Cabinet Making Software: What Your Shop Actually Needs in 2026

Cabinet making software falls into two groups. Design and CNC software (Cabinet Vision, Mozaik, Microvellum, Cabinet Pro) turns a drawing into cut lists and machine code. Business software (TimberCloud, Allmoxy, Innergy, Cabinetshop Maestro) handles quoting, customer orders, production tracking and shipping.

Most shops with more than a few people end up needing one of each. This guide covers both groups, what each tool costs, and how to pick the right combination for your shop.

In this guide:

• The two kinds of cabinet software

• Cabinet design software: CAD and CNC tools compared

• Cabinet shop management software: quoting, ordering and production

• How to sell cabinets online

• What cabinet making software costs

• How to choose: 5 questions for your shop

• Common mistakes

• FAQ

The two kinds of cabinet software

Cabinet software either helps you design and cut a cabinet, or helps you sell, schedule and ship it. Very few products do both well, and comparing tools from different groups is where most shops get stuck.

• Main job — Design & CNC software: draw the cabinet, produce cut lists, nest parts, send code to the CNC. Business & shop management software: price the job, take the order, track it through the shop, ship it.

• Who uses it — Design & CNC: designer, CNC operator. Business & shop management: owner, sales, office, shop lead.

• Output — Design & CNC: drawings, renderings, G-code, cut lists. Business & shop management: quotes, orders, work orders, cut sheets, invoices, shipping labels.

• Examples — Design & CNC: Cabinet Vision, Mozaik, Microvellum, KCD, Cabinet Pro. Business & shop management: TimberCloud, Allmoxy, Innergy, Cabinetshop Maestro.

The handoff point is the cut list or bill of materials. Design software creates it. Business software makes sure it's attached to the right order, at the right price, and moves through the shop on time.

If you're asking "which cabinet program should I buy," start with where your time goes today. If it's drafting and programming the CNC, you need a design tool. If it's quoting, chasing orders and figuring out what's late, you need the second kind.

Cabinet design software: CAD and CNC tools compared

Cabinet design software is a 3D drawing tool built for cabinets. You set up your construction methods once (box construction, joinery, door styles, hardware), then draw rooms and let the software generate parts, cut lists and CNC output.

• Cabinet Vision (Hexagon) — Best for mid to large shops running CNC routers. Pricing not published; quoted through dealers by module. Watch out: widely described as expensive, with a steep learning curve, and it's Windows desktop only.

• Mozaik (Cyncly) — Best for small to mid shops with a CNC. $125/mo (Manufacturing), $225/mo (CNC), $325/mo (Enterprise), plus $60/mo per extra seat. Watch out: desktop-based, and users report a learning curve.

• Microvellum — Best for commercial casework and AutoCAD-based shops. Pricing not published; annual subscription. Watch out: built on AutoCAD, so setup and skills are heavier.

• KCD Software — Best for small shops, and shops ordering Cabinotch parts. $99–295/mo depending on tier; the CNC tier adds a $1,995 setup fee. Watch out: CNC output only on the top tier.

• Cabinet Pro — Best for small shops that want drawings, cut lists and bidding. Purchase or rental options; see vendor site. Watch out: older-style desktop software.

• SketchUp — Best for drawing cabinets, with extensions. Go $10.75/mo, Pro $33.25/mo (billed annually). Watch out: no cabinet-specific output without paid extensions.

Cabinet Vision is the long-standing standard for large cabinet and furniture plants. Its parametric design and manufacturing output are deep, and many experienced designers already know it. The trade-off is cost and complexity. Hexagon doesn't publish prices, reviewers consistently call it expensive, and most small shops can't justify it.

Mozaik, now part of Cyncly, is the go-to for small and mid-size shops that want CNC output at a monthly price. The Manufacturing tier covers drawings and cut lists; the CNC tier adds nesting and G-code for 175+ machine brands.

Microvellum runs inside AutoCAD and is common in commercial millwork and casework. If your drafters already live in AutoCAD, it fits. If not, it's a lot to take on.

KCD Software publishes its pricing, which is rare in this category. Its lower tiers cover design and proposals; cut lists start at the Workshop tier and CNC code at the top tier. It also connects to Cabinotch for shops ordering RTA parts.

Cabinet Pro and SketchUp suit smaller shops. Cabinet Pro covers drawings, cut lists and bidding. SketchUp is a general 3D tool many woodworkers already know, but cut lists and cabinet libraries come from paid extensions.

What none of these tools do well: customer quoting and ordering, dealer portals, tracking a job through each station on the shop floor, or shipping. They produce a job cost from a design, but they don't run the business around it. That's the second layer.

