Tharstern Desktop 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Tharstern Desktop

4.4

(38)

Pricing

Starting at £5.18 per month

About Tharstern Desktop

Tharstern Desktop is a workflow management system designed to help print professionals handle print jobs and access estimates from within a unified platform. Key features include order management, scheduling, quality control and warehousing.

Tharstern Desktop supports multi-sector workflows, which allow businesses to diversify the system according to requirements. Teams can create targeted marketing campaigns based on orders and estimates.

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Tharstern Desktop Pricing and Plans

Starting price: £5.18 per month

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Basic

£5.18

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Tharstern Desktop Features

Popular features found in Enterprise Resource Planning
Accounting
Billing & Invoicing
Business Process Automation
CRM
HR Management
Inventory Management
Order Management
Project Management
Purchase Order Management
Reporting/Analytics
Supply Chain Management
Task Management
More features of Tharstern Desktop
Access Controls/Permissions
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
API
Approval Process Control
"Best Price" Estimating
Bindery Estimating
Cost Estimating
Cost Tracking
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Discount Management
For Printing Industry
Job Costing
Job Management
Job Tracking
Multiple Version Calculations
Pre/Post Service Calculations
Pre-Press Estimating
Price/Margin Management
Print Management
Process Ink Calculation
Product Catalog
Production Tracking
Quotes/Estimates
Reporting & Statistics
Role-Based Permissions
Scheduling
Shipping Management
Supplier Management
Third-Party Integrations
Workflow Management

Tharstern Desktop Integrations

HubSpot CRM

HubSpot Marketing Hub

ROI360

Xero

Pressero

HubSpot Sales Hub

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Tharstern Desktop User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

55%

39%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.9

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.4

John R.

Verified reviewer

Printing

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Tharstern Primo review

I was involved from day 1, I played a leading role in the decision to go with Tharstern, I was and still am the implementation lead and administrator of the software. Implementation/Deployment was long but Tharstern are with you all the way through implementation. The Tharstern support desk is excellent, all agents are very knowledgeable and extremely helpful.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very structured software, functionality, ease of use, open database, customizable. Ability for custom development which we needed. We were able to import almost everything from our previous software via csv files.

Cons:

Licensing for the shop floor users but that would probably be the same with most software packages.

Reasons for switching to Tharstern Desktop

To have a complete all in one MIS package, the software is very structured and the estimates are configured to match how you produce the product/part. Production planning is based off the estimates and therefore is only as accurate as the estimates which forces good disciplines, otherwise garbage in-garbage out. We added some custom development for BOMs and warehouse, Tharstern also developed mobile inventory which only adds to the experience.

Gill T.

Verified reviewer

Printing

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Why Choose Tharstern ?

I have worked with Tharstern now for over 15 years and would not consider looking for an alternative solution for our business. The support that is provided by the support team and also by using the Portal is prompt and is an excellent service

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is easy to use and in my experience can be integrated with most other applications which is essential for streamlining services. I particularly like Estimate Pro. The ease of use means that providing an estimate for approximately 90% of our products can be done by our Administration Team and saves critical time when working to tight deadlines.

Cons:

Although I rate Estimate Pro I do find that there are certain processes that I would like to follow that are a bit rigid and I have to use a workaround. I did find that setting up and testing Estimate Pro was quite time consuming and if I had the time again I would definitely invest in a professional consultant from Tharstern to provide a service for doing the initial set up.

damien f.

Printing

11-50 employees

Used other for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2017

a disaster!, we paid them over 10k, and they walked away from us

none, we have since dumped it, this was part due to the fact tharstern we not helpful after we paid them the money. if anyone else is interested, they have lovely brochures etc, but ask them to install the system to your satisfaction and then you will pay them, they will not do this !! enough said

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

i could say i liked some features until i found an online system fully features with no extra costs, if anyone would like to speak with me, im happy to give free advice about the systems we have tried and the one we are currently using

Cons:

any company that has to come and set up a software package for a few days run from, if you can't set up an online system, run from it, if it takes days for them onsite, then you will have months of grief

Teri B.

Verified reviewer

Printing

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

Estimating

It is ok, the guys on support are good, some more knowledgeable than others but they are happy to pass on to those that know. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] is awesome, so patient and your star player.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is quick and accurate when something is straightforward.

Cons:

When you are midway you cannot change the Classicafication When you are midway you cannot change the customer or edit the customer details When you start a quote in the customer section you cannot add a customer in that area, you have to go into the customer tab, we have prospective customers call and they ask you for a quote who are not on the system, there is not a quick way to add them. I am finding that I have to save the quote, close down, go into another part, then open back up and all this takes time, I find it frustrating. I have been using Tharstern for years and there is no improvement in this.

