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How BETA Cutting Room relates to the commercial systems many factories use today. We list only what public vendor material shows. Where our research could not confirm a fact, we say “not verified”.

How to read this table

  • Yes: BETA does this today.
  • Partly: BETA does part of it; the limit is stated.
  • Vendor documents (ring): the vendor’s public material describes it. We have not tested it. The cell text says what the vendor documents.
  • Not verified: the public material we checked did not confirm it. The feature may still exist.

Research date: 19 October 2026. Products and prices change. This table compares features, not marker quality. No fair, public test between these systems exists. See the benchmark for what we have measured.

Features

Features of BETA Cutting Room and six commercial cutting-room systems
FeatureBETA Cutting Roomversion 0.4TukatechTUKAcad, TUKAmark, SMARTmarkGerberAccuMark, AccuNest, AccuPlanLectraDiamino, Quick Nest, Flex Offer, ValiaOptitexMarker, Nest++ Pro, Match++AudacesMarker, SuperaRichpeace / BOKESuper Nest V10 / V22 AI Super Nesting
Marker making
Automatic nestingYes: sparrow engine with garment rulesVendor documents: SMARTmark (extra module) [T1]Vendor documents: AccuNest Draft and Full modes [G3]Vendor documents: Diamino; cloud Quick Nest / Flex Offer; Valia [L1][L4]Vendor documents: Nest++ Pro, multicore [O3]Vendor documents: Supera processing server [A1]Vendor documents: Super Nest V10; BOKE V22 AI [R1][B1]
Manual editing (bump, compact, swap)Yes: bump in four directions, group compact, swap, sectionsVendor documents: size sections, bump lines [T4]Vendor documents: sliding, bump lines, compact marker, split piece [W1][W2][W4]Not verifiedVendor documents: batch bump lines, compaction (O/26) [O2]Not verifiedVendor documents: Richpeace manual rescue, overlap fine-adjust; BOKE not verified [R4]
Grain, one-way nap, pairs, size ratio, gapsYesVendor documents [PLAN]Vendor documents [PLAN]Vendor documents [PLAN]Vendor documents [PLAN]Vendor documents: grain and rotation restrictions [A2]Not verified
Stripe and check matchingPartly: matching rules; no fabric-photo overlay yetVendor documents: matching and grouping [T1]Vendor documents: matching (2026.1 fixes) [G2]Vendor documents: motif and panel management (Valia) [L4]Vendor documents: Match++ module [O4]Not verifiedNot verified
Fabric defects and shade zonesYes: defects, shade bandsVendor documents [PLAN]Vendor documents [PLAN]Vendor documents: sectional and shade-zone nesting [L1]Vendor documents: damaged zones, shading controls [O2]Not verifiedVendor documents: Richpeace defect avoidance, shade sections [R1]
Folded or tubular fabricPartly: supported; efficiency on folded fabric is still weakNot verifiedVendor documents [PLAN]Not verifiedVendor documents: fold work [O3]Not verifiedNot verified
Planning and floor
Cut order planningYes: ratios, plies, lay lengthsVendor documents: TUKAcutplan [PLAN]Vendor documents: AccuPlan [G5]Vendor documents: Valia planning [L6]Vendor documents: CutPlan [PLAN]Not verifiedVendor documents: BOKE cut-plan interface [B1]
Rolls, spreading, bundles and ticketsYes: roll inspection, allocation, spreading sheets, QR bundle ticketsNot verifiedVendor documents: batch cut tickets [G1]Vendor documents: actual-versus-plan KPIs, equipment hand-off (Valia) [L6]Not verifiedVendor documents: consumption monitoring in the wider ICF suite [A2]Not verified
Pattern making and gradingPartly: drafting, grading, photo digitizing; not full commercial parityVendor documents: TUKAcad [T2]Vendor documents: AccuMark [G4]Not verifiedVendor documents: PDS [O4]Vendor documents: Audaces360 bundles [A4]Vendor documents: Richpeace Garment CAD V10 [R2]
Files
DXF-AAMA / ASTM pattern importYesVendor documents: import and export listed; full format list not verified [T2]Not verified: full DXF converter list not verifiedVendor documents: Flex Pattern Converter takes other CAD data [L1]Not verifiedVendor documents: DXF pattern intake [A2]Vendor documents: DXF, AAMA/ASTM (Richpeace); DXF conversion (BOKE) [R2][B1]
Plot and cutter outputPartly: PLT/HPGL, 1:1 PDF, SVG, DXF, generic ISO; no certified cutter profiles yetVendor documents: PDF plot [T1]Vendor documents: marker plot PDF [G1]Vendor documents: equipment connections (Valia) [L6]Vendor documents: PDF/DXF batch output [O2]Not verified: plotting workflow; export list not publishedVendor documents: plot and cut output; PLT, cutting files (BOKE) [R2][B1]
Deployment and cost
Where it runsYes: your Windows PC, or your own serverVendor documents: Windows workstation; Net-Q server queue [T3]Vendor documents: Windows CAD and nesting server; optional cloud [G1]Vendor documents: local Diamino; Quick/Flex/Valia in the cloud [L2][L6]Vendor documents: installed desktop [O3]Vendor documents: desktop plus processing server [A1]Vendor documents: installed Windows software [R1]
Works with no internet connectionYesNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verifiedNot verified
Open sourceYes: Apache-2.0No (proprietary)No (proprietary)No (proprietary)No (proprietary)No (proprietary)No (proprietary)
Published priceYes: FreeTUKAcad Professional $199/month incl. TUKAmark; SMARTmark: quote [T2]Quote; 1–3 year subscriptions [G4]Quote [L6]QuoteQuote [A4]Richpeace: quote. BOKE advertises $7,500 per set (V22 AI), undated [B1]
Public, repeatable benchmarkYes: this websiteNone foundNone foundLectra engine results are in the open dataset BETA tests against; no tool-against-tool test foundNone foundNone foundNone found

