Polyboard alternatives for fitted-wardrobe makers: an honest comparison
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Closetforge is a white-label 3D wardrobe configurator and quoting tool for fitted-wardrobe makers. PolyBoard is cabinet design and manufacturing software for the workshop. We make Closetforge, so this comparison is written by an interested party; every PolyBoard fact below is taken from the page that sells it, linked and dated.
If you searched for a PolyBoard alternative, the first thing to settle is which job you want done. PolyBoard and Closetforge overlap less than the search suggests. One is a tool the maker uses to design and manufacture cabinets. The other is a tool the customer uses, on the maker's website, to design a wardrobe and ask for a price. Many workshops would use both, one after the other.
At a glance
| PolyBoard | Closetforge | |
|---|---|---|
| Who uses it | The workshop's designer | The workshop's customer, then the workshop |
| What it is for | Designing and manufacturing cabinets | Letting customers design wardrobes and request a quote |
| Scope | "Residential, commercial and retail sectors" | Wardrobes only |
| Price model | Lifetime licence, two editions | Monthly plan, see our pricing page |
| Published price | USD $2,795.00 – USD $5,295.00 | On our pricing page |
| CNC output | DXF files and native formats for CNC machines | None; a MaxCut CSV cut list only |
| Cut lists | PDF and CSV | In the workshop PDF, plus a MaxCut CSV |
| Customer-facing website configurator | Not described on the pages we read | Yes, under your brand |
PolyBoard facts: wooddesigner.org/polyboard and wooddesigner.org/product/polyboard, both read 9 October 2026.
What PolyBoard is
Wood Designer Ltd, based in Henley-on-Thames in the UK, sells PolyBoard on its own site. Its product page says PolyBoard was "created for small and medium workshops specialising in custom projects" and is "the perfect design application for residential, commercial and retail sectors" (wooddesigner.org/polyboard, read 9 October 2026).
The same page lists what it produces: "3D models, photo renders and flexible order management"; "cut lists in PDF and CSV"; a "quote module with highly customisable layout and data fields, plus cost, material and hardware reports"; "files of every part in industry standard format (2D DXF)" and "native file formats for leading brands of CNC machines". The Pro PP edition works with OptiNest to "nest all the parts of your project and send to your CNC with full machining details, labels and grain management". Both editions are listed as a "Lifetime licence".
The shop page prices the two editions, PolyBoard Pro and Pro PP, in a range of USD $2,795.00 – USD $5,295.00, and says: "Your first order includes Premium Support free of charge for 3 months, then 50% thereafter. A complementary set up session is part of this service" (wooddesigner.org/product/polyboard, read 9 October 2026).
What Closetforge is
Closetforge puts a finished wardrobe configurator on your own website, under your brand and your domain. A customer designs the wardrobe in 3D in six steps, or describes it to an AI assistant that makes the changes for them. Every change is checked against the same building rules, so a design that cannot be built is refused with a sentence that says what to do instead.
When the customer asks for a quote, their phone number is checked with a text-message code, and the server prices the design from your settings: the boards you buy and what they cost, your waste allowance, your labour minutes and hourly rate, your mark-up, VAT, installation and travel. You receive a customer PDF and a workshop PDF with a cut list, hardware and accessories, and a cut layout across the boards. By default nothing reaches the customer until you approve it, unless you switch on automatic sending.
Where they differ
Who does the designing. In PolyBoard, the designer at the workshop draws the cabinet. In Closetforge, the customer draws a first version at home, and you refine it. That changes when you spend your time: on a job that has already shown intent, not on every enquiry that asks "roughly how much?".
What comes out at the end. PolyBoard's pages describe output that goes to a machine: DXF files, native CNC formats, nesting with OptiNest on Pro PP. Closetforge's output stops earlier: a priced quote, a cut list and a cut layout for a person or a panel saw, and a CSV for the MaxCut optimiser. If your workshop runs a CNC router, Closetforge does not replace the software that drives it.
Scope. PolyBoard's page describes residential, commercial and retail work. Closetforge handles wardrobes only. That narrow scope is why the rules are exact, and also why it cannot design your kitchen job.
Price model. PolyBoard is sold as a lifetime licence with optional ongoing support. Closetforge is a monthly plan with the price on our pricing page. Compare them over the period you expect to use them, and count what you would pay for support.
Using both
A workshop that already designs in PolyBoard can put Closetforge in front of it. The customer designs and requests a price on your site; you approve the quote; the job then goes into your workshop software as it does today. Closetforge does not import into or export to PolyBoard, so the design is redrawn there by hand. For a workshop that wins one job in several enquiries, that redraw happens only for the jobs you win.
Choose them if…
- Choose PolyBoard if you need to design cabinets of every kind, not only wardrobes, and want manufacturing output for a CNC machine from the same program.
- Choose PolyBoard if you prefer a one-off licence to a monthly plan.
- Choose PolyBoard if your customers come to you through a showroom or a designer, and you do not need them to design anything themselves.
- Choose Closetforge if you want customers to design a fitted wardrobe on your own website and arrive with a priced request, before you spend design time on it.
- Choose both if you want customers to start the design online and your workshop to manufacture it with PolyBoard.
What Closetforge does not do
- No kitchens. Closetforge handles wardrobes only, by decision. Kitchens, bathrooms, doors and other furniture are out of scope; a quote can carry custom lines for the odd extra.
- CNC output is limited to a MaxCut CSV. There is no DXF, no machine file and no nesting for a router. It does not import into or export to PolyBoard.
- EU supplier catalogues only. The supplier catalogues we import come from European suppliers. There is no UK merchant price list built in; you enter your own board prices.
- No integrations. It does not connect to CAD, accounting, CRM or job-management software.
- No team management in your account. Extra logins are added by us on request.
- No customer payments. It sends quotes; it does not take deposits.
How this page was checked
Every PolyBoard fact above was read on the two wooddesigner.org pages linked in the table, on the date at the top of the page. If a figure here no longer matches those pages, the vendor's page is right. Tell us if something has changed and we will re-check.
See it for yourself
Open the live demo to design a wardrobe as a customer would and read both quote documents. To see how your own boards, labour and travel would price a recent job, book a call.