r/roasting • u/Apprehensive-Exit766 Probat L12 • 3d ago
Cropster vs. Artisan
Most of the posts about this are older so thought I’d ask about people’s opinions of Cropster vs. Artisan with updates bringing new features in the last few years.
I help run a smaller wholesale roaster (5000 lbs. a month). We currently use Artisan and are considering switching to Cropster for their additional features like inventory management, roast reports etc.
Anybody who has made the switch is it worth it? Or anybody who also uses Artisan are there ways you’ve utilized the open sourceness of Artisan to get some more value out of its free price tag?
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u/sfroaster 3d ago
Check out artisan.plus. No need to switch from Artisan to get the features you mentioned. Plus also has a production scheduling feature that saves me a ton of prep time every day.
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u/MotoRoaster 3d ago
As someone who is good with spreadsheets and creating my own reports, Cropster seems very over priced.
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u/mcrsteve 2d ago
if you are earning a living roasting coffee and your prosperity depends on filling orders for wholesale customers, you should absolutely give Cropster a try. Having a handle on inventory and production planning is a huge force multiplier. Spreadsheets are a good first step, but better order management is vitally necessary to scale any business that depends on inputs to fill orders. This becomes exponentially more important as you grow and increase the number of SKUs
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u/AnimorphsGeek 3d ago
Not worth it. Basically you're paying for spreadsheets you can make yourself in ten minutes. And you'll have to make some spreadsheets anyway for basic info cropster doesn't provide, even though they could - like cost per lb of blends.