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Amerigo vs Xometry
Xometry and Amerigo both take a drawing and return a price, but they work differently. Xometry quotes instantly from your CAD geometry, sells you the part itself, and makes it through a partner network in the US and abroad. Amerigo routes your drawing to a few American job shops built for the work, and each quote names the manufacturer you would buy from. Here is where each one fits.
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How you get a price
Xometry:An instant quote generated from your 3D CAD geometry; complex assemblies may get a manual quote. [1][2]
Amerigo:Each manufacturer prices your drawing itself. Amerigo never sets or estimates a price.
Who you buy from
Xometry:Xometry. It makes the part or subcontracts it to a partner, and you do not pay the partner directly. [3]
Amerigo:The manufacturer is the seller. Amerigo acts as its agent and takes payment on its behalf.
Who makes the part
Xometry:A partner from Xometry's network. Partners may not contact customers outside Xometry's own channels. [4]
Amerigo:Named on every quote, and you message it directly in the job's thread.
Where it is made
Xometry:Partners in the US and abroad; you can choose US or international manufacturing. [5]
Amerigo:American manufacturers on their own U.S. floors, starting in the Northeast.
Who pays the platform
Xometry:You pay Xometry's price, and Xometry pays the partner. [3]
Amerigo:The manufacturer pays a commission on work it wins. You pay the quote price; nothing is added.
Scale
Xometry:4,996 active suppliers at the end of 2025, per its annual report. [6]
Amerigo:A focused network of Northeast job shops, growing one manufacturer at a time.
Where Xometry is the better choice
- You need a price in seconds for a part that prices well from geometry, such as a standard CNC or sheet metal part.
- You want one supplier of record across many processes, including 3D printing, injection molding and die casting. [1]
- You need capacity or processes beyond the Northeast, or the option of offshore production. [5]
- Your program requires the regulated-industry quality certifications Xometry publishes. [1]
Where Amerigo is the better choice
- You want to know, and talk to, the shop that makes your part. Every Amerigo quote names it.
- The job does not price well from geometry alone: welded assemblies, drawings with notes and callouts, repairs, or a mixed package of sheet metal, machining and finishing.
- You want the part made in America by an American job shop, and you want the manufacturer to be the seller.
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Questions buyers ask
- Is Amerigo a Xometry alternative?
- For custom metal parts made to a drawing, yes. The difference is who you buy from: on Xometry you buy from Xometry, which subcontracts the work; on Amerigo you buy from the named American manufacturer that quoted your drawing.
- Does Amerigo give instant quotes?
- No. Every price on Amerigo comes from the manufacturer that will make the part, after it reads your drawing. If you need an instant price on a standard part, an instant-quote platform is faster.
- Does Xometry own Thomasnet?
- Yes. Xometry acquired Thomas, the company behind Thomasnet, in December 2021. [7]