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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

Twenty printers tested and ranked, from $169 to the H2D.

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Filament

  • Best PETG filament
  • Best PLA filament
  • Best TPU filament
  • Best ABS and ASA filament
  • Engineering filaments
  • Composite filaments
  • Flexible filaments
  • Bio filaments
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Resin

  • For miniatures
  • Tough and ABS-like
  • Castable resin
  • Water-washable
  • Flexible resin
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Accessories

  • Filament dryers
  • Printer enclosures
  • Wash and cure stations
Best Filament Dryers (2026 Guide)

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Best Filament Dryers (2026 Guide)

Wet filament causes most failed prints; the fix costs less than a spool.

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  • Small objects
  • Medium objects
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  • Professional scanners
  • Scan with your phone
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  • Scanning service vs buying

Reviews

  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
  • Revopoint Inspire 2
  • Revopoint Trackit
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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

Nineteen scanners from $400 to $40,000, sorted by object size.

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Print prep and control

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Reviews

  • Meshy Edit
  • Tripo H3.1
  • Meshy 7.1
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Best AI 3D Model Generators for 3D Printing (2026)

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Best AI 3D Model Generators for 3D Printing (2026)

Type a prompt, get a printable model: the tools we tested, free tiers first.

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What is 3D Printing?

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What is 3D Printing?

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  • University of Freiburg Researchers Win €10 Million ERC Grant for Volumetric 3D Printing of Commercial Plastics
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  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • OECHSLER Scales Carbon Lattice Production to 40 Printers Running Around the Clock
  • Reverse Engineering Without CAD Data: How the MetroY Ultra Turns Physical Parts into Digital Designs
  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
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ABS and Radian Forge to Evaluate Digital Qualification of Wire Arc 3D Printed Metal Parts

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ABS and Radian Forge to Evaluate Digital Qualification of Wire Arc 3D Printed Metal Parts

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Buyer guides

  • Best 3D printers
  • For beginners
  • Multicolor
  • Resin printers
  • Budget (under $400)
  • For kids and schools
  • For miniatures
  • Large format
All printer guides

Brands and compare

  • Bambu Lab lineup compared
  • Compare printers
  • Full color 3D printers
  • Large scale and industrial

Reviews

  • Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra
  • FLSun T1 Pro
  • QIDI Tech Q1 Pro
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Filament

  • Best PETG filament
  • Best PLA filament
  • Best TPU filament
  • Best ABS and ASA filament
  • Engineering filaments
  • Composite filaments
  • Flexible filaments
  • Bio filaments
All filament guides

Resin

  • For miniatures
  • Tough and ABS-like
  • Castable resin
  • Water-washable
  • Flexible resin
All resin guides

Accessories

  • Filament dryers
  • Printer enclosures
  • Wash and cure stations

Buyer guides

  • Small objects
  • Medium objects
  • Large objects
  • Professional scanners
  • Scan with your phone
All scanner guides

Software and service

  • 3D scanner software
  • Scanning service vs buying

Reviews

  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
  • Revopoint Inspire 2
  • Revopoint Trackit
All scanner reviews

Design and AI

  • AI 3D model generators
  • 3D modeling and CAD software

Print prep and control

  • Slicers
  • STL repair tools
  • Printer host and remote control

Reviews

  • Meshy Edit
  • Tripo H3.1
  • Meshy 7.1
All software reviews

Start here

  • What is 3D printing?
  • How much does it cost?
  • FDM vs resin
  • Best printers for beginners

How it works

  • What is a 3D printer?
  • How does 3D printing work?
  • Types of 3D printing
  • Metal 3D printing

How-tos and glossary

  • 3D printing glossary
  • Food-safe 3D printing
  • Setting up a school program
  • Free 3D printable models
Black FridayNEW

Latest

  • ABS and Radian Forge to Evaluate Digital Qualification of Wire Arc 3D Printed Metal Parts
  • ICON Begins 3D Printing Its Largest Commercial Building for ASCO Equipment in San Antonio
  • VulcanForms Secures $500 Million to Build Three New Factories Around Its Metal 3D Printing
  • University of Freiburg Researchers Win €10 Million ERC Grant for Volumetric 3D Printing of Commercial Plastics
  • Dutch Machine Builder Swaps a Welded Part for One Metal 3D Printed by K3D
All news

