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How Bambuddy compares.
Against Bambu Handy, Bambu Farm Manager, SimplyPrint, Printago, Watchtower 3D and OctoPrint, for managing Bambu Lab printers. Where a rival does something better, the table says so.
Bambuddy
Self-HostedFull-featured, self-hosted print management with MakerWorld browse-and-print, server-side slicing, AI failure detection, archiving, scheduling, and remote access. Your data stays on your network.
- 100% LAN-based, no cloud
- MakerWorld browse, slice & print
- Server-side slicing (Orca / Bambu Studio)
- AI print-failure detection (self-hosted)
- Proxy Mode + Tailscale (remote without VPN)
Bambu Handy
Cloud-BasedBambu Lab's official mobile app. Quick setup and cloud convenience, but limited features and requires an internet connection.
- Official Bambu Lab app
- Easy mobile setup
- Requires cloud connection
- No print archive or 3D preview
- No scheduling, queue or automation
Bambu Farm Manager
OfficialBambu Lab's own free farm software: a Windows server the printers bind to, plus a desktop client for monitoring, batch control and queueing pre-sliced jobs across large fleets.
- Official support for every current Bambu model
- Batch control and batch firmware upgrades
- Matches idle printers by model, nozzle and filament
- Windows only; no web or mobile client
- No remote access, slicing or integrations
- Bound printers leave Bambu Handy and the cloud
SimplyPrint
CloudHosted print-farm platform for many printer brands. Bambu printers connect through a bridge on your LAN, with LAN-only and Developer Mode for full control.
- Many printer brands in one fleet
- Native iOS and Android apps, remote access built in
- Browser slicers; SSO, audit log and SLA on Enterprise
- Needs internet and a cloud account
- Queue and farm features need paid plans
- No AMS drying control or MakerWorld
Printago
CloudCloud print-farm platform that takes jobs from order to finished print, with cloud slicing and material-aware routing. Bambu printers connect through its Fuse LAN bridge or Bambu Cloud.
- Shopify, Etsy, eBay and WooCommerce orders
- Cloud slicing with OrcaSlicer and Bambu Studio
- Several printer brands, native apps, large REST API
- Cloud service; the LAN bridge needs Developer Mode
- Commercial use is paid per production slot
- No Home Assistant, Spoolman or smart plugs
Watchtower 3D
Self-HostedClosed-source print-farm dashboard from 3D Sentinel, in beta and crowdfunding on Kickstarter. It manages Bambu Lab, Klipper, PrusaLink and OctoPrint printers from one local web UI.
- Bambu, Klipper, PrusaLink and OctoPrint in one dashboard
- Lifetime licence, runs on your own hardware
- Auto-eject, spaghetti detection, Shopify and Etsy orders
- Paid licence; one year of updates included
- Closed source
- Still in beta, crowdfunding until October 31
OctoPrint
Self-HostedThe established open-source print server. Huge plugin ecosystem, but not natively compatible with Bambu Lab's MQTT/FTPS protocol — needs a USB cable or community plugins to talk to a Bambu printer.
- Large plugin ecosystem
- Supports many printer brands
- No native Bambu Lab support
- USB connection required
- No multi-printer dashboard
Feature-by-feature breakdown
A detailed look at what each solution offers for Bambu Lab printer owners. On a narrow screen the table scrolls sideways and the header row stays put.
