Yantra Bhavan vs Craftcloud
Craftcloud reads more formats. We quote in rupees, from Indian workshops.
The purest aggregator in the category — it owns no machines, reads more file formats than anyone, and still needs the upload first.
The short version
Craftcloud is the closest structural match to us: a marketplace that owns no production and routes your part to a network of manufacturers, comparing their prices for you.
Their format list is the widest we found anywhere — around thirty extensions — and they ship worldwide from 190+ manufacturers.
The differences are geography and the upload: they are global and unspecific about India; we are Indian, and price in your browser first.
Side by side
| Yantra Bhavan | Craftcloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Processes | Eight processes, including the 2D cutting family and wire EDM. | 3D printing and CNC machining, with 20+ technologies claimed. |
| Files accepted | STL, STEP, STP, DXF — deliberately narrow, and every one is tested end to end. | Around thirty: STL, 3MF, OBJ, STEP, STP, IGES, IGS, BREP, ZIP plus mesh and point-cloud formats including DAE, GLB, GLTF, PLY and VRML. |
| A price before you upload | Yes, measured in your browser. | "Upload your 3D models to get instant quotes." |
| India | Indian company, INR, GST invoice, Indian workshops. | Not stated on their site |
| Network | Indian workshops, each with its own rate card. | 190+ manufacturers shipping to 95 countries; 8M+ parts produced. |
We read fewer formats on purpose, and it is worth explaining why
Craftcloud accepts roughly thirty extensions to our three. That is a genuine convenience and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Our list is short because every format on it is converted and sliced end to end before it is advertised — the pickers used to offer ten and nine of them failed after upload with an unhelpful error. A narrow list that always works beats a wide one that sometimes does, but if your file is a GLTF, they can take it today and we cannot.
Two aggregators, one of which is local
Neither of us owns a machine. Both of us fan your part out to workshops and show you what comes back. The difference is the network: theirs spans 95 countries and does not mention India on its own site; ours is Indian workshops quoting in rupees, invoicing with GST, and shipping domestically by Shiprocket or their own courier.
Pick Yantra Bhavan when
You are ordering in India and want rupee pricing, a GST invoice and a domestic workshop — plus the number before the upload.
Pick Craftcloud when
You want the widest possible choice of manufacturers and materials across 95 countries, or your file is in a format almost nobody reads — 3MF, BREP, IGES, GLTF, PLY and two dozen more are all on their published list.
Questions we get asked
Drop in your file and see the number
The geometry is measured in your browser, so you can see a price before the file goes anywhere.
Price my part