Broderly Reviews and Details

Broderly is machine embroidery digitizing software that runs entirely in the web browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox) on Windows, Mac, Linux and iPad. There is nothing to install.

What it does

• Image to embroidery: logos, drawings, SVG and photos are turned into fills, satin columns and running stitches, with underlay, pull compensation and stitch order handled for you.
• Text and lettering: built-in fonts or your own .ttf fonts, straight or arched, name series exported as a ZIP.
• Patches and appliqué: placement line, tack-down, background, satin border, and an SVG/DXF cut line for cutting plotters (ScanNCut, Cricut, Silhouette) or lasers.
• Quality check before stitching: stitches outside the hoop, too short or too dense stitches, untrimmed jumps, satin columns too wide, text too small, each fixable in one click. 3D stitch preview.
• Six machine formats written: PES (Brother, Baby Lock), DST (Tajima, Barudan, Ricoma, SWF, ZSK), JEF (Janome, Elna), VP3 (Husqvarna Viking, Pfaff), EXP (Melco, Bernina) and HUS. XXX (Singer) is read.
• Guided mode in five big steps for people who are not comfortable with computers, and an expert mode with multi-head production tools (needle assignment, color stops, production sheet, price quote).
• Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.

Pricing: a free plan (guided mode, 3 machine files per month), then from 9.99 €/month. The expert plan (Atelier) has a 14-day free trial.