Reasons for switching to Tharstern Desktop

At the time it was ahead in terms of ease of use and more cost effective.

Chris S.

Verified reviewer

Printing

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Great System...!

Exceptional - customer service and tech support very knowledgeable indeed. Not just of the system either (which is all too often the case elsewhere) but with actual print and its processes too.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Tharstern provides a very dynamic and forward thinking environment in which to work; it encompasses all of the cutting edge elements a print business now requires (Web-to-Print, Automation, Ganging of Jobs, JDF integratable etc.) which has allowed us to streamline our workflow significantly.

Cons:

Personally, I haven't really found anything that i would say is something i don't like! A Mac compatible version would be REALLY useful though; a lot of people in our industry use Macs of course; and requires use a Microsoft RDP to use.

Jill C.

Verified reviewer

Printing

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2021

A Great Partner and Evolving Technology

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The Print Estimating and Jobs Costing modules are the areas we use the most within the software. The ease of estimating has allowed us to expand who within our business is able to estimate jobs accurately and with the correct production information. Secondly the ease of being able to get the data out of the system to analyse is extremely beneficial to us.

Cons:

Throughout the system the wording can be confusing, they frequently use the same terminology for different parts of the system. This is confusing for users as they have to remember what the same word means in two different areas of the system. While the system allows for easy access to the data - there is no database schema therefore it's challenging to learn the database to access. Once we figured the basics out it has started to become easier.

Reasons for switching to Tharstern Desktop

Monarch system was not allowing us to grow and integrate easily with other systems and software we use within our organization. It also did not allow for us to easily access the data from the system

Brett K.

Verified reviewer

Printing

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed April 2021

Great software, great company.

The implementation process was very well planned by Tharstern. The time spent with the Tharstern consultants was invaluable, as the took time to learn our business and needs over simply deploying a software package. The consultants were always well prepared to deliver and support training content. The software platform has driven us to look at our processes and become driven to maximum the tools abilities. Our user acceptance has been very high and the transition to maximizing new software has occurred very quickly. We have realized many of our short and medium term goals already, and we can see the long term goals being very achievable.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Tharstern provides great ability to integrate to 3rd part software platforms. It's flexibility to match our business needs is a desirable quality that a number of other industry solutions did not have. The user experience utilizing the software brings great efficiency and accuracy to our daily tasks.

Cons:

Any shortcomings or issues with the software are often quickly overcome with Tharstern's ability to deploy updates and new features quickly and consistently.

Kevin H.

Verified reviewer

Printing

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2021

Tharstern Truth

We manage to get through a large number of jobs with us having tharstern. Helps keep jobs very organised by being able to track the progress.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Estimate Pro once setup is very easy to use. I liked the integration to web2print when we were using it. I generally like the overall usability.

Cons:

I would like to see a more user friendly way of setting up machinery for costing jobs. Often forget different steps as only do it every so often. Pricing large format doesn't give us an accurate price when we are cutting shapes. Being able to quote lots of different sizes of correx or posters and tharstern would be helpful rather so it nests them all and gives a ore accurate price.

Reasons for choosing Tharstern Desktop

Price and I have previously used it when I originally started looking and took other peoples advice. I was happy and am happy with tharstern.

Colm S.

Verified reviewer

Printing

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed February 2021

Excellent Product & Great Team

Delighted with our decision to go with Tharstern. Brilliant team, extremely helpful and knowledgeable.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great piece of software that is feature rich. Yes implementation is not quick but you are setting the foundations for a a system that will run every aspect of your business for years to come and the Tharstern team carrying out the implementation are brilliant. Estimating is super quick & consistent & you trust the figures it gives you. We have our system fully integrated with our accounts package and our web2print / workflow software removing a substantial amount of data entry.

Cons:

It is a complex system so there is a learning curve. You can't cancel invoices you can only issue credit notes which can be a pain as mistakes are made sometimes.

Reasons for switching to Tharstern Desktop

The whole experience from the first time we contacted them made us realise this was the partner for us to work with. Also their integration experience is second to none and was a deciding factor.

Rebecca O.

Verified reviewer

Printing

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed April 2021

PrecisionProco Sheffield

Tharstern Layout library is helping us speed up pre-press imposition and ensure they our planned correctly for our finishing dept. The planning boards are helping to improve our OTIF rates by ensuring a specific running order on press

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

If set up correctly it can be very simple to use. The flow between estimating/job creation/planning/production works well. Integrates with a variety of other systems, oneflow/apogee etc.

Cons:

It can be very difficult to set up correctly and the updates can take production down for hours at a time. Warehouse functionality has too many steps resulting in it rarely being used correctly. This creates lasting issues throughout the rest of the system as it becomes impossible to complete sales orders, delete obsolete stock etc. It's very difficult to delete old machinery due to them being ties to existing products

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