Honest comparison · updated July 2026
Craftybase is manufacturing software: raw materials, recipes, batch COGS. If that's your bottleneck, it's genuinely good at it. But if you sell at markets, in DMs, and in cash — and your real problems are who owes me money and what's low before Saturday — you're paying $49/mo for a factory when you need a folding table.
| StashQ | Craftybase | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes — 25 products, 50 orders/mo | 14-day trial only |
| Entry price | $19/mo (Starter) | $49/mo (Studio) |
| Customer CRM + follow-ups | Built in | Not a CRM |
| IOU / partial-payment tracking | Built in — who owes what, at a glance | No |
| Market mode (tap-to-sell at fairs) | Yes, works offline | No |
| Low-stock alerts | Included free | Included |
| Expense + mileage tracking | Included ($19/mo plan) | Expenses yes, mileage no |
| Raw-material / recipe COGS | Per-item cost only | Yes — its specialty |
| Lot & batch traceability | No | Yes |
| Etsy / Shopify import | CSV import | Direct integrations |
Prices and features as of July 2026, from each product's public pricing page. Craftybase: Studio $49/mo (250 order lines), Indie $99/mo. Spot something outdated? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Craftybase counts what your products cost to make. StashQ tracks what happens when you sell them to humans — the market table, the "can I pay you Friday?", the regular who always buys three. Plenty of makers need the first thing. Most makers we know need the second one every single weekend.
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