| Feature | Bambuddy | Bambu Handy | Bambu Farm Manager | SimplyPrint | Printago | Watchtower 3D | OctoPrint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price & Platform | |||||||
| Price | Free | Free | Free | Free for 2 printers; paid plans from $5.99/mo | Free for non-commercial use; $4 per production slot/mo | Lifetime licence from CA$111 (5 printers), 1 year of updates | Free |
| Where it runs | Self-hosted | Bambu Cloud | Self-hosted Windows server | Cloud, with a bridge on your LAN | Cloud, with a bridge on your LAN | Self-hosted | Self-hosted, one instance per printer |
| Platforms | Docker, Windows, Linux, macOS, Raspberry Pi | iOS, Android | Windows 10/11 x64 | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android | Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi | Linux, Raspberry Pi, Docker |
| Printer brands | Bambu Lab | Bambu Lab | Bambu Lab | Many brands, Bambu Lab included | Bambu Lab, Klipper, Prusa and more | Bambu Lab, Klipper, PrusaLink, OctoPrint | Most USB printers; Bambu Lab via plugin |
| Connection & Setup | |||||||
| Native Bambu Lab MQTT/FTPS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ Official; printers bind to local server | ✓ LAN-only + Developer Mode, via bridge client | ✓ Via Fuse LAN bridge; or Bambu Cloud | ✓ Bambu's own LAN protocol | ✗ Plugin needed |
| Works on LAN only (no internet) | ✓ | ✗ | ~ Internet needed for activation, firmware | ✗ Bridge client needs internet | ~ Self-hosted enterprise edition only | ✓ Internet once, for licence activation | ✓ |
| No cloud dependency | ✓ | ✗ | ~ Cloud activation, renew every 6 months | ✗ Cloud SaaS; on-prem Enterprise by agreement | ~ Cloud SaaS; air-gapped edition for enterprise | ✓ No vendor account | ✓ |
| Remote access (no VPN/port forward) | ✓ Proxy Mode | ✓ Via cloud | ✗ Remote access unsupported per FAQ | ✓ Built in via cloud | ✓ Cloud app; Fuse is outbound-only | ✓ Cloudflare tunnel | ✗ Needs VPN/tunnel |
| Docker deployment | ✓ | N/A Mobile app | ✗ Windows 10+ x64 only | ~ Bridge client only; platform is hosted | ~ Fuse bridge in Docker; full stack enterprise | ✗ Native installers or VM; Docker planned | ✓ |
| Works with Bambu Studio / OrcaSlicer | ✓ | ✓ | ~ Upload Studio gcode.3mf; Studio LAN connect | ~ OrcaSlicer upload; no slicer-to-printer proxy | ~ Runs both as cloud engines; imports profiles | ✓ Virtual printer | ~ Via plugins |
| Tailscale (WireGuard) integration | ✓ Host-aware, surfaced per-VP | ✗ | ✗ Tunnels not supported per FAQ | N/A Cloud handles remote access | ✗ Not applicable; cloud-relayed access | ✓ WireGuard, Cloudflare, Tailscale | ~ Manual/host-level |
| Multiple Virtual Printer instances | ✓ Per-printer VP with own bind IP & modes (proxy / bridge / queue / archive / review) | ✗ | ✗ No virtual printer concept | ✗ No virtual printer feature | ✗ Its 'virtual printers' are test simulators | ✓ Per model or per printer | ✗ |
| Guided first-printer setup wizard | ✓ Auto-discovery, access-code paste, validation step | ✓ | ✓ Onboarding guide + auto-discovery (v3.0) | ✓ Step-by-step per-model setup guides | ✓ Fuse LAN auto-scan; Bambu integration flow | ~ Auto-discovers printers | ✗ |
| Self-service connection diagnostic | ✓ Layer-by-layer triage (MQTT / FTPS / TLS / cloud) | ✗ | ? | ? | ~ Fuse MQTT log; queue matching dry-run | ? | ✗ |
| Database choice | ✓ SQLite (default) or PostgreSQL (multi-printer farms) | N/A | ✗ Bundled server database only | N/A Hosted service | N/A Managed SaaS | ? | ✗ YAML config + per-folder metadata |
