Five kinds of company spec your garment, and they're not equivalent. Named names, real pricing, and where each (including us) is the right fit.
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This is the article I wish existed when I started Fabrickly. Most "best tech pack services" pages on Google are either (a) written by the services themselves, (b) sponsored, or (c) AI-generated listicles from 2024 that are already wrong. Below is an honest breakdown of the five kinds of companies that will spec your garment, with named examples, real pricing where it's public, and a clear take on who each one is for.
I run one of these companies. I'm going to be honest about where we're not the right fit.
Each has a real use case. None of them is "best." They're best for different brands at different stages.
What you get: a designer in Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, or Eastern Europe will spec your tech pack for £30–£200 depending on complexity. Turnaround: 3–10 days.
Pricing: £30–£200 (most under £100).
Real-world honest take:
I have hired six different Fiverr tech-pack designers over the years for test projects. Out of six: one was excellent, three were workable with revisions, two were unusable. That's a 17% hit rate on excellent, 67% workable, and 33% wasted money. If you can absorb that variance — and you have the technical knowledge to check what came back — Fiverr can work. If you don't have that knowledge, you'll pay £80 and get a beautiful PDF that's missing seam allowances and tolerances. The factory will then bill you for the gaps.
Who it's for:
Who it's not for:
Best practice if you go this route: pay for a single page (just the flat sketch) on three different Fiverr designers first. Compare the quality. Hire the best one for the full pack. Total cost: ~£60 to find the right designer, then ~£100–200 for the full job.
What you get: a UK, US, or EU-based independent designer, often with a fashion-school background, sometimes a former senior at a known brand. They typically take 2–3 weeks for a finished pack.
Pricing: £300–£800 per tech pack depending on complexity and experience.
Names you'll find via search or LinkedIn:
Real-world honest take:
This is genuinely the best value for a one-time spec if you find the right person. The work is high quality, the communication is in your timezone, and you can build a long-term relationship. The catch is finding the right person. There's no good directory. Most are booked out 4–8 weeks. Pricing is non-transparent — you'll get a quote per project, and quotes vary 2x for the same job.
Who it's for:
Who it's not for:
This is our category. There are roughly four serious players globally.
UK-incorporated marketplace launched ~2015. Doesn't directly spec tech packs — connects you to one of 1,000+ manufacturers, some of whom offer the spec service. Pricing is brokered; the platform takes a cut.
What's good: large network, English-language interface, multiple country options.
What's not: the marketplace model means accountability is split. If the tech pack comes back wrong, you're chasing the factory through Sewport's escrow. Quality varies wildly because Sewport doesn't standardize the spec format — it's whatever the factory you matched with delivers. Trustpilot reviews flag this. Their tech-pack guide on the site was last updated 2018–2020 in most sections.
Who it's for: brands who want a marketplace experience and are comfortable managing multiple factory relationships.
LA-based studio. Productized service. Solid reputation in the US streetwear community.
Pricing: US$300–$700 per style.
What's good: named team, US-based, fast turnaround, strong in casualwear/streetwear.
What's not: US-only invoicing, no UK/EU coverage. Less depth on woven outerwear.
Who it's for: US-based streetwear or knit-based DTC brands.
UK + Bangladesh + Shanghai operation. Denmark-HQ project managers. Productized tech pack at £349 basic / £549 pro, delivery in 7 days, 2 revisions plus a production-fit guarantee.
What's good: transparent pricing, multi-region invoicing (GBP/USD/EUR/AUD/CAD), production at Sedex SMETA + BSCI audited facilities, OEKO-TEX certified fabrics available on request, same team handles the spec and the manufacturing. We can pipeline a tech pack into a sample and into 50-unit MOQ production in one workflow.
What's not: we're newer than Sewport in terms of Google footprint, so we're less discoverable on search (something we're actively fixing). We're not the cheapest — there are £80 Fiverr options. We're not the most prestigious — there are £800 boutique designers. We're the value-for-money option for founders who want a real manufacturer with a transparent service tier.
Who it's for: indie DTC founders building from sketch to production, UK/USA/EU brands wanting multi-currency invoicing, brands wanting one team across spec + sample + bulk.
Techpacker is primarily software (covered in category 5 below), but they also offer some service work via their team. Brooklyn-based. We don't have direct experience with their service tier, so the only honest thing to say is: ask them for a sample and pricing.
Some factories include the tech pack as part of the production package. The most prominent is:
LA-based full-package manufacturer. Inc. 5000 listed. Includes tech-pack development in the production workflow.
Pricing: bundled. Not separately quoted in most cases.
