Cheapest 3D printers: every shipping model by launch price

Name: Cheapest 3D printers: every shipping model by launch price
Creator: Desktop 3D Printers Editorial Team
Published: 2026-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

The cheapest shipping 3D printer in the database is the Creality Ender-3 V3 SE, launched at $199 and sold for $179 on Creality's US store on 2 November 2026. Ten shipping printers launched at $300 or less, and 21 at $400 or less.

By Desktop 3D Printers Editorial TeamPublished November 2, 2026Verified November 2, 2026

Photo: kenming Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0

Cheapest 3D printers: every shipping model by launch price
Printer	Launch price	Motion system	Build volume	Enclosure	Multi-material	Max speed (claimed)
Creality Ender-3 V3 SE	$199	Bedslinger (i3-style)	220 × 220 × 250 mm	Open frame	—	250 mm/s
Creality Ender-3 V3 Neo	$259	Bedslinger (i3-style)	220 × 220 × 220 mm	Open frame	Creality CFS nano (4 spools; included in Neo Combo; CFS and CFS Lite not supported)	500 mm/s
Elegoo Neptune 4	$259	Bedslinger (i3-style)	225 × 225 × 265 mm	Open frame	—	500 mm/s
Creality Ender-3 V3 KE	$279	Bedslinger (i3-style)	220 × 220 × 240 mm	Open frame	—	500 mm/s
Elegoo Centauri 2	$299	CoreXY	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Open frame	CANVAS (optional, 4 spools; included in Combo)	500 mm/s
Creality K2 SE	$299	CoreXY	220 × 215 × 245 mm	Open frame	Creality CFS (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units); K2 SE 4C version has a built-in 4-spool feeder	500 mm/s
Sovol SV06 ACE	$299	Bedslinger (i3-style)	220 × 220 × 250 mm	Open frame	—	600 mm/s
Bambu Lab A1 mini	$299	Bedslinger (i3-style)	180 × 180 × 180 mm	Open frame	AMS lite (optional, 4 spools, one unit max)	500 mm/s
Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro	$299	Bedslinger (i3-style)	225 × 225 × 265 mm	Open frame	—	500 mm/s
Elegoo Centauri Carbon	$299.99	CoreXY	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Enclosed (passive)	CANVAS for Centauri Carbon (optional 4-color conversion kit, sold separately; the glass lid does not refit over it)	500 mm/s
Anycubic Kobra 4	$379	Bedslinger (i3-style)	260 × 260 × 260 mm	Open frame	ACE 2 Pro (optional, 4 spools; two units for 8 colors)	600 mm/s
Creality Hi	$389	Bedslinger (i3-style)	260 × 260 × 300 mm	Open frame	Creality CFS (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units; Hi Combo includes 1)	500 mm/s
Creality Ender-3 V3	$389	Bedslinger (i3-style)	220 × 220 × 250 mm	Open frame	—	600 mm/s
Anycubic Kobra X	$399	Bedslinger (i3-style)	260 × 260 × 260 mm	Open frame	ACE Gen 2 built into the printhead (4 spools standard); ACE 2 Pro optional, up to 19 colors	600 mm/s
Creality Ender-3 V4	$399	Bedslinger (i3-style)	220 × 220 × 235 mm	Open frame	Creality CFS (1 unit included; sold only as Ender-3 V4 Combo; up to 4 units, 16 colors)	500 mm/s
Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2	$399	CoreXY	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Enclosed (passive)	CANVAS (optional, 4 spools; included in Combo)	500 mm/s
QIDI Q2C	$399	CoreXY	270 × 270 × 256 mm	Enclosed (passive)	QIDI Box (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units)	600 mm/s
Flashforge AD5X	$399	CoreXY	220 × 220 × 220 mm	Open frame	IFS (Intelligent Filament System), built in: 4 spools, 4 colors, automatic refill	300 mm/s
Bambu Lab A1	$399	Bedslinger (i3-style)	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Open frame	AMS lite (optional, 4 spools, one unit max)	500 mm/s
Flashforge Adventurer 5M	$399	CoreXY	220 × 220 × 220 mm	Open frame	—	600 mm/s
Original Prusa MINI+	$399	Bedslinger (i3-style)	180 × 180 × 180 mm	Open frame	—	200 mm/s
Bambu Lab A2L	$469	Bedslinger (i3-style)	330 × 320 × 325 mm	Open frame	AMS lite or AMS (optional, up to 4 AMS + 1 AMS lite, 19 colors)	500 mm/s
QIDI Q2	$499	CoreXY	270 × 270 × 256 mm	Actively heated chamber	QIDI Box (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units)	600 mm/s
FLSUN T1 Max	$549	Delta	Ø 300 × 297 mm	Open frame	—	1,000 mm/s
Bambu Lab P2S	$549	CoreXY	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Enclosed (passive)	AMS 2 Pro / AMS HT (optional, up to 8 units, 20 slots)	600 mm/s
Creality K2	$549	CoreXY	260 × 260 × 260 mm	Enclosed (passive)	Creality CFS (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units)	600 mm/s
Anycubic Kobra S1	$549	CoreXY	250 × 250 × 250 mm	Enclosed (passive)	ACE Pro (optional, 4 spools; two units for 8 colors)	600 mm/s
Sovol SV08	$549	CoreXY	350 × 350 × 345 mm	Open frame	—	700 mm/s
Creality Ender-3 V3 Mega	$599	Bedslinger (i3-style)	420 × 420 × 420 mm	Open frame	Creality CFS or CFS nano (optional, 4 spools; Mega Combo includes one CFS nano)	500 mm/s
Anycubic Kobra 3 Max V2	$599	Bedslinger (i3-style)	420 × 420 × 500 mm	Open frame	ACE 2 Pro (4 spools, included in the Combo; two units for 8 colors)	600 mm/s
Flashforge Adventurer 5M Pro	$599	CoreXY	220 × 220 × 220 mm	Enclosed (passive)	—	600 mm/s
Bambu Lab X2D	$649	CoreXY	256 × 256 × 260 mm	Actively heated chamber	AMS 2 Pro / AMS HT (optional, up to 25 colors), two nozzles	1,000 mm/s
Bambu Lab P1S	$699	CoreXY	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Enclosed (passive)	AMS (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units)	500 mm/s
QIDI Plus5	$749	CoreXY	320 × 320 × 300 mm	Actively heated chamber	QIDI Box (optional, up to 16 colours with multiple units)	600 mm/s
Flashforge Creator 5	$799	CoreXY	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Open frame	Tool changer, built in: 4 independent docked toolheads, 4 colors or materials	300 mm/s
Creality K2 Pro	$849	CoreXY	300 × 300 × 300 mm	Actively heated chamber	Creality CFS (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units)	600 mm/s
Creality Ender-5 Max	$849	CoreXY	400 × 400 × 400 mm	Open frame	—	700 mm/s
