotes from your real machine rates, material costs, and labor, then track projects from quote to delivery.
Client Management
Store all client information in one place. Track active vs. inactive clients and add new ones in seconds.
Machine Management
Add your equipment, track usage hours, set hourly rates, and schedule maintenance to keep machines running.
Material Inventory
Manage your material stock, get low-stock alerts, assign materials to machines, and track total inventory value.
Project Management
Create quotes that become projects. Track stage from Quoted to In Progress to Delivered with full payment history.
Finance & Accounting
Monitor costs to pay and accounts receivable, track total profit, projected profit, and visualize revenue with interactive charts.
Active Client Tracking
Client Management
Know Your Customers Inside Out
MakerBud's Client Management module keeps all your contact information, project history, and status in one organized view.
- Add, edit, and deactivate clients with one click
- Search and filter by status (Active / Inactive)
- Track new clients added each month
Full Project Lifecycle
Project Management
From Quote to Delivery — Tracked Every Step
Every project moves through a clear 5-stage pipeline. MakerBud automatically tracks payments, remaining balance, and stage transitions.
- Stages: Quoted, Generated, In Progress, Sent, Delivered
- Real-time amount paid vs. remaining balance
- Auto-generated financial records at key stages
Real-Time Financials
Finance & Accounting
Full Financial Visibility for Your Business
The Finance module gives you a complete picture of your business health — from individual invoices to overall profitability.
- Track costs to pay and accounts receivable
- Revenue overview and expense breakdown charts
- Projected profit calculated automatically
How MakerBud Works
From Cost Calculation to Professional Quote
Stop guessing and start quoting with confidence. Three steps to accurate project pricing.
1
Set Your Real Costs
Add machines, hourly rates, materials, consumables, labor, and business settings so pricing is based on reality.
2
Build Accurate Quotes
Calculate project costs with markup, shipping, discounts, and additional costs included correctly every time.
3
Send and Track
Generate professional PDF quotes, manage clients and projects, and track income, expenses, and profit.
Why Makers Struggle with Pricing
Stop Losing Profit to Guesswork
Before MakerBud
- Prices calculated manually in spreadsheets (or guessed)
- Machine time underestimated or forgotten
- Material waste and setup time ignored
- Quotes look informal (email/text)
- Profit per project is unclear
With MakerBud
- Costs calculated consistently from your real rates
- Machine time, materials, labor, markup, shipping, and discounts included
- Professional PDF quotes your clients respect
- Clients and projects stay organized in one place
- You see if the job is actually profitable before quoting
Professional Output
Send Quotes That Look Professional
Turn real project costs into clean PDF quotes your customers can understand. Include your business details, project information, pricing summary, shipping, discounts, and final total without rebuilding everything manually.
Simple Pricing
Choose Your Plan
Choose the perfect plan for your business
Free Premium Trial
Free
- Perfect if this is your first time trying MakerBud
- Manage up to 3 machines seamlessly
- No credit card required
Basic
$20
/mo
- Ideal for startups and small-scale operations
- Manage 1 machine efficiently
- Essential quoting and cost tools
Most Popular
Premium
$30
/mo
- Perfect for growing your business
- Manage up to 3 machines seamlessly
- Advanced templates and workflows
Professional
$45
/mo
- The ultimate plan for established businesses
- Unlimited machine management
- Advanced quoting and finance control
No credit card required for the free Premium trial. Basic, Premium, and Professional plans include a 30-day free trial with a credit card.
Our Story
Built by a Maker, for Makers
MakerBud is actively improved with feedback from real makers and small fabrication businesses. Early users help shape the quoting, project management, and financial tools that matter most.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
MakerBud is built for small to medium manufacturing businesses — 3D printing studios, laser cutting shops, CNC workshops, woodworking, jewelry making, and any maker or fabrication business that needs to manage clients, quote jobs, and track finances.
Yes. MakerBud is fully bilingual — you can switch between English and Spanish at any time, and all navigation, forms, and content are translated.
You create a project and add your materials and machine hours. MakerBud automatically calculates the cost based on your set rates, markup, and tax settings, then generates a PDF quote you can send to clients.
Free and Basic plans have machine limits. When you need more, upgrade to Premium (up to 3 machines) or Professional (unlimited) at any time from the membership page.
Yes. All your business data is stored securely in the cloud. You can access it from any device, anywhere, and your data is protected with account-scoped access.