| Monitoring & Control | |||||||
| Real-time print status | ✓ WebSocket | ✓ | ✓ Live status across fleet | ✓ Live status, temps, AMS | ✓ Realtime dashboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-printer dashboard | ✓ Resizable cards | ~ Basic list | ✓ Printer list + fullscreen dashboard | ✓ Farm overview on Print Farm+ | ✓ Full, compact and camera views | ✓ Rooms, sort by status | ✗ One instance per printer |
| HMS error translation (853 codes) | ✓ | ~ Basic codes | ✓ HMS descriptions, DB auto-updated | ~ HMS alerts mapped to maintenance tasks | ~ Shows HMS alerts, links Bambu wiki | ✓ HMS codes decoded | ✗ |
| Printer file browser | ✓ Bulk download/delete | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ✓ All printers in one browser | ✓ |
| Firmware update helper | ✓ LAN upload | ✓ OTA | ✓ Batch firmware upgrades | ✗ Manual SD/USB update guide only | ? | ? | ✗ |
| Heater history charts (nozzle / bed / chamber) | ✓ Per-tile chart icon, 6h / 24h / 48h / 7d ranges, 30-day retention | ✗ | ? | ? | ~ Per-print telemetry graph, not continuous | ~ Temperature trends | ✓ Built-in temp graph (short history) |
| AMS humidity / temperature history charts | ✓ Per-AMS modal, configurable retention | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ✗ |
| AMS Filament Backup status & toggle | ✓ Live state badge, ring-per-pair backup modal, backup-aware "insufficient filament" check | ✓ In AMS settings | ~ Auto-refill works; no toggle documented | ~ Tracks auto-refill swaps; toggle undocumented | ? | ? | ✗ |
| Per-printer Maintenance Mode | ✓ Out-of-service flag — drops from queue / scheduler / notifications, card stays visible | ✗ | ? | ? | ✓ MAINT badge, removed from queue | ? | ✗ |
| Bed-jog & manual calibration (bed level / flow / vibration / nozzle offset) | ✓ Bed-slinger aware | ~ Calibration only | ~ Batch machine calibration, no jog | ~ Jog + print-start calibration toggles | ✓ Jog, bed level, vibration, lidar; bulk | ~ Jog and homing | ✓ |
| Camera streaming (Bambu + external) | ✓ Chamber + RTSP / MJPEG / go2rtc relay | ✓ Chamber only | ~ RTSPS for H/X/P2S; no external cams | ~ Built-in cam; frame rate by plan | ✓ WebRTC live; any RTSP/RTSPS camera | ✓ Multi-camera; RTSP, MJPEG, WebRTC | ✓ Built-in mjpg-streamer |
| Print Archiving & History | |||||||
| Automatic print archiving | ✓ 3MF metadata | ✗ | ~ Print records + model library, auto-expire | ✓ Job history; 50 jobs on Free | ✓ Per-attempt history and telemetry | ? | ~ Via plugins |
| 3D model viewer | ✓ Multi-color; G-code drawn with OrcaSlicer's own preview renderer | ✗ | ? | ✓ In browser slicer / G-code viewer | ✓ Interactive, per-object filament colours | ? | ~ Via plugins |
| Photo attachments & notes | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ~ Auto completion photo and timelapse | ? | ✗ |
| Print comparison (side-by-side) | ✓ 2-5 prints | ✗ | ? | ? | ~ Attempt history per job; no side-by-side found | ? | ✗ |
| Tags, search & filtering | ✓ Full-text search | ✗ | ✓ Tags, groups, folders, filename search | ✓ Custom tags on Print Farm+ | ✓ Folders, tags, global search | ~ Folders and search | ~ Basic |
| Projects & BOM tracking | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? | ~ SKUs/assemblies; commercial plan | ? | ✗ |
| Export (CSV, Excel, ZIP, JSON) | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ~ CSV only, Print Farm+ | ~ CSV reports, JSON audit log, API | ? | ~ Basic |