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Notes

  • Vendor claims are not benchmarks. Tukatech testimonials claim 1% to 3% savings, Audaces “up to 3%”, BOKE “1–3%” and Lectra “up to 30% waste reduction” for motif-heavy lines. These are the vendors’ own tests on their own data.
  • “AI” is the vendors’ word. Their public pages do not describe the method, so we cannot compare it.
  • Price. Most vendors quote per factory. Quotes usually exclude tax, hardware, training and support. BETA is free; support and hardware still cost money.
  • Other systems. Gemini, Style3D/ASSYST, CLO and ETSYSTEM are covered in our research notes but not in this table.
  • Found an error? Tell us and we will correct it. Vendors are welcome to send documentation.

Sources

  1. [PLAN] BETA plan comparison table (vendor documents, checked 18 October 2026) (marker/docs/PLAN.md)
  2. [T1] Tukatech SMARTmark product page (external site)
  3. [T2] Tukatech TUKAcad packages and prices (external site)
  4. [T3] Tukatech SMARTmark queue guidance, 25 March 2025 (external site)
  5. [T4] Tukatech sectional markers and bump lines (legacy tutorial) (external site)
  6. [G1] Gerber AccuMark public release history (external site)
  7. [G2] Gerber AccuMark Professional 2026.1 release notes (external site)
  8. [G3] Gerber AccuNest modes and editions (external site)
  9. [G4] Lectra: Gerber AccuMark product and subscription (external site)
  10. [G5] Gerber AccuPlan workflow (external site)
  11. [W1] Gerber help: bump lines and sliding (external site)
  12. [W2] Gerber help: Compact Marker (external site)
  13. [W4] Gerber help: Split Piece (external site)
  14. [L1] Lectra Flex Offer specification, 2021 (external site)
  15. [L2] Lectra Flex Offer customer case, October 2024 (external site)
  16. [L4] Lectra Valia Fashion features, April 2026 (external site)
  17. [L6] Lectra Valia ERP, planning and equipment workflow, April 2026 (external site)
  18. [O2] Optitex O/26 release (external site)
  19. [O3] Optitex Marker product page (external site)
  20. [O4] Optitex module brochure (Nest++ Pro, Match++) (external site)
  21. [A1] Audaces Supera (external site)
  22. [A2] Audaces FAQ (external site)
  23. [A4] Audaces company plans (price on request) (external site)
  24. [R1] Richpeace New Super Nest V10 (external site)
  25. [R2] Richpeace Garment CAD V10 (external site)
  26. [R4] Richpeace CAD V9 brochure (external site)
  27. [B1] BOKE V22 AI Super Nesting catalogue (external site)

Full research notes with every source: marker/docs/V04-RESEARCH.md. Links were checked on 19 October 2026.