Total Print Cost Calculator

The real cost of a print is more than filament. This adds up material, electricity, and optional machine wear so you can price a job or quote properly.

Material

Spool price

Spool net weight (g)

Print weight (g)

Waste/fail allowance (%)

Electricity

Avg power draw (W)

Electricity rate (per kWh)

Print time (hours)

Machine wear (optional)

Printer cost (0 to skip)

Expected life (hours)

How this is calculated

Three parts, summed:

material = (spool price ÷ spool g) × print g × (1 + waste%)
electricity = (watts × hours ÷ 1000) × rate
wear = (printer cost ÷ life hours) × hours (only if you fill in both)

Material and electricity cover almost every hobby print. Add machine wear if you're quoting commercially and want to recover the printer's cost over its life. This intentionally excludes your labour — add that on top when pricing a job for someone else.

Selling prints? The Pricing & Quoting Kit turns this into a client-ready quote — adds labour, overhead and markup, and prints a branded quote per job. See the Kit →