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The SimplyPrint suggestion box: request features and vote on what we build next

The SimplyPrint suggestion box: request features and vote on what we build next


The suggestion box is where you tell us how SimplyPrint should get better. You can post an idea, see what other people have suggested, and upvote the ones you want most. We read them, we reply to most of them, and a lot of them get built.


This guide explains what the suggestion box is for, what doesn't belong there, how to write a suggestion that stands out, and how we decide what to work on. It also explains, honestly, why we sometimes say no.


Our suggestion box is powered by Nolt, a third-party service, and lives at suggestions.simplyprint.io. Using it means you're also covered by Nolt's privacy policy and terms of service.


Table of contents

  • What the suggestion box is for
  • What does not belong here
  • A note on plans, pricing, and feature availability
  • Opening the box and signing in
  • Writing a good suggestion
  • The suggestion form
  • Upvotes, downvotes, and duplicates
  • What the status labels mean
  • How we decide what to build
  • My suggestion hasn't been completed yet
  • Honesty and conversation
  • Promoting your suggestion
  • Staying respectful
  • Related articles


What the suggestion box is for

The suggestion box is for serious, feasible ideas to improve SimplyPrint, on the web platform or in the app. That includes a brand-new feature, an enhancement to something that already exists, or a UI / UX improvement.


We genuinely read what comes in, we reply to most of it, and a large share of the platform you use today started as a user suggestion. It's one of the main ways we decide what to build next.


It is not a support channel. If something is broken or you need help, the suggestion box is the slowest way to get an answer, because a suggestion sits on a public board waiting for votes and roadmap planning. The next section covers where to go instead.


What does not belong here

Please don't use the suggestion box for bug reports or support questions. Those need a person, not a vote. For anything where you need help or want to report a problem, use one of these instead:



One suggestion per post. The form even reminds you of this. If you have several ideas, split them into separate posts so each one can be voted on and tracked on its own.


A note on plans, pricing, and feature availability

We get a lot of suggestions that are really about price: make a paid feature free, move a higher-plan feature down to a cheaper plan, add a new low-cost plan that does more, or build a plan shaped exactly around one person's setup. We read every one of these, and we've genuinely acted on feedback like this before (our single-tool plans exist because of it). But as a rule, we are not going to make our paid features free, and we are not going to keep reshaping plans so that every feature lands on the cheapest tier.


This isn't us brushing you off. SimplyPrint is built and run by a small team that has worked on it every day for over six years, and the platform has to pay the people who build and support it. The alternatives people usually propose, pay-as-you-go billing, an ad-supported tier, a mix-your-own plan, extra users on the cheaper plans, or one budget plan with everything in it, are ideas we've already costed out in detail, and there are honest reasons each one doesn't work for us. We do act on this kind of feedback when there's a fair way to (our single-tool plans and a limited AutoPrint on Pro both came from it), but "make it free" or "give me the paid feature for less" is not something we're going to do.


Wanting a feature that sits on a higher plan is completely understandable, and it's genuinely fine not to identify perfectly with any single plan. We don't claim our plans are perfect; we design them around the broadest groups of people using SimplyPrint today and keep adjusting them as the market grows, so that most people can see themselves in at least one. What we can't do is hand the paid features out for free.


If none of our plans feels like the right fit, that deserves a proper read rather than a one-line answer. We wrote up how our plans are organized, who each one is for, the alternatives we've already considered, and the honest reasoning behind how we price them here: Can't find a plan that fits you?. Suggestions whose core ask is "make it cheaper" or "give me this paid feature for free" will be closed with a link to that article.


Opening the box and signing in

There are two ways in:


  1. From inside SimplyPrint. When you open the suggestion box from the panel, we offer to sign you in automatically. A popup asks whether you'd like to log in to the suggestion board with your SimplyPrint account, with the options "Yes, log me in", "Ask me later", or "No, never". If you say yes, we pass your name, email, and profile picture to Nolt so you can post and vote without creating a separate login. It's completely optional and only ever happens after you agree.
  2. Directly. Go to suggestions.simplyprint.io in any browser and sign in through Nolt.


Signing in shares your name, email, and profile picture with Nolt, our third-party suggestion-board provider. Your SimplyPrint password is never shared. Using the board also means you accept Nolt's privacy policy and terms.


Writing a good suggestion

A clear, well-explained suggestion is far easier for us to understand, take seriously, and prioritize, so writing a good one is really in your own interest. In a sea of suggestions, the thought-out ones rise.


