Eight providers that European sellers actually shortlist, set side by side on the criteria that decide an EU business: where the order is produced, the print method, minimum order, production time, certifications, integrations and fees, white-label delivery and, since October 2026, data protection under the GDPR. Fabrixa is in the same table, judged by the same rules. Every competitor value is quoted from that provider’s own published pages, retrieved 29 September 2026 and, for data protection, 26 October 2026; where a page does not say, the table says so.
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Own-facility producers, partner networks, a fabric printer and a UK cotton specialist — the names that come up in European shortlists.
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Production location, print method, MOQ, production time, certifications, integrations and fees, white-label, data protection, product scope.
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Every figure from the provider’s own help centre, production or pricing page — no review sites, no estimates.
Read the “production for EU orders” column first: it decides customs, transit and how many business days a parcel needs. Then the print method, because DTG and DTF sit on top of the fabric, sublimation needs polyester, and reactive print bonds into cotton. Quoted phrases are the providers’ own words.
Fabrixa, which publishes this comparison, produces in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands: reactive print on certified natural fibres, orders from one piece (MOQ 1) or one metre of fabric, white-label dispatch in 2 to 10 business days with no customs for EU customers, and connections to Shopify, WooCommerce, Fabrixa Studio and the API.
| Provider | Production for EU orders | Textile print methods | Minimum order | Production time (their words) | Certifications stated | Integrations & fees | White-label | Data protection (GDPR) | Scope |
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| Fabrixa | EU hubs in Portugal (apparel), Spain (home textiles) and the Netherlands (sublimation) | Reactive print on cotton and linen (all-over, into the fibre) · pigment for outdoor pieces · sublimation for towels and napkins | 1 piece, 1 metre | 2–10 business days to dispatch, published per product | OEKO-TEX Standard 100 (Class I on apparel, kidswear and bedding) · GOTS-certified organic cotton on apparel and the four apparel-weight fabric bases (gauze, jersey, French Terry, rib) | Shopify, WooCommerce, REST API + webhooks, Fabrixa Studio · no platform fee, no subscription, prepaid wallet, tier pricing | White-label as standard; custom neck label from 1 piece; translated care label included; hangtags and branded packaging for larger orders | Article 28 DPA (v1.0, 22 October 2026) as part of the Terms, countersigned copy available · published sub-processor list with location and transfer mechanism, changes announced 30 days ahead · breach notice within 48 hours · order data processed in the EEA · contracting entity Fabrixa B.V., the Netherlands | Apparel, home textiles, fabric by the metre — textiles only |
| Printful | In-house facilities in Latvia (Riga) and Spain (Barcelona); UK facility for UK orders | DTG, DTF, all-over print (sublimation), embroidery | “No minimum order requirements” | “2–5 business days across most production techniques” | Some blanks OEKO-TEX Standard 100; inks and threads OEKO-TEX Eco Passport (their help centre) | 22+ platforms incl. Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy + API · no platform fee, pay per order | Custom packaging, neck labels and pack-ins | “Data Processing Terms” (v1.1, March 2026), which “constitute a data processing agreement”, with EU SCC modules 2 and 3 · sub-processor list sent by e-mail · breach notice “without undue delay” · contracting entity Printful Inc. (US); AS Printful Latvia named for EEA users | 563+ products: clothing, accessories, home decor — no fabric by the metre |
| Printify | Partner network (not own facilities): print providers in the UK, Germany, Czechia, Poland and Latvia | Varies by print provider (DTG, sublimation, embroidery listed per product) | “No minimum quantity for any of your orders” | “Most orders are shipped within 2–7 business days” | No blanket claim; organic and recycled options depend on the provider | Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy, Amazon, eBay, Wix, TikTok Shop + API · Free plan; Premium $39/month (product discount) | Inserts, gift messages, neck labels — provider-dependent | “Data Processing Terms” (v1.1, March 2026), “binding between us and Merchants” · sub-processor list sent by e-mail · breach notice “without undue delay” · contracting entity Printify Inc. (US); SIA Printify Development (Latvia) named for EEA users | 2,000+ products incl. mugs, phone cases, pet products |
| Gelato | Partner network in 32 countries, incl. hubs in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the Nordics | DTG on cotton; sublimation on 100% polyester items | “No minimums” | “90% of orders arrive within 5 days” (delivery, not production) | Not stated on their non-blog pages | Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy, Wix, TikTok Shop + API · Free plan; Gelato+ $29.99/month (product discount) | White-label products; branded inserts from $0.49 on a paid plan | “Data Processing Terms” with Gelato as processor and the customer as controller · sub-processor list in the terms and on the platform · breach notice “without undue delay” · hosting on AWS “with available data residency options in the EU” · Gelato ASA, Norway (EEA) | Apparel, wall art, mugs, calendars, cards — no fabric by the metre |
