About
Software that knows what a bisque firing is.
A working potter today runs their practice on five disconnected tools: a studio app for classes, a tracker for pieces, a glaze database, a spreadsheet for deadlines, and Etsy for sales. None of them talk to each other, and none of them understand clay. Claybench is the one product that does both.
The problem is the gap between tools.
The kiln schedule in the studio app doesn’t know about the production plan on the whiteboard. The glaze recipe isn’t connected to the piece it was applied to. The Etsy listing doesn’t populate from production data. Every potter maintains the same information in five places, re-entering what already exists somewhere else.
And the tools that do exist don’t understand the material. A booking app books a seat without knowing your kiln is full. A generic AI plans your production without knowing your clay’s shrinkage or your loss rate. Claybench is built the other way around — on the physics of ceramics first, with the studio operations connected on top.
What we believe
A few commitments we’re not negotiating.
Your data is yours
Full export in JSON and CSV, any time. You should never lose your work to a tool you’re leaving.
No ads, no data selling
We make money from subscriptions and a small class-booking fee — never from your data or your buyers’ attention.
Reference data stays free
Cone charts, clay specs, defect lookup, and terminology are free for everyone. We charge for planning intelligence, not access to facts.
Where we sit in the community
A working tool, not a walled garden.
We’re not trying to replace the parts of ceramics that shouldn’t be software — the community, the teaching lineage, the open recipe sharing that makes the field generous. Claybench is the tool you reach for to plan, fire, track, and sell. The rest of the craft stays where it belongs.