Steelhead 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Steelhead

4.8

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Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Steelhead

Steelhead is a manufacturing management solution that helps operators send quotes, add work orders, track the movement of parts, access packing slips and invoices, generate reports, and reprioritize jobs from within a unified platform.

Teams can automate the estimation process, send an invoice with full visibility into production and accounting, track job cost, edit schedules and receive customer notifications. It lets businesses gain insights into production, profit, quality, sales, rework, and more.

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Steelhead Features

Popular features found in Manufacturing
Compliance Management
Job Management
Maintenance Management
Production Scheduling
Production Tracking
Product Lifecycle Management
Purchase Order Management
Quality Control
Shop Floor Management
Supplier Management
Traceability
Work Order Management
More features of Steelhead
Accounting
Accounting Integration
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Automated Scheduling
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Billing & Invoicing
Bills of Material
Capacity Management
Contact Management
Cost Analysis
Cost Estimating
Cost Tracking
CRM
Customer Database
Customizable Fields
Customizable Reports
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Distribution Management
Document Management
Estimating
Financial Management
Integrated Business Operations
Inventory Management
Inventory Tracking
Job Costing
Job Scheduling
Job Tracking
Maintenance Scheduling
Material Requirements Planning
MES
Monitoring
Multi-Currency
Multi-Location
Order Management
Performance Metrics
Production Management
Project Management
Purchasing & Receiving
Quality Management
Quotes/Estimates
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Reporting
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Resource Management
Safety Management
Sales Order Management
Scheduling
Search/Filter
Serial Number Tracking
Shipping Management
Status Tracking
Supply Chain Management
Task Management
Third-Party Integrations
Time & Expense Tracking
Vendor Management
Warehouse Management
Workflow Management

Steelhead Integrations

QuickBooks Enterprise

QuickBooks Online

Steelhead User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

80%

20%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.4

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

5.0

Functionality

4.3

Ben R.

Verified reviewer

Building Materials

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

Steelhead software is designed well for surface finishing and manufacturing processes

Very positive overall. Steelhead really believes in the product that they have created and back it up 100 percent. The team assigned to our launch was very enthusiastic and took ownership of our account. Overall I believe the software was a good fit for us.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Steelhead has many layers of customization that can be used to dial in variables in your operation. Moving parts, tracking orders, overall visibility is very intuitive and simple for operators.

Cons:

At first there were extra steps in order entry that seemed redundant or unnecessary for our operation. After a while with the help of engineers, we were able to remove some, and others became routine after hundreds of orders entered.

Reasons for switching to Steelhead

Tudo had limited functionality that we had to come up with workarounds for. Tudo also was slow to respond to customer service issues.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with the platform and our team, Ben! It has been a pleasure building a solution specifically for your shop's needs and we look forward to growing with you over the years to come!

Replied November 2023

Frank L.

Verified reviewer

Building Materials

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed November 2023

New Customer

This process has been and great experience. I was worried about bringing on the new system and the large learning curve it would create with our team. Also, I had a little hesitancy if investing the time in effort in onboarding the Steelhead system would be a benefit for the company. I have found it to be nothing but a success in giving us the tools for future success.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Steelhead has provided an opportunity for our company to monitor of processes and ability to grow with real time data.

Cons:

I have not came across any items that have disappointed me that have not been resolved when discussed with the Steelhead team.

Reasons for switching to Steelhead

We created our own cloud document to monitor production and communicate with the team. As our business grew, we found more limits that it could not provide and we did not have support to make corrections or improvements.

Madelyn H.

Verified reviewer

Industrial Automation

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Reviewed December 2022

Steelhead Review

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

What I like most about the Steelhead software is that all of the information is easily accessible in order to help you better understand the company. Following this further, you are able to see where your profits are coming from, or if you need to be more efficient as a whole, which in my opinion, is extremely valuable information to any size company. There are also plenty of useful and helpful features available for use.

Cons:

What I like least about this software is that it is unable to be fully customized to an individual business, but the team at Steelhead does a nice job trying to make up for this.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave a detailed response! We appreciate you and are very happy you are enjoying the insights and analytics to build a more profitable shop. We are constantly searching for ways to support our customer's unique needs by building new features and enhancements upon request! Please submit any requests you have to support@gosteelhead.com or call/text your dedicated representative and we will help build those additional customizations.

Replied December 2022

Kevin W.

Verified reviewer

Industrial Automation

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed December 2022

Steelhead

Great user experience. Easy to manage and modify inputs. Saves admin time.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Production flow and monitoring. Being able to access anytime from web devices (Phones)

Cons:

Monthly Expenese. Automaded emails are sometimes held by spam filters.

Reasons for choosing Steelhead

New technology, strong team, reporting and instant data

Reasons for switching to Steelhead

Dated software

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review! We are happy to hear you are enjoying the Steelhead user experience and saving time.

Replied December 2022

Eva V.

Verified reviewer

Building Materials

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed December 2022

Steelhead is Completely Changing the Efficiency of our Operation.