| Spreadshirt / Spreadshop | Own sites in Poland (Legnica) and Czechia (Krupka), HQ in Germany — “four production sites in Europe and the USA” | DTG (“Digital Direct”), sublimation, flex/flock, DTF, embroidery | “No order minimums” (embroidered graphics from 50) | Express: “1–2 business days to be produced and shipped out” | Spreadshirt Collection products OEKO-TEX Standard 100 (their page) | Spreadshop storefront, “free to use, no fees”; seller sets margin | Own branding on the Spreadshop storefront and products | No Article 28 DPA on site: the German partner terms set joint controllership (Article 26 GDPR) for shop visitor data, with Spreadshirt “solely responsible” (our translation) for purchases and order handling · no sub-processor list · sprd.net AG, Germany | 300+ products incl. mugs and bottles |
| Contrado | United Kingdom only (“a single facility in London”) — outside the EU customs union | Reactive, pigment and sublimation printing on fabric | “Absolutely no minimum order” | “Most products made and delivered in 2–3 days” | No OEKO-TEX or GOTS stated; FSC materials mentioned | Shopify app + API · no tiers published | No-label option, “zero Contrado labelling” | No DPA or sub-processor list on site · transfers under the UK IDTA or the EU SCCs with UK Addendum; some processing in the US and India (their policy) · Contrado Imaging Ltd, United Kingdom, outside the EU | 450+ products incl. fabric by the metre, clothing, home, mugs |
| Prodigi | In-house EU facility in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) plus UK and US; partner labs elsewhere | DTG only for apparel; giclée for art; sublimation for polyester items | “No minimum order requirements or monthly fees” | “The vast majority of our products are produced within 24–48 hours” | No OEKO-TEX or GOTS named; own eco badges | Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy, Wix, Squarespace + API · optional Pro plan £40/month | “All of our products and packaging are white-label” (blank-maker labels on apparel) | “Prodigi Group Data Processing Addendum” referenced in the privacy policy · sub-processor notice lists recipient categories and typical locations, not names · operates in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States · contracting entity Prodigi (UK) Ltd; Prodigi BV and Peecho BV in the Netherlands | Wall art, prints, apparel (DTG), gifts — no fabric by the metre |
| Spoonflower | United States (“made to order … right here in the USA”); no EU facility stated | Direct-to-fabric with water-based ink on natural fabrics; dye-sublimation on polyester | Single swatch or yard; no stated minimum | Standard about 1 week; Rush within 2 business days; Guaranteed within 5 business days | None named for fabric (Greenguard Gold inks for wallpaper only) | “Not able to offer API integration”; PLUS membership $299/year (shipping perks) | Not stated on site | No DPA stated on site · data processed and stored “in the United States and other countries” under the Standard Contractual Clauses · Spoonflower, Inc., United States; no EU entity named | Fabric by the yard/metre, wallpaper, sewn home decor — no finished apparel |
| Teemill | “Factories in Europe and the US” (United Kingdom-based; EU site not named) | DTG and DTF with water-based inks | “No minimum order quantities” | “We print and ship your customers’ orders within 72 hours” | GOTS, OEKO-TEX Standard 100, Fairtrade, GRS, SA8000, WRAP (their traceability page) | Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, Squarespace, Etsy, TikTok Shop + API · free store | Plastic-free paper packaging; custom packaging listed in their FAQ | No DPA: Teemill contracts with the end customer itself (“the contract is between the user and Teemill”), so the store owner holds no customer database · sub-processors not stated on site · United Kingdom-based | Clothing, accessories, homeware — no fabric by the metre, no hard goods |
SOURCES PER PROVIDER IN THE NOTES BELOW · RETRIEVED 29 SEPTEMBER 2026 · PRODUCTION TIME IS NOT DELIVERY TIME: CARRIER TRANSIT COMES ON TOP FOR EVERY PROVIDER.
An order produced inside the EU single market travels by ground carrier and meets no customs border. A UK- or US-produced order crosses one: import clearance, possible duties and VAT at the door, and days in transit. Several providers publish DDP or duties-paid options for that reason; inside the EU the question does not arise. Partner networks route by destination, so ask which partner actually prints your product.
DTG and DTF put ink or a film on the surface of a finished blank; sublimation fuses dye into polyester and cannot bond to cotton. Reactive printing dyes the cotton or linen itself before the product is cut and sewn, which is what makes all-over print on natural fibre possible and keeps the hand of the cloth. Most providers in the table print on blanks; Fabrixa and Contrado print the fabric.
