What a 3D Print Really Costs
Charging by the gram is quick, but it hides most of the cost of a print. A 40 g bracket that prints in an hour and a 40 g figurine that takes nine hours use the same plastic and very different amounts of printer time, power and attention.
Customakr adds up each part of the job separately, and shows the working behind every line so nothing is a black box.
- Material by weight, including supports and a waste allowance
- Printer time from the machine's price, useful life, maintenance and consumables
- Electricity from the printer's power draw and your own rate per kWh
- Setup, plate changeovers and hands-on time at your labour rate
- Post-processing per part, packaging and a failure allowance
FDM and Resin, Each Priced Its Own Way
FDM jobs are priced from printed weight, support weight and print time per part. Tell Customakr how many parts share a plate and it counts the changeovers for you. It also warns you when the layer height is too large for the nozzle.
Resin jobs are priced by the millilitre, with washing, curing and wash consumables per plate. Resin print time depends on the height of the plate rather than how full it is, so a part-filled plate costs a full plate, and the quote says so.
Read the Numbers From Your Slicer
On the Pro and Team plans, Customakr reads G-code and project files from common slicers, including PrusaSlicer, OrcaSlicer, Bambu Studio, Cura and Creality Print, and fills in print time and filament weight. The file is read on your device and never uploaded. Figures from a slicer are labelled as slicer predictions, and you can always change them.
From Quote to Paid Order
Set a target margin or a markup, add a rush premium, a design fee or a minimum order charge, and see the price per part. On Pro, batch pricing shows the price at several quantities side by side.
Your customer approves the quote from a link, with no account. On Pro and Team, a customer ordering page lets customers upload an STL or 3MF and see an instant estimate that you confirm before the job starts.