Compare the Top Packaging Software as of October 2026

What is Packaging Software?

Packaging software is software that enables businesses to create, manage, and optimize the packaging process for products. These tools assist in designing packaging, automating workflows, managing inventory, and ensuring compliance with regulations related to labeling and packaging standards. Packaging software typically includes features such as 3D modeling, artwork management, barcode generation, and packaging material optimization. It is widely used in industries like manufacturing, retail, food and beverage, and logistics to improve packaging efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the consumer experience through attractive and functional packaging. Compare and read user reviews of the best Packaging software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Packly

    Packly

    PACKLY

    Packly die-cut template must remain unchanged. It shouldn’t be modified in any way: it should not be moved within the artboard nor resized. In the Healthcare sector, packaging plays a leading role. It has to communicate clearly, be able to enhance the content and, last but not least, stand out on the shelves. Thanks to our application, you can create boxes with customized sizes and graphics. The wide range of models of boxes available will allow you to choose the perfect packaging for your products. If you are a cosmetic manufacturer and you are looking for a box for your nail polishes, your creams or for any product, choose one of the models proposed by Packly and create a box that enhances and adequately protects the contents. Choose the model, enter your measurements, apply your graphics and order the exact quantity you need.
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    Artwork Flow
    Artwork Flow is a cloud-based artwork management and label compliance platform that helps marketing, packaging, and regulatory teams collaborate efficiently, reduce errors, and launch products faster. Designed for businesses that manage multiple SKUs, products, and regional packaging variations, Artwork Flow streamlines the entire artwork lifecycle—from creative briefing and version control to real-time proofing and final approval. Whether you're creating packaging designs, managing label changes, or ensuring regulatory compliance, Artwork Flow gives you a single source of truth for every stakeholder involved in the process.
    Starting Price: $39/user/month
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    PrintVis

    PrintVis

    PrintVis

    PrintVis is the Microsoft-certified ERP/MIS specifically for the print industry. The perfect match for any print, packaging or label company, PrintVis is built directly on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and developed with print-specific MIS functionality. PrintVis lets you control all your production details through the life of a job, from estimate to delivery, and includes a full accounting package and robust business intelligence from Microsoft Dynamics. PrintVis is sold and implemented exclusively through our global network of highly-skilled PrintVis Implementation Partners. This is to ensure you have local support and expertise on a globally-proven system. Partners local to you are familiar with Microsoft Dynamics functionality for invoicing, posting and calculating state, federal, county, city/parish and VAT, GST and other complex fiscal issues which can differ from state to state and country to country.
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    EngView Suite

    EngView Suite

    EngView Systems

    EngView Package & Display Designer Suite is CAD/CAM software for 2D & 3D structural design of packaging and POP displays from folding carton, corrugated boards and rigid board. The Dieboard Calculator is a SaaS solution that helps Diemakers save time by providing their customers with automatic cost estimations for their sideboard designs. caliper is a mobile solution for keeping track of measurements done with a digital caliper, micrometer or any other manual measurement tool. All measurements are stored in the cloud. Scan Fit and Measure is an off-line 2D system for automated measurement and inspection of profile geometry specialized for the aluminum, plastic and medical tube extrusion industries. ALEX Tool Matching is an innovative software solution that saves time and resources of the aluminum extruders who keep an inventory of used backers and boisters with the hope of reusing them.
    Starting Price: 189 Euro/month
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    ArtiosCAD
    The world’s most popular structural design software for packaging. The world’s most popular structural design software for packaging, ArtiosCAD is designed to boost productivity for packaging professionals handling structural design, product development, virtual prototyping and manufacturing operations. With ArtiosCAD you don’t need to be a math genius to create challenging designs. The software handles all the metrics for you. It builds a perfectly fitting package around any imported 3D CAD product model. This way you’ll be able to focus solely on your creativity. ArtiosCAD saves hours of design work by turning custom designs into resizable design templates and adding them to your corporate library. A full integration of structural design and graphic design with production files also eliminates costly mistakes downstream in the workflow. Fold your design in 3D to check for inconsistencies before going to print.
    Starting Price: $206.67 per user per month
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    Shiptheory

