Craftybase alternative for resin artists

Every pour, to the mixed ounce —
without the $49 plan.

Craftybase became Stocksmith, aimed at manufacturing-scale businesses, opening at $49/mo. Resin math is two-part math — resin and hardener by the ounce at ratio, mica by the gram, molds that wear out a few dozen pours in, and 24 to 72 hours of cure before anything ships. That's a bench craft, not a factory, and MadeKeeper costs it the way you mix it, all on one $19/mo plan.

The app is live. Free during the pilot. Founding rate $19/mo, locked for life — no order-line meters, ever.

Honest up front: MadeKeeper is an early open pilot — free while we build with founding makers, and the core app is live today. Zero customers, so zero testimonials; every Craftybase fact below is sourced on the main comparison page.

Why resin belongs on a bench-sized tool

A pour's recipe pulls mixed ounces of resin and hardener at your working ratio, so gallon-kit economics finally show up per coaster. Mica, pigment, and inclusions log per pour instead of vanishing into the supply drawer. Mold wear rides along as a consumable — a $9 mold good for about thirty pours costs 30¢ a pour, so your bestseller doesn't secretly retire its molds for free. And pieces mid-cure count as made-but-not-sellable, respecting the demold-to-ship gap. None of it is a tier away.

Bring your history for free. Export from Stocksmith, drop the files in, and purchases become lots, pours become batches with frozen costs, and orders become sales on their original dates — previewed, and one click to undo. See how the migration works →

The short version

Craftybase is Stocksmith now, and it's grown toward bigger operations — a fair path for them, and the right tool if you run at scale. But if you're a resin artist at one bench and one booth:

  • Craftybase / Stocksmith$49–$349/mo, order-line caps
  • MadeKeeper$19/mo, one plan, no meters
  • Your historymigrates free, previewed & undoable
  • The applive now, free during the pilot
resin crafts, its own way$19/mo

Everything Craftybase was loved for at your size, plus per-event fair profit it never had — and it stays this size on purpose. See the full head-to-head →

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, batch "makes" with your labor amortized in, the suggested-price coach, product variants, sales that drain stock, the market-day quick-sale screen, lot tracking, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, money-insight reports, multi-location consignment, the cure/best-by heads-up engine, mileage, expenses, and the Schedule C tax packet — all in the app today, with guided setup and the full Craftybase history migration to get you started. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, shipping labels, email to past buyers, and AI data entry are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions resin artists ask

Is there a cheaper Craftybase alternative for resin artists?

MadeKeeper is $19/mo, one plan, everything included — against Stocksmith's (was Craftybase) $49-and-up tiers. For a resin bench it's sized right: two-part costing by the mixed ounce, mold wear carried as a consumable, and the cure window on the books.

Does MadeKeeper handle two-part resin and mold wear like Craftybase?

Yes. Log resin and hardener at their prices and a pour's recipe pulls mixed ounces at your ratio, so a 10-oz pour costs what the kit math says every time. Set a pours-per-mold estimate and each pour carries its share of mold wear; retire a clouded mold early and the numbers stay honest.

Can I move my resin data off Craftybase?

Your materials, purchases, pours (as batches), and orders (as sales) migrate free on their original dates. Recipes are the one thing no Craftybase export contains, so you rebuild them with your old per-piece cost as a target. The switch page has the full walkthrough.

See your real numbers

The app is live and free during the pilot. Lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.