Use the total weight and time from your slicer to estimate printing costs, compare two setups and work out a selling price.
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Your next print, priced. Enter your weight and spool details to see your cost.
A clear cost breakdown.Material first. Add running costs when you need the full picture.
Know what your print consumes before committing a spool. Start with material, then add the work and running costs that matter to your job.
Start with filament cost: total grams × spool price ÷ spool net grams. Add printing hours × average watts ÷ 1,000 × price per kWh for electricity. Add machine time, hands-on labor and other included costs separately.
Use totals for the whole batch and divide the final cost by the number of items. Blank costs are excluded; zero means a cost is included at no charge.
Calculate with your own valuesExample inputs, not typical prices. Machine, labor and other costs are excluded. The electricity amount rounds only in the final total.
Cost is what the job consumes; price is what you charge. A target gross margin uses price = included cost ÷ (1 − margin). Gross margin is not net profit.
Neither includes omitted expenses. Add fees, packaging and shipping before deciding what to charge.
Put one-time design work in the job fee. Enter the whole batch’s grams, printing hours and hands-on minutes.
Changing the item count only changes per-item allocation and per-item other costs; it does not multiply your slicer totals. For a new quantity, slice again and update those totals.
Try a different orientation, support strategy or infill in your slicer, then compare the new weight and time here. Both setups use the same rates, so you can see what changes.
A lower estimate does not prove equal strength or print quality. Check the model and slicer preview before choosing a setup.
Adjust your model’s sizeUSD 0.20 less material costPrint time and other costs excluded.
Inspect the shape, adjust the dimensions or fix the mesh. Re-slice after editing, then return with fresh weight and time.
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There is no single price. Material use, printing time, your electricity rate, machine allowance and hands-on work all matter. Enter your slicer’s total grams and hours for your own estimate. A helmet and a small figurine can have very different support and finishing needs.
It is enough to estimate filament material cost: spool price divided by its net filament weight. It does not cover electricity, machine time or labor. Use the actual price of your PLA, PETG or other filament; this weight-based calculation does not need a material density.
Use the machine hourly field for depreciation and maintenance. Electricity has its own fields. Hands-on labor uses the minutes you actually work and your hourly rate. Avoid charging all three again inside the machine rate.
Only if they are included in the total grams you enter. This calculator does not add them automatically. The first version uses one spool price per estimate; it cannot price several materials separately.
Yes. Add an STL or OBJ model for a planning estimate, or import a plain-text G-code summary for slicer weight and time. Model estimates do not generate toolpaths or automatic supports. Closed, consistently oriented geometry is required; use manual slicer values for unsupported files. Binary G-code and separate multi-material pricing are not supported.Inspect your model or repair the file before trying again.
Repeatable costs are filament, electricity, machine and hands-on labor. The reserve is repeatable costs × failure rate ÷ (1 − failure rate). One-time design and other per-item costs are not multiplied. This simplified allowance assumes full-cost retries, so review it against your own history.
No. It estimates the costs you include. Service providers may apply minimum charges, taxes, delivery and other fees. Selling price and target gross margin do not guarantee demand or net profit. Request a provider’s quote when outsourcing a print.
This version is for single-material filament printing. Resin workflows have different material, cleaning and curing costs. Use a calculator built for that process.
No. Walls and top/bottom layers also consume material. The model estimate accounts for these separately before applying infill to the remaining interior. Add support, brim and purge grams yourself, or use your slicer’s totals. The sensitivity range varies assumptions; it is not measured accuracy.