    Shiptheory

    Mad Capsule Media

    Shiptheory communicates directly with your desktop and thermal label printers. Whether you have one or 100 printers, Shiptheory will automatically generate shipping labels and send them to the correct printer without you ever needing to click a button. Need more control? Use a barcode scanner to trigger the printing of shipping labels to different desktop and thermal label printers. Need even more control? Manual print labels directly from your browser. Shiptheory provides a flexible shipping rules engine that allows you to create simple and complex shipping rules. Shipping rules control how orders are sent with your carriers based on a combination of shipping destination, order weight, value, product SKU’s, and more. Shiptheory integrates with all of your systems, making it easy to automate shipping labels. Our development team stays ahead of channel and carrier updates, keeping your shipments moving. No more desktop software or manual data entry required.
    Starting Price: $35 per month
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    iC3D

    iC3D

    Creative Edge Software

    iC3D allows you to create 3D digital prototypes fast and easy. Whether you create carton, glass, cans, flexibles or shrink-wraps, iC3D enables real-time visualization and validation throughout the design process from concept to production. No specialist programs, hardware, or outside assistance are required, just a single application using a simple Illustrator file or PDF for photorealistic results on-the-fly.
    Starting Price: $145/month
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    Lumi

    Lumi

    Lumi

    Lumi is the all-in-one platform that helps you find and manage suppliers. Instantly submit a single quote request to all the suppliers that match your needs. Explore rich data about each supplier’s performance, certifications, and capabilities. Communicate directly with suppliers about specific quotes and order items in Lumi. Get complete transparency into the cost of your packaging, directly from the manufacturer. Store packaging data in intricate detail using Lumi’s powerful data format. New suppliers are added every week, discoverable with powerful search and filtering tools. Ensure that every detail of your project is accurate before you enter production. Lumi standardizes the workflow for your suppliers to help you avoid errors before they occur.
    Starting Price: $95 per month
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    Clougistic

    Clougistic

    Clougistic

    Clougistic originated from various questions from our customers in order to be able to link a Magento environment to the different logistics environments. What emerged as a smart link after four years of development has grown into an extensive and low-cost warehouse management SaaS solution for 100% Magento integration. All Magento functionalities and options are supported, paperless and in the cloud.
    Starting Price: $199.00/month
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    Epicor Prophet 21

    Epicor Prophet 21

    Epicor Software

    Epicor Prophet 21 is a leading ERP solution for wholesale distributors that combines proven distribution expertise with a web-enabled infrastructure and modern technology stack. Cloud and on-premises deployment options are available. From inventory to logistics, Prophet 21 keeps everything in balance within your organization and unlocks the potential of your supply chain to help grow sales, boost productivity, and drive profits. • Data-driven, with industry-specific functionality, to help you make smart decisions • Cloud-based applications to modernize and mobilize operations • Connected ecosystems to ensure visibility across your business • AI-infused solutions to drive efficiencies
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    TOPS Pro

    TOPS Pro

    TOPS Engineering

    TOPS Pro is a packaging design and pallet layout software developed to assist packaging professionals in creating optimal packaging designs and pallet pattern layouts. With TOPS Pro, users can easily determine the optimum package size, product quantity, arrangement and pallet layout and configuration. With TOPS Pro, packaging engineers can oversee all stages of the packaging design on one single, easy-to-use user interface. The program uses a powerful, real-time 3D graphics engine to let you see what you are designing while you’re creating it. Use TOPS Pro to perform “what if” scenarios like adding or removing an intermediate pack, changing carton dimensions, adding overhang to the pallet layout or limiting the number of layers for each load. Additionally, TOPS Pro can help users create sustainable packages by selecting the optimal board grade, generating stable pallet loads to minimize product damage with stacking analysis.
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    Advantzware