Cabinet shop management software: quoting, ordering and production

Cabinet shop management software runs everything outside the drawing: pricing, orders, customer communication, production scheduling, inventory and shipping. For many shops this is where the lost hours are.

• TimberCloud — Best for custom shops selling to homeowners, contractors or dealers that want ordering connected to the shop floor. Base plan $199/mo with 3 users; add-on modules from $30/mo; 14-day free trial. Watch out: not a CAD tool — works alongside Cabinet Vision or Mozaik.

• Allmoxy — Best for door, drawer box and component makers selling to dealers. $250 sign-up fee; monthly fee set with you after the first month (not published); unlimited users. Watch out: no self-serve trial, and truly custom products can be hard to set up.

• Innergy — Best for commercial millwork and casework shops, often 50+ employees. Pricing not published; per-seat, custom-quoted. Watch out: long implementations, no customer storefront.

• Cabinetshop Maestro — Best for small shops moving off whiteboards and spreadsheets. Pricing not published. Watch out: no QuickBooks integration, no e-commerce, no cut lists.

• Katana, Fishbowl — General manufacturers. Katana from $299/mo; Fishbowl from $229/mo. Watch out: not built for wood products — no product configurator or cut lists.

TimberCloud is built for shops that make custom but repeatable products: cabinets, doors, drawer boxes, millwork and components. Your products get set up with formula pricing (by square foot, board foot, opening or unit), so customers or your sales team can configure an order and get a correct price immediately. That order flows into cut sheets, production stations (cutting, assembly, sanding, painting and others you define), and shipping with 30+ carriers. You can sell through your own website, an embeddable storefront, or a B2B dealer portal with per-dealer pricing, and you can switch to quote-based ordering so you approve orders first.

TimberCloud is not a design tool. If you run a CNC, you still want Cabinet Vision or Mozaik for drawings and machine code. TimberCloud handles everything around them.

Allmoxy has been in the industry since 2008 and is well known among door and component manufacturers who sell to dealers. It's strong on dealer ordering and includes unlimited users. Pricing is set per shop after the first month, and Allmoxy adds a small processing fee on top of Stripe's rate for online payments. Common complaints on Woodweb are difficulty configuring non-standard products and an interface that shows its age.

Innergy is a full ERP for commercial millwork: estimating with takeoff, project management, purchasing, and shop floor tracking. It's a serious system for larger shops and comes with serious implementation time. It has no public storefront or customer-facing configurator.

Cabinetshop Maestro is a lighter project management tool made by a cabinetmaker. It's a reasonable step up from a whiteboard for small shops, but it stops at job tracking.

Katana and Fishbowl are general inventory and manufacturing systems. They work for many industries but don't understand cabinet products, so you'll build workarounds for dimensions, species and options.

How to sell cabinets online

To sell cabinets online you need a product configurator with formula pricing, not a regular e-commerce store. A standard store needs a separate product for every size and option. A configurator lets the customer pick width, height, species, door style and finish, and calculates the price from your rules.

What to look for:

• Formula pricing. Price by square foot, board foot, per opening, or a matrix, with add-ons for finish, hardware and options.

• Customer-specific pricing. Dealers, contractors and retail customers each see their own prices.

• Quote or checkout. Some shops want payment up front. Others want to approve every order first. You should be able to choose.

• Orders that go straight to production. The configured order should generate the cut sheet. If someone retypes it, you've lost most of the benefit.

TimberCloud's storefront and configurator do all four. For a step-by-step walkthrough, see our guide to how to sell custom cabinets online.

What cabinet making software costs

Cabinet making software runs from about $10 a month for a general drawing tool to several hundred a month for CNC software, and the high end (Cabinet Vision, Microvellum, full ERPs) is quote-only.

• General 3D drawing — $10.75–33.25/mo. Examples: SketchUp Go, Pro.

• Cabinet design + cut lists — $99–168/mo. Examples: KCD Designer to Workshop, Mozaik Manufacturing ($125).

• Design + CNC / CAM — $225–325/mo, or quote-only. Examples: Mozaik CNC and Enterprise, KCD CNC Commander ($295 + setup); Cabinet Vision and Microvellum are quote-only.

• Shop management / ordering — $199/mo and up, or custom. Examples: TimberCloud ($199 base), Allmoxy ($250 setup + custom monthly).

• Full ERP — Quote-only. Example: Innergy.

Also budget for:

• Setup time. Getting your products, pricing and construction methods into any system takes real hours. Ask each vendor how long a shop like yours takes to go live.

• Per-user fees. Some tools charge per seat, some include users. TimberCloud's base plan includes 3 users, with additional users at $30/month.

