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How we read against what you already run.
Written to be fair enough that you could send one to the company it describes — including the rows where they win, and the questions where the answer is to stay put.
What arrives in the plan you start on.
Ten jobs a roastery does, across five products
| The job | RoastConsole | Artisan | Cropster | RoasterTools | Flexnet | Firescope |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roast logging at the machineArtisan and Cropster go deeper here than we do | In the base plan | In the base plan | In the base plan | Not in their published features | Not in their published features | In the base plan |
| Machine control, not just logging | In the base plan | In the base plan | In the base plan | Not in their published features | Not in their published features | Not in their published features |
| Green lots and inventoryartisan.plus, a separate subscription; green is stock without lot history in RoasterTools | In the base plan | Higher tier, paid add-on, or a second product | In the base plan | Higher tier, paid add-on, or a second product | Not in their published features | In the base plan |
| Green contractsCropster Advanced, or a €500 add-on | In the base plan | Not in their published features | Higher tier, paid add-on, or a second product | Not in their published features | Not in their published features | Not in their published features |
| Production planningartisan.plus; Cropster Scale | In the base plan | Higher tier, paid add-on, or a second product | Higher tier, paid add-on, or a second product | In the base plan | In the base plan | Not in their published features |
| Cupping and quality records | In the base plan | Not in their published features | In the base plan | Not in their published features | Not in their published features | Not in their published features |
| Wholesale ordersCropster Scale | In the base plan | Not in their published features | Higher tier, paid add-on, or a second product | In the base plan | In the base plan | Not in their published features |
| Customer portal for reorders | In the base plan | Not in their published features | Not in their published features | In the base plan | In the base plan | Not in their published features |
| Invoicing and payments | In the base plan | Not in their published features | Not in their published features | In the base plan | In the base plan | Not in their published features |
| API and webhooksCropster Advanced, or a €100 add-on | In the base plan | Not in their published features | Higher tier, paid add-on, or a second product | Not in their published features | Not in their published features | Not in their published features |
| Monthly, at 1,000 lb roastedTheir published price for the tiers above | $136 | €50 artisan.plus | $129 Core · $340 Scale · $1,186 Advanced | $99 | Not published | Not published |
- In the base planIn the plan you start on
- Higher tier, paid add-on, or a second productHigher tier, paid add-on, or a second product
- Not in their published featuresNot in their published features
Read from each company's own site on 15 September 2026, and the same rows their comparison page carries. Cropster goes deeper at the machine than we do and Artisan connects to more roasters than anything else; those are the first two rows and we are not claiming otherwise. The difference this table is about is how much of the rest arrives in the plan you start on.
Five comparisons
Where they win. Where we do.
The bill at 1,000 lb roasted a month is theirs as published and ours from the rate card. Each page carries the full table.
Artisan
- Where they win
- Free, open source, and it connects to more roasters than anything else. artisan.plus adds green inventory for €50 a month.
- Where we win
- The green becomes a lot, the batch becomes stock, and the order reads both. artisan.plus stops at the roast.
At 1,000 lb a month
artisan.plus €50, flat · Cloud $136
RoasterTools
- Where they win
- Wholesale ordering built for the customer, QuickBooks Online sync, shipping wired in. Cheaper than us on that half alone.
- Where we win
- The roast, the cupping and the green lot are in the same record as the order. Theirs never touches the roaster.
At 1,000 lb a month
$99, Essentials · Cloud $136
Cropster
- Where they win
- Deeper at the machine than anything here, a decade of production use, and reach past the roastery into cafés and origin.
- Where we win
- One plan with the operations layer in it. Cropster sells the platform in pieces, and the operations sit high up the plans.
At 1,000 lb a month
$1,186 Advanced · $340 Scale · $129 Core · Cloud $136
Flexnet
- Where they win
- Built for roasteries rather than adapted for them; the accounting end is properly wired and fulfilment carries to the courier.
- Where we win
- The curve at the machine and the green lot live in the same record as the invoice. Flexnet publishes no roasting features.
At 1,000 lb a month
No published price · Cloud $136
Firescope
- Where they win
- Sampling and event detection that hold up, cloud from the first roast, and it set itself up without a technician.
- Where we win
- It is the roasting half of a roastery, and it belongs to Cropster now. Ours runs from green to invoice, on Mac.
At 1,000 lb a month
No published price · Cloud $136