Can a shop use both Monumize and Design Mart?

Yes. They serve different jobs. A shop can use Design Mart for new monument design and ordering, and Monumize for inscription-only jobs where a date or line is added to an existing stone.

Is Design Mart available to families directly?

Check Design Mart’s site — its public materials are aimed at monument shops. Monumize is also a tool for shops. Families can plan wording and lettering with Monumize’s free tools, such as the inscription text builder and font preview, and then take that to their monument shop.

Does Monumize take jobs from families or refer them to shops?

No. Monumize doesn’t take family orders or refer work. The shop keeps its own customers, quotes and scheduling; Monumize is software the shop uses to produce the cut file, at $49 per job.

Which has been around longer?

Design Mart — Monumize is a new product. Different product, different position in the workflow.

Comparison

Monumize vs Design Mart: which monument design tool is right for you

Design Mart is a B2B design and ordering platform for monument shops. Monumize is a photo-to-cut-file tool monument shops use to add inscriptions to existing stones.

Design Mart is a long-established monument design business in the American industry. Based on its public website, it offers monument design services and a library of design templates, and its primary customer is the local monument dealer — the shop that takes orders from families, designs the stone, and arranges fabrication.

Monumize occupies a different position in the same shop’s workflow. It is built for the final-inscription job — the second-date addition, the new line on an existing stone. The shop photographs the existing headstone with a phone, enters the stone’s width and height and marks its corners; Monumize reads the engraved dates, suggests the closest of 22 open-licensed monument fonts, and the shop types the new date and downloads to-scale cut files for the stencil. The shop then cuts and sandblasts on site as usual. Design Mart and Monumize are not exactly competitors; they occupy overlapping but distinct positions.

This page is for shops evaluating both. We’ll be specific about where each is the better choice.

Where Design Mart is strong

A deep template library for full new-monument design — shapes, finishes, granite colors, the full catalog a customer browses before specifying a new stone
Dealer-focused design services built around how a brick-and-mortar shop sells and produces stones
A long track record in the American monument industry

Where Monumize is strong

Adding to an existing stone via cemetery-side sandblasting — a common monument-shop job, and what Monumize is specifically built for
Reading the existing stone from a phone photo — Monumize reads the engraved dates and suggests the closest of 22 open-licensed monument fonts
Seeing the new date on the shop’s own photo of the actual stone, to scale, before downloading anything
To-scale cut files in one download — R12 true-arc DXF for Gerber OMEGA, CAD DXF, EPS, 1:1 PDF, PLT, SVG and a placement sheet
Simple per-job pricing — $49 per job plus sales tax, paid by card at first download, with no subscription

Side-by-side comparison

Feature	Monumize	Design Mart
Primary customer	Monument shops and cemetery lettering crews	Monument shops / dealers
Core use case	Adding inscription to existing stone	Designing new monuments from catalog
Photo analysis	Yes — reads engraved dates and suggests a lettering match from a phone photo	Not advertised on their site
Preview	To-scale outline on the shop’s own photo of the stone	Design renderings (see their site)
Cut file output	R12 true-arc DXF (for Gerber OMEGA), CAD DXF, EPS, 1:1 PDF, PLT, SVG + placement sheet	See their site
Payment	Card at first download (Stripe Checkout)	See their site
Catalog breadth	22 open-licensed monument fonts; focused on inscriptions	Monument design templates
Pricing model	$49 per job + sales tax, no subscription	See their site

Based on publicly available information as of September 2026; features and prices may have changed — check each company's website.

Pick Design Mart if

You are a monument shop designing brand-new monuments from templates
You need monument shape and design options beyond what Monumize offers
You have an existing in-shop workflow built around Design Mart and don’t want to change it
Your jobs are mostly new installations rather than additions to existing stones

Visit: www.designmart.com

Pick Monumize if

Your shop regularly adds second dates or new lines to stones already in the cemetery
You want to match the existing lettering from a phone photo instead of a rubbing or manual layout
You want to see the new date on your own photo of the stone before cutting a stencil
You prefer paying per job rather than a monthly subscription

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Frequently asked questions

Can a shop use both Monumize and Design Mart?: Yes. They serve different jobs. A shop can use Design Mart for new monument design and ordering, and Monumize for inscription-only jobs where a date or line is added to an existing stone.
Is Design Mart available to families directly?: Check Design Mart’s site — its public materials are aimed at monument shops. Monumize is also a tool for shops. Families can plan wording and lettering with Monumize’s free tools, such as the inscription text builder and font preview, and then take that to their monument shop.
Does Monumize take jobs from families or refer them to shops?: No. Monumize doesn’t take family orders or refer work. The shop keeps its own customers, quotes and scheduling; Monumize is software the shop uses to produce the cut file, at $49 per job.
Which has been around longer?: Design Mart — Monumize is a new product. Different product, different position in the workflow.

Design Mart, Legacy Headstones, eFinalDate, MagicCard, Gerber OMEGA, CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, MonuCAD, FlexiSIGN, SignLab, Graphtec Cutting Master and other product and font names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. Monumize is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them.