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The Printavo Alternative for Decorators Who Have Outgrown Their Limits

Printavo is a solid product, and plenty of screen printers run on it. But if you're paying $244/month for 5 users, hitting the 20-quote Lite cap, or still chasing proof approvals by phone, there's a tighter way to run a decoration shop. Print Boss CRM quotes every print location on a real garment — screen, embroidery, vinyl, DTG, or sublimation — gets it approved from a single link, and won't let a job reach the press until the proof is signed off. From $99/month, with a real-time production board Printavo doesn't offer.

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Why shops look for a Printavo alternative

  1. 01

    The Lite plan runs out of room fast

    20 quotes or invoices per month sounds like enough — until you have a busy week. Hit the cap and you're either waiting or upgrading to $244/month overnight.

  2. 02

    The user fees add up

    Lite gives you 2 users. Standard gives you 5. Every additional user is $19/month on top. A 6-person shop on Standard pays $282/month before you've added a single integration.

  3. 03

    There's no real-time production board

    Printavo has order statuses and task lists. That's not the same as a live, drag-and-drop production board that shows you exactly where every job is — design, proofing, printing, finishing, pickup — from your phone, in real time, with a proof gate that keeps unapproved jobs off the press.

  4. 04

    Your shop does more than apparel

    Print Boss handles decorated apparel down to stitch counts and ink colors — and the offset, digital, and wide-format work alongside it, on the same board and the same invoices.

Printavo vs. Print Boss CRM

Price (Pro plan)
Print Boss CRM$149/mo
Printavo$244/mo (Standard)
Quote / invoice limits
Print Boss CRMUnlimited
Printavo20/mo on Lite
Users included
Print Boss CRM4–15 by plan (+$12–15/ea)
Printavo2–5 (+$19/ea)
Real-time production board
Print Boss CRM
Printavo
5 production stages (incl. Proofing)
Print Boss CRM
Printavo
Email notifications
Print Boss CRMIncluded
PrintavoAdd-on (Twilio)
Customer portal
Print Boss CRM
Printavo
QR scanning — shop floor
Print Boss CRM
Printavo
File management (S3)
Print Boss CRMIncluded
PrintavoLimited
Volume-tiered quoting
Print Boss CRM
Printavo
Same-day setup
Print Boss CRM
Printavo

stay on printavo if…

Printavo is the right call if your team is deeply trained on it, you rely on its storefront and integration ecosystem, and budget isn't a constraint.

switch to print boss if…

Print Boss CRM is the better fit if you want placements, decoration methods, and mockups on every quote, you're tired of chasing proof approvals, you've hit the Lite quote cap or per-seat fees, or you run apparel and general print side by side.

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See exactly what your shop gets for $99/month.

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