Platform comparison
FabriMatch vs Haizol
Haizol has connected international buyers with verified Chinese factories since 2015, across CNC, sheet metal, stamping, casting and assembly — and it runs in-person factory tours that European buyers attend in numbers. On Chinese supply depth they are ahead of us and it would be silly to pretend otherwise. The difference is which end of the corridor each platform is built for: theirs is built around the factory, ours around the EU buyer's paperwork, payment and remedies.
Pick Haizol when
- →You want the widest possible Chinese supplier pool and are comfortable running the diligence yourself.
- →You want to physically visit factories before committing — they organise that, we do not.
- →You need depth in a specific Chinese niche today. We cover every industry a buyer can select, but our verified pool is smaller than theirs and still growing.
Pick FabriMatch when
- →Your finance team needs an EU-VAT-compliant invoice, reverse charge and KSeF filing without a workaround.
- →You want EUR settlement rather than USD wires with an FX spread on top.
- →You want the 10% intermediation cost stated as a number before you accept the offer.
- →You want EU shops and Chinese shops quoting the same part side by side.
Feature-by-feature
Rows where Haizol is the stronger choice are marked. If a comparison page tells you it wins everything, it is an advert, not a comparison.
| Feature | FabriMatch | Haizol |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese supplier depth | Early — we publish the real verified count per material, including when it is thin | ★ Deep network built since 2015, with in-person factory-tour programmes |
| Physical factory audits | Document-based KYB; no organised buyer visits | ★ Organised buyer tours to Shanghai and Shenzhen |
| Settlement currency | EUR end to end, SEPA | USD-centric; EU buyers absorb the FX spread |
| EU invoicing | EU VAT, reverse charge, KSeF filing, DAC7 reporting | Export invoicing; EU VAT handling is on you |
| Fee visibility | 10% shown on the offer before you accept | Commission structure not published up front |
| EU producers on the same platform | Yes — EU and China quoted side by side for the same part | China-focused |
| First-offer guarantee | 2h to a binding offer, or our fee is waived | No published fee-backed response guarantee |
| Payment protection | We hold your payment until you approve the inspection | Varies by transaction and supplier arrangement |
| Matching transparency | Weights published at /trust/matching-algorithm | Directory plus sales-assisted matching |
What is the same on every FabriMatch order
- A binding offer from a real producer within 2 hours, or our platform fee is waived on the resulting order.
- 10% platform fee, shown on the offer before you accept it — not discovered on the invoice.
- FabriMatch holds your payment and releases it to the factory only after you approve the inspection.
- EUR settlement, EU-VAT-compliant invoicing, KSeF and DAC7 filing.
Frequently asked questions
Haizol has far more Chinese factories than you. Why would I not just use them?
If raw supplier breadth in China is the binding constraint, use them — that is a real advantage and we are not going to argue with it. The case for FabriMatch is the European end of the transaction: EUR settlement instead of USD wires, an invoice your accountant can book without a manual VAT workaround, KSeF filing if you have a Polish entity, and a payment that stays with us until your inspection passes. Those are not features you can bolt onto a sourcing relationship afterwards.
Do you organise factory visits like Haizol does?
No. If seeing the shop floor before committing is essential to your process, their tour programme is a genuine advantage and you should use it. What we offer instead is document-based KYB before a shop can quote, a named producer on every match, and pre-shipment inspection evidence with dimensional measurements before your payment is released.
Is 10% not more than a sourcing agent would charge?
On a large order, frequently yes — agents commonly quote 3–5% above six figures, and if your order is that size and you already trust an agent, they may well be cheaper. Our fee buys a different thing: an auditable EU invoice, a payment we hold until you approve, an enforced response guarantee, and a dispute path with fixed deadlines. On a first order with an unfamiliar factory, that is usually the cheaper mistake to make. On your tenth reorder with a factory you know, an agent may not be.
Can I source from both China and the EU on FabriMatch?
Yes, and that is deliberate. EU-27 buyers, producers in both China and the EU-27, quoted on the same RFQ. A 20-off run and a 5,000-off run rarely belong in the same country, and getting both priced on one platform with one invoice format is the thing a China-only network structurally cannot do.
How do I verify your Chinese suppliers are real?
Every shop clears KYB business verification and sanctions screening before it can quote — the same gate on every code path, including our fallback matching. The verified badge means that check passed and nothing else; it is not a profile-completeness score. Upload a CAD file without an account and the widget tells you how many verified shops run that material today, including when the honest answer is 'not many yet'.