I compared every free 3D print pricing calculator. Here's what I found (2026)

Source: Dev.to

The tools I tested

LayerMath (layermath.com)

The most feature-rich calculator I found. Covers material, electricity (including heat-up phase), labour, depreciation, failure rate, platform fees for Etsy/eBay/Amazon, VAT, G-code import, multi-material rows, and country-aware shipping. Some features are locked behind a Pro tier, but the free version is solid. If you want a manual calculator that does everything, this is the one to beat. Clean and simple. Covers the basics: material, electricity, and gives you a quick estimate. No platform fees, no shipping, no depreciation. Good for a quick sanity check, not for serious pricing. Covers material, basic electricity, and Etsy fees. More limited than LayerMath but still useful if Etsy is your only platform. No labour, no depreciation, no G-code import. Does offer PDF export for quotes. Similar scope to 3DPCC. Handles material and basic costs with a clean interface. Limited on platform fees and advanced cost factors. Covers material, electricity, depreciation, and failure rate. Limited platform fee support. Free tier is restricted.

Feature LayerMath OmniCalc 3DPCC SlicePrice3D PolyQuote

Material cost Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Electricity cost Yes Yes Basic Yes Yes

Custom printer wattage Yes No No No Yes

Labour cost Yes Limited No No Yes

Machine depreciation Yes No No No Yes

Failure rate buffer Yes No No No Yes

Platform fees Etsy/eBay/Amazon No Etsy only No Etsy/eBay/Amazon/Shopify

Packaging cost Yes No No No Yes

Shipping/postal cost Yes No No No Yes

VAT calculation Yes No No No Yes

G-code import Yes No No No No

Multi-currency output No No No No Yes (GBP/USD/EUR)

Live exchange rates No No No No Yes

REST API access No No No No Yes

Google Sheets integration No No No No Yes

Programmatic batch pricing No No No No Yes

PDF export No No Yes No No

Free tier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (200 calls/month)

If you price one or two prints manually per week, LayerMath is the best free calculator available. It covers more cost factors than anything else and the interface is well built. Use it. If you price dozens of listings, manage a spreadsheet of SKUs, or build tools for your shop, none of the calculators above will help you. They’re all manual input, one quote at a time, no way to automate. That’s why I built PolyQuote. PolyQuote isn’t a calculator. It’s a REST API. You send it your print parameters (filament type, weight, time, markup, wattage, labour rate, shipping, VAT) and it returns a full cost breakdown with a recommended price in GBP, USD, and EUR using live exchange rates. The difference matters when you need to: Price every listing before publishing, via a script or spreadsheet formula Pull live pricing into Google Sheets with a single formula (no code, no setup) Embed accurate pricing into a custom tool or Shopify app Batch price a catalogue of products in seconds Get platform fee breakdowns for Etsy, eBay, Amazon, or Shopify in the same call The free tier gives you 200 calls per month. No credit card required. Paid plans start at £8/month for 5,000 calls. You can try it at api.polyformprints.co.uk The Google Sheets integration is covered here: How to get live 3D print pricing in Google Sheets with one formula Being honest: LayerMath still has features PolyQuote doesn’t. G-code import for automatic weight/time extraction, multi-material rows, and country-aware shipping calculations are not yet supported. Those are on the roadmap. But no calculator on this list offers API access, Google Sheets integration, or programmatic pricing. That’s the gap PolyQuote fills. For manual one-off pricing: use LayerMath For automated, repeatable, integrated pricing: use PolyQuote They solve different problems. Pick the one that matches how you work.