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Cloud-based job shop platform

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Steelhead - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Steelhead overview

What is Steelhead?

Steelhead allows Operators to send quotes, add work orders, include product recipes, track the movement of parts, send packing slips and invoices, train operators, automatically generate reports, and reprioritize jobs.

Key benefits of using Steelhead

Quoting: Win more work with faster quotes by automating the estimation process.

Invoicing: Send an invoice in seconds with full visibility into production and accounting.

Purchasing: Seamlessly keep inventory filled without disrupting workflows and traceability.

Inventory: Avoid production delays and track job cost with inventory fully integrated.

Scheduling: Save time with a detailed and accurate plant-wide schedule, modified in seconds.

Production: Improve production with real-time instructions and schedules.

Shipping: Save time and improve satisfaction with customer notifications while eliminating paper.

Custom Reporting: Make better decisions faster with fully custom, automatic reports for your business. Production, Profit, Quality, Sales, Rework, and much more with the click of a button.

Margin Insights: Grow your profits and your business with the truth in your back pocket. When your sales team knows that you made or lost money with our Margin Analytics, they can manage customers with confidence.

Implementation: Transition your plant in as little as two weeks! Quickly build out your data, workflows, customer notifications, and reports, and start your growth journey with our dedicated team of experts!

Customer Success: Enjoy premium customer support, with real people right here in the USA to jump on a call or personally visit your job shop and answer every question you have.

Starting price

Free

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Steelhead’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Steelhead reviews

Overall rating

4.8

/5

10

Positive reviews

100

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9.4/10
Rating distribution

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4

3

2

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Pros
“The deployment of Steelhead was amazing. Sensitive content hidden] committed to a daily conference call over the first 6 weeks, along with 6 full days of operator training on-site.”
CP

Chrissy P.

Customer Support Manager

“Overall Steelhead has been a great addition for us and in a very short period of time has increased efficiency, throughput and visibility throughout the shop.”
AE

Aaron E.

President

“I have found it to be nothing but a success in giving us the tools for future success.”
FL

Frank L.

President

Cons
“Automaded emails are sometimes held by spam filters.”
KW

Kevin W.

General Manager

“Some features not used in process lingering. Transition with all of the nuances my business has was a bit more difficult to setup.”
RP

Raj P.

CEO

“I have not came across any items that have disappointed me that have not been resolved when discussed with the Steelhead team.”
FL

Frank L.

President

Who uses Steelhead?

Based on 10 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Building Materials
Industrial Automation
Automotive
Consumer Services
Others

Use cases

Enterprise Resource Planning
Manufacturing
Job Shop
Manufacturing Execution

Steelhead's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Steelhead users:

Purchase order management
Billing & invoicing
Inventory management
Quotes/Estimates
Order management
Reporting/Analytics

All Steelhead features

Features rating:

Accounting integration
Production management
Production scheduling
Traceability
Task management
Quality control
Inventory tracking
Bills of material
Resource management
Reporting & statistics
Real-Time reporting
Real-Time monitoring
Real-Time data
Real-Time analytics
Quality management
Purchasing & receiving
Project management
Production tracking
Performance metrics
Accounting
Safety management
Sales order management
Scheduling
Search/Filter
Serial number tracking
Shipping management
Status tracking
Supplier management
Supply chain management
Third-Party integrations
Time & expense tracking
Vendor management
Warehouse management
Work order management
Workflow management
Activity dashboard
Activity tracking
Automated scheduling
Barcode/Ticket scanning
Capacity management
Compliance management
Contact management
Cost analysis
Cost estimating
Cost tracking
CRM
Customer database
Customizable fields
Customizable reports
Data import/export
Data visualization
Distribution management
Document management
Estimating
Financial management
Integrated business operations
Job costing
Job scheduling
Job tracking
Maintenance management
Maintenance scheduling
Material requirements planning
MES
Monitoring
Multi-Currency
Multi-Location

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Steelhead pricing

Value for money rating:

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Subscription
Free trial
Free plan
Pricing range

User opinions about Steelhead price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Steelhead's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“The deployment of Steelhead was amazing. Sensitive content hidden] committed to a daily conference call over the first 6 weeks, along with 6 full days of operator training on-site.”
CP

Chrissy P.

Customer Support Manager

“Overall Steelhead has been a great addition for us and in a very short period of time has increased efficiency, throughput and visibility throughout the shop.”
AE

Aaron E.

President

Steelhead integrations (2)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 10 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Steelhead integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 4.0 (1)

We create all of our invoices in Steelhead, which carries over to QuickBooks online.

CP

Chrissy P.

Customer Support Manager

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Steelhead support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
Phone Support
FAQs/Forum
24/7 (Live rep)
Knowledge Base
Chat

Training options

In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos

Steelhead FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Steelhead offer?

Steelhead has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $0.00/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription, Open Source
Free Trial: Available

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Q. Who are the typical users of Steelhead?

Steelhead has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business


Q. What languages does Steelhead support?

Steelhead supports the following languages:
English, Spanish


Q. Does Steelhead support mobile devices?

Steelhead supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Steelhead offer an API?

No, Steelhead does not have an API available.


Q. What other apps does Steelhead integrate with?

Steelhead integrates with the following applications:
QuickBooks Enterprise, QuickBooks Online


Q. What level of support does Steelhead offer?

Steelhead offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, FAQs/Forum, 24/7 (Live rep), Knowledge Base, Chat

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