3D Printing Cost Calculator

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Pick a material to use its typical price per kg, or choose Custom to price from your actual spool price and weight below.
Grams of material consumed by the print. Copy from your slicer (e.g. PrusaSlicer, Cura, OrcaSlicer).
g
Total print duration from your slicer estimate.
hours
Average power consumption during printing. Typical FDM printers draw 80-180 W; enclosed printers 200-400 W; MSLA resin printers 30-80 W.
W
Your local electricity cost per kilowatt-hour. The US average is about $0.16/kWh.
USD/kWh
What you paid for the printer, used to calculate depreciation per print hour.
USD
Estimated total printing hours before the machine needs replacing. Budget printers: 2,000-4,000 h; quality printers: 5,000-10,000 h.
hours
Percentage of prints that fail and waste material and time. Beginners: 10-20%; experienced makers: 2-5%.
%
Time spent on slicing, bed leveling, post-processing, and removal. Does not run during unattended printing.
min
Your hourly wage or the rate you pay an operator.
USD/h
Percentage added on top of total cost to get your selling price. Set to 0 to see cost only.
%
Selling priceTypical cost per gram
3.79USD

Total cost + markup (equals total cost when markup is 0)

Total cost (before markup)3.79USD
Material cost0.99USD
Electricity cost0.05USD
Machine wear cost0.18USD
Failure allowance0.06USD
Labor cost2.5USD
Cost per gram0.084USD/g

This print costs $3.79 to produce.

  • Labor is your biggest cost at $2.50 (66% of total).
  • Material alone is $0.99 - the remaining $2.80 covers overhead, power, and labor.

Next stepEnter a profit margin above to see what selling price covers your costs.

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