Use cases

  • Dutch Machine Builder Swaps a Welded Part for One Metal 3D Printed by K3D
  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • OECHSLER Scales Carbon Lattice Production to 40 Printers Running Around the Clock
  • Reverse Engineering Without CAD Data: How the MetroY Ultra Turns Physical Parts into Digital Designs
  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
All use cases

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  • Rapid prototyping
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3D Printing A To-Scale Triceratops

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Gefertec Opening Metal Printing Facility In Danville, Virginia

Danville, Virginia will be the home of Gefertec’s first US metal printing facility. Gefertec invested $1.9 million into the project, and the first... read more »

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Gefertec Opening Metal 3D Printing Facility In Danville, Virginia

Henkel Joins SYMPA Project To Develop 3D Printed End-Use Parts For Automotive Applications

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GE Additive Ships First Concept Laser M Line Factory Metal 3D Printing System

GE Additive recently shipped its first Concept Laser M Line Factory system from Germany, the happy recipient being GE Aviation’s Additive Technology Center... read more »

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XtreeE Installs Construction 3D Printer In Dubai

The French startup XtreeE that specializes in large-scale 3D printing has announced that they’re installing one of their systems in Dubai. The construction... read more »

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XtreeE Installs Construction 3D Printer In Dubai

Markforged Opens New Office in Cambridge To Develop Their Blacksmith AI Suite

Markforged, a leading carbon fiber and metal 3D printer manufacturer, recently opened a 2,000 square-foot office in the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) at... read more »

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Markforged Opens New Office in Cambridge To Develop Their Blacksmith AI Suite

America Makes Selects Wichita State University for Aerospace Additive Manufacturing Center

America Makes will open its third Satellite Center in Kansas at Wichita State University’s (WSU) National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR). The new... read more »

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German RepRap Releases L320 Liquid Silicone Rubber 3D Printer

A new LAM (liquid additive manufacturing) 3D printer from German RepRap called L320 can print with liquid silicone rubber. With a build volume... read more »

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US Army Contracts 3D Systems to Develop World’s Largest Metal 3D Printer

3D Systems has been selected by the Combat Capabilities Development Command of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop “the world’s largest,... read more »

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SmarTech Analysis Releases Report on the Growing Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printer Market

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Carbon Performance Uses Automated Design Platform SK3L370N To 3D Print Brake Calipers

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Technical University of Denmark Acquires COBOD BOD2 Construction 3D Printer

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) recently purchased a COBOD International BOD2 construction 3D printer to experiment with and refine new methods of... read more »

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NASA Chooses Carnegie Mellon University to Research 3D Printing for Aviation

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The leader in metal and sand 3D printing, ExOne, and global supplier of advanced automation systems, Siemens, announced a partnership that will improve... read more »

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Wohlers Associates: Design Greatly Affects Cost of 3D Printed Parts

Wohlers Associates, a 3D printing consulting firm in Fort Collins, Colorado that has provided market, strategic, and technical advice to AM professionals for... read more »

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GE Additive Education Program Gives One Million Students Access to 3D Printing

In 2017, GE Additive created its Education Program (AEP) to provide schoolchildren around the world with access to 3D printers and AM curriculum.... read more »

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HP and Materialise Improve Compatibility Between Their 3D Printers and Software

HP and Materialise have announced that they’ll be updating the user experience and interaction of their respective products in an effort to enable... read more »

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Overture PETG

~$19 to 22/kg
  • Most consistently recommended budget PETG in the community, producing fewer first-layer…
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3DMakerpro Moose

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Creality SparkX i7 Combo

~$399
  • The easiest entry into multicolor printing for first-time owners, bundling four-color C…
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Overture Easy Nylon

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Bambu Lab PA6-CF

  • Carbon fibre reinforced PA6 engineered for Bambu X1 Carbon and P1S with perfectly tuned…
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Prusament PC Blend

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Anycubic Water-Wash Resin 2.0

~$26 to $36/kg
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