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3D print cost calculator
From slicer estimates to production costs. Compare prints, plan batches, and price your work.
Cost assumptionsExample rates · review before quoting
Example values only. Replace with your own rates. Currency selection does not convert amounts.
Machine wear excludes electricity and labor. Setup is repeated for every attempt. Finishing and packaging apply only to successful parts. Failed-resource % applies to both material and print time.
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Where the cost goes
Per successful part, including expected retries.
Single color
- Parts & supports
- $0.30
- Purge & tower
- $0.02
- Electricity
- $0.01
- Machine wear
- $0.30
- Labor
- $1.20
- Packaging
- $0.30
- Expected retries
- $0.05
Multicolor
- Parts & supports
- $0.30
- Purge & tower
- $0.26
- Electricity
- $0.03
- Machine wear
- $0.60
- Labor
- $1.20
- Packaging
- $0.30
- Expected retries
- $0.06
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How the calculations work & their limits
Total cost = material + purge + power + machine wear + setup labor + finishing + packaging + expected retry cost. Divide by the number of successful parts for unit cost. All colors use one average filament price.
The retry model assumes independent whole-plate failures until one plate succeeds. Expected retries = failure rate ÷ (1 − failure rate). Each retry consumes the entered resource fraction plus a full setup. Partial failures and correlated failures are not modeled.
These sample inputs are hypothetical, not measured demand, average failure rates or verified platform fees. Estimates exclude taxes and costs you have not entered. Lower cost does not imply demand, commercial print rights, or a profitable business.
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