Anycubic Kobra S1 Max	$899	CoreXY	350 × 350 × 350 mm	Actively heated chamber	ACE 2 Pro (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units for 16 colors)	600 mm/s
Creality K1 Max	$899	CoreXY	300 × 300 × 300 mm	Enclosed (passive)	Creality CFS (optional K1 Series CFS upgrade kit)	600 mm/s
Flashforge Creator 5 Pro	$949	CoreXY	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Actively heated chamber	Tool changer, built in: 4 independent docked toolheads, 4 colors or materials	300 mm/s
Snapmaker U1	$999	CoreXY	270 × 270 × 270 mm	Open frame	SnapSwap toolchanger, four toolheads (up to 4 filaments)	500 mm/s
FLSUN S1 Pro	$1,099	Delta	Ø 320 × 430 mm	Enclosed (passive)	—	1,200 mm/s
Original Prusa MK4S	$1,099	Bedslinger (i3-style)	250 × 210 × 220 mm	Open frame	MMU3 (optional, up to 5 filaments)	—
QIDI Max4	$1,149	CoreXY	390 × 390 × 340 mm	Actively heated chamber	QIDI Box (optional, 4 spools per unit)	800 mm/s
Bambu Lab H2S	$1,249	CoreXY	340 × 320 × 340 mm	Actively heated chamber	AMS 2 Pro / AMS HT (optional, up to 24 filaments)	1,000 mm/s
Prusa CORE One+ (Gen 2)	$1,299	CoreXY	250 × 220 × 270 mm	Enclosed (passive)	MMU3 (optional, 5 filaments) or INDX tool changer (optional, up to 8 tools; also sold as complete 4-tool and 8-tool INDX printers)	—
Sovol SV08 Max	$1,299	CoreXY	500 × 500 × 500 mm	Open frame	—	700 mm/s
Creality K2 Plus	$1,299	CoreXY	350 × 350 × 350 mm	Actively heated chamber	Creality CFS (optional, 4 spools per unit, up to 4 units)	600 mm/s
Bambu Lab H2D	$1,899	CoreXY	325 × 320 × 325 mm	Actively heated chamber	AMS 2 Pro / AMS HT (optional), two nozzles	1,000 mm/s
Prusa CORE One L+	$1,999	CoreXY	300 × 300 × 330 mm	Enclosed (passive)	INDX tool changer (optional, up to 8 tools; also sold as a complete INDX 8-Tool printer)	500 mm/s
Original Prusa XL+	$2,299	CoreXY	360 × 360 × 360 mm	Open frame	Toolchanger (optional dual- or five-head configurations, up to 5 independent toolheads)	—
Bambu Lab H2C	$2,399	CoreXY	305 × 320 × 325 mm	Actively heated chamber	Vortek hotend changer (right nozzle swaps among 6 induction hotends) plus fixed left nozzle; AMS 2 Pro included, up to 24 filaments	1,000 mm/s
Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga	$2,499.99	Cartesian gantry	800 × 800 × 1000 mm	Open frame	—	300 mm/s
Snapmaker Artisan	$2,999	Bedslinger (i3-style)	400 × 400 × 400 mm	Enclosed (passive)	Dual-extrusion module, two nozzles on one toolhead	180 mm/s
Bambu Lab H2D Pro	$3,799	CoreXY	325 × 320 × 325 mm	Actively heated chamber	AMS 2 Pro and AMS HT included (up to 4 AMS 2 Pro and 8 AMS HT), two nozzles	1,000 mm/s
Creality SPARKX i7	—	Bedslinger (i3-style)	260 × 260 × 255 mm	Open frame	CFS Lite (optional, 4 spools; Color Combo), CFS nano (optional, 4 spools; Nano Combo) or CFS Mini (optional, 2-spool auto-refill, no multicolor; Autofill Combo)	500 mm/s
FLSUN V2 Max	—	Delta	Ø 340 × 390 mm	Open frame	—	1,200 mm/s
FLSUN V400 Max	—	Delta	Ø 500 × 550 mm	Open frame	—	600 mm/s

