AI Tool Directory for Job Shops

30 tools across quoting, CAM, ERP, monitoring, quality and edge hardware. Filter by what you need; every listing links to its sources.

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Paperless Parts

Price on request

Quoting and estimating platform for custom manufacturers that reads 3D CAD, detects features, flags manufacturability issues and applies your own pricing rules.

Best for
Established job shops (roughly 10-50+ people) quoting many custom parts per week
Price
Custom quote; not published. Vendor says price depends on shop size, RFQ volume, modules, integrations and contract length.

CloudNC Quote Agent

Price on request

Upload CAD, PDFs or drawings (or forward RFQ emails to an inbox) and get DFM risk flags plus an editable draft quote.

Best for
CNC shops that want faster first-pass quotes with machinability checks
Price
Free to try, no credit card required. Paid pricing not published.

QuotedPart

Price published

Prices milled, turned and sheet-metal parts from the STEP model plus the PDF print, using editable formulas tied to your own machines and rates.

Best for
Small machine shops (1-20 people) that want transparent, formula-based quoting
Price
$199/month for the whole shop, unlimited users. 14-day free trial, no card, no contract.

MetronQ

Price published

Reads geometry from STEP/IGES or drawings, checks the part against your machines, and prices it on your rates, with an approval gate before anything reaches the customer.

Best for
Small shops that want an instant-quote widget on their own website
Price
From €119/month (Start, up to 100 quotes) or €5 per quote pay-as-you-go; Pro €219/month; prices net of VAT. 14-day trial.

Phasio

Price published

Quoting plus production software for contract manufacturers: CAD in, rule-based draft quote out, with routing and shop-floor modules on higher tiers.

Best for
Mixed-process shops (CNC + 3D printing + molding)
Price
Startup $330/month; Pro $880/month; Factory Floor custom. One-year initial term.

Uptool

Price published

Connects to your RFQ inbox, opens the CAD, drawing and BOM in each request, drafts the estimate and lets you reply on the same email thread.

Best for
US machine and fab shops under 100 people drowning in emailed RFQs
Price
Starts at $195/month (1-2 employee shops); vendor says most shops pay $195-$495/month depending on headcount and ITAR. Month-to-month, free 1-week trial.

Setell

Price published

General quote-to-cash assistant for trades: picks up requests from Gmail/Outlook, reads STEP files, drafts a priced quote from your history, and books invoices in QuickBooks or Xero.

Best for
Very small shops (1-5 people) that want cheap quoting plus invoicing
Price
Free (3 AI quotes/month); Solo $14.99/mo; Business $49/mo; Pro $99/mo (unlimited).

Liquid Quote

Price published

Watches estimators' inboxes, turns RFQs with prints into drafts, extracts BOMs, and matches each line against your past won quotes.

Best for
Fabrication and job shops with a large library of past quotes
Price
From $399/month for solo shops.

Toolpath

Price published

AI part analysis (DFM, cycle-time and cost estimates) plus toolpath generation inside Autodesk Fusion; also sold as an API.

Best for
Fusion-based shops wanting estimating and CAM help in one place
Price
API plans: Free (100 DFM analyses + 10 estimates/month), Core $400/mo, higher tier $1,500/mo. Shop-app pricing beyond free tools: unknown.

CloudNC CAM Assist

Price on request

Plug-in that proposes machining strategies, operations and toolpaths for 3-axis and 3+2 milling inside your existing CAM package. Vendor says it gets you up to 80% of the program.

Best for
Milling shops where the programmer is the bottleneck
Price
Bespoke, per active seat; not published in the US. (A Chinese reseller page lists annual plans from ¥2,780/month.)

Limitless Labs CAM Agent

Price on request

AI CAM agent that runs natively inside Mastercam and Siemens NX and generates editable, ready-to-post toolpaths using your tool libraries.

Best for
Shops already on Mastercam or NX doing 3-axis work
Price
Not published (per seat, contact vendor).

Widely used CAD/CAM with automation features; the Manufacturing Extension adds advanced toolpaths and automated programming aids. A common base for AI add-ins like Toolpath and CAM Assist.

Best for
Small shops wanting affordable all-in-one CAD/CAM
Price
Fusion $680/user/year; Manufacturing Extension $1,465/user/year (requires Fusion).

ProShop ERP

Price on request

Combined ERP, MES and quality system built by a machine shop, aimed at precision shops needing AS9100/ITAR/FDA traceability.

Best for
Aerospace, defense and medical job shops (10-200 people)
Price
Quote-based; third-party listing says from about $500/month.

