All-in-one MANUFACTURING Software

See how StartProto can boost your business

One cloud-based manufacturing software that provides small to medium sized manufacturers with a space to manage task and execute make-to-stock, discrete, repetitive, and mix-mode manufacturing processes.

Faster estimates and quotes

Streamline the quoting process to increase win rates and quote quickly and accurately.

Stay In Sync

Get instant access to documentation, updates, and statuses to enable your team to make the right decisions.

Better resource utilization

Allocate resources more effectively to ensure that machines and personnel are used efficiently.

Data-Driven decision making

Leverage real-time data and analytics to make informed decisions and continuously improve operations.

Cloud Manufacturing Software

Powerful features, simple to use

Manufacturing software that seamlessly integrates with your existing workflows. Created by dedicated professionals committed to ensuring your success.

Quoting & Sales

Operate more efficiently and grow revenue by improving and streamlining your quoting workflow.

Quoting & Sales

Routing & BOM

Create highly robust routing and BOMs in just a few clicks. Provide your operators with everything they need to succeed.

Routing & BOM

Jobs & Scheduling

Scheduling and prioritizing jobs has never been easier. Assign operations to specific machines and personnel to manage your shop from anywhere, and use dashboards to ensure jobs are completed on time.

Jobs & Scheduling

Purchase Planning

Streamline your procurement process through realtime suggestions based on your current inventory levels and needs. Discover cost-effective procurement suggestions and insight to boost efficiency and savings.

Purchase Planning

Shop Floor Communication

A thoughtful and integrated approach to manufacturing execution, ensuring that every aspect of the shop floor from knowing what job to work on next to providing real-time insights into work-in-progress and documentation collection for jobs.

Shop Floor Communication

Shipping & Receiving

Drive your shipping and receiving departments with up-to-date information from across the shop floor. Always know the status of every part and eliminate surprises.

Shipping & Receiving

Inventory Management

Unlike any manufacturing software in the industry, StartProto gives you the ultimate ability to see where a workpiece is in real time. Now you will never guess again.

Inventory Management

Quality Management

Unleash the full potential of quality management within your shop processes using first article tracking, NCR control, and enforced inspection steps at every step of production. Elevate your quality standards and empower excellence.

Quality Management

Quoting & Sales

Operate more efficiently and grow revenue by improving and streamlining your quoting workflow.

Quoting & Sales

Routing & BOM

Create highly robust routing and BOMs in just a few clicks. Provide your operators with everything they need to succeed.

Routing & BOM

Jobs & Scheduling

Scheduling and prioritizing jobs has never been easier. Assign operations to specific machines and personnel to manage your shop from anywhere, and use dashboards to ensure jobs are completed on time.

Jobs & Scheduling

Purchase Planning

Streamline your procurement process through realtime suggestions based on your current inventory levels and needs. Discover cost-effective procurement suggestions and insight to boost efficiency and savings.

Purchase Planning

Shop Floor Communication

A thoughtful and integrated approach to manufacturing execution, ensuring that every aspect of the shop floor from knowing what job to work on next to providing real-time insights into work-in-progress and documentation collection for jobs.

Shop Floor Communication

Shipping & Receiving

Drive your shipping and receiving departments with up-to-date information from across the shop floor. Always know the status of every part and eliminate surprises.

Shipping & Receiving

Inventory Management

Unlike any manufacturing software in the industry, StartProto gives you the ultimate ability to see where a workpiece is in real time. Now you will never guess again.

Inventory Management

Quality Management

Unleash the full potential of quality management within your shop processes using first article tracking, NCR control, and enforced inspection steps at every step of production. Elevate your quality standards and empower excellence.

Quality Management

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Works for different types of shops

Dive in to understand the benefits of using StartProto in your type of business.

Machine & Job Shops

Tool & Die

Small OEMs

Perfect fit for every type of role

Learn how you can be more proactive and build a company that is always ready to scale.

Owners & CEOs

Sales & Estimators

Production Managers

Engineers & Programmers

Shop Floor

Take your shop to the next level

Become the hero of your shop by picking the best manufacturing shop management software for discrete manufacturing.

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Always live support

We provide instant communication with support representatives, providing quick answers to your inquiries and improving your overall efficiency.

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On-site training

Maximize ROI and give yourself complete control of your shop using our in-person training and virtual support.

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Knowledge base

Centralized knowledge base where you can easily find answers to your questions, reducing the need for direct support.

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From Zero to Full Speed

Skip the long, complicated setups.We get you operational in less than a month.

Data Security

Built for security and ITAR compliance

Discover how StartProto ensures the highest standards of data protection and compliance, so you can focus on what you do best:

Cloud-native software hosted on GovCloud.
100% US-based system administrators and support.
All data and files securely backed up nightly.
Site security plan with full disaster recovery.

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Dedicated Support Team

We support your success

When you partner with StartProto, we take care of you when you succeed, we succeed. Our dedicated support team responds to requests within 30 minutes. You can email, call, or ask for help right from the platform.

24/7

Access to support team

30 min

Typical Response Time

Explore how we can help your job shop

Ready to get started?

We'll make it easy for you — Pick the time that works best for you and we'll send an invite right to your calendar.

+1 (470) 249-6372

hello@startproto.com

Customer Stories

A Proven Track Record

See the success our customers have had using StartProto’s Manufacturing Cloud to transform their businesses.

Ram Precision, a tool manufacturer, digitized its operations with StartProto software, enhancing cost estimates, automating tasks, and optimizing workflow. This resulted in improved efficiency, increased customer satisfaction, stronger client relationships, and raised their annual order capacity by over $250,000, reinforcing their industry competitiveness.

Production Manager

Jaco Machine beat the challenge of finding a management system that could support their early operations and scale with their growth.

Tyler Hendricks

Owner & Estimator

Nick bought KTE and found its manual workflow outdated. He implemented StartProto, a manufacturing cloud system, automating tasks and improving workflow. This enhanced efficiency, increased job capacity, and grew the business, transforming KTE into a thriving, profitable machine shop.

Werner Machine improved their one-off part manufacturing process by using StartProto, a software centralizing documentation and communication. The software significantly enhanced accessibility to past job data, reduced setup time, and increased efficiency, making it a game-changer for their business operations.

Estimator & Operations Manager

Facing growth-related challenges, 3D Machine employed StartProto's workflow management system. This enabled improved visibility into operations, replacing old methods with efficient platforms. Consequently, efficiency, productivity, and customer satisfaction increased, allowing the company to manage more jobs and maintain quality service.

AM North, a 3D printing company, achieved significant operational improvements by implementing StartProto, a user-friendly manufacturing software, streamlining production and enhancing efficiency under the leadership of CEO Jan-Inge.

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