Independent metal AM
Metal 3D printer prices: the 2026 evidence
Current public list pricing is rare among the industrial metal AM OEMs reviewed. What exists instead is public evidence — and here it is, labeled by type and date.
Short answer, from the records below: dated public records for reviewed metal AM machines span $9,600 (an entry-level LPBF kit, 2026) to $2.36M (a turnkey federal lot, 2023), with reproduced federal awards for mid-size EOS M290-class systems at $528,242–$1,383,580 (2016–2024). None of these is a current retail quote, and none can price your configuration.
| Machine | Public evidence | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOS M 290 | Five reproduced US federal awards: $528,242 (2018), $649,413 (2024), $796,191 (2016), $1.14M (2019) and $1,383,580 (2020). The spread is configuration, services and year — not list-price drift. | $528,242 – $1,383,580 | FEDERAL · 2016–2024 |
| EOS M 400-4 | Single federal lot including accessories, installation, training and consumables — a turnkey bundle, not a base-system price. A separate 2025 record is a 52-week federal lease of $985,664.06: a lease payment total, not a purchase price, labeled separately in the lease and rental evidence block on the machine page. | $2,364,744 (lot) | FEDERAL · 2023 |
| Meltio M600 | Meltio publishes no list price. The only dated public transaction found: a 2025 US federal award of $335,895.41 for an M600 supplied with DualWire and HotWire heads through a reseller — a package value, not an OEM list price for the base system. Quantity and included scope are not itemized. | $335,895.41 | FEDERAL PACKAGE AWARD · 2025 |
| 3D Systems DMP Flex 350 | Federal award W56HZV21CL368 for the 350B variant. A 2022 editorial estimate put the base system above $575,000. | $961,655 (350B, 2021) | FEDERAL · 2021 |
| Markforged Metal X | Launch price for the printer alone. Reproduced federal purchases of Metal X systems and bundles (printer, furnace and debind equipment, scope not itemized) ran $48,200–$181,512 (2018–2024); the full row-by-row set is on the federal records page. | $99,500 (printer, 2017) | LAUNCH · 2017 |
| Xact Metal XM200 series | Launch pricing for XM200C and XM200G. Configured federal purchases later printed $197,781–$235,998 (2023–2026) — well above the dated $90,000 launch figure, with award scope not itemized. Channel matters: the 2023 purchases ran through a reseller; the 2025/2026 purchases were direct from Xact Metal. The dated rows are in the transaction records table on the machine page. | $65,000 / $90,000 (2021) | LAUNCH · 2021 |
| Trumpf TruPrint 1000 | Editorial list estimate. No TruPrint new-machine price is published by the OEM; a 2024 federal maintenance contract for a TruPrint 3000 ran $44,076/year (award 36C24624P1878). | ≈ $170,000 | EDITORIAL · 2022 |
| One Click Metal MPRINT+ | Launch price; MPURE station €21,500 and MPREP software €130/month. The later Pro line was positioned near $180,000 (2025). | €76,900 (2021) | LAUNCH · 2021 |
| Desktop Metal Shop System | Launch pricing by configuration: $150,000 (four-liter) to $225,000 (sixteen-liter). | $150,000 – $225,000 (2019) | LAUNCH · 2019 |
| Desktop Metal Studio System+ / 2 | Studio System+ launched near $60,000 (2019); Studio System 2 was listed at $110,000 (2021–2022). A 2022 US federal purchase of a full Studio System printed $225,036 via a reseller — a different evidence type: a documented procurement, consistent with a complete workflow bundle rather than a printer-only price. | ≈ $60,000 / $110,000 | LAUNCH · 2019–2021 |
| Velo3D Sapphire | Analyst estimate at launch. A federal one-year lease printed $700,000 (2023, award 80MSFC23CA012). Sapphire XC pricing remains quote-only. | ≈ $600,000 (2018 est.) | ESTIMATE · 2018 |
| Scrap Labs Scrap 1 | Entry-level LPBF kit at $9,600 early-bird, $14,990 standard; assembled systems from $17,990. The entry-price floor collapsed from the ~$100,000 class of 2021. | $9,600 – $17,990 (2026) | LAUNCH · 2026 |
| Sisma mysint100 | Editorial coverage only; mysint150/300 have no public price. | over $100,000 | EDITORIAL · ~2017 |
| EOSINT M 280 | A reproduced 2012 US federal purchase of this exact model paid $739,768 directly to EOS of North America (OEM-direct); the award scope is not itemized. No OEM list price was published. NASA has rented M280 systems on three 2024–2026 awards — separate rental evidence in the detailed machine record: a rental rate is an operating cost, never a purchase price. A 2020 university cost study reports an approximate $900,000 OEM quote (historical, package scope undisclosed) — labeled estimate context, not a verified transaction. A 2026 auction of a 2014 unit published no winning price. | $739,768 | FEDERAL PURCHASE · 2012 |