| Slicing & Model Discovery | |||||||
| MakerWorld browse, import & print | ✓ URL-paste, plate picker, lightbox | ✓ | ✗ Only pre-sliced gcode.3mf uploads | ✗ Bambu blocks third-party MakerWorld access | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ? | ✗ |
| Server-side slicing (no desktop slicer) | ✓ OrcaSlicer / Bambu Studio CLI sidecar | ✗ | ✗ Slice in Bambu Studio first | ✓ Full browser slicers; 15/month on Free | ✓ Cloud Orca/Bambu Studio, free tier included | ✗ Planned (stretch goal) | ✗ |
| Multi-color slice with AMS pre-mapping | ✓ Per-slot dropdowns, type+colour match | ✗ | ✗ No slicer; mapping at print time | ✓ Auto slot mapping at print start | ✓ Automatic AMS slot mapping | ✗ No slicing yet | ✗ |
| Slicer-preset library (Cloud + imported + bundled) | ✓ .orca_filament, .bbscfg, .bbsflmt, .json | ~ Cloud only | ✗ No slicer built in | ✓ Cloud profiles, capped per plan | ✓ Bambu Cloud sync, .orca/.bbs import | ? | ✗ |
| G-code / 3MF preview viewer | ✓ Layer-by-layer + thumbnails | ~ Thumbnail only | ? | ✓ In cloud slicer | ~ 3D model/plate preview; no layer viewer found | ~ Thumbnail and metadata | ✓ Via plugins |
| Scheduling & Automation | |||||||
| Print queue / scheduling | ✓ Drag-and-drop | ✗ | ✓ Task queue, priority, drag reorder | ✓ Pro plan and up | ✓ Smart queue, drag to reorder | ✓ | ~ Via plugins |
| Multi-printer queue assignment | ✓ By model or location | ✗ | ✓ By model, group or specific printers | ✓ Smart routing by capability | ✓ Auto-routing by material, nozzle, tags | ✓ By model, material and status | ✗ |
| Time-based scheduling | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ✓ Schedule Print, Pro+ | ? | ✓ | ✗ |
| Staggered fleet start (avoid power spikes) | ✓ Configurable group size & interval | ✗ | ✓ Parallel heating limit, incl. chamber | ✓ Print Farm plan and up | ✓ Per group, temp-based release | ? | ✗ |
| Shortest-job-first queue ordering | ✓ Optional per-fleet, with jumped-item starvation guard | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ✗ |
| Per-model start / end G-code snippets | ✓ Auto-injected on queue, opt-in per-VP for slicer uploads | ✗ | ? | ? | ~ Via slicer machine profiles; G-code macros | ~ Ejection templates | ✓ |
| Smart plug control | ✓ Tasmota, HA, MQTT, REST | ✗ | ? | ✗ Only via OctoPrint PSU plugin | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ✓ Kasa and Matter | ~ Via plugins |
| Auto power on/off with prints | ✓ Temp-based shutoff | ✗ | ? | ✗ Only via OctoPrint PSU plugin | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ~ Power off after a job | ~ Via plugins |
| Print with AMS mapping | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ Auto/fixed/manual, colour-difference match | ✓ All AMS models, Free plan | ✓ Material-aware slot mapping | ✓ AMS, CFS, toolchangers | ✗ |
| Batched queue items (qty > 1) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ Copies per task, editable remaining | ✓ Copies count down in one entry | ✓ Grouped copies x1-500 | ✓ | ✗ |
| Batch orders (target per plate, re-queue what's still owed) | ✓ Batches tab with done / owed / failed and measured cost | ✗ | ~ Qty per task; no cost/failed tracking | ~ Shop order import + copy countdown | ✓ Orders/SKUs; commercial plan | ~ Shop orders tracked to shipping | ~ Via plugins |
| Continuous printing (auto-eject, plate changers) | ~ G-code snippets for Farmloop, SwapMod, AutoClear, Printflow 3D | ✗ | ? | ✓ AutoPrint, Pro plan | ✓ FabMatic | ✓ Auto-eject; Basic tier | ~ Via plugins |
