Tool 01 / FDM cost
The cost your slicer does not show.
Turn filament weight and print time into a complete production cost. Add the human work, equipment wear, and failed-print risk that simple calculators leave out.
Enter your print assumptions
Use values from your slicer and your real workshop.
What is included
Six cost layers, one usable number.
Material and power
Material cost is filament price per kilogram multiplied by slicer weight. Electricity uses average printer wattage, print duration, and your local energy price.
Machine depreciation
A printer is a consumable business asset. Dividing its purchase price by expected service hours assigns a small, defensible machine cost to every job.
Hands-on labor
Do not charge eight hours of labor for an eight-hour autonomous print. Charge the minutes you actually spend preparing, removing, cleaning, sanding, assembling, and packing it.
Expected failures
A 10% failure rate means you need more than one attempt on average to deliver one good part. The calculator divides direct cost by the success rate so that failed jobs are funded by successful ones.
Formula
Expected unit cost = direct production cost ÷ (1 − failure rate)The suggested price is a planning baseline, not a universal market price. Validate it against customer value, taxes, platform fees, and competing offers.
Calculation contract · reviewed 2026-08-26
See the source of each input, the formula, and the limit of the result.
Your slicer, invoices, energy tariff, and job records are the preferred inputs. Manufacturer documents support settings and specifications. Example defaults are editable assumptions that demonstrate the model—not measured results.
- Preferred input
- Your job records
- Verification
- Visible formula + unit checks
- Defaults
- Editable example assumptions
- Output use
- Planning comparison