For Artisan roasters

Coming from Artisan?

Let's be straight: Artisan is excellent, free, and open source. If your whole workflow is live curve control, keep it. RoastSource is for everything Artisan doesn't do — and it will read your .alog files, with import coming soon.

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Honest comparison

	Artisan (free)	RoastSource
Live probe logging & PID control	✔︎ best in class	✔︎ live USB/WiFi probe + real-time RoR in Home (single channel); Bluetooth & multi-channel with Expert — no PID control
Curve analysis	✔︎ deep, expert-oriented	✔︎ curve viewing & side-by-side compare in Reporting; deeper smoothed-RoR & phase analysis with Expert
Green-bean inventory	✘ (paid artisan.plus)	✔︎ included, with freshness tracking
Cupping & ratings	Manual cup form	✔︎ SCA 100-point + predicted scores + tasting cards
Blend recipes	✘ (paid artisan.plus)	✔︎ included, 100+ presets
Coffee education	✘	✔︎ 49 origins, processing, roast science — free
Roast Quality Score (auto-graded from the roast)	✘	✔︎ 100-point with per-metric targets; no other tool does this
Reporting (quality trends, cost & value, printable reports)	✘	✔︎ included with Home — 13 printable reports + CSV export
Setup for a beginner	Med–high (drivers, ports)	None — open a browser tab
Price	Free (artisan.plus €49–670/yr)	$19.99 once — not a subscription

Comparison against free Artisan core per its docs (Jul 2026); inventory/blends are artisan.plus subscription features.

Bring your history with you

Import coming soon with Home: Artisan .alog, RoasTime, Cropster — plus any CSV. Your existing roasts sit alongside your RoastSource history
Imported roasts auto-match to the green beans in your inventory
Deep import analytics coming with Expert: quality scoring on imported curves, defect detection, RoR & phase analysis, plus additional formats (IKAWA, Kaffelogic, Sandbox, Roest)
Export your data anytime — your data is never locked in

Use both — that's the point

The workflow most Artisan roasters land on

Roast with Artisan driving the probe, as always. Then RoastSource holds everything around it: which green you used and how much is left, how the cup scored, what blend it went into, and what to change next batch. When import ships, the .alog comes along automatically.

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