Loftware NiceLabel vs VPack
Loftware NiceLabel
loftware.com
VPack
erpa.deSide by side
| Figure | Loftware NiceLabel | VPack |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Packaging Design Software | 7.9 (#10) | 7.4 (#20) |
| Company | Loftware describes itself as a product identification software provider with offices in the US, UK, Slovenia, China, and Singapore. | The maker is ERPA Systeme GmbH, based at Willi-Eichler-Str. 24, 37079 Göttingen, Germany; the opened company pages do not state a founding year. |
| Founded | 1993 | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States | Göttingen, Germany |
| Integrations | Loftware describes integrations with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and ERP, WMS, MES, and PLM systems. | VPack integrates with ERPA’s VKalk server for pricing calculations and online shop links, and with the EDB server for design data exchange. |
| Purpose | Loftware Cloud Designer helps small to midsize or growing companies securely design and print labels. | VPack is 3D CAD/CAM software for designing product packaging, displays, folding boxes, and other packaging. |
| Support | Loftware offers self-paced Loftware Academy learning and step-by-step training for Loftware Cloud users. | ERPA provides a service team by phone and email, and its downloads page describes remote support using TeamViewer. |
Plans
In their own words
Loftware NiceLabel
Loftware NiceLabel, identified with Loftware Cloud, helps companies design and print labels while coordinating labeling and product data across suppliers, sites, and processes. Cloud Designer is aimed at small to midsize or growing companies and combines a browser-based Web Designer with a locally installed Desktop Designer connected to Control Center. Labels can contain text, lines, shapes, and barcodes, with content linked to fixed or dynamic data sources. Remote printing is supported for printers connected to a computer running Desktop Designer. Licenses cover one to ten printer seats, counting each physical or virtual printer as one seat. Centralized storage, version control, approvals, role-based access, and audit trails support document governance. Cloud Business, Cloud Enterprise, and Cloud Compliance include Print, Trigger, and Document APIs; third-party API use requires a Developer Portal subscription key. Loftware Automation can initiate repetitive printing without human interaction. Pricing is on request, and a 30-day trial is available. Loftware says Web Designer does not include the full Desktop Designer feature set.
VPack
VPack is ERPA Systeme GmbH’s 3D CAD/CAM software for designing product packaging, displays, folding boxes and related packaging. It links flat 2D dielines with folded 3D views in real time. A library contains 1,300 patterns for solid and corrugated board, including FEFCO, ECMA and PHARMA standards. Semi-automated construction and company-specific parameters support customized designs. Importing a product’s 3D model can generate a matching insert cross-section. Analysis covers material consumption, waste, line lengths and other production information. VPack exports interactive 3D PDF and HTML presentations with folding animation. It connects with common high-performance cutters for prototypes and digital short runs, and ERPA says it integrates with VKalk and EDB servers and can provide data to merchandise systems and online shops. Windows 10/11, Mac and Linux are listed; ERPA recommends a premium OpenGL Quadro graphics card for 3D. Pricing requires contacting ERPA.