--- description: Learn more about Craftybase price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in New Zealand. Read verified software reviews and find tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Craftybase Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra New Zealand 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Food Costing Software](/directory/31837/food-costing/software) > [Craftybase](/software/144117/craftybase) # Craftybase Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/144117/craftybase Page: 1 / 11\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/144117/craftybase?page=2) > Inventory and manufacturing management for makers, brands, and small manufacturers—track stock, batches, and costs, all in one place. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 242 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Craftybase? Designed for makers, indie brands, and small manufacturers who sell direct to consumers and want real-time inventory, batch, and cost control—without the enterprise complexity. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 242 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Craftybase - **Location**: Ballarat, Australia - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$99.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Craftybase is offered as a monthly or annual subscription, with simple, transparent plans designed for businesses of all sizes—whether you’re a solo maker, an emerging DTC brand, or a growing small manufacturer. Key Points: No contracts, setup fees, or hidden charges. Free 14-day trial on all plans—no credit card required. Cancel, upgrade, or downgrade at any time. How pricing works: Choose the plan that fits your business needs and stage of growth. All plans include unlimited products, real-time inventory tracking, batch manufacturing, automated order imports, and core reporting. Higher-tier plans offer advanced features like multi-user access, priority support, audit-ready reporting, and deeper integrations. Discounts: Save with an annual subscription (versus paying monthly). Discounts are available for non-profits and educational organizations—just ask\! Support: Every plan includes friendly, expert email support from people who know the maker and manufacturing world. Higher-tier plans come with priority support and onboarding assistance. Studio - $49 per month (billed monthly) Indie - $99 per month (billed monthly) Business - $149 per month (billed monthly) Growth - Custom quote for individual business needs - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Accounting - Automated Scheduling - BOM Creation - Billing & Invoicing - Bills of Material - Change Management - Compliance Management - Cost Tracking - Customer Management - Data Catalog - Demand Forecasting - Document Management - Financial Management - For Bakeries - Inventory Control - Inventory Management - Inventory Tracking - Item Management - Job Management - Kitchen/Menu Management - Labor Cost Calculator - Lot Tracking - Online Ordering - Order Management - Order Tracking - Parts Management - Point of Sale (POS) - Price and Cost Calculations - Product Lifecycle Management - Production Management - Production Scheduling - Production Tracking - Purchase Order Management - Quality Control - Real-Time Data - Recall Management - Recipe Management - Reorder Management - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Requirements Management - Returns Management - Scheduling - Shipping Management - Shop Floor Management - Supply Chain Management - Task Management - Third-Party Integration - Third-Party Integrations - Work Order Management ... and 8 more features ## Integrations (7 total) - PayPal - QuickBooks Online - Shopify - Square Point of Sale - Squarespace - Wix - WooCommerce ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Food Costing Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31837/food-costing/software) ## Related Categories - [Inventory Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30006/inventory-management/software) - [Bill of Materials (BOM) Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/32498/bill-of-materials/software) - [Food Costing Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31837/food-costing/software) - [MRP Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30034/mrp/software) - [Order Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30225/order-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Ideally an integration to other accounting packages would be great. > > Overall it's an excellent product with great support, and the inability to connect to my accounting system is outweighed by the features and benefits it provides me with ----- ### "I like crafty but theirs still room for more" — 3.0/5 > **Sheridan** | *2 August 2025* | Arts & Crafts | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: The different tabs and how it’s all separated out. It’s clean lined. Feels modern not old school which is good\! > > **Cons**: There’s a lot, I don’t think it’s a superior software yet. It needs to work better for businesses. I’m a candle business and it’s super frustrating. Here’s my list of things I need in a software. 