Software Alternatives & Reviews

Printrun VS Polar Cloud

Compare Printrun VS Polar Cloud and see what are their differences

Printrun logo Printrun

Printrun is a full suite of host interfaces for 3D printers and CNC.

Polar Cloud logo Polar Cloud

Polar3D is a technology company delivering software, products and content to educate and enable a...
  • Printrun Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-05-25
  • Polar Cloud Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-04-24

Printrun videos

Simple 3D | RepStrap Printer #7 | Marlin and Printrun | Thermistor and Homing Test

Polar Cloud videos

Review connecting Polar cloud Adventurer3

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Printrun and Polar Cloud)
3D
73 73%
27% 27
CAD
68 68%
32% 32
Architecture
66 66%
34% 34
3D Modeling
69 69%
31% 31

User comments

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Polar Cloud seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Printrun mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Printrun yet. Tracking of Printrun recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Polar Cloud mentions (3)

  • After being a Prusa user for years I’m happy I took the leap and bought 3 X1s. The new MK4 looks a little disappointing. Never thought MK3 needed a stiffer frame, color screen or a MMU.
    Do you need to access your printer over the internet? Possibly not. But your position is that BL are sending data to their cloud service without good reason. That it offers a feature not provided by Octoprint and Mainsail is that good reason. There are even 3rd party services for Octoprint to ADD this functionality and they charge money for it e.g. https://polar3d.com/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • FlashCloud had disappeared
    Polar Cloud is hosted in the west and in my opinion integrates better with the printer than Flashcloud. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Need help
    Have 3 flashforge guider IIs that connect to polar cloud, https://polar3d.com/. Don’t know if this is a flashforge program or 3rd party. There is a setting to allow for polar cloud connect. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Printrun and Polar Cloud, you can also consider the following products

Cura - Cura aims to be a end solution for personal 3D printing with RepRap based machines.

OctoPrint - OctoPrint is the snappy web interface for your 3D printer that allows you to control and monitor all aspects of your printer and print jobs, right from your browser.

MatterControl - MatterControl is a free, open source app that lets you organize and manage your 3D prints.

Slic3r - STL-to-GCODE translator for RepRap printers Here comes Slic3r! Its features are: - speed

AstroPrint - Slice, Store, and Print your 3D files from any web enabled device.

ChituBox - Slicer compatible with a wide range of DLP/LCD/SLA 3D printers.