| E-commerce order import (Shopify, Etsy …) | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Etsy, Shopify, Amazon | ✓ Shopify, Etsy, eBay, WooCommerce; commercial plan | ✓ Shopify, Etsy; Pro tier | ✗ |
| AI print-failure detection | ✓ Self-hosted Obico ML | ✓ Cloud (X1/H2D) | ? | ✓ Cloud AI; 12h/month free, $3.60/printer unlimited | ✓ Add-on; self-hosted Obico detector via Fuse | ✓ Spaghetti detection; Basic tier | ~ Via OctoEverywhere/Obico plugin |
| Notifications & Integrations | |||||||
| Notification channels | ✓ Email, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Pushover, Bark, Notify!, ntfy, Home Assistant, webhook (generic or Slack format) | ✓ Mobile push only | ~ Voice announcements only (v3.0) | ✓ Push, email, SMS; Discord/Slack/Teams on Farm+ | ✓ Discord, Slack, Telegram, Pushover, webhook | ✓ iMessage, SMS, email, Discord, Slack, push | ~ Via plugins |
| iOS Lock Screen print progress (Live Activities) | ✓ Via the Notify! app, plus Lock Screen widgets | ✓ | ✗ Windows desktop client only | ? | ? | ? | ~ Via third-party apps (OctoPod, OctoApp) |
| Customizable notification templates | ✓ Per-event Jinja templates with placeholders | ✗ | ✗ Fixed voice messages | ? | ? | ? | ~ Via plugins |
| Spoolman integration | ✓ Per-filament tracking | ✗ | ✗ No third-party integrations | ~ One-time import only | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ? | ~ Via plugins |
| Home Assistant integration | ✓ API + MQTT | ✗ | ✗ No API or integrations | ~ Client add-on; no HA entities | ✗ Not native; REST/MQTT API only | ? | ✓ |
| Prometheus / Grafana metrics | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ No API; built-in utilization stats | ? | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ? | ~ Via plugins |
| REST API | ✓ Full API + WebSocket | ✗ | ✗ No API (Fleet Hub hardware aside) | ✓ Pro read-only; full write Print Farm+ | ✓ 300+ endpoints, MQTT/WS; commercial plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filament & Maintenance | |||||||
| Filament profiles & presets | ✓ + Bambu Cloud sync | ~ Basic | ~ Set slot type/colour in bulk | ✓ Open Filament Database presets | ✓ Material database, Bambu Cloud sync | ~ Material, colour and brand catalog | ~ Via plugins |
| Filament usage & cost tracking | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ No filament tracking | ✓ G-code based deduction | ✓ Measured grams per attempt, cost reports | ✓ | ~ Via plugins |
| Multi-colour gradient + transparency swatches | ✓ Up to 8 stops, effects, multicolor pie | ✗ Solid hex only | ? | ? | ~ Dual-hex colours (e.g. dual silk) | ? | ✗ |
| Bambu RFID auto-match | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ RFID auto-mapping, remaining shown | ✓ Auto-creates and assigns RFID spools | ✓ Bambu and Anycubic ACE RFID | ✓ | ✗ |
| AMS drying control | ✓ AMS / AMS HT / AMS 2 Pro | ✓ | ? | ✗ Not offered; open feature request | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ? | ✗ |
| Queue + ambient auto-drying (humidity-triggered) | ✓ Between scheduled prints OR on any idle printer; optional blocking mode | ✗ | ? | ✗ No AMS drying control | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ? | ✗ |
| Continue drying while printing | ✓ H2D / H2C / H2S / P2S / H2D Pro / X2D / X1C / A2L on supported firmware; auto-capped 5°C below idle preset to protect spools | ✗ | ? | ✗ No AMS drying control | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ? | ✗ |
