Free calculators
Embroidery production tools
Fifteen browser-only calculators for queue planning, machine sizing, staffing, purchase comparison, growth and risk.
Shop Calibration Calculator
Timed real runs → effective SPM and planner-ready stitch/handling assumptions.
Calibrate your shop →FlagshipOrder Mix & Queue Planner
Six real jobs → compare modular and synchronized architectures.
Open Queue Lab →Buyer toolMachine Purchase Scorecard
Your dealer quotes → workload-fit score and hard-constraint flags.
Compare candidates →OperationsBacklog Clearance Planner
Backlog + daily arrivals → net clearance rate and recovery days.
Plan backlog recovery →ForecastGrowth & Peak Capacity
Demand growth → month your usable capacity gets tight.
Forecast runway →RiskDowntime & Redundancy
Same total heads → compare outage concentration and head-hours at risk.
Model risk →Free calculatorProduction Capacity Planner
Weekly workload → smallest modeled equipment setup.
Open tool →Free calculatorHead Count Calculator
Order + deadline → minimum synchronized heads.
Open tool →Free calculatorCap Production Calculator
Hat order → completion hours and bottleneck.
Open tool →Free calculatorHooping Bottleneck Calculator
Check whether operators can keep the heads fed.
Open tool →Free calculatorFleet vs Multi-Head
Same total heads → flexibility vs partial-batch utilization.
Open tool →Free calculatorMachine ROI & Payback
Incremental contribution → payback months.
Open tool →Free calculator6 vs 10 vs 15 Needle Selector
Color workflow → needle-count convenience class.
Open tool →Free calculatorOrder Deadline Calculator
Setup + order → modeled shifts and window capacity.
Open tool →Free calculatorMachine Class Matcher
Workload → class to investigate before model shopping.
Open tool →Start with the problem
Not sure which calculator to use?
Pick the question closest to what is blocking your shop. Each path opens the calculator that needs the fewest assumptions for that decision.
“Can we clear this actual queue?”
Use the Queue Lab when several jobs, batch sizes, caps and deadlines compete for the same machines.
Model the queue →Shop sizing“What setup handles our normal week?”
Start with weekly workload and usable hours to estimate the smallest modeled production setup.
Size capacity →Buying“Which dealer quote fits our work?”
Compare the quotes you already have against budget, capacity, field, caps, colors, service and operator pressure.
Compare quotes →Accuracy“Our real speed does not match brochure SPM.”
Time real runs and turn them into shop-specific stitch and handling assumptions for the other planners.
Calibrate assumptions →People“The machine keeps waiting for the operator.”
Check whether hooping and loading labor can actually keep the installed heads productive.
Check operator load →Delivery pressure“Will this backlog ever clear?”
Compare new daily arrivals with measured good capacity and test recovery levers before promising a date.
Model backlog recovery →Resilience“What happens if one machine goes down?”
Compare concentrated multi-head downtime with a fleet of independent heads using your own outage assumptions.
Stress-test downtime →Why there is no quote calculator here
Embroidery pricing calculators are already abundant. StitchCapacity deliberately focuses on a different problem: whether a shop has enough machine and operator capacity to deliver the work it expects to sell.