“OEKO-TEX” can refer to the finished textile (Standard 100), to the ink or thread (Eco Passport) or to the facility. GOTS covers the organic fibre and the whole processing chain. The table records only what each provider states on its own pages; a certificate on the ink says nothing about the garment it lands on.
Most providers charge nothing to open an account and earn on the unit price; some add a paid plan that lowers product prices in exchange for a monthly fee. Compare the unit price at your real monthly volume rather than the plan name, and check whether shipping is itemised or bundled. Fabrixa prices per unit in volume tiers, with no subscription and no setup fee.
Short, sourced and without ranking: a provider that is wrong for a cotton fashion label can be right for a poster shop. The sources are the pages we read on 29 September 2026.
Method: DTG, DTF, all-over print (sublimation), embroidery. MOQ: “No minimum order requirements”. Production: “2–5 business days across most production techniques”. Scope: 563+ products: clothing, accessories, home decor — no fabric by the metre.
SOURCE: help.printful.com (fulfilment centers; fulfilment time; OEKO-TEX), printful.com/print-on-demand-europe, printful.com/quality
Method: Varies by print provider (DTG, sublimation, embroidery listed per product). MOQ: “No minimum quantity for any of your orders”. Production: “Most orders are shipped within 2–7 business days”. Scope: 2,000+ products incl. mugs, phone cases, pet products.
SOURCE: printify.com/print-on-demand/europe, printify.com/pricing, help.printify.com (production times; customs; branding)
Method: DTG on cotton; sublimation on 100% polyester items. MOQ: “No minimums”. Production: “90% of orders arrive within 5 days” (delivery, not production). Scope: Apparel, wall art, mugs, calendars, cards — no fabric by the metre.
SOURCE: support.gelato.com (where do you print locally; customs/DDP), gelato.com/dtg-printing, gelato.com/plus, gelato.com/white-label-products
Method: DTG (“Digital Direct”), sublimation, flex/flock, DTF, embroidery. MOQ: “No order minimums” (embroidered graphics from 50). Production: Express: “1–2 business days to be produced and shipped out”. Scope: 300+ products incl. mugs and bottles.
SOURCE: spreadshirt.com (production process; branch offices; OEKO-TEX), help.spreadshirt.com (print methods; express shipping), spreadshop.com
Method: Reactive, pigment and sublimation printing on fabric. MOQ: “Absolutely no minimum order”. Production: “Most products made and delivered in 2–3 days”. Scope: 450+ products incl. fabric by the metre, clothing, home, mugs.
SOURCE: contrado.co.uk (print-on-demand-uk; production-and-shipping; sustainability; fabrics-by-printing-method)
Method: DTG only for apparel; giclée for art; sublimation for polyester items. MOQ: “No minimum order requirements or monthly fees”. Production: “The vast majority of our products are produced within 24–48 hours”. Scope: Wall art, prints, apparel (DTG), gifts — no fabric by the metre.
SOURCE: prodigi.com/faq (about; ordering; production-and-manufacturing; printing; taxation), prodigi.com/sustainability
Method: Direct-to-fabric with water-based ink on natural fabrics; dye-sublimation on polyester. MOQ: Single swatch or yard; no stated minimum. Production: Standard about 1 week; Rush within 2 business days; Guaranteed within 5 business days. Scope: Fabric by the yard/metre, wallpaper, sewn home decor — no finished apparel.
SOURCE: support.spoonflower.com (the print-on-demand difference; shipping rates and delivery options; PLUS program), spoonflower.com/en/trade
Method: DTG and DTF with water-based inks. MOQ: “No minimum order quantities”. Production: “We print and ship your customers’ orders within 72 hours”. Scope: Clothing, accessories, homeware — no fabric by the metre, no hard goods.
SOURCE: teemill.com/print-on-demand, teemill.com/custom-tshirt-printing, teemill.com/traceability
Fabrixa does not sell mugs, phone cases or posters, and it is not a network of 140 print shops. It is a reactive textile platform with three EU hubs, and the honest reading of the table is that it wins on a specific set of jobs and loses on others.
All-over print on organic cotton apparel, printed bedding, cushions, curtains and table linens, or fabric by the metre on seven cotton bases — made in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands from one piece, OEKO-TEX Standard 100 on the product and GOTS-certified organic cotton on the apparel and the apparel-weight fabric bases, white-label under your brand, with no subscription and no customs inside the EU.
You need mugs, posters, phone cases and a T-shirt in the same catalogue, or a print partner in a specific non-EU country. Printify, Gelato and Printful publish far larger catalogues; the trade-off is a surface print on a blank and, in a network, a partner you do not choose.
