inkcloud9 Review, Pricing & Features

InkCloud is a cloud-hosted MIS (management information system) built specifically for the print industry, covering commercial printers, trade/wholesale printers, in-plant and reprographic operations, print brokers, print fulfillment centers, and screen/embroidery shops. The platform is organized around a central Core dashboard that tracks jobs, orders, and analytics, with additional modules layered on top: StoreFront (themed, white-label web-to-print e-commerce sites with cart, payment, and shipping-rate calculation), Microsites (secure B2B ordering portals for corporate print buyers to order from an approved print partner), VPOD (Variable Print-On-Demand — dynamic rendering of Adobe InDesign templates with variable text, images, QR codes, and data lists), an RFQ/procurement module that automates quote requests to multiple vendors and converts approved quotes into purchase orders, an inventory/warehouse module with reorder prediction across multiple locations, a shipping console with live UPS/FedEx/USPS rates and label printing, a vendor dashboard for suppliers to manage assigned RFQs and POs, and a developer portal offering REST API access for custom integrations. InkCloud markets itself heavily on cost: its homepage and published case studies claim over 60% lower software costs than comparable end-to-end print MIS platforms, and case studies from Taylor Graphics, GR Print, and Cards That Give Back report reduced pre-press turnaround time, lower templating/software spend, and productivity gains after switching.