From beginning to end, I cannot say enough good things about Steelhead. Their employees from sales, to engineering, implementation, customer service - all stellar. Very easy to work with, eager to help - and willing to admit when they don't know something, but quick to get answers on those items! Every operation / company they work with undoubtedly has varying requirements, and use their software in differing ways. Regardless of how their software is used, all Steelhead wants to do is continue to improve upon it based on your specific needs. It gets built out and improved based on what their customer's needs are, and that's what sets them apart the most.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The quoting module is what we currently use the most. Steelhead enables us to capture all of our quote data, prints, specifications - etc. and we no longer have to reference or rely on our paper records. As we continue to integrate more of our operation, Steelhead continues to drive our efficiency. No more need for paper travelers, cloud based packing slips and signature capture, a complete visualization of where the work in our facility is located....the list goes on.

Cons:

Really don't dislike anything at this time. It's a rather new software, so where there may be missing modules, or a shortcoming on data capture - their engineers are CONSTANTLY updating the software and expanding it's capabilities and offerings. I quite literally wake up each day excited to see what is next to come!

Reasons for choosing Steelhead

Epicor and NetSuite are big box, big company. Implementation fees are VERY high, and their offerings are not customizable. Steelhead has been a 100% personal, relationship driven implementation from the very beginning. I've had one stable contact throughout, I feel my needs and concerns are heard. And as I've already mentioned, Steelhead builds out and improves upon their software based on their customers needs. Versus Epicor and NetSuite, the customer would have to adjust their processes based around what their product can do / offer, and undoubtedly has many extra features that never get used. No thank you.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the opportunity to serve you, Eva! It has been an absolute pleasure and we look forward to supporting your success in the years to come!

Replied December 2022

Chrissy P.

Verified reviewer

Warehousing

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed May 2023

Steelhead saved us!!

The deployment of Steelhead was amazing. [sensitive content hidden] committed to a daily conference call over the first 6 weeks, along with 6 full days of operator training on-site. They have done a great job of supporting our goals and getting Steelhead customized to our specific processes, which was much easier than I ever imagined.I can always count on them for a quick response if I need support. It means a lot to know that you have help along the way when making such big changes and implementing a new ERP system.Steelhead software is extremely quick and responsive.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Steelhead has made our life here so much easier. One of the biggest benefits that we have seen with our implementation is that we now have visibility to job costing on a much more detailed level. We have been able to raise pricing on an as needed basis and the customers have been very receptive to the increases. It has also helped us to see where we need to figure ways to be more productive with the current work load. We now have one place for us to all work out of vs. going to a few different programs to get what we need. This has also helped us with training our new hires the same way, every time. The part number instructions that follow the job as they come into the shop, has made it so that all of the operators consistently know which steps to take at each step of the process. All the information they need is at their fingertips, every single time. It makes things so consistent.

Cons:

There are just a couple things that I am hoping for in the future: * Invoice option to edit vs creating a whole new one when a change is needed* Get the part number, or at a minimum the quantity listed on the received orders page or work order page

Mike F.

Verified reviewer

Industrial Automation

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Reviewed December 2022

A++ Like no other

They are fast to resolve confusion or issues. Again, like no other.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Customer support and ease of use. This software really separates itself from others I have used.

Cons:

No cons yet, customer support has prevented that.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We have really enjoyed working with you and are looking forward to growing with you!

Replied December 2022

Aaron E.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed February 2023

Commercial Powder Coating

Overall Steelhead has been a great addition for us and in a very short period of time has increased efficiency, throughput and visibility throughout the shop.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Specific to the Powder coating industry, no upfront development cost.

Cons:

Some of the features are not very intuitive such as the Reporting but Steelhead has always been helpful when we have questions and improving the platform based off feedback.

Vendor Response

Thank you for taking the time the leave a review of our technology. We look forward to growing with your company!

Replied February 2023

Raj P.

Verified reviewer

Mining & Metals

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed December 2022

Great Product

Great people, product, and growth strategy

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Support. Its fast and personalized. This is a major differentiator

Cons:

Some features not used in process lingering. Transition with all of the nuances my business has was a bit more difficult to setup. In hindsight, I should have spent more upfront time to review the developed process and feedback from floor workers would have been better.

Reasons for choosing Steelhead

yes

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Raj! It has been a pleasure working with you and we look forward to growing with you in the future.

Replied December 2022

Brittany P.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed December 2022

Ingham's Powder Coating

Steelhead is a great company to work with. The employees go above & beyond to answer all of your questions right away & walk you through step by step. Using new software's is always a challenge, but the Steelhead team made this transition very simple for our team.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Customer friendly & easy to use. You're able to track all jobs with ease. Since it's all digital it's convenient to easily locate work orders, packing slips, invoices & etc. The most beneficial use I have found is checking to see where a job is located within our shop when a customer checks on the status of their PO.

Cons:

Integration with Sage was a bit of a hassle in the beginning, but after all said & done everything that we need transfers over wonderfully.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review, Brittany! It has been a pleasure serving you.

Replied December 2022

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