up2parts Review 2026: AI Quoting and Work Prep That Learns From Your Own Order History

Updated October 16, 2026 – Tested Intelligence

Quick verdict: up2parts is a German software company selling AI to exactly one audience: machining and metalworking job shops. Its calculation module prices new parts by finding geometrically similar parts in your own order history, while autoCAM reads features off the 3D model and drafts the work preparation. Pricing is not public – but for a job shop drowning in RFQs, the similarity-search idea is genuinely different from formula-based quoting.

What it is

up2parts, based in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany, sells three connected products. up2parts calculation is the quoting tool: upload a 3D model and the AI analyzes its geometry, proposes a calculation from its manufacturing features, and searches your history for geometrically similar components, so the new estimate stands on your real costs instead of a generic formula.

up2parts autoCAM handles work preparation: it recognizes manufacturing features on the 3D model automatically, derives the machining steps, generates setup sheets, and hands structured job data toward existing CAM systems. up2parts cockpit is the included workspace layer for inquiries, quotes and workload.

The company is a specialist, not a giant: founded in 2019 out of the software division of German contract manufacturer BAM GmbH, it is backed by strategic investors DMG MORI, Sandvik and Schaeffler, and directory profiles put its customers at roughly a hundred machining businesses, mostly job shops and contract manufacturers running series from single parts to about a thousand. Its materials target shops of roughly 10 to 250 employees – the size where the owner still quotes at night.

Key features

• AI calculation from 3D models (STEP and other formats), with feature-based costing proposals
• Geometric similarity search: finds look-alike parts in your own quoting and production history
• Self-learning from your order history – estimates calibrate to your machines and your costs
• autoCAM: automatic feature recognition, derived machining steps and generated setup sheets
• cockpit workspace for inquiries, quotes and workload – included
• Built for job shops producing batch sizes from 1 to roughly 1,000 parts

Pricing

Pricing is not public. up2parts publishes no prices, tiers or trial terms on its site; software directories describe custom, per-company quotes on a monthly subscription basis, set in a sales conversation based on the modules you take. US shops should clarify the invoicing currency and where support hours fall in their time zone.

Who it’s for

CNC job shops and contract manufacturers quoting milled and turned parts in small series, where estimators burn hours re-deriving numbers for look-alike parts. The similarity search pays off most in shops with deep order history. Shops already quoting from 3D models get value fastest; shops with European operations face none of the distance friction.

Who should skip it

Shops outside Europe should weigh the practicalities honestly: this is a DACH-focused vendor – its references and partnerships concentrate in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and there is no documented US sales or support operation. New shops with little order history miss the point – the AI learns from your past quotes. And if you need a full ERP suite, this is not it: it covers quoting and work prep.

Pros

• Similarity search over your own history is a genuinely different quoting approach
• Quotes and work preparation in one platform – autoCAM carries the estimate into setup sheets
• Purpose-built for job shops, not adapted from generic ERP software

Cons

• No public pricing – custom quote through a sales process
• German vendor with a DACH-centric footprint; US presence and support hours undocumented
• The AI’s advantage depends on the volume of your historical quote data
• Smaller vendor and ecosystem than the big US quoting platforms

FAQ

How is up2parts different from a normal quoting tool?

Most quoting tools apply formulas or time standards. up2parts calculation searches your own history for geometrically similar parts and uses what those parts actually cost you as the basis for the new estimate.

Does up2parts replace my CAM system?

No. autoCAM does work preparation – feature recognition, machining steps, setup sheets – and works inside Mastercam, GibbsCAM and hyperMILL, suggesting setups, tools and operations in the CAM system. Your CAM package still posts the final NC code.

How much does up2parts cost?

Pricing is not public. It is sold as a custom per-company subscription set through a sales conversation, based on the modules you choose.

Bottom line

up2parts is the specialist import on this list: quoting AI that learns from your own order book, with work prep carrying the same data into setup sheets. An easy shortlist for a European job shop. For a US shop, the idea is strong and vendor distance is the question to settle in the demo – support, currency, roadmap – before the quote math wins you over.