What's good: if you commit to producing with them, the tech pack is "free" (rolled into your unit cost). Their team knows the production line that will make your garment, so the spec is informed by the actual factory.
What's not: you're locked into their production. If you want the tech pack as a portable file you can shop to other factories, this isn't the model. Their MOQ starts at 200 units (higher than Fabrickly's 50). US-only invoicing.
Who it's for: US-based brands committed to a single production partner for their first 200–2,000 units.
Many will include the tech pack as part of accepting your production order. The catch: the spec quality varies factory-to-factory, and the file isn't always portable. If you ever leave that factory, the next one might not accept their spec format.
Not a service — software that helps you spec it yourself.
Sells DIY tech-pack templates and bill-of-materials templates for $45. Plus a 6-week accelerator course at separate pricing. Klas (the founder) is a well-known educator in the space.
What's good: educational content is genuinely solid. The templates are a clear improvement over starting from scratch.
What's not: you still need to do all the work yourself. A template is a structure; it isn't the spec.
Nicole Giordano's shop. Similar product mix — templates and educational content for DIY founders.
Web-based PLM. Free 7-day trial, paid tiers after. You build the spec inside their tool and export to PDF. Designed for ongoing PLM use across seasons.
Who self-serve is for:
Who it's not for:
For one tech pack of a typical knit top, here's what you'd actually pay in May 2026:
| Provider | Realistic price | Turnaround | Production-ready output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiverr designer (low tier) | £30–£80 | 3–7 days | Sometimes |
| Fiverr designer (top tier) | £100–£200 | 5–10 days | Usually with revisions |
| Boutique solo designer | £300–£800 | 2–3 weeks | Yes |
| Sewport (brokered) | £200–£500 | 1–3 weeks | Varies by matched factory |
| Tech Packs LA | $300–$700 | 1–2 weeks | Yes |
| Fabrickly | £349–£549 | 7 days | Yes, with guarantee |
| Indie Source (bundled) | £0 if you commit to their production | 2–3 weeks | Yes |
| DIY with templates | £20–£45 | Your own time | Only if you know the craft |
Note that "production-ready" doesn't just mean a PDF. It means: a factory can pick it up and quote, sample, and produce without follow-up questions. The Fiverr column says "sometimes" for a reason.
The right question isn't "which is best." It's "what stage am I in, and what's my constraint?"
Constraint: budget under £100. Hire a top-tier Fiverr designer. Spend the time to vet 3 before committing. Expect 1–2 revision rounds.
Constraint: budget £100–£400, timeline flexible. Hire a boutique solo designer or use Fabrickly's basic tier. Boutique is higher craft; Fabrickly is faster and includes manufacturing pipeline.
Constraint: budget £400+, want a long-term partner. Fabrickly pro or a full-service manufacturer like Indie Source if you're producing in LA. Build the relationship, not just the file.
Constraint: under 1 week deadline. Fabrickly (we deliver in 7 days as the default). Most boutique freelancers can't hit that.
Constraint: multi-currency invoicing (UK + USA + EU customer). Fabrickly is one of the few options. Most US services invoice USD only.
Constraint: I want to learn the craft. Buy the free Fabrickly template or Apparel Entrepreneurship's $45 template. Read our 9-step tech-pack guide and try it yourself. Hire a service for season 2 once you know what to look for.
If a friend told me they were launching a brand tomorrow and asked me, off the record, who to use — here's what I'd say.
If they have £100 and they're technical, Fiverr top-tier. Find a designer with 50+ reviews and at least 5 five-star reviews from apparel projects specifically. Don't go below that bar.
If they have £400 and they want one trustworthy team across spec + sample + production, ours (Fabrickly). I'd say that even if Fabrickly weren't paying my mortgage. The combination of audited factories, multi-region invoicing, and a productized 7-day spec is genuinely uncommon.
If they have £800 and they want craft over speed, a London-based boutique freelancer. There are 5–10 great ones; finding them is the hard part.
If they're spec'ing 20+ styles at once, hire someone in-house or move to PLM software. None of these one-off services scales linearly with style count.
I should also be honest about where Fabrickly isn't right:
The tech-pack-services market is fragmented and confusing because it covers too many price points and use cases. The honest framing is: pick the provider whose constraints match your constraints, not the one with the most stars.
If you want to see what we deliver before deciding, we publish anonymised real client tech packs. If you want a quote, we respond within the same business day to briefs sent here.
And if you've read this far and you want to spec it yourself first, the free 14-page Fabrickly template gives you the exact structure we use for paying clients. It's free because we're betting that 1 in 20 of the people who download it will eventually hire us. That's the whole funnel, on the record.
— Hasebul, Fabrickly