  • Title: make it describe the idea. "Add X so I can Y" beats "An idea" or "Please add this". Someone skimming the board, including us, should understand it from the title alone.
  • Details: the more, the better. We haven't built your idea yet, so we don't see what you see. Explain what you want, the problem it solves, and how you'd expect it to work. Concrete examples and screenshots help a lot.
  • One idea per post, so each can be voted and tracked on its own.
  • Pick the right platform and type so it's filed correctly (see below).


The suggestion form

When you create a post, you'll fill in a few fields:


  • Title - a short, descriptive summary of the idea.
  • Details - the full explanation. The form reminds you to include only one suggestion per post.
  • Platform - whether it's for Web, App, or All.
  • Suggestion type - Enhancement, New feature, or UI / UX improvement.
  • Attachment - use the paperclip to add a screenshot or file. A picture often explains an idea faster than a paragraph.


Then choose Create post. Your suggestion goes live on the board for others to see and vote on.


Upvotes, downvotes, and duplicates

Before you post, search the board. If your idea, or a close version of it, already exists, upvote that one instead of creating a duplicate. You can upvote ideas you like and downvote ones you don't.


Votes are how ideas rise. Concentrating votes on one strong post helps it far more than three near-identical posts splitting the same vote between them.


What the status labels mean

Each suggestion carries a status so you can see where it stands:


Status

What it means

Unassigned

Newly posted and not yet triaged into a status.

Planned

We intend to build it.

Planned - filament v2

Planned, as part of our filament v2 work.

In Progress

Actively being worked on.

In Beta

Released to testing, not yet rolled out to everyone.

Unlikely to happen (third-party-dependant)

Blocked by something outside our control, usually a third party.

Completed

Built and shipped.

Archived

Closed without plans to build it (for example, out of scope or not aligned with where the platform is heading).

Merged

Combined into another suggestion.


How we decide what to build

We complete plenty of suggestions that have only one or two upvotes, so a low vote count is not a dead end. That said, the more upvotes a suggestion gathers, the more likely we are to take a close look at it.


The board is not a wishlist with guaranteed delivery, though. Votes inform our priorities; they don't bind us. Sometimes a heavily-upvoted idea still doesn't fit where we're taking the platform, and we'll say so honestly. Most of the time, whether something gets built comes down to priorities, time, and the size of our team.


A good example is one of our most-upvoted suggestions ever, "Integrate with Bambu Studio". We'd love to do it, but it depends on a third party and is currently out of our hands, so it's marked unlikely despite all the votes. Lots of votes can't override a hard external blocker.


My suggestion hasn't been completed yet

Most suggestions wait, including good ones. It usually comes down to priorities, time, and hands: we're a small team with a long list. A suggestion not being done doesn't mean it was ignored, and it doesn't always mean it's on the way either.


Check the status label for where yours stands. If it's Planned or In Progress, it's coming. If it's Archived or Unlikely to happen, we'll have explained why on the post itself.


Honesty and conversation

This is the part we're proudest of. We reply to most suggestions, we take them all seriously, and we answer honestly. That sometimes means we'll close an idea quickly.


We're not doing that to be dismissive. After years of running this, we can sometimes say with confidence that something isn't going to happen, and we'd rather tell you straight than leave you on read or give false hope by politely entertaining an idea we already know we won't do. When we say no, we explain why: it might be technically unfeasible, outside the scope of our platform, or blocked by a third party or a legal constraint.


Other times we'll point out that the idea is really a workaround for using the platform in a way it isn't meant to be used. In those cases we look for a better route to the same goal. We care about the problem you're trying to solve, not just the exact solution you first proposed, so we may end up solving it a different way than suggested. We always look at the underlying problem rather than tunnel-visioning on one approach.


Keeping the board rooted in reality is the whole point. And the engagement is real: at the time of writing we've completed over 220 user suggestions, out of more than 780 submitted. Your ideas are a big part of what makes SimplyPrint better, and we do listen.


Promoting your suggestion

Every new suggestion is automatically posted to the read-only "suggestions" channel in our Discord, so it already gets some exposure there. Beyond that, you're welcome to talk about your idea in the relevant channels of our Discord and invite other community members to weigh in and help shape it.


Keep it to one post in the right place. No spam, no mass-tagging, and no reposting the same idea across multiple channels.


Staying respectful

There are people on the other side of the screen. We welcome honest, even critical, feedback, but we expect everyone to keep it respectful, to us and to each other.


We reserve the right to remove posts or ban anyone who, among other things, spams the board, repeatedly posts the same thing, name-calls or is disrespectful, or keeps using the suggestion box for support requests or off-topic posts after being asked to stop.



Updated on: 26/06/2026

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