Linx is quote-only, per-station, annual contract. Built for POD service bureaus fulfilling other people's brands — not direct apparel decorators selling their own work. PlatenFlow is public pricing, per shop, month-to-month, with a free sandbox you can open right now.
Linx is good at what it's built for — POD service bureaus running one-to-one tracking and machine integration for other people's brands. If you're a decorator selling your own work, the ICPs don't line up.
| Linx Quote only Per station, annual contract | PlatenFlow $175 /mo Base, month-to-month | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | × Quote only | ✓ Published, one plan |
| Per-station fee | × Yes | ✓ None |
| Per-user fee | × Yes | ✓ None |
| Contract length | × Annual | ✓ Month-to-month |
| Target customer | POD service bureaus, fulfillment houses | Direct apparel decorators |
| DTG, DTF, screen, embroidery, sublimation | ~ DTG strong; DTF/embroidery limited; no sublimation | ✓ DTG & DTF in base; more as $25 modules |
| Mobile scanner on any phone | × Hardware required | ✓ Any phone, browser-based |
| Shopify multi-store | ~ Limited | ✓ Multi-store order sync |
| Try before buying | × Sales process | ✓ Free sandbox, no signup |
| Time-to-first-look | Schedule a call | demo.platenflow.com |
// Sources: brown-digital.com / Linx pricing pages (quote only), reseller comparisons, PlatenFlow internal ICP analysis. Pricing current as of May 2026.
Quote-only pricing, annual contracts, and per-station fees all point at one assumption: the buyer is an enterprise procurement department, not an owner-operator in a print shop.
PlatenFlow Base is $175/mo per shop, plus optional $25/mo modules. On the pricing page. No discovery call to find out what it costs.
Linx is annual. PlatenFlow is month-to-month, cancel anytime. The product has to earn the next month every month — that's the deal.
Linx targets fulfillment houses running production for other people's brands. PlatenFlow is for shops selling their own work — DTG, DTF, screen, embroidery, sublimation, hybrid.
Open demo.platenflow.com, see a seeded production day end-to-end. No discovery call. No email capture. If it doesn't look like your shop, you've lost five minutes, not five business days.
Real questions from shop owners evaluating PlatenFlow against the alternatives.
For direct apparel decorators, yes. Linx is built for POD service bureaus — fulfillment houses producing on behalf of other people's brands. PlatenFlow is built for shops selling their own decorated work.
Linx pricing is quote-only and not published on the vendor website. Reported pricing is per-station with annual contracts. PlatenFlow publishes one plan — PlatenFlow Base at $175/mo per shop, plus optional $25/mo modules — and is month-to-month.
Yes. demo.platenflow.com runs a seeded production day end-to-end with no signup, no email capture, and no scheduling step.
PlatenFlow includes DTG and DTF production in its base plan, and offers screen print, embroidery, and sublimation as optional $25/mo modules; sublimation orders are routable and trackable through the same production workflow. Linx is DTG-strong but treats DTF and embroidery as limited and does not advertise sublimation.
See PlatenFlow side-by-side against the rest of the apparel-decoration software market.
The free sandbox runs a seeded production day end-to-end. No signup, no email capture, no annual contract.