ONYX Align alternative
The modern ONYX Align alternative for print & sign shops
ONYX Align comes from the company behind the ONYX RIP, and it gets one big thing right: cost-plus-margin pricing that tells you whether a job makes money. If you're deep in the ONYX ecosystem it's a natural look. Beyond pricing, though, the workflow layer is thinner — production tracking, approvals, automations and the day-to-day floor experience are where shops feel the gaps. PrinterFlo matches the margin-first pricing philosophy and wraps it in the full shop workflow.
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 ONYX Align
| ONYX Align | PrinterFlo | |
|---|---|---|
| Margin-first pricing | Yes — cost plus margin | Yes — cost, profit and margin % live on every quote |
| Materials setup | Cost configuration | Spreadsheet-style options library your staff can edit inline |
| Production | Basic tracking | Drag-and-drop board, custom stages, slide-over previews |
| Approvals & payment | Limited | No-login link: proofs, approval, deposit |
| Automations | — | Stage changes email customers automatically |
Switching from ONYX Align
The part everyone worries about, in three steps.
- 01
Export from ONYX Align
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 ONYX Align 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 ONYX Align 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 ONYX Align fits
Wide-format shops already invested in ONYX RIP workflows that primarily want cost-based estimating.
Why shops switch to PrinterFlo
- → Workflow, approvals and floor tools are thinner than the pricing engine.
- → No automations attached to customizable stages.
- → Tied to the ONYX ecosystem's way of working.
ONYX Align alternative — FAQ
Does PrinterFlo show margin like ONYX Align?
Yes — your material and production costs live alongside prices, so every quote line shows cost, profit and margin % while you build it, not in a report afterwards.
Do I need to use a specific RIP with PrinterFlo?
No. PrinterFlo is RIP-agnostic shop management — it runs your quoting, production and approvals regardless of what drives your printers.
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.
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