Fulcrum

Price on request

Cloud ERP/MES for job shops with quoting, job tracking, inventory, quality and an Autoschedule feature that re-plans from live production data.

Best for
Machining and sheet-metal shops replacing legacy ERP
Price
Third-party listing says from about $800/month; vendor requires a demo for pricing.

JobBOSS² (ECI)

Price on request

Long-running job-shop ERP covering quoting, job costing, scheduling and inventory, with an AI BOM Builder add-on that drafts bills of materials from PDFs, spreadsheets and images.

Best for
Make-to-order job shops (5-100 people)
Price
Quote-based; a third-party listing cites from $6,000/year.

E2 Shop System (ECI)

Price on request

Job-shop ERP from ECI (formerly Shoptech) with estimating, order management, scheduling whiteboard, purchasing and accounting.

Best for
Small job shops that want a widely-supported ERP
Price
Quote-based; not published.

MIE Trak Pro

Price on request

ERP for job shops and make-to-order manufacturers covering quoting, scheduling, inventory and accounting.

Best for
Small to mid job shops
Price
Third-party listing: from $125/user/month.

MachineMetrics

Price on request

Machine monitoring and MES: real-time dashboards, alerts, ERP-connected job tracking and drag-and-drop scheduling.

Best for
Shops of 20+ machines that want monitoring plus scheduling
Price
Volume-based subscription; price not published.

Datanomix

Price on request

Hands-off production monitoring for CNC shops: connects to FANUC and Haas controls to capture cycle times, part counts, alarms and tool-level data with no operator input.

Best for
Small precision CNC shops focused on cycle time and job costing
Price
Per machine per year; custom quote.

Scytec DataXchange

Price on request

OEE and machine monitoring with broad CNC protocol support, unlimited users and cloud or on-prem options.

Best for
Job shops wanting budget-friendly OEE tracking
Price
Third-party review lists cloud tiers of $47-$140/machine/month plus a $1,000-$2,500 one-time activation; vendor asks you to request pricing.

Amper

Price on request

Factory operations platform using clip-on current sensors and PLC connections, so it works on old machines without network controls.

Best for
Shops with older or mixed equipment
Price
Not published; third-party estimate around $50/machine/month. Now sold by ECI Software Solutions.

CNC Monitor

Price published

Software-only monitoring pointed at the controller IP; free tier for real-time dashboards, paid tier adds integrations and an MCP server so you can ask an AI assistant about your machines.

Best for
Small shops wanting to try monitoring for free
Price
Free tier; Full $30/machine/month. No extra hardware.

High QA

Price on request

Inspection planning and quality platform: automated 2D/3D ballooning, GD&T/PMI extraction, CMM integration and AS9102/PPAP reports.

Best for
CMM-heavy shops doing aerospace/automotive FAI
Price
Not published.

Mavlon

Price on request

Browser-based AI that reads 2D PDF drawings, places balloons and fills AS9102 Form 3 with dimensions, tolerances and GD&T for human review.

Best for
Small aerospace shops doing occasional AS9102 FAIs
Price
First drawing free, no signup; then per-drawing pricing (amount not published).

LandingAI LandingLens

Price published

Train camera-based defect detection models in the browser, then run them on industrial PCs or cameras with LandingEdge.

Best for
Shops piloting visual inspection without hiring a vision engineer
Price
Free plan (1,000 credits/month, up to 3 users; downloaded models non-commercial only). Enterprise pricing via sales.

Scortex Spark

Price on request

Turnkey AI camera inspection stations for cosmetic defects, including multi-camera setups for small parts.

Best for
Higher-volume part runs where 100% inspection is required
Price
Not published.

Edge Impulse

Price published

Platform for training small ML models (vibration, sound, temperature, images) and deploying them onto microcontrollers, PLCs like Arduino Opta, and edge computers.

Best for
DIY-minded shops and integrators building sensor-based anomaly detection
Price
Developer plan free for prototyping; production deployment requires an Enterprise subscription (custom pricing).

Arduino Opta

Price published

DIN-rail micro PLC (Wi-Fi/BLE, Ethernet, RS-485, 8 inputs, 4 relays) programmable with ladder logic or Arduino code, and able to run small ML models.

Best for
Adding simple monitoring or smart logic to an older machine
Price
Opta WiFi listed at €206 (VAT incl.) on the Arduino EU store; US price varies.

Low-cost hardware for running vision models locally: a camera with an on-sensor AI chip (Sony IMX500) and an add-on accelerator board for Raspberry Pi 5.

Best for
Cheap vision experiments (part presence, counting, simple checks)
Price
AI Camera $70; AI HAT+ $70 (13 TOPS) or $110 (26 TOPS).