# Avanti Slingshot Print MIS Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra

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Avanti Slingshot Print MIS

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Last updated December 14th, 2025

# Reviews of Avanti Slingshot Print MIS

Ease of use

3.9

Customer Service

4.7

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Scott W.  
CEO  
Printing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Powerful MIS for digital and large-format POS businesses"

November 20, 2019

5.0

Slingshot, and the Avanti professional services, redefined many of the ways we run our business so that we’re more profitable and positioned for growth.

Pros

Avanti helped us refine our processes, helped us reduce waste, reduce operator downtime, and accurately price our products. We’re now more efficient in just about every aspect of our shop and we expect the integration with XMPie will help expand our business.

Cons

Like any good product, it takes time to get things perfect. And time is hard to come by. Not a 'con' rather more a reality.

Reason for choosing Avanti Slingshot Print MIS

We determined Avanti to be best-in-class.

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MR

Mithunan R.  
Sr Web Designer and Developer  
Music  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Detailed and Precice software, but also very cumbersome and granular"

June 9, 2022

5.0

It was fun and awesome to see it all work, but super stressful and tiresome to set it all up.

Pros

It is very detailed. And has a lot of info that can be stored and potentially used to help complete the job

Cons

Because there is soo much details and minute info, it became a huge project to simply set it up. There is simply too many things to set up. Things that regular employees at a printshop wouldn't know how to set up.

Alternatives considered

[Print Shop Manager](https://www.capterra.com/p/92568/Print-Shop-Manager/)

Reason for choosing Avanti Slingshot Print MIS

Not my decision

Switched from

[EPMS](https://www.capterra.com/p/196763/EPMS/)

EPMS was limited to certain machines, needed to be installed on desktop without browser support.

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TS

Tim S.  
Media Systems Analyst  
Hospital & Health Care  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Avanti Slingshot - first year use"

October 6, 2021

2.0

Pros

It seemed to have everything we needed. Integration with current software, job review and scheduling, able to capture time and materials. Gave us budgeted cost vs. actual cost. Many other features that we not intended to be used, but may be implemented in phase 2 or 3 of configuration.

Cons

LOTS of things could be improved! This suggestion would be a major overhaul, but here it is; instead of multiple modules/screens to go to to evaluate ONE job - why not go to ONE job and see (or have access to) the other modules from within that record. I hate having to jump around from module to module to find information or take action in some way.

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FC

Francisco C.  
IT- Manager  
Paper & Forest Products  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good application for our company"

November 5, 2020

4.0

We are in a pretty good place now, however, the beginning was rough after going live. We felt like the product was too new and had endless bugs to work through.

Pros

the potential to be the top application in the market. I like that you can run it in any browser.

Cons

I like in our previous MIS that we could clean, purge, archive and manage the data to keep the server running better. We would like to use change orders one day. The full connectivity to accounting is not there yet. It needs some levels or options to be considered by the customer. The one option that we were presented required a completely new philosophy that didn't work for us.

Alternatives considered

[ePS Pace](https://www.capterra.com/p/99207/ePs-Pace/)

Reason for choosing Avanti Slingshot Print MIS

All the options and Modules for you to choose from and build your application accordingly to your needs

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TC

Tiziano C.  
Production Manager  
Printing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Tiziano Colussi"

July 29, 2022

4.0

It was a little painful for the first 3- 6 months but once the system is understood--its very powerful and efficient.

Pros

Very efficient system when learning curve is completed. It still presents challenges even if system is understood.

Cons

Learning curve is long and because I was not trained--and had to teach myself, I had to ask a lot of questions in the first few months. Still run into challenges but the Avanti staff have always been there for support and 95% of the time the issues are resolved. Takes time to understand all the modules and move through them easily. Find there is a lot trial and error. Never was able to get answer on why jobs when closed and shipped still appear on my job list. I don't understand why I can't take them off my job list somewhere in Avanti so they don't appear on my job list excel file.

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MP

Mark P.  
General Manager  
Printing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "AIIM Streamlines business with Slingshot"

February 10, 2020

5.0

On boarding the newer MIS system was a large undertaking culturally. Avanti was able to provide the necessary training and resources both onsite and offsite.

Pros

Modular based and scaleable which helps internally adoption rates. Software is evolving rapidly and is always bringing new features and functions to the systems. Adoption of these features helps us streamline business processes and production tasks which show on the bottom line

Cons

Estimating layouts and modeling would benefit from AI in the future. Slingshot job tickets can be overwhelming in the amount of information provided to production.

Reason for choosing Avanti Slingshot Print MIS

EFI was more expensive and less reachable when dealing with support qestions

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Assistant Machine Operator  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Decent experience. Not very user friendly "

September 24, 2020

3.0

Pros

Once I got used to the technical language used and how to navigate around, it became a pretty efficient tool. Glitches occur, as with any software, but are fairly seldom.

