# Yantra Bhavan

> An Indian manufacturing marketplace. Buyers upload a design and get it
> made; workshops sell their spare machine capacity. Processes include FDM
> and SLA 3D printing, CNC machining, and laser, waterjet and wire EDM
> cutting. Prices are in Indian rupees and include 18% GST.

## The product

- [Yantra Bhavan](https://yantrabhavan.com/): An Indian manufacturing marketplace across eight processes: a buyer prices a part in their own browser before uploading it, and workshops sell their spare machine capacity.
- [How it works](https://yantrabhavan.com/how-it-works): The path a part takes from a priced design file to a delivered order, described for both sides of the marketplace.
- [Instant Quote](https://yantrabhavan.com/instant-quote): Drop in a binary STL, a STEP for CNC or a DXF for cutting and get an indicative price in seconds. The geometry is measured in your own browser, so nothing is uploaded.
- [Industries served](https://yantrabhavan.com/industries): The sectors that buy through Yantra Bhavan and the kinds of part each typically orders, printed, machined or cut.

## Manufacturing processes

- [All eight processes](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes): The eight processes you can order through Yantra Bhavan, what each one is good for, and which file each one reads.
- [3D Printing (FDM)](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes/fdm): Filament 3D printing for prototypes, jigs and low-volume plastic parts, priced from a binary STL in your own browser.
- [CNC Machining](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes/cnc): CNC machining in aluminium, stainless, titanium and engineering plastics, quoted from a STEP or STL file.
- [Resin Printing (SLA/DLP)](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes/sla): Resin 3D printing for fine detail and smooth surfaces, in standard, tough, clear and castable resins.
- [Powder Bed (SLS/MJF)](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes/powder): Powder-bed printing in nylon, TPU and metal — SLS, MJF and DMLS — for parts that need no supports.
- [Laser Cutting](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes/laser): Laser cutting for flat parts in steel, aluminium, acrylic and board, quoted from a DXF outline.
- [Waterjet Cutting](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes/waterjet): Waterjet cutting for thick plate, titanium and composites, with no heat affected zone at the cut edge.
- [Drag Knife / Vinyl](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes/drag-knife): Drag-knife cutting for vinyl, card, foam, gasket rubber and fabric — the soft goods a laser should not touch.
- [Wire EDM](https://yantrabhavan.com/processes/wire-edm): Wire EDM for hardened steel, sharp internal corners and delicate profiles, cut without any cutting force.

## Industries and use cases

- [Design and mechanical engineers](https://yantrabhavan.com/for/engineers): Price a part against every matching workshop without uploading it, see what the number is made of, and send STEP for CNC or DXF for cutting.
- [Procurement and sourcing leads](https://yantrabhavan.com/for/procurement): Price one file against every matching workshop, order across several of them at once, and see the GST and shipping before you pay.
- [Hardware startups](https://yantrabhavan.com/for/startups): Price prototype quantities without a minimum-order conversation, and move from a printed part to a machined one without changing supplier.
- [Engineering teams inside larger companies](https://yantrabhavan.com/for/enterprise): Get a price without the CAD file leaving your machine, and give a workshop access that ends when the job does rather than when a link expires.

## Comparisons

- [Alternatives and comparisons](https://yantrabhavan.com/alternatives): Where else to get a part made in India, what other software runs a workshop floor, and an honest account of what each of them does better than us.
- [Xometry alternative](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/xometry): Xometry compared with Yantra Bhavan: certifications, process coverage, accepted files, and whether you can see a price before uploading.
- [Fictiv alternative](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/fictiv): Fictiv compared with Yantra Bhavan: parametric-CAD-only quoting, the Bengaluru hub, certifications, and what each is best for.
- [Craftcloud alternative](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/craftcloud): Craftcloud compared with Yantra Bhavan: two aggregators that own no machines, their file formats, networks and pricing flows.
- [FabFlow alternative](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/fabflow): FabFlow compared with Yantra Bhavan: two Indian open marketplaces, how each produces a price, and which processes each covers.
- [Protolabs Network alternative](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/protolabs-network): Protolabs Network compared with Yantra Bhavan: certifications, the mesh-file rule, the 30-day price lock and India coverage.
- [SimplyPrint alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/simplyprint): SimplyPrint compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: printer control and AI detection against multi-process scheduling and marketplace orders.
- [Printago alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/printago): Printago compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: storefront-driven print jobs against marketplace orders across eight processes.
- [3DPrinterOS alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/3dprinteros): 3DPrinterOS compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: campus single sign-on and print accounting against multi-process scheduling and marketplace orders.
- [OctoPrint alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/octoprint): OctoPrint compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: a free self-hosted single-printer controller against a hosted multi-process queue.
- [OctoFarm alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/octofarm): OctoFarm compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: an unmaintained OctoPrint fleet dashboard against an actively developed multi-process queue.
- [Printerhive alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/printerhive): Printerhive compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: an embeddable quote widget and a capped farm plan against marketplace orders across eight processes.
- [Polar Cloud alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/polar-cloud): Polar Cloud compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: classroom rosters and safeguarding against commercial orders across eight processes.
- [Prusa Connect alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/prusa-connect): Prusa Connect compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: a free single-vendor printer console against a multi-process, multi-brand queue.
- [Obico alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/obico): Obico compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: open-source print-failure detection against multi-process scheduling and marketplace orders.
- [AstroPrint alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/astroprint): AstroPrint compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: cloud slicing and classroom permissions against multi-process scheduling and marketplace orders.
- [Bambuddy alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/bambuddy): Bambuddy compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: a self-hosted Bambu dashboard with directory sign-in against a hosted multi-process queue.
- [3DQue AutoFarm3D alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/autofarm3d): 3DQue AutoFarm3D compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: auto-ejection and print monitoring against multi-process scheduling and marketplace orders.
- [Print&Go alternative for a workshop floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/compare/production-floor/print-and-go): Print&Go compared with Yantra Bhavan Production Floor: a robotic unloading cell against multi-process scheduling and marketplace orders.