The Creality Ender-3 V3 SE is the cheapest shipping 3D printer in the database at $199, and the only one that launched under $250. The table above lists all 58 shipping printers cheapest first, up to the $3,799 Bambu Lab H2D Pro. Three have no recorded US launch price and sort last: the Creality SPARKX i7, FLSUN V2 Max and FLSUN V400 Max.

Prices are US launch prices for the printer alone. Store prices move after launch, and several makers opened Black Friday sales on their US stores in late October 2026 (see 3D printer Black Friday prices).

The database covers consumer and prosumer desktop FDM (fused deposition modeling) printers, not toy-class machines or resin printers.

What is the cheapest 3D printer?

The cheapest 3D printer in the database is the Creality Ender-3 V3 SE, launched at $199 in August 2023. On 2 November 2026, Creality’s US store listed it at $179, in stock. It is an open-frame bedslinger (the bed moves front to back) with a 220 × 220 × 250 mm build volume and automatic bed leveling.

The SE’s claimed 250 mm/s top speed is half or less of the next printers up: the other nine shipping printers that launched at $300 or less claim 500 or 600 mm/s. The Creality Ender-3 V3 Neo and Elegoo Neptune 4, both $259, also raise the hotend limit from the SE’s 260 °C to 300 °C.

Lowest store prices, late October to 2 November 2026

Sales change the order. Prices in US dollars on the makers’ own stores, checked on 2 November 2026 unless another date is given:

Creality Ender-3 V3 SE: $179, marked down from $199. In stock.
Anycubic Kobra 4: $199 in Anycubic’s Black Friday sale, against a $379 regular price. In stock. It is a 260 × 260 × 260 mm bedslinger with a hardened steel nozzle.
Bambu Lab A1 mini: $199 on Bambu Lab’s US store when checked on 27 October 2026, against a $219 Typical Price.
Elegoo Neptune 4: $219, crossed out from $249. Both versions sold out.
Creality Ender-3 V3 Neo: $239, marked down from $259. In stock.
Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro: $239, crossed out from $274. Type-C version in stock.
Sovol SV06 ACE: $239, against a $299 regular price. Sold out at Sovol’s US warehouse.
Flashforge Adventurer 5M: $249 in Flashforge’s Black Friday sale, against $399. In stock.

The how to get a cheap 3D printer guide covers other routes to a lower price, such as refurbished units.

Cheapest by feature

CoreXY (the bed moves only up and down): the Creality K2 SE and Elegoo Centauri 2, $299 each. See CoreXY printers under $500.
Enclosed: the Elegoo Centauri Carbon, $299.99, with a passive enclosure. Elegoo’s US store did not list it new on 30 October 2026. The next enclosed printers are the Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 and QIDI Q2C at $399. See enclosed printers under $600.
Heated chamber: the QIDI Q2, $499, rated to 65 °C. See chamber temperature specs.
Multicolor: the Creality Ender-3 V3 Neo, $259 for the printer alone or $369 as the Neo Combo with a four-spool CFS nano. See cheapest multicolor 3D printers.
Bed of 300 mm or more: the Bambu Lab A2L, $469, with a 330 × 320 × 325 mm build volume. See largest 3D printers for home use.
Hardened nozzle, for carbon fiber filament: the Elegoo Centauri 2, $299, whose brass nozzle has a hardened steel tip. With an all-hardened-steel nozzle, the cheapest is the Anycubic Kobra 4 at $379. See 3D printers with hardened nozzles.

How much does a cheap 3D printer cost?

A cheap 3D printer costs $199 to $400 at launch. Twenty-one shipping printers in the database launched at $400 or less, with a median of $379. Ten of them were $300 or less, with a median of $299. Only the Creality Ender-3 V3 SE launched under $250; Creality’s store sold it for $179 on 2 November 2026.

The medians are this site’s own calculation from the launch prices in the printer records, printer only, without multicolor units or other bundles. The bottom of the ladder:

$199: the Ender-3 V3 SE, the only shipping printer at $200 or less. See 3D printers under $200.
$259 to $299.99: nine printers, six of them at $299 or $299.99. See 3D printers under $300.
$379 to $399: eleven more. The Anycubic Kobra 4 is at $379, the Creality Ender-3 V3 and Creality Hi at $389, and eight models at $399. See 3D printers under $400.
Next up: the Bambu Lab A2L at $469 and the QIDI Q2 at $499. See 3D printers under $500.

Across all 55 shipping printers with a recorded launch price, the range is $199 to $3,799 and the median is $549. The 3D printer price range guide splits the whole ladder into tiers.

What is the cheapest 3D printer brand?

Creality, by entry price: its Ender-3 V3 SE launched at $199, the lowest of any shipping printer in the database. Next come Elegoo’s Neptune 4 at $259, then Bambu Lab’s A1 mini and Sovol’s SV06 ACE at $299. A brand’s range runs well above its entry model: Creality’s shipping printers reach $1,299.

The cheapest shipping model of each brand in the database, by US launch price:

Creality: Ender-3 V3 SE, $199
Elegoo: Neptune 4, $259
Bambu Lab: A1 mini, $299
Sovol: SV06 ACE, $299
Anycubic: Kobra 4, $379
Flashforge: AD5X and Adventurer 5M, $399 each
Prusa Research: Original Prusa MINI+, $399
QIDI: Q2C, $399
FLSUN: T1 Max, $549
Snapmaker: U1, $999

The entry models are not alike. The A1 mini and MINI+ print in a 180 mm cube, while the Kobra 4 has a 260 mm cube. The QIDI Q2C is enclosed, the AD5X has a four-spool multicolor system built in, and the U1 has four toolheads.

Sales also reorder the brands: on 2 November 2026, Anycubic sold the Kobra 4 for $199 and Flashforge the Adventurer 5M for $249.

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Last verified Nov 2, 2026

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