3D printing cost and price calculator
Find out what your 3D print really costs.
Run a quick estimate with material, energy and margin. Then see which costs are still missing before you land on your real price.
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Result
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Suggested selling price
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Fill in the fields and tap Calculate. The result shows up here.
Your real cost may be higher. This covers material and energy. Not included here: printer wear and depreciation, maintenance, labor, failures and waste, packaging and selling fees. Those are in the advanced calculator (PRO).
What goes into the cost of a 3D print
A professional calculation goes beyond filament. These are the layers that usually make up the cost — and the price — of a part:
Material
Grams consumed (part, supports and purge) at the price you paid for the spool.
Print time
The basis of almost everything that isn’t plastic: energy, machine and maintenance are charged per hour.
Electricity
Average power × hours × price per kWh. Small per part, relevant per month.
Machine cost
How much each hour of printer use has to earn for the printer to pay for itself.
Depreciation
The printer’s price divided by the useful hours you expect from it.
Maintenance
Nozzle, belts, bed, lubrication: wear that follows the hours printed.
Labor
File prep, removal, support removal, finishing and packing.
Failures and waste
Some prints fail. That cost has to be spread over the ones that succeed.
Packaging
Box, protection and label — a must for anyone selling online.
Marketplace fees
Platform commission, fixed fees and installments come out of your price, not the customer’s.
Profit margin
What is left after paying for everything above — it is what keeps the business alive.
Why “weight × filament price” is not the cost
The “grams × price per kilo” math tells you what the plastic cost — nothing else. For a 120 g part with filament at $20/kg, that is $2.40.
If your price comes from there, energy, printer wear, your time and failed prints all went for free. It is the most common mistake when people start selling, and it is why so many work hard and see no money left over.
Example: 120 g of PLA and a 7h30 print
A part uses 120 g of PLA and takes 7h30 to print. What does it really cost to make?
The example uses filament at $20/kg, 350 W and $0.16/kWh — swap in your own values.
- Material: 120 g at your spool price.
- Energy: the printer’s power over 7.5 hours.
- Machine and maintenance: 7.5 hours of wear and depreciation.
- Labor: prep, removal and finishing.
- Failures: the share of prints that must be redone.
- Fees and packaging, if the part is sold online.
What this calculator does — and what an account adds
Here, no sign-up
Material and energy cost, plus a suggested price with your margin. You type the values every time.
With a free account
Printers, materials and energy rate registered once; a calculation becomes a quote in one click.
On PRO
Advanced calculator with machine, labor, failures and fees, price bands to negotiate, cost diagnosis and printer payback.