Makerstage relaunches digital manufacturing platform with 200+ suppliers across the U.S. and Asia
San Francisco Bay Area marketplace expands multi-region supplier network and adds instant quoting engine as U.S. tariff volatility reshapes procurement
Makestage, an on-demand digital manufacturing platform serving U.S. engineering and procurement teams, relaunched in March 2026 with a redesigned ordering workflow, an expanded network of over 200 pre-qualified manufacturing partners, and a new engineering resource hub. An instant quoting engine was scheduled to roll out in April 2026.
The relaunch marked a significant expansion for the company, which VoxelMatters first covered in 2020 as an early-stage distributed manufacturing platform. Its supplier base has since grown from a handful of U.S. partners to more than 200 vetted manufacturers, with capabilities spanning CNC machining, 3D printing across FDM, SLA, MJF, PolyJet, DLS, and metal processes, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding.
The majority of Makerstage’s supplier network remained U.S.-based, with China as the second-largest production region. The company added vetted partners in Vietnam, Malaysia, India, and Singapore to give customers sourcing flexibility across tariff profiles and lead time requirements. U.S. tariff rates on Chinese-manufactured goods have ranged from roughly 10% to over 100%, depending on product category and trade agreements in effect, creating procurement complexity for engineering teams without the bandwidth to track policy changes alongside quality and delivery management.
Fully redesigned platform
The updated platform reduced the number of steps required to move from CAD file upload to a confirmed purchase order. Makerstage also launched a resource library of over 100 articles and guides covering design-for-manufacturing best practices, material selection, and process comparisons, along with a material comparison tool for evaluating mechanical properties, tolerances, and cost tradeoffs across processes and geographies. A YouTube channel offering manufacturing process walkthroughs accompanied the relaunch.
The planned instant quoting engine was designed to deliver pricing and lead times within seconds of a CAD upload. Makestage positioned its differentiation around pricing transparency and supplier-matching logic tuned for multi-region sourcing, rather than on quoting speed itself, which has become standard across digital manufacturing platforms.
Solving inefficiencies
Nishat Rustagi, Founder and CEO of Make, Inc., the parent company operating as Makerstage, founded the business in 2017 after encountering the inefficiencies of sourcing precision parts firsthand.
“I started Make in 2017 because I needed some parts made and found firsthand that getting access to advanced manufacturing machines was incredibly cumbersome, inefficient, and slow,” Rustagi said. “The tariff environment since 2025 has only added complexity for U.S. engineering teams. Rates on Chinese imports have ranged anywhere from 10% to over 100% depending on the product and the week, and most companies don’t have the bandwidth to track that while also managing quality and lead times.”
Makerstage managed the full procurement and quality control workflow from order confirmation through final inspection and delivery. The platform served customers in robotics, consumer electronics, autonomous systems, medical devices, and industrial equipment.