| Per-filament humidity threshold | ✓ e.g. Nylon 20% / PLA 60% / ASA 30%; most-restrictive wins for mixed AMS | ✗ Fixed firmware threshold (not user-configurable) | ? | ✗ No AMS drying control | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ? | ✗ |
| Spool storage locations catalog | ✓ Shelves / drawers / dryboxes, deep-linkable filter, Spoolman sync | ✗ | ✗ No spool inventory | ✓ Filament locations, Pro+ | ~ Via custom fields only | ~ Shelf location per spool | ✗ |
| Spool inventory with low-stock alerts | ✓ Internal mode or Spoolman; forecast lead-time | ✗ | ✗ No spool inventory | ~ Inventory yes; low-stock alerts unverified | ~ Filament Stock add-on; no alerts found | ✓ | ~ Via Spoolman plugin |
| Maintenance reminders | ✓ Hours & calendar | ✗ | ✗ No maintenance tracking | ✓ Usage/calendar + HMS, Print Farm+ | ✓ Add-on: hours, days, job count | ✓ Maintenance tracking | ✗ |
| Energy monitoring | ✓ Real-time watts | ✗ | ? | ? | ✗ Docs: electricity not modelled | ✓ Power draw, cost per print | ✗ |
| Platform & Access | |||||||
| Web dashboard | ✓ PWA | ✗ Mobile only | ✗ Windows desktop client only | ✓ Hosted web panel | ✓ Installable PWA | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile app | ✓ PWA (installable) | ✓ Native iOS/Android | ✗ No mobile/browser client | ✓ Native iOS and Android, free | ✓ Native iOS and Android apps | ~ Mobile browser | ~ Via mobile browser |
| Open source | ✓ AGPL-3.0 | ✗ | ✗ Proprietary freeware, EULA | ✗ Proprietary SaaS; some clients open | ✗ Proprietary SaaS | ✗ Paid lifetime licence | ✓ AGPL |
| Customizable themes | ✓ Dark/light, accents | ✗ | ? | ~ Dark mode | ? | ~ Dark mode | ✓ |
| Multi-language | ✓ 15 languages (EN/DE/ES/FR/IT/NL/SV/PT-BR/RU/UK/TR/JA/KO/ZH-CN/ZH-TW) | ✓ | ✓ Incl. EN, DE, FR, IT, RU, PT | ✓ ~15 languages | ? | ✗ English only; translations planned | ✓ |
| Trash bin + admin bulk-purge / auto-purge | ✓ Configurable retention | ✗ | ~ Auto-cleanup of old print records | ? | ? | ? | ✗ |
| Multi-user with role-based permissions | ✓ Admins / Operators / Viewers + custom groups, granular per-feature permissions | ✗ Single cloud account | ~ Admin + common users only | ✓ 177 permissions, Print Farm+ | ✓ 5 roles, ~70 permissions, free seats | ✓ Three roles, 85 permissions | ✓ Built-in Access Control (mandatory) |
| Limit users to some printers | ✓ Per group, by printer or whole location | ✗ | ? | ✓ Per-user printer access, Print Farm+ | ? | ✓ Printer, group or farm | N/A One instance per printer |
| Staff review before jobs print | ✓ “Print Without Review” permission; jobs wait for a reviewer | ✗ | ? | ✓ Queue approval, Enterprise/School | ? | ? | ✗ |
| Billing & cost centers | ✓ Budgets, reservations, ledger, per-print charges | ✗ | ? | ~ Quotas and balances, School/Enterprise | ~ SKU cost/margin catalog, not user budgets | ? | ✗ |
| Two-factor authentication (2FA) | ✓ TOTP + email OTP, backup codes | ~ Bambu account level | ? | ✓ TOTP; enforcement on Enterprise | ✓ TOTP, backup codes, passkeys | ? | ~ Official TOTP plugin (1.11+) |
| SSO (OIDC) and LDAP | ✓ Auto-provision, IdP group mapping, autologin, custom icon, opt-in admin sync | ✗ | ✗ No SSO | ~ SAML/OIDC on Enterprise/School; no LDAP | ✗ Not in feature matrix | ? | ~ Via plugins |
| API keys with granular scopes | ✓ QR-code share, energy-cost-update-only opt-in, expiry | ✗ | ✗ No API | ~ Single API key; scoped OAuth for MCP | ✓ Permission scopes, CIDR allowlist | ✓ Scoped keys | ✓ |
