AI MANUFACTURING MARKETPLACE

Xometry Instant Quoting Engine

Upload a CAD file, get a price and a lead time, and reach a global network of manufacturers without emailing a machine shop.

AI MANUFACTURING MARKETPLACE

Xometry Instant Quoting Engine

Upload a CAD file, get a price and a lead time, and reach a global network of manufacturers without emailing a machine shop.

Xometry is a custom-manufacturing marketplace. Engineers upload a CAD file, configure process, material, finish, and quantity, and the Instant Quoting Engine returns a price, a lead time, and design-for-manufacturability feedback. The same engine runs in the browser and inside SOLIDWORKS, Autodesk Fusion, and Onshape. Gensten’s case study is that quoting platform: the buyer experience, the machine-learning pricing, and the CAD add-ins.

Engagement Overview

Xometry is a two-sided marketplace. Buyers need a part. Suppliers have machine time. The quoting engine sits in the middle. Computational geometry reads the 3D model the way a machinist would, then neural-net pricing and sourcing models, trained on a very large history of custom jobs, propose a process, a price, and a shop. The public site describes more than 20 processes and 200 materials, from CNC machining and sheet metal to 3D printing, injection molding, tube bending, and urethane casting. The homepage cites 90,000 buyers, 5,000 suppliers, a 4.8 Trustpilot score, and more than 165 million parts shipped.

Goal: Collapse the quote cycle from days of email to seconds, and route the job to a supplier who can actually make it.

Approach: Start from the file, not from a form. The geometry drives the first recommendation. The buyer then changes process, material, quantity, inserts, threads, inspection, and certifications such as ITAR, and the price updates immediately. An Analyze view shows DFM issues before anyone cuts metal. Repeat orders keep configuration and prefer the same supplier. Work that is too complex or too high-volume can leave the instant path and go to a sales-assisted quote.

Pricing a never-before-seen part with confidence

Custom parts are not SKUs. Two brackets with the same bounding box can have completely different machine time. Xometry’s answer is geometry plus history: analyze the CAD, compare it with a large set of past jobs, and let a person step in when the instant model should not. Certifications, export rules, and inspection requirements have to travel with the quote, not as a footnote after checkout.

What We Deliver

Secure CAD upload for STEP, STP, SLDPRT, STL, DXF, IPT, and other common formats.
Instant price and lead time that update as process, material, finish, and quantity change.
Automated DFM analysis on the uploaded model.
CAD add-ins for SOLIDWORKS, Autodesk Fusion, and Onshape so the quote happens in the design tool.
Order path from configuration to production matching, inspection options, and shipping.
Reorder and revision control that prefers the supplier who already made the part.
Drawing AI discrepancy checks between a 2D drawing and the live configuration.

Service Scope

Buyer quoting experience on the web
CAD add-in integration for live price and DFM
Geometry analysis and pricing-model workflows
Supplier matching and production handoff
Manual-quote path for assemblies and production volume

Expected Business Impact

Buyers see price and lead time while they are still in the design, including from inside CAD.

DFM feedback catches geometry problems before a purchase order.

Suppliers receive work matched to their process instead of a broadcast RFQ.

The model improves as more jobs run, which is the advantage of owning both sides of the marketplace.

A newer Drawing AI check compares a 2D drawing with the configured part and flags mismatches in inserts, threads, roughness, material, and finish.

Delivery Roadmap

Upload and configure

Minutes

Drop in the CAD, accept or change the recommended process, and watch price and lead time move.

Check the design

Minutes

Read DFM feedback and, when a drawing is attached, the AI discrepancy flags.

Make the part

Lead time of the process

Xometry reviews manufacturability, matches a supplier in the network, and ships the finished part.

Frequently Asked Questions

What can be quoted instantly?

A wide set of CNC, sheet metal, sheet cutting, 3D printing, tube, casting, and molding jobs, across hundreds of materials. Larger assemblies and unusual programs can go through a manual quote on the same platform.

Do engineers have to leave CAD to get a price?

No. Add-ins for SOLIDWORKS, Fusion, and Onshape analyze the geometry in the design session and link out to checkout when the design is ready.

Where do the public numbers on this page come from?

The buyer, supplier, Trustpilot, and parts-shipped figures are the ones Xometry publishes on its homepage. Process coverage is from Xometry’s own getting-started and quoting guides.