A Craftybase alternative for solo makers

If you're a solo maker who mainly wants to know your costs and profit, a spreadsheet, ProfitTree's free plan or our free check-up can each do that job for $0, and eRank's in-app calculators come with an eRank account. If you need to track materials, batches and stock across shops, inventory software such as Stocksmith, the new name for Craftybase, is the closer fit.

What happened to Craftybase

Craftybase changed its name to Stocksmith on July 1, 2026. In its own announcement, the founders explain that their customers had moved from crafters to manufacturers, and the old name no longer fit. They write that the old name made sense "when the customer was a crafter". Existing accounts, data and integrations carry over, and craftybase.com redirects to the new site.

The Stocksmith pricing page lists several plans. Billed monthly, they run from $20 a month for Pro, meant for one sales channel with very low order volume, to $349 a month for Growth, meant for high-volume manufacturers. Indie is $99 a month and Business $199 a month, with lower prices when billed yearly. Every plan has a 14-day free trial, and the pricing section says no card is needed to start.

What it does well

Stocksmith is built for makers who run real stock. Its home page and the announcement describe these strengths:

• Inventory across materials, components and finished goods, with stock adjusted by orders from connected channels and low-stock alerts.
• Materials costing: a cost per unit from materials, labor and overhead, updated when supplier prices change.
• Cost of goods sold that recalculates as material prices move.
• Batch production with recipes that deduct ingredients, plus batch records, lot tracking and multi-level bills of materials.
• Sales channel connections; the announcement names Etsy, Shopify, WooCommerce and Faire, and the pricing page puts Amazon on the Business plan and above.

If you make candles, soap or cosmetics in batches, buy materials in bulk and sell on several channels, that kind of tracking is hard to do by hand. For a growing workshop, it can be worth the monthly price.

What a solo maker may need instead

A one-person shop may have a smaller question: what does each item cost me, what price leaves a profit, and where is my money going each month? Those can be answered without inventory software. Here are four options, with what each one takes.

A spreadsheet

A spreadsheet costs nothing and bends to how you work. You can list each material, divide a bulk purchase into per-item costs, and add a column for fees. The catch is that you build and maintain it yourself, including the platform's fee rates when they change. It suits a maker who likes working in rows and columns and has a few products.

ProfitTree's free plan

ProfitTree is an Etsy tool. Its free plan covers one Etsy shop, with profit tracking, a profit dashboard and ad insights, 7 days of profit history and 200 credits a week. It connects to your shop and pulls your numbers in, and it syncs costs from Printify and Printful; other makers upload product costs with a template. It suits an Etsy seller, especially in print-on-demand, who wants profit tracked from real orders and is happy to connect the shop.

The calculators inside eRank

eRank is best known for Etsy keyword research. Its help center describes a Profit Calculator under Tools, then Calculators, which takes your price, shipping, labor, materials, label cost and ad fees and shows estimated profit and margin. It says the calculator is available to all eRank members, and eRank has a free plan. It suits a seller who already uses eRank and wants to price one item at a time.

Our free check-up and calculators

The free check-up asks seven short questions you can answer from memory, with no login and nothing to connect. It gives a grade in plain words, what each order and each month keep, and your three biggest losses with what each fix is worth at your numbers, if orders hold. The calculators answer single questions, such as the price that leaves the margin you want or the fees on one Etsy sale.

It has limits worth knowing. It works from your answers, not your shop's records, so its figures are estimates. It doesn't track stock, materials or batches, and it doesn't keep watching after you leave. If you want more detail, the profit report is $19.99 or the full audit $29.99, paid once, with a refund within 14 days for any reason.

Who each suits

• Stocksmith suits makers who manage real inventory, batches or a team across several sales channels.
• A spreadsheet suits a maker with a few products who wants full control and doesn't mind upkeep.
• ProfitTree's free plan suits an Etsy seller who wants profit tracked from connected orders.
• eRank's calculators suit an eRank user pricing one Etsy item at a time.
• Our check-up suits a maker on Etsy, Shopify or Amazon who wants to see where the month's money goes, without an account or a monthly bill.

If you'd like to see your own numbers before deciding on software, the free check-up takes about a minute.