    Advantzware

    Advantive

    Advantzware is a flexible and comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution designed to address the requirements of an independent packaging plant, full converting operation or part of an integrated company. The system supports packaging plants that produce corrugated boxes, folding cartons, point of purchase displays, assembled partitions, paperboard products, foam fabrication as well as distribution of packaging supplies. Advantzware has been continually enhanced and improved since the very beginning based on feedback from our valued customers. All of the enhancements we have ever made over the past 30 years are in the system and have been field tested and proven by hundreds of users. We provide stable software and regular upgrades to provide new technology and enhancements, but we never use a ‘start over from scratch’ methodology. Our system upgrades are included in your support agreement now and forever.
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    Abaca

    Abaca

    Advantive

    Abaca is a state-of-the-art packaging manufacturing solution designed to suit all complex production requirements with a single piece of software. Abaca’s fully integrated software architecture is ideal for an array of customers including those in corrugated packaging, distribution, and maintenance, while Abaca’s business management suite, accounting, reporting, scheduling, CRM, and document management capabilities, provides packaging customers with optimum performance in one secure, easy to use, and fully comprehensive solution. Whether you are an integrated plant, sheet plant or sheet feeder our system caters to your needs. Packaging 3000 is installed in over 130 corrugated factories. We handle most paper-related product types including paper sacks, carton board, spiral wound tubes, drums and paper slitting and sheeting operations. Our software handles both packaging and non-packaging materials distribution as well as managing the purchasing and control of spare parts.
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    Kiwiplan

    Kiwiplan

    Advantive

    From sheet and box plants to display and specialty packaging manufacturers, Kiwiplan empowers packaging companies with digital, industry-leading capabilities that help maximize throughput and daily square footage with enhanced visibility and automated tracking and scheduling. Increase efficiency by integrating shipping and production planning. Save time and improve value by keeping your entire factory floor connected and up to date. Improve product quality, accuracy, and delivery with advanced automation. Kiwiplan provides a comprehensive, integrated suite of powerful products to meet the specific order management and manufacturing requirements of today’s corrugated, folding carton, plastics, and packaging manufacturers. From the standard single manufacturing facility to complex multi-plant groups, Kiwiplan provides expertise, flexibility, and powerful tools to meet and exceed your system requirements.
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    HiFlow Solutions

    HiFlow Solutions

    HiFlow Solutions

    HiFlow is a modular management information system and ERP platform purpose-built for packaging and printing manufacturers, including folding carton, flexible packaging, corrugated and label converters, that automates and centralizes business operations from order entry and estimating through production, scheduling, inventory, shop-floor execution, quality control, warehouse, invoicing and shipping into one unified system, replacing manual processes, reducing errors, and accelerating throughput. Powered by Industry 4.0 automation and real-time data collection, HiFlow connects departments and integrates with existing software via open APIs so all teams work with a single accurate data source, while configurable dashboards and business intelligence deliver actionable insights and predictive analytics tailored to roles for fact-based decision-making.
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    ePS CommandCore
    ePS CommandCore is a unified operational platform built specifically for packaging manufacturers, bringing ERP, manufacturing execution, control systems, scheduling, quality, sustainability, supply chain, and operational excellence onto one connected foundation. Its ERP capabilities cover estimating, quoting, order and production management, materials and inventory control, tooling, pre-production assets, logistics, fulfillment, and job costing. MES tools provide real-time shop floor tracking, trimming and conversion management, and resource optimization, while control systems support machine data capture, output optimization, and real-time process control. Smart Scheduling manages capacity constraints, scenario planning, KPI reporting, and production optimization. Quality and Compliance tools handle non-conformances, corrective and preventive actions, regulatory requirements, and audit trails.
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    ServiceManager

    ServiceManager

    ServiceCentral Technologies

    ServiceManager is a cloud-based, comprehensive service management platform that is fully configurable for any business managing the after-sales service and repair of products in any industry. It provides a configurable workflow management system and a powerful set of reporting tools. Whether ServiceManager is implemented as a point solution or used to support end-to-end returns, service and repair, the platform enables seamless workflow and reporting across the entire service organization.
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