--- description: Review of Machestra Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Machestra | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Scheduling Software](/directory/4738/scheduling/software) > [Machestra](/software/560733/Machestra) # Machestra Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/560733/Machestra > Machestra is built for the shop owner who is still the person doing the scheduling. If your production plan lives on a whiteboard, in a shared Google Calendar, or in a spreadsheet only one person really understands, this is the tool that replaces it. It covers four things and nothing else: Scheduling. Drag jobs onto machines and see the whole week at a glance. Multi-step jobs get a machine and an operator assigned per operation, so a part that goes lathe, then mill, then deburr is tracked as one job instead of three sticky notes. Priorities and deadlines are visible, so you know what is at risk before the customer calls. Machines. Every machine has a live status (active, idle, unavailable) and a count of what is running on it. You stop double-booking the only machine that can hold the tolerance. People. Operators see the jobs assigned to them and update status from the floor. Managers schedule and reassign. Owners see everything. Three roles, no permissions matrix to configure. Materials. Each job lists what it needs and how much. Stock levels update as jobs run, and you get a low-stock alert before a job stops for want of bar stock. What Machestra deliberately does not do is quoting, CRM, accounting, or MRP. Most software aimed at small shops keeps adding modules until it needs a consultant to set up. We took the opposite position. Fewer screens, fewer fields, and a system your least computer-comfortable operator can use on day one. Pricing is flat per machine tier with no per-user fees, so putting the whole crew on it does not change your bill. Starter is $19 a month, Growth is $79 a month, and prices are adjusted for local purchasing power outside the US. The free tier runs 3 machines with no credit card and no time limit, so you can schedule a real week of work before deciding anything. Setup is self-serve and takes an afternoon: add your machines, add your materials, start entering jobs. No implementation fee, no onboarding call required. Support is by email direct to the founder, and feature requests from actual shops are what drive the roadmap. > > Verdict: Rated \*\*\*\* by 0 users. Top-rated for **Overall Quality**. ----- ## About the vendor - **Company**: Machestra ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Machestra Pricing Machestra is priced per shop, not per seat. You pick a plan based on how many machines you run, and every person in the shop gets their own login at no extra cost. A production manager, five operators and the owner all work off one Starter plan for one price. Per-user pricing quietly pushes shops into sharing a login or leaving operators off the system, and then the schedule goes stale because the people running the jobs cannot update it. Flat pricing takes that decision off the table. Every plan includes the same four capabilities, because that is the whole product: a scheduling board that stops you double-booking a machine, jobs broken into operations with a machine, operator and time on each, actual against planned time so your lead time estimates get better, and materials with quantities. Spreadsheet import and data export are on every plan, including Free. Plans Free. $0, forever. No credit card. 3 machines, 3 users, 10 jobs, 20 materials, 3 operations per job. Scheduling board, in-app notifications, spreadsheet import, 30-day data retention. Not a trial with a countdown. If you run two or three machines, stay here. Starter. $19 per month, or $190 per year. 10 machines, 50 users, 500 jobs, 500 materials, 10 operations per job. Everything in Free, plus dashboard analytics, email notifications, activity log and audit trail, 2-year data retention. Annual is two months free and includes free data import. Best for shops ready to ditch the spreadsheet. Growth. $79 per month, or $790 per year. 100 machines, 100 users, 5,000 jobs, 2,000 materials, 20 operations per job. Everything in Starter, plus the full analytics page (utilization, capacity, deep dives), push notifications, weekly digest, priority support, 10-year data retention. Annual is two months free and includes free data import. Best for scaling shops that need headroom. Enterprise. Custom quote. For 100+ machines, multi-site operations, custom integration needs or specific compliance requirements. Everything in Growth, plus a response-time service level agreement, dedicated onboarding and training, custom integrations on request, compliance documentation on request and quarterly check-ins. Contact us for a quote. Billing Monthly or annual. Annual is pay for 10 months, get 12. Subscriptions renew automatically. Cancel anytime from account settings, effective at the end of the current period. Upgrades and downgrades are prorated, and upgrades take effect instantly. Every payment carries a 14-day money-back guarantee, monthly or annual, not just your first. Request a full refund within 14 days by contacting support. Payment methods: all major credit and debit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Payments are processed by Paddle as Merchant of Record. Paddle handles sales tax and issues a compliant invoice for your country. Prices are adjusted for purchasing power by country. The figures above are United States pricing. Other markets may see a lower local price rather than a converted one. What you do not pay for No per-user fees. No setup or onboarding fee on any self-serve plan. No mandatory implementation consultant or paid training package. No sales call needed to get the published price. If we ever restructure plans, existing customers keep the features of their current tier for life. Feature sunsets carry at least 90 days written notice. Price changes carry 30 days notice by email. If you cancel Cancelling downgrades you to the Free plan at the end of your billing period. Your data stays, accessible under Free plan limits. Spreadsheet export works on every plan at any time. If you want to leave entirely, you can delete your account from settings. Free trial There is no separate trial, because the Free plan is the trial. Start with 3 machines, no credit card and no time limit, and upgrade when you are ready. Best fit Machine shops, fabrication, woodworking, molding and print shops running 3 to 30 machines. Sold to owner operators and production managers, used day to day by schedulers, supervisors and machine operators. Typically the schedule currently lives in a spreadsheet, a whiteboard and someone's memory, and the daily question is what runs on which machine next, and who is on it. Machestra is deliberately not a full resource planning system. There is no quoting, invoicing, accounting, customer management, quality management, maintenance scheduling or machine-controller data collection, and none of that is planned. If you need those, a full resource planning suite is the right category. Getting started Start on the free tier with your real machines and a week of real jobs. That is enough to know within a few days whether it fits your shop. Upgrading keeps your data. Pricing and fit questions reach the founder directly. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more ## Features - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Notifications - Availability Management - Calendar Management - Real-Time Notifications - Real-time Scheduling - Reporting & Statistics - Resource Scheduling - Task Scheduling ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk ## Category - [Scheduling Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4738/scheduling/software) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/560733/Machestra) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data