3D Printing Cost & Profit Calculator
What does your part cost, and what should you sell it for? Calculate the real cost including material, electricity, machine depreciation and labour; see your profit margin. Also learn how many hours it takes for a printer to pay for itself and which printer suits you.
Result
- Material
- 7.94 g
- Print time
- 0.4 h
- Energy use
- 0.050 kWh
- Unit cost
- TRY 81.59
Suggested sales price
TRY 114.23
- Order total (excl. VAT)
- TRY 114.23
- Order cost
- TRY 81.59
- Order profit
- TRY 32.64
Cost breakdown
- MaterialTRY 5.95%7
- WasteTRY 0.30%0
- ElectricityTRY 0.19%0
- Machine (depreciation)TRY 2.22%3
- Post-processingTRY 50.00%61
- Failed printsTRY 2.93%4
- PackagingTRY 20.00%25
This is an estimate; the exact value depends on your slicer output and your own measurements. Packaging and post-processing are per-order items divided by quantity — for a single part these two lines look disproportionately large; increase the quantity to see the real picture. Volume, infill and material price are the three inputs that affect the result most.
Result
- Hourly depreciation
- TRY 4.00
- Hourly net contribution
- TRY 85.00
Payback time
235 hours
In days: 58.8
- Lifetime revenue
- TRY 600,000.00
- Lifetime net profit
- TRY 405,000.00
Lifetime profit = (hourly revenue − operating cost − hourly depreciation) × lifespan. If negative, the printer never pays for itself over its life.
Which printer suits you?
Answer three questions; we list suitable printers from the catalogue with estimated price and build volume.
Suggestions
Anycubic Kobra 3
- Technology
- FDM
- Build volume
- 250×250×260 mm
- Average power
- 100 W
- Estimated price
- TRY 20,000.00
- Machine cost
- TRY 5.00
- Class
- Open frame
Anycubic Kobra 3 Combo
- Technology
- FDM
- Build volume
- 250×250×260 mm
- Average power
- 110 W
- Estimated price
- TRY 20,000.00
- Machine cost
- TRY 5.00
- Class
- Open frame
Anycubic Vyper
- Technology
- FDM
- Build volume
- 245×245×260 mm
- Average power
- 120 W
- Estimated price
- TRY 20,000.00
- Machine cost
- TRY 5.00
- Class
- Open frame
Why is this calculator reliable?
The engine is the same one used in the PrintFlow TR producer panel: material weight from the wall + infill model, print time from the average extrusion rate, energy use from printer power, and machine cost from depreciation and maintenance. Amounts exclude VAT; shipping and packaging are shown separately. None of your inputs are sent to the server — everything is calculated in your browser.
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