Our biggest competitor isn't software. It's retyping.
Etch Express reads the order - spreadsheet, PDF, even handwriting - and turns it into machine-ready beds. Here's the honest map of everything else on your bench.
Replaces the retype-and-merge
Design tools doing a production job. Retire them from batch work, not from the shop.
Adobe Illustrator
Variables panel, scripts, recorded Actions - a lot of machinery for one file per name.
Canva
Bulk Create makes social pages. Brass needs measured plates and vector beds, not a PNG.
Inkscape
Genuinely capable - as a DIY pipeline of extensions and per-row files you assemble yourself.
Works alongside your machine software
These run your laser or rotary - and should keep doing exactly that. We hand them production-ready files.
Epilog Software Suite
Epilog's badge workflow starts with "open CorelDRAW." Ours starts with "paste the list."
Vision Engraving
Trusted rotary control that imports tab-delimited TXT. Send it clean work instead.
Vectric VCarve
Plate Production is real - for CNC routers. We cover the rest of the shop.
A different job entirely
Mentioned in the same breath, solving a different problem. No rivalry - just a clear map.
shopVOX & shop MIS
They quote jobs and track the shop; engraving text lives in a notes field. We turn that field into files. Run both.
Glowforge & xTool apps
Great first-laser software. When orders become leagues and corporate accounts, batch production needs its own tool.
Bring your art with you
Leaving CorelDRAW or EngraveLab doesn't mean leaving your art. Drop in the files you already run - they come back as living templates.
- Import PDF, EPS, or SVG files straight from CorelDRAW or EngraveLab
- Size, layout, and fonts detected automatically
- Fixed text becomes variables bound to your data
Race us with your last real order.
Try it free for 30 days. Bring the spreadsheet, the PDF, or the handwritten sheet - and watch it become production files in minutes.