1. Allo you to see stock levels in live time as you manufacture a new product. It’s a huge time waisted creating all our manufactures, then scrolling through all our ingredients and to see if there are any in the red, this is the only way to know if we can even make the items we want to. Very frustrating with ordering stock to. Again we have to make manufacturers to determine how much supplies we even have. This is very backwards. There needs to be an easy, live view of stock, as you make a manufacturer so you know straight away if you can make it. Also, a tick off system, there’s no way to know what manufacturers have been made or not as you have to give them todays date to even take the product out of stock, this leads me to pen and paper for every manufacturer I need to make that day. Very backwards. > > Not bad thanks. Don’t believe this will work too well for me when I hire a staff member however unless some of my issues change :) ----- ### "Exactly what I was looking for in an inventory management software\!" — 5.0/5 > **Janice** | *3 August 2025* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I love Craftybase because it is so easy to get started. They offer a 2-week free trial, which is basically the amount of time it took to get most of my materials and products entered. It integrates with many other software programs so it is that much easier to keep track of inventory. The pricing is reasonable, and if you can't find your answer in their chat bot, an email will get you a friendly person responding to you within 2 business days usually. They have made some updates on the look of the site, which was much needed, and they are very open to hearing your suggestions on how to make the program work better for you. I have not had many problems with the program, and the few that I have had were handled very well by the customer service department. > > **Cons**: There are a few things that I would like to have as options on the site, but they are very minor (such as: drop-downs for categories, etc) It would also be nice to have the price charged in CAD, but again, a minor thing. > > Overall, Craftybase is exactly what I was looking for when I was wanting to track my inventory and products, and I love that I can set different levels of pricing and see what my profit margin is. ----- ### "Amazing basic functionality, customer support, and impressive ongoing improvements" — 5.0/5 > **Sarah** | *6 April 2026* | Cosmetics | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Craftybase has vastly improved how easily I can track my materials and product inventory for my soap, candle, and body care product business. I subscribed in 2024. There are a lot of thoughtful details in how you can set up not just recipes, but recipe precursors, that saves me a lot of time and works well with how I make master batches. It's also been great in terms of syncing with my website on woocommerce, and when there have been issues (probably entirely due to woocommerce), customer support has been so responsive and even followed up down the line to see if the issues have gotten better. Plus, they've introduced improvements in the syncing capabilities with online merchant platforms since I joined craftybase. > > **Cons**: There are still issues in how the products sync with woocommerce, but the team has been really responsive to those and I fully trust fixes are in the works. For example, I use product bundling plugins on my website, and they don't sync properly with craftybase. They don't actually sync properly with woocommerce either haha. So many complex backend issues that I'm sure compete across the different merchant platforms. I've been really impressed with how they handle things. > > Overall, I love craftybase. Prior to using it, I was using spreadsheets and magic. Craftybase is a huge improvement to that sort of system, though I still use a little magic. ----- ### "Wish it had a few more features" — 3.0/5 > **Stephanie** | *24 November 2025* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I do like the capabilities and it being on the cloud. However there are some features that would be helpful. It made my organic inspection easy because I could just easily pull up the batches for my mass balance audit. > > **Cons**: I don't like that when I assign a manufacture it doesn't give any warning about a low-stock component/material. I don't like that I can't easily see what projects have been assigned to what employee. I've love daily email digests that tell me what needs to get on order, what we're getting low on. I'd love to be able to have batch numbers that are just numerical. Right now they're both letters and numbers so I had to get new batch guns for marking my batches. It's laborious to have to change the batch numbers on the guns. I'd love to be able to see what's on hand vs. what the batch will take when I go to assign a manufacture. I'd love a button on the "manufacture's" page where I could pull up an employee's assigned projects and there would be buttons where I could see all "work in progress" "not complete" and "recently completed." Would be nice to receive an email when a batch is marked off as completed. Or if a batch status changes - X employee has started working on X batch. That would be awesome. Would love time trackers for employees so I could accurately track how long a batch is taking. > > Overall it's been an improvement over Soapmaker and I like being able to assign projects and check things from home. Support has been fairly responsive and helpful. Setup took a lot of time and some of my employees haven't liked how long it takes to get their batch paperwork going. Printing is laborious sometimes. ----- Page: 1 / 11\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/144117/craftybase?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/144117/craftybase) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data