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3D Printing Cost Calculator

Estimate your printing costs and explore a selling price based on your own assumptions.

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How to use this calculator

1
Check your slicer
Enter filament weight (including supports) and estimated print time per item.
2
Set your costs
Choose a currency, enter your local material price and review the prefilled Advanced costs.
3
Review the estimate
Set your margin and fees, then compare the estimated selling price with actual market prices.

Before you begin: All values are editable. The prefilled numbers are examples, not verified market averages. Advanced costs are included even when the panel is closed. Changing currency changes the symbol only; it does not convert amounts.

01 Print details

Per item unless noted

Filament used g Filament cost / kg $ Print time hours Quantity items

02 Pricing goals

Target profit margin % Marketplace fees %

03 Advanced costs Optional, but recommended

Failed print rate % Average printer power W Electricity cost / kWh $ Machine wear / hour $ Setup time / batch min Finishing time / item min Your labor rate / hour $ Packaging + other / item $ Sales tax / VAT %

ESTIMATED SELLING PRICE Live estimate

$0.00

Per item · excluding sales tax

Cost / item$0.00

Profit / item$0.00

Margin on net sales30%

Price before tax / item$0.00

Cost breakdown

Per item

Batch revenue (before tax)$0.00

Batch profit (after fees, before income tax)$0.00

Estimated values, not a guaranteed quote. See calculation details and limitations below.

How is the 3D printing price calculated?

The tool estimates production cost from material, machine wear, electricity, labor, and packaging or other per-item expenses. It then calculates a selling price intended to cover marketplace percentage fees and your chosen profit margin. The estimate updates as you edit the inputs.

See formulas and key assumptions

Material: Filament weight in grams ÷ 1,000 × filament price per kilogram.
Machine: Estimated print hours × machine wear cost per hour.
Electricity: Printer power in watts ÷ 1,000 × print hours × cost per kWh.
Failed prints: Material, machine wear and electricity are divided by (1 − failure rate). This assumes a failed print uses as much of those resources as a complete print and is reprinted; additional labor for failures is not modeled.
Labor: (Setup minutes per batch ÷ quantity + finishing minutes per item) ÷ 60 × hourly labor rate.
Unit cost: Sum of adjusted material, machine, electricity, labor and packaging/other costs.
Selling price before tax: Unit cost ÷ (1 − target margin − marketplace fee), where percentages are expressed as decimals. The percentage fee is assumed to apply to the pre-tax selling price.
Displayed price: Selling price before tax × (1 + VAT or sales tax rate). Estimated profit is calculated after the marketplace fee but before income tax.

Margin vs. markup: A 30% target profit margin means a target profit of 30% of the pre-tax selling price after the modeled marketplace fee, not a 30% markup on cost.

Limitations and disclaimer

Results are indicative estimates for planning and comparison, not binding quotes or guaranteed profits. Real costs and selling prices vary with printer efficiency, support and purge material, partially failed prints, depreciation, maintenance, labor, demand and your business model. Shipping, returns, advertising, fixed payment fees, customs duties, income tax and other overhead are not calculated separately; include relevant costs in your inputs where appropriate. Verify platform fees and applicable tax rules before using the result to quote customers or set retail prices.

Privacy: This calculator runs in your browser and does not itself send the values you enter to a server. Other site features, such as analytics, may operate separately under the website's privacy policy.