| Configurable session lifetime | ✓ 24h / 7d / 30d / custom; 720h hard ceiling | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ✗ |
| In-app updates (one-click) | ✓ Docker / HA addon / git / Windows installer paths | ✓ App store | ~ Update notice; run installer over old | N/A Hosted; vendor updates platform | N/A Managed SaaS; Fuse auto-updates | ? | ~ pip update |
| Scheduled local + Git backups (GitHub / GitLab / Gitea / Forgejo) | ✓ Hourly / daily / weekly, retention policy, encryption optional | ✗ | ~ Auto local DB backups, 3-day retention | N/A Hosted; vendor-managed backups | ~ Vendor-managed point-in-time recovery | ? | ~ Manual zip backup (no schedule / GitHub) |
| Support bundle + in-app bug reporter | ✓ One-click ZIP with logs + diag snapshot, secrets redacted | ✗ | ~ Client log export | ? | ? | ? | ✓ Built-in SystemInfo bundle |
| Passive log scanner for known issues | ✓ Matches errors against catalog, links to fixes | ✗ | ? | N/A Hosted; no user-side logs | ? | ? | ✗ |
| Guided onboarding tour | ✓ 25-step in-app walkthrough across all major features | ✗ | ✓ Onboarding guide + bubble tips (v3.0) | ? | ~ Getting Started guide | ? | ✗ |
| Customizable printer cards + sidebar | ✓ Per-user tile layout, hide-toggle, admin-pushed default order | ✗ | ~ Custom columns in printer list | ✓ Custom dashboards + sidebar, Print Farm+ | ~ Dashboard views; pin add-ons to sidebar | ~ Rooms, drag to rearrange | ✗ |
| Companion kiosk device | ✓ SpoolBuddy (Pi kiosk for AMS / queue / camera) | ✗ | ✗ Fullscreen dashboard view, no device | ~ Hub shared printer-room screen, Farm+ | ✗ Not offered | ? | ✗ |
| Per-request trace IDs in logs | ✓ HTTP + app logs + response header | ✗ | ? | N/A Hosted; not user-facing | ? | ? | ~ Via plugins |
✓ Supported ✓ Partial or conditional ✗ Not supported N/A Not applicable ? Not publicly documented
Checked against each product's public website and documentation in October 2026. Products change quickly, so treat the other columns as a snapshot. Spotted something wrong or out of date? Tell us at martin@bambuddy.cool or on GitHub and we will fix it.
Why choose Bambuddy
Privacy First
Unlike Bambu Handy, your print data never leaves your network. No cloud accounts, no telemetry, no dependency on external servers. Runs entirely on your hardware.
Native Bambu Support
Unlike OctoPrint, Bambuddy speaks Bambu Lab's MQTT and FTPS protocols natively. No USB cables, no third-party plugins, no compatibility workarounds.
Multi-Printer Fleet
Manage all your printers from a single dashboard with resizable cards. Assign print queues by model or location. One instance handles your entire fleet.
Built-In Automation
Smart plug control, scheduled prints, power management, AI failure detection (self-hosted Obico), maintenance reminders, and notification routing to 9 providers — all without installing a single plugin.
Print Archive & 3D Viewer
Every print is automatically archived with metadata, thumbnails, and an interactive 3D viewer. Attach photos, notes, and organize into projects with BOM tracking.
Remote Without the Cloud
Proxy Mode — or run Tailscale on the host — lets you send prints from anywhere using Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer. Browse and print MakerWorld models without leaving Bambuddy. No VPN, no port forwarding, no cloud account.
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