• Payment fees. Ordering platforms that take card payments usually add a fee on top of Stripe's. On TimberCloud, online storefront card payments include a 1% platform fee, with Stripe processing fees applied separately.

• Training. Budget for it on design software especially.

TimberCloud pricing: base plan $199/month with 3 users. Add-ons include Build Sheets & CAM ($100/mo), Production / Shop Floor ($50/mo), Purchasing ($50/mo), Inventory & Warehouses ($50 per location/mo), Advanced Reporting ($30/mo) and B2B Dealer Portal ($100/mo). Annual plans get two months free. See current pricing.

How to choose: 5 questions for your shop

1. Do you run a CNC? If yes, you need design and CAM software first. That's Cabinet Vision, Mozaik or Microvellum territory. If you cut on a table saw and slider, you may not need CAD at all, and a good ordering and cut sheet system will save you more time.

2. Who orders from you? Homeowners, contractors and dealers each need something different. Dealers need their own pricing and a portal. Homeowners need a simple configurator. If you sell to all three, make sure the system handles different price levels.

3. How custom is each product? If every job is a one-off design, you live in design software. If you make the same products in endless sizes and options (doors, drawer boxes, face frames, standard cabinet lines), a configurator with formula pricing will do more for you.

4. Where do jobs get lost today? Be honest. If it's quoting, look at pricing tools. If it's the handoff from office to shop, look at cut sheets and production tracking. If it's late deliveries, look at scheduling and shipping.

5. How much setup can you absorb? A full ERP can take many months to implement. A focused tool can be running in days to weeks. Pick what your shop can actually adopt this quarter.

Quick picks

• A 2–5 person shop, no CNC, selling to homeowners and contractors: TimberCloud

• A 5–20 person shop with a CNC, selling to contractors: Mozaik + TimberCloud

• A door or component maker selling to dealers: TimberCloud or Allmoxy — compare both in our TimberCloud vs Allmoxy guide

• A 50+ person commercial millwork shop: Microvellum or Cabinet Vision + Innergy

Do you need a CNC to benefit from cabinet software?

No. Shops without a CNC often get the fastest payoff from software because they're doing the most by hand. Automated cut sheets remove math errors, formula pricing removes quoting guesswork, and production tracking shows what's late before the customer calls. CAD and CAM matter once you have a machine to program.

Common mistakes when choosing cabinet software

• Buying design software to fix a business problem. If quotes are slow or orders get lost, a better CAD program won't help.

• Trying to replace everything at once. Start with the part that costs you the most time.

• Skipping product setup. Your pricing rules and construction standards are the foundation. Clean them up first.

• Testing on a big job. Run your first order through a new system on a small, low-risk job.

• Ignoring your team. The people entering orders and running the saw have to use it. Involve them in the demo.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best cabinet making software?

It depends on the job. For design and CNC output, Cabinet Vision and Mozaik are the most widely used. For quoting, ordering and production, TimberCloud fits custom shops selling online or to dealers, Allmoxy fits dealer-focused component makers, and Innergy fits large commercial millwork shops.

Is there free cabinet making software?

There's no free tool that does professional cabinet design and CNC output. SketchUp's free web version can draw cabinets, but it doesn't support the extensions woodworkers use for cut lists. Most paid tools offer a trial or demo; TimberCloud has a 14-day free trial, and Cabinet Pro offers a free test drive.

Can Mozaik or Cabinet Vision handle quoting and ordering?

They can generate job costs and bids from a design. They don't provide customer ordering, dealer portals, production tracking by station, or multi-carrier shipping. Many shops pair them with a business platform.

Does TimberCloud replace Cabinet Vision or Mozaik?

No. TimberCloud isn't a CAD tool. It takes over after design: pricing, orders, cut sheets, production tracking, inventory and shipping.

How long does it take to set up cabinet software?

Design software can take weeks to months to configure and learn. Full ERPs commonly take six months or more. TimberCloud is built to go live in days, not months: every plan includes a free 1-hour onboarding call, and white-glove implementation starts at $499.

What does cabinet making software cost?

Published prices run from about $10/month for SketchUp to $325/month for Mozaik's top tier. Cabinet Vision, Microvellum and Innergy don't publish prices. TimberCloud's base plan is $199/month.

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Bring us one of your products

Evaluate TimberCloud for your cabinet shop with a product you actually sell. Bring its dimensions, material choices and pricing rules, then review the product configurator and formula-based quote against your approved price.

Follow that configuration into the order and the supported cut sheets and CAD/CAM exports. Review the required setup and add-ons, including dealer ordering if you sell to approved trade accounts. Check the sample outputs with your existing design software and machinery before using them in production.

Start a free trial or book a demo to test the workflow for your products.