DecoNetwork alternative
The modern DecoNetwork alternative for print & sign shops
DecoNetwork pairs shop management with customer-facing online stores for the decoration world — screen printing, embroidery, DTG. If selling through branded team stores is the business, that's what it's built for and it's a real strength. The recurring complaints from decorators are the other end of the job: production batching that reviewers describe as lacking, store-first complexity you carry whether you sell online or not, and pricing that has climbed steeply. PrinterFlo does the shop side — quoting, production, approvals, payment — with a storefront included rather than the other way round.
Bring your customers and past invoices with you: export them as CSV, drop them into Settings → Import, and PrinterFlo matches the columns for you. Pricing gets set up in the options library, and we'll do that with you, free.
PrinterFlo vs DecoNetwork
| DecoNetwork | PrinterFlo | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Decorated apparel + online stores | Decoration and sign/wide-format on one engine |
| Decoration pricing | Fixed matrix shapes per decoration type | Quantity breaks on any option — colours, stitch bands, add-ons |
| Production | Batching reviewers call lacking | Board filters by darks, screen set or hooping — batch by setup |
| Mixed output | Apparel-shaped | Apparel and signage quote side by side, same board |
| Customer flow | Online stores | Storefront, plus per-job approval and payment links |
| Books built in | Syncs to QuickBooks Online (one way), QuickBooks Desktop 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 DecoNetwork
The part everyone worries about, in three steps.
- 01
Export from DecoNetwork
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 DecoNetwork lets you export is yours to take.
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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.
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Bring the jobs you're still working on
Export your open orders from DecoNetwork 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 DecoNetwork fits
Decorators whose business runs on branded online stores, and who are happy to manage production around them.
Why shops switch to PrinterFlo
- → Production batching is the consistent complaint in decorator reviews — the floor view is weaker than the store front-end.
- → Store-first complexity even if e-commerce isn't your model.
- → Steep price increases reported by long-time customers.
DecoNetwork alternative — FAQ
Is PrinterFlo a good DecoNetwork alternative?
If your value is in the online stores, DecoNetwork is built for that and PrinterFlo is a different trade-off. If the store is a side-door and the real problem is running production — batching setups, chasing approvals, collecting deposits — PrinterFlo is aimed squarely at that, and includes a storefront rather than building everything around one.
Should a sign shop pick PrinterFlo or DecoNetwork?
PrinterFlo. Materials-based pricing and proof/production workflows are native here; DecoNetwork's DNA is decorated apparel and stores. If you do both signs and apparel, PrinterFlo quotes them on the same system.
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.