One source of truth,from line to landed.
Realtime is the operational backbone for apparel brands. Every style lives as one permanent thread from first sketch to shipped goods, so you can focus on the fun parts and skip the hassle. Bring your factories in to sample, quote, and produce, while you stay the single source of truth.
The Style Life
Every style is one permanent thread, from first sketch to shipped goods. Realtime keeps that thread unbroken through every phase, so nothing lives in two places.
It starts as an idea
A name, a thumbnail, a spot in a collection on your Collection Board. No paperwork yet, because none is needed. The style exists the moment you think of it.
The messy middle
Invite several factories to sample while costing runs alongside. Compare their samples and quotes side by side. Only you see the comparison, and each factory sees only its own work.
You pick your factory
Choose the winner and the rest wrap up automatically. Costing closes itself, its question answered. Production samples are production, so the style never slides backward.
And it stays with you
Shipped styles stay on your board, in their collections. The thread never breaks. Next season, redevelop the same style and skip straight to sampling.
Built for How You Actually Work
Purpose-built for apparel and soft goods. Every item contains 11 structured workflow pages — from Fabric and Fit to Costing and Inspections. Every partner sees exactly what they need.
11 Structured Workflow Pages Per Item
Conversations Live Where the Work Lives
Unlike email or chat tools, every conversation in Realtime lives on the item it's about: one clean, chronological thread per channel. When your team discusses fabric specs or reviews inspections, the discussion sits right alongside the data it references instead of getting buried in an inbox. No more "which email was that in?"
Everything Your Supply Chain Needs
Purpose-built tools for apparel production — not a generic project manager retrofitted for manufacturing.
Multi-Company Collaboration
Brands, distributors, and manufacturers work in the same item with role-based access. Owners control who can view or edit each page, so partners see exactly what they need and nothing more.
In-Context Messaging
Every conversation lives on the item it's about, as one clean chronological thread per channel. Discussion sits next to the fabric, costing, or inspection data it references, so your team never loses context to email.
Costing & Quote Workflows
Structured cost breakdowns with hierarchical line items. Partners submit quotes inside the platform, and accepting a quote automatically spins up a production order.
Component Sample Building
Build samples by composing Fabric, Fit, and Trim selections from across your item's pages, and track each one through plan, ship, receive, submit, and approve with full file attachments.
Design Board & Groups
Lay your garments out as a visual merchandising wall and drag them into lines, programs, and seasons. Groups stay brand-internal and follow each garment across its whole LINE to DEVO to PROD life.
Copy to Factories
Send one development item to several factories at once. Each gets an independent copy with access to only its own version, while you see them all grouped together, so you can source a style in parallel.
Saved Sample Reports
Open a whole line as one read-only grid: fabric, colorways, trim, tracking, and dates side by side, color-coded when something runs behind. Works across items built by hand or bulk-imported from SRQ order spreadsheets.
Approval Tables
Track approvals across multiple styles, colorways, and production stages. Nested rows and grouping give you full transparency into every decision point.
Enterprise Access Control
Control exactly what each partner sees. Page-level permissions let a factory focus on production and shipping while the brand tracks approvals and timelines, so every company sees only the data it needs.
Trusted Infrastructure
Built on the same cloud infrastructure that powers the world's largest enterprises — with security and compliance baked in.
AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Built on Amazon Web Services, the same infrastructure that powers the world's largest companies. Your data lives on AWS's SOC 2-audited, multi-region cloud with encryption at rest and in transit, so it stays available and protected.
Stripe Integration
Payments powered by Stripe — the world's most trusted payment platform. Tokenized card storage means no raw payment data ever touches our servers. Seamless billing with built-in fraud detection and PCI compliance handled for you.
Patent Pending
Our approach to contextual manufacturing collaboration — page-scoped messaging alongside structured workflow data — is protected by pending patents.
Built for Global Teams
Whether your partners are across the hall or across the world, Realtime keeps everyone in sync. Async-friendly workflows, role-based access so every company sees exactly what they need, and secure file sharing that just works.
Simple, Per-Seat Pricing
Collaborating on items a brand shares with you is always free. Owning and building your own items runs on a Studio seat.
Collaborator
For factories and partners who work inside brands' items. View, message, and edit the production pages a brand shares with you.
- View items shared with you
- Message and collaborate on shared items
- Edit granted production pages
Studio
For brands that own their development. Create and edit your own items and use the premium tools. Billed per seat, with a 30-day free trial.
- Everything in Collaborator
- Create and edit your own items
- Design Board and Groups
- 30-day free trial, no card required
Studio Pro
Everything in Studio, plus large-file support, an AI assistant, and external API integration.
- Large files
- AI assistant
- External API integration
Common Questions
Everything you need to know about Realtime and how it fits your manufacturing workflow.