CoreBridge alternative
The modern CoreBridge alternative for print & sign shops
CoreBridge is a capable cloud ERP for sign and print shops — estimates, production and invoicing, with invoices and payments synced to QuickBooks Online or Xero, now under the same roof as Cyrious. It's a serious tool with a serious footprint: ERP-style setup, ERP-style pricing, and a workflow you configure once and live with. PrinterFlo covers the day-to-day core — quoting from your own materials, a board your floor uses, approvals and payments — with custom stages you can rearrange over lunch, not a re-implementation.
CoreBridge exports your customer list and sales reports from its Reports module, so customers and past sales come across, the sales as read-only history. Products, modifiers and pricing formulas don't export from its screens, so your pricing gets rebuilt here, and we'll do that with you, free.
PrinterFlo vs CoreBridge
| CoreBridge | PrinterFlo | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Guided ERP onboarding, weeks | Pick a workflow template, enter your materials, quote the same day |
| Workflow stages | Configured once, heavyweight to change | Rename, recolor, drag to reorder any time — automations included |
| Order preview | Open the order screen | Click a board card — slide-over with items, statuses, and money |
| Pricing model | Templates and configuration | Spreadsheet-style options library: size × options, tiers, setup fees |
| Margin visibility | Reports | Cost / profit / margin % on every quote as you build it |
| Price | ERP pricing | Small-shop pricing, no implementation fees |
| Books built in | Syncs invoices and payments to QuickBooks Online or Xero | Books built in: every invoice, payment, refund and card fee posts itself to your own accounts. P&L, balance sheet, bills and bank reconciliation (an add-on) |
Switching from CoreBridge
The part everyone worries about, in three steps.
- 01
Export from CoreBridge
Most systems let you export your customer list as a CSV or Excel file, and many export invoice or order history too. Price lists are hit and miss: some systems export them, many don't. Whatever CoreBridge lets you export is yours to take.
- 02
Import it here
Settings → Import: drop the files in and check the columns PrinterFlo matched. Customers come in as customers, products with flat or per square foot prices, and past invoices, orders and payments as read-only history on each customer. Old invoice PDFs can go on too. Pricing formulas, matrices and tiers don't import. They get rebuilt in the options library, and we'll do that with you, free.
- 03
Bring the jobs you're still working on
Export your open orders from CoreBridge too and drop them under Open orders. Each one becomes a live order on your board, its jobs in the column its status matches, with anything already paid counted on its balance. You tick which statuses come over, nothing emails your customers, and one click undoes the import.
Or don't do it yourself — send us the export.
We'll map and load your customers and products for you, check the prices came across right, and hand it back ready to quote from. No charge, and you don't have to be a customer first.
Where CoreBridge fits
Mid-size shops that want ERP depth (purchasing, multi-location) and have the budget and patience to implement it.
Why shops switch to PrinterFlo
- → ERP-grade setup and onboarding before you see value.
- → Workflow configuration is heavyweight — changing how your shop runs is a project.
- → Pricing sized for established shops, not a 2–10 person team.
- → Automation options are limited compared to what modern tools attach to custom stages.
CoreBridge alternative — FAQ
Is PrinterFlo a good CoreBridge alternative for a small sign shop?
If you need its purchasing and multi-location depth, CoreBridge earns its complexity. If what actually runs your day is quoting, a production board, approvals and getting paid, PrinterFlo does that for a fraction of the setup and cost — and where CoreBridge sends your invoices and payments to QuickBooks or Xero, PrinterFlo can keep the books itself, with Books.
Can I customize my workflow in PrinterFlo like in CoreBridge?
More easily. Stages are fully custom — name them, color them, drag to reorder — and you can attach automations to any stage, like emailing the customer their approval link the moment an order enters “Proof Sent.”
Run your shop on PrinterFlo
A clean production board, fast quoting with a built-in sign calculator, and one-click customer approvals — built for how sign & print shops actually work.
Try it free. No card needed.