Cons

It seems that the developers were likely not every day users. The technical terms used and the steps taken to complete tasks aren’t the most intuitive. Also, sometimes it seems that more steps than necessary are involved in certain tasks, such as shipping.

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JT

Jill T.  
Partner  
Printing  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Grow business without adding resources"

November 19, 2019

5.0

We are the biggest proponent of Avanti Slingshot. Their support and responsiveness is exactly what you need when you make an investment in a software system like this. They’re with us all the way. As far as the support team and the training goes – above our expectations. Other companies ghost you once the ‘sales cycle’ is over. Since we signed on with Avanti the training, support and software development team listens to us and continues to improve on the system to better serve our needs.

Pros

We realized our ROI within six months due to informed business decisions based upon detailed project profitability, fast, accurate and consistent estimates, and reduced miscommunication errors.

Cons

The Slingshot dashboards are pretty but need more robust widgets.

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AC

Alexander C.  
President  
Printing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Much needed large format MIS"

February 8, 2020

4.0

After a number of years evaluating various MIS for our business, the Avanti Slingshot was chosen as it best suited our needs. It helped us streamline our processes and positioned us for further growth. It eliminated hours of administrative work enabling us to focus our customers needs.

Pros

The system is very user-friendly. The team of experts and developers are always willing to listen to suggestions and continue to enhance the product. In recent years the updates and additions have become more frequent which is a plus. The User Conference is an event not to be missed.

Cons

Like any other software, it does not suffice to all our needs. However I would not categorize it as a negative. It hard to please every user.

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Marc S.  
ERP Project Manager  
Printing  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Good solution with outstanding expertise and support"

December 2, 2020

4.0

Excellent

Pros

Lots of well thought functions, scalable

Cons

Annoying small bugs related to Web based screen layouts and interaction French is only partially available for shopfloor and some forms (claims to be multi-lingual)

Alternatives considered

[PrintVis](https://www.capterra.com/p/154503/PrintVis/)[ePS Pace](https://www.capterra.com/p/99207/ePs-Pace/)

Reason for choosing Avanti Slingshot Print MIS

Price VS Functionality balance

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KE

Kurt E.  
Partner  
Printing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Perfect MIS tool for our company"

November 18, 2019

5.0

Open system with tight integration to several third-party solutions, like our existing web-to-print software. Their XML loader quickly generates detailed packing lists for each order. Accurate and thorough material cost tracking and detailed accounting processes.

Pros

Managing hundreds of orders for individual customers used to require 5 people. Now it can be done with one, which frees us up to keep growing our business without adding excessive staff.

Cons

Performance (speed) of software is an issue but does continue to improve.

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KM

Karen M.  
Business Manager, Printing Services  
Farming  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Avanti Classic is a friendly and robust system"

November 22, 2019

5.0

Pros

Classic is a very user-friendly and robust system. I like the way Avanti continues to take input and upgrade their product. I just went to their User Group Conference where Avanti users and developers all came away with a lot of great ideas to better use and improve the system. The whole team at Avanti is excellent to work with and they really make working with them a valued partnership.

Cons

There are always potential drawbacks to software but at the moment my system is very stable and robust.

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KL

Kevin L.  
President  
Printing  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Makes fulfillment profitable"

November 19, 2019

3.0

The Avanti team was remarkable. The professional approach helped my people feel comfortable with the entire implementation and go-live.

Pros

Reducing time to administrate allows us to focus more time serving our customer base. Definitely helping make fulfillment more profitable. Slingshot’s automation and structured workflows eliminated the breakpoints we had with our previous MIS system. It reduced the fulfillment workload from 10-15 hours/week down to less than 2 hours per week! Automation and structured workflows that route tickets directly to the warehouse. It means that floor employees can quickly pick and pack without having to think or stress about it. A contract module that automatically creates invoices for contracted charges (i.e. # of picks, # of orders, warehouse storage). The system significantly reduced our end-of-month invoicing activities.

Cons

Currently the focus on the development team is centered around bug fixes rather than features, however I believe more resources are still required.

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DB

Damion B.  
Largeformat Production Supervisor/ Outsource Print Management  
Printing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Customer Service "

September 30, 2019

5.0

Pros

I like that the software is easy to learn and to navigate through. I was able to jump in with little bit of online training that i receive.

Cons

I don't like that it feels a slow when creating estimate and i wish that i would be able to email my CSR team an estimate directly from there.

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FC

Former C.  
  
  
Used the software for:

### "We had a bad experience with them and I know we are not the only ones"

August 19, 2015

2.0

They will nickel and dime you all the way through the process. They don't have a training manual so when you forget how to do something, they are going to charge you $200/hour to tell you again. They have an okay product but you will pay through the nose and will easily spend 6 figures to get up and running. You are also going to pay a minimum of $1,000 a month for support and Tech support is never available when you call in so you will have to wait until someone emails you back. The company is understaffed and too small to service their accounts. I think there are better options like PrintVis. I would recommend a SAAS model versus writing a big check and hope that you are successful.

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