| Concept Laser M2 cusing | Three reproduced US federal purchases of this exact model, all paid directly to Concept Laser GmbH (OEM-direct): $741,096 for the basic machine (2014) and $1,076,484 / $1,346,859.50 for 400 W multilaser systems (both 2018). Award totals include contracted scope — they are not OEM list prices. Used-market asking prices are separate evidence (in the detailed machine record): a used ask is not a federal transaction, and individual asks differ by unit, configuration and condition. Legacy cusing prices are not current Colibrium M2 Series 5 prices. Reproduced federal awards for EOS M290-class systems ($528,242–$1,383,580, 2016–2024) indicate the class, not this model’s price. | $741,096 – $1,346,859.50 | FEDERAL PURCHASES · 2014–2018 |
| Markforged FX10 with Metal Kit | A dealer displayed €19,990 UVP ex-VAT for the Metal Kit alone (SKU 200134-1, delivery on request; observed 2026-09-30). The amount excludes the FX10 printer and wash/sinter equipment; no verified complete metal-workflow system price exists in public records. Three 2024–2025 US federal purchases of FX10 printers via resellers ran $117,859 to $161,978 — documented transactions, not MSRP; configured scope is unitemized. | €19,990 kit only (dealer, 2026 observation) | KIT LIST · 2026 OBSERVED |
| EOS M 400-4 (lease record) | A 52-week federal lease of an M 400-4 printed $985,664.06 (award W519TC25PA096, 2025-09-25, lease-to-own structure per the FPDS description) — a lease payment total, not a purchase price. | $985,664.06 | FEDERAL LEASE · 2025 |
Questions buyers actually ask
How much does a metal 3D printer cost?
Dated public records span two orders of magnitude: an entry-level LPBF kit at $9,600–$17,990 (2026) at the low end, reproduced US federal awards of $528,242–$1,383,580 for EOS M290-class mid-size systems (2016–2024), and a $2.36M turnkey federal lot for an EOS M 400-4 (2023). None of these is a current retail quote — a configured supplier quote is the only way to price a specific buy.
Why is there no public metal 3D printer price list?
The industrial metal AM OEMs reviewed publish no configurator and no public list price. The public traces that do exist are federal contract awards, launch-event prices and dated editorial estimates — each labeled by type and date on this page.
What is the cheapest verified metal 3D printer with public price evidence?
Scrap Labs Scrap 1 lists an entry price of $9,600 early-bird / $14,990 standard (assembled systems from $17,990, 2026). At the industrial end, the EOS M290 family is the model with the deepest reproduced federal record trail, from $528,242.
Does a machine quote include everything I need to start producing?
Usually not. Reproduced federal records show configured purchases reaching $223,550–$235,998 against a $90,000 XM200G launch price, and annual maintenance alone reaching $44,076–$108,314 on documented platforms. Ask for installation, training, service, software, gas supply and qualification in the delivered quote.
Turnkey reality: budget beyond the list price
Configured purchases routinely exceed the base figure a launch announcement quoted — but the spread is award-specific, not a fixed multiplier. The XM200G launched at $90,000 (2021); its configured federal purchases later printed $197,781–$235,998 (2023–2026). The Metal X launched at $99,500 for the printer alone (2017); reproduced federal purchases of Metal X systems and bundles ran $48,200–$181,512 (2018–2024) — one 2021 full-workflow bundle printed below the 2017 printer-only launch figure. Configured federal award totals vary substantially from historical launch prices because contract scope, accessories, services and procurement structure differ by award. None of these spreads is a multiplier you can apply to your own quote.
Maintenance is public record — and rarely quoted first
Federal support records make annual ownership cost partially visible: an EOS M 290 extended warranty appears among our reproduced records; a TruPrint 3000 preventive-maintenance contract printed $44,076 for 2024 (award 36C24624P1878); a Renishaw repair contract ran $108,314 in 2025 (award W519TC26CA002); NASA and Navy support awards for SLM 280-class systems ranged $12,500–$122,488 (award periods not itemized in the public description). Ask for this number before you sign, not after.
What no public record can tell you
Configuration changes everything: the same model name can ship with different lasers, build preprocessing, filtration and service terms. Public used asking prices are sparse and highly configuration-dependent. We found identified used-market listings for some systems, including Concept Laser M2 cusing units, but these are asking prices rather than completed transactions. Prices age: launch figures from 2017–2021 may no longer reflect 2026 quotes. And a federal contract value is not a machine price — it is evidence of one transaction.
For current numbers you have two honest options: request quotes on a consistent, comparable basis, or model what ownership actually costs per accepted part.
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