Spoonflower and Contrado are fabric printers first. For EU sellers the deciding line is the customs border: both produce outside the EU single market. Fabrixa prints fabric by the metre in Portugal and Spain and dispatches on rolls in 5 to 7 business days, inside the market.
Every competitor value was read on that provider’s own help centre, production, pricing, sustainability or integration page on 29 September 2026. Blog posts, review sites and third-party rankings were not used. Where two official pages disagreed (Gelato lists 140+ hubs in one place and 250+ in another) the table uses the help-centre figure. Where a page does not state something, the table says “not stated on site” rather than guessing.
Fabrixa values come from the live catalog product pages (dispatch windows per product), the pricing page (tiers, wallet, no subscription) and the certifications page. They are held to the same test as everyone else: if it is not published on a page you can open, it is not in the table. Corrections from any provider are welcome through the contact page and are applied with a new retrieval date.
Fabrixa and three of the eight providers produce in their own EU facilities, two route orders to partner print shops in EU countries, and three produce outside the EU or name no EU site. Fabrixa produces in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands; Printful runs its own facilities in Latvia and Spain; Spreadshirt has its own sites in Poland and Czechia; Prodigi has an in-house facility in the Netherlands; Printify and Gelato route orders to partner print shops in EU countries. Contrado produces in the United Kingdom, outside the EU customs union; Teemill is UK-based and names factories in Europe and the US without naming an EU site; Spoonflower states production in the United States. Each statement comes from the pages of the provider, retrieved 29 September 2026.
It depends on what you sell. For all-over print on organic cotton, printed home textiles or fabric by the metre made inside the EU, Fabrixa is built for exactly that at MOQ 1. For a broad catalogue with mugs, posters and phone cases, a marketplace such as Printify, Gelato or Printful offers far more products, printed on blanks by DTG, DTF or sublimation. For fabric only, Spoonflower and Contrado are specialists, but both produce outside the EU single market. The table on this page puts the criteria side by side so you can decide on your own products.
Only when the order crosses a customs border. An order produced and shipped inside the EU single market, as Fabrixa's are, meets no import clearance, duties or VAT at the door. Orders produced in the United Kingdom or the United States are imports into the EU: some providers offer duties-paid delivery for that reason, others state that the customer is responsible for customs fees. Check the provider's own customs page for the destination you sell to.
In this comparison three do: Fabrixa (seven cotton bases, reactive-printed in Portugal and Spain, from one metre, shipped on rolls in 5 to 7 business days), Contrado (printed in the United Kingdom) and Spoonflower (printed in the United States). Printful, Printify, Gelato, Spreadshirt, Prodigi and Teemill print finished products only, according to their catalogues.
DTG sprays water-based ink onto a finished garment; DTF prints the design on a film that is heat-pressed onto the garment as a thin layer; sublimation turns dye into gas that fuses into polyester, so it cannot bond to cotton. Reactive printing dyes the cotton or linen fabric itself before the product is cut and sewn: the colour bonds into the fibre, the print can cover the whole product and the fabric keeps its hand. Most providers in the table print on blanks with DTG or DTF; Fabrixa prints the fabric.
Five of the nine publish or reference one on their own pages. Fabrixa has an Article 28 DPA that forms part of the Terms, with a countersigned copy available; Printful and Printify have Data Processing Terms (March 2026), Gelato has Data Processing Terms and Prodigi references a Data Processing Addendum in its privacy policy. Spreadshirt sets joint controllership for shop visitor data instead, Teemill contracts with the end customer directly, and Contrado and Spoonflower state no DPA on their pages.
Fabrixa B.V. is a Dutch company and processes order data inside the European Economic Area: hosting in Germany, production in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands. The Data Processing Addendum under Article 28 GDPR forms part of the Terms and is accepted with them; a countersigned copy is available for the records. Every sub-processor is listed with its service, location and transfer mechanism, changes are announced 30 days in advance, and a personal data breach affecting customer data is notified within 48 hours. Transfers outside the EEA rely on the Standard Contractual Clauses.
Fabrixa publishes a sub-processor list with the service, location and transfer mechanism of each provider and announces changes 30 days in advance. Gelato attaches its list to its Data Processing Terms, Prodigi publishes recipient categories and typical locations rather than names, and Printful and Printify send the list by e-mail. Spreadshirt, Contrado, Spoonflower and Teemill state no list on their pages.
Order a single garment, cushion or metre of fabric, wash it, and compare it with what you use today — produced in Portugal, Spain or the Netherlands and shipped white-label under your brand, from MOQ 1.