## For manufacturing partners

- [Sell on Yantra Bhavan](https://yantrabhavan.com/sell): How a workshop joins, whether it runs printers, a mill, a laser or a waterjet: what onboarding asks for, how RFQs reach you, and how settlements work.
- [Partner plans](https://yantrabhavan.com/seller/pricing): Subscription plans for manufacturing partners, with what each plan includes. Open to signed-out visitors — it is where a workshop starts.

## Hardware

- [Switch Bot](https://yantrabhavan.com/yantras/switch-bot): An automatic filament changer for FDM printers, sold by Yantra Bhavan.

## About the company

- [About Yantra Bhavan](https://yantrabhavan.com/about): Who builds Yantra Bhavan, why an Indian manufacturing marketplace needed building, and the three numbers we can actually stand behind.
- [Contact us](https://yantrabhavan.com/contact): How to reach Yantra Bhavan, for buyers and for workshops.
- [Trust and your IP](https://yantrabhavan.com/trust-and-ip): What happens to a design file, who can see it, and what is kept — starting with the fact that pricing never uploads it.

## Handbook

Documentation for both sides of the marketplace, at https://yantrabhavan.com/guide.

### Start here

What Yantra Bhavan is, and one order followed end to end.

- [What Yantra Bhavan is](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/what-is-yantra-bhavan): The two sides of the marketplace, the words you will see on screen, and which track to read next.
- [Your first order, end to end](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/your-first-order): One worked example: a bracket goes from an uploaded STL to a delivered part, with every screen it passes through.

### Buying parts

Upload a design, get it priced, compare responses, receive it.

- [Projects and Parts](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/projects-and-parts): A Part is the design you own; a Project is a folder you keep it in. Neither commits you to buying anything.
- [Getting a price for your part](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/getting-a-price): When Instant Quote answers on its own, when to raise an RFQ instead, and what your design file needs to carry.
- [Comparing and accepting quotes](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/comparing-and-accepting-quotes): How to read what sellers send back on an RFQ, how to negotiate, and exactly what accepting commits you to.
- [Orders, payment and delivery](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/orders-payment-delivery): Checkout by UPI, card or net banking, the 18% GST on your total, and the seven order statuses in the order you will see them.

### Selling capacity

Set up a shop, win work, and run it through your floor.

- [Setting up your shop](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/setting-up-your-shop): Pick a plan, clear the four-step verification wizard, then activate payouts — and what blocks you at each step.
- [Rate Cards, Equipment and Materials](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/rate-cards-equipment-materials): Tell the marketplace what you can make and what it costs, so quotes reach you already filtered to work you want.
- [Winning RFQs](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/winning-rfqs): The RFQ board and its columns, and the one thing that surprises every new seller: you price an RFQ by editing its Bill of Materials.
- [Running an order through production](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/running-an-order): Every status change happens on the order detail page, one action at a time — the Orders board itself does nothing.
- [The Production Floor](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/production-floor): The floor assigns work to idle machines by itself. You confirm what comes off them, and deal with what needs you.
- [Connecting your machines](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/connecting-machines): Pair a machine with an agent and it reports its own status, takes jobs automatically and shows live progress.

### Working with others

Teams, roles and what happens to your data.

- [Team roles and permissions](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/team-roles): Owner, Manager, Technician and Viewer — who can see what, who can act, and how to invite someone.
- [Data security and your IP](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/data-security-trust): What happens to a design after you upload it, who can see it, and what you can delete.

### Reference

Every term and every status, in one place.

- [Glossary](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/glossary): Every term the product uses, in one sentence each, with where on screen you will meet it.
- [Status reference](https://yantrabhavan.com/guide/status-reference): One table per object — Part, RFQ, Order, production — giving each status, what it means, and what moves it on.

## Other languages

Every guide is also published in hi, gu, ta, mr, kn, te. Prefix the
path with the language code, e.g. /hi/guide/what-is-yantra-bhavan.

## Full text

- [https://yantrabhavan.com/llms-full.txt](https://yantrabhavan.com/llms-full.txt): the same index with each guide's prerequisites, related reading and the application areas it covers.

Last updated: 2026-09-04