Slab software
without the capital purchase.
SlabSmith is superb at saw-side imaging — and it starts at $15,000 plus hardware, plus maintenance. Lithiq OS replaces the entire stack: import slab imagery from any camera, phone, or scanner, calibrate it to true size, and run estimating, 3D layouts, client approvals, inventory, scheduling, and invoicing in one system.
No hardware. No maintenance contract. Founders pricing: $179/month Starter or $399/month Pro, subject to current eligibility and plan terms.
Why small shops switch.
A dedicated saw station starts at $15,000 plus hardware, plus maintenance, plus seats — and it still leaves estimating, approvals, scheduling, and invoicing to other per-seat systems. Lithiq OS replaces that whole stack, imaging included.
Any camera, phone, or scanner
Shoot the slab with your phone, export from a slab scanner, or use whatever camera you already own. Upload the file — resolution matters far more than the device.
Mark it and it becomes true to size
Set the vein direction, then rotate, flip, and scale the image until it matches the slab's real footprint. Calibrated, it is locked to actual inches — not a decorative overlay.
One import, four places it matters
That same calibrated image drives the layout canvas, AI nesting against your inventory, the 3D view your client approves, and slab records your office and crew both see.
A dedicated photostation gives you color calibration profiles, automated capture, and a fixed saw station — genuinely the deepest imaging available, and worth it if you run one. It is also a $15,000 capital purchase with hardware, annual maintenance, and its own seats, sitting next to software you still need for estimating, approvals, scheduling, and invoicing. Lithiq OS covers that whole stack for one flat monthly price, and imports imagery from whatever device you already own.
What a saw station starts at.
Published SlabSmith list prices, read from their pricing page. Hardware is not included in these figures, and maintenance renews every year after the first.
A three-person shop that wants estimating, 3D layouts, client approvals, slab inventory, scheduling, and invoicing connected in one system pays $179/month Starter or $399/month Pro under current founders pricing. No hardware, no maintenance contract, no per-seat stacking, and it runs on the phone the templator already carries.
Saw station vs shop system.
Two different products, honestly compared. The question for a small shop is which gaps in the stack are worth a capital purchase.
| Capability | Lithiq OS | SlabSmith |
|---|---|---|
| Slab imaging | Upload from any camera, phone, or scanner; calibrate vein direction, scale, and offsets to real dimensions | Photo-real Digital Slabs captured on a dedicated camera photostation |
| Color calibration profile | Vein direction plus scale and offset calibration against the real slab | Photostation calibration profile for color and dimension accuracy |
| Acquisition model | Flat monthly, no hardware, no maintenance contract | Capital purchase + annual maintenance + hardware sold separately |
| Saw-side layout | AI layout and nesting against your actual inventory | Perfect Match layout at the saw with preview window |
| Remnants | Tracked as inventory with location and size | Identified from the digitized slab at the saw |
| Estimating & quoting | Built in, from the drawing | Not part of the saw package |
| Client approvals | 3D layout + photos on a share link the customer approves | Not part of the saw package |
| Templating & install scheduling | Built in, visible to office and field | Not part of the saw package |
| Invoicing & QuickBooks | Quote becomes invoice, syncs forward | Not part of the saw package |
| Field devices | Browser on the phone and tablet already in your pocket | Windows workstations and photostation hardware |
Features listed for SlabSmith reflect what its vendor documents for the saw package. Vendors add and change capabilities — verify with SlabSmith before deciding.
Horus and D2 Match.
Same pattern, same ownership group as D2 Technology — strong saw-side imaging and matching, sold as software licences plus a scanner, with monthly per-user tiers for quoting and dashboards on top.
Figures as published in October 2026, in USD, with scanner hardware sold separately. Vendor pricing changes — confirm current figures directly.
Both products are legitimate choices when the saw station is the bottleneck. Neither one estimates, sells, schedules, or invoices a countertop job — that stack is where a connected shop system changes the math. Our slab inventory guide covers the point-tool trade-off in more depth.
If you do move.
Quote a real job
Create your account, add a material, and draw an actual kitchen. Your next quote can go out from Lithiq OS today — nothing depends on a capital purchase or a migration.
Connect the shop
Put your slab inventory in, connect QuickBooks, and set your price lists. Material catalogs import in bulk by CSV; DXF templates import directly.
Decide about the saw station last
Plenty of shops run both for a while, and plenty keep their photostation — it is a saw instrument. What most shops retire is the per-seat stack around it. Either way, your slab imagery lives in the system the office and the field already use.
Switching from shop software rather than a saw station? Our migration guide covers the data move, and the alternatives hub has the rest of the landscape.
Straight answers.
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Try it on a real job.
Draw one kitchen, price it, and put it on a slab. Founders pricing: $179/month for Starter or $399/month for Fabricator Pro, subject to current eligibility and plan terms.