Halftonik and Printavo
Thinking about Printavo, or moving from it? Here's how the two compare for an Australian shop.
| What | Printavo | Halftonik |
|---|---|---|
| Billed in | US dollars | Australian dollars, with GST shown |
| About what a 5-person shop pays a month | About A$351 (Standard plan). Purchase orders need the top plan | A$159.00 ex GST, everything included |
| Each extra user | About A$27 each on the top plan | A$15.00 a month ex GST after 3. Production staff free |
| Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks | Not offered (QuickBooks only) | All three, sent automatically |
| Australian supplier catalogues | Not stated | From a spreadsheet, or kept up to date from the supplier's link |
| Your data kept in Australia | Not stated | Yes, in Sydney |
From each company's public website, October 2026. Their prices converted at US$1 = A$1.44, ex GST, for 5 office users. Prices and features change, so check their sites for the latest.
Included in Halftonik, with no add-ons
- Quotes with price breakdowns, dark garment and turnaround pricing
- Approvals and quote PDFs
- Artwork and proofs your customers approve
- Job board, calendar and production schedule, with a ready-to-print check
- QR job sheets, team comments, @mentions and time on jobs
- Sales board, follow-ups, tags and saved views
- Purchase orders to your suppliers
- Tax invoices, card payments and deposits
- Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks, or a download for any other system
- Mockup builder and customer order page
- Customer portal and club stores
- Stock, part deliveries and courier tracking
- Emails, reminders and a full message log
- Automations that email, remind and move jobs for you
- AI quote drafts, artwork checks and email drafts, 300 uses a month
- Text messages to customers, 200 a month included
- Team roles with per-person permissions, two-step sign-in and an activity log
Switching from Printavo
- Bring your customers across. Export customers from Printavo or your accounting app as a CSV and load it in Customers, Import. You see what will be added before anything changes.
- Bring your past jobs. Export your orders from Printavo as a CSV and load it in Jobs, Bring past jobs across. Each customer's history comes with them, and jobs still in progress land on the board.
- Load your supplier price lists. Load each supplier's CSV, or save the link to it so it loads again each day.
- Set your prices. Edit the starter price lists for screen print, embroidery, DTF and transfers.
- Connect your books. Connect Xero, MYOB Business or QuickBooks, and card payments with Stripe.
- Run both for a while. Quote new jobs here and finish what's in progress there. The free trial is long enough to try it on real work.
Try it next to Printavo
Set up your prices, send a real quote and see how it feels. It takes minutes, not weeks.