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Most build volume per dollar

Build volume is quoted as three numbers that are impossible to compare by eye. Converting to litres and dividing by price gives one figure that answers whether the bigger machine is actually better value — and the spread is wider than most people expect.

How this list is ordered49 printers, ranked by price divided by build volume in litres, lowest first.

First on that measure is the Elegoo Neptune 4 Max at $5 per litre.

  1. 1

    $5 per litre

  2. 2

    $6 per litre

  3. 3

    $8 per litre

  4. 4

    $9 per litre

  5. 5

    $9 per litre

  6. 6

    $13 per litre

  7. 7

    $14 per litre

  8. 8

    $16 per litre

  9. 9

    $16 per litre

  10. 10

    $16 per litre

  11. 11

    $17 per litre

  12. 12

    $17 per litre

  13. 13

    $18 per litre

  14. 14

    $18 per litre

  15. 15

    $19 per litre

  16. 16

    $20 per litre

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    $20 per litre

  18. 18

    $20 per litre

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    $20 per litre

  20. 20

    $21 per litre

  21. 21

    $23 per litre

  22. 22

    $23 per litre

  23. 23

    $24 per litre

  24. 24

    $24 per litre

  25. 25

    $26 per litre

  26. 26

    $26 per litre

  27. 27

    $27 per litre

  28. 28

    $30 per litre

  29. 29

    $33 per litre

  30. 30

    $33 per litre

  31. 31

    $34 per litre

  32. 32

    $36 per litre

  33. 33

    $38 per litre

  34. 34

    $38 per litre

  35. 35

    $51 per litre

  36. 36

    $54 per litre

  37. 37

    $56 per litre

  38. 38

    $59 per litre

  39. 39

    $70 per litre

  40. 40

    $76 per litre

  41. 41

    $81 per litre

  42. 42

    $86 per litre

  43. 43

    $87 per litre

  44. 44

    $92 per litre

  45. 45

    $93 per litre

  46. 46

    $107 per litre

  47. 47

    $108 per litre

  48. 48

    $137 per litre

  49. 49

    $156 per litre