specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Formlabs
providerId: formlabs
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- 3D Printing
- Additive Manufacturing
- SLA
- SLS
- Hardware
- Dashboard
- Plans
description: >-
  The Formlabs developer platform (Web API / Dashboard Developer API and Local
  API) is not sold as a metered API product. It is included at no additional
  charge for owners of Internet-connected Formlabs printers and Dashboard
  accounts. There are no per-call, per-token, or tiered API pricing plans. The
  commercial product is the hardware (printers), consumables (resin cartridges,
  tanks, SLS powder), and software/service subscriptions; the developer APIs
  exist to monitor and orchestrate that hardware. Because there is no API price
  list, the API-plan view is not reconciled.
notes: >-
  Pricing here describes hardware and consumables context, not an API plan. The
  developer API itself is free for printer owners. Hardware, material, and
  software-subscription prices change and vary by region and reseller; verify on
  formlabs.com or with a Formlabs sales contact during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://formlabs.com/materials/developer-platform/
- https://formlabs.com/3d-printers/
- https://formlabs.com/store/
- https://support.formlabs.com/s/topic/Developer-Portal
plans:
- id: formlabs-developer-api
  name: Developer API (Web API and Local API)
  type: free
  description: >-
    Included free for owners of Internet-connected Formlabs printers and
    Dashboard accounts. No metered API pricing, no per-call charges, no tiers.
  entries:
  - label: Web API / Dashboard Developer API
    name: web_api
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: included with a Formlabs Dashboard account
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Local API (PreFormServer)
    name: local_api
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: included with PreForm / PreFormServer
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Printers
  - name: Prints
  - name: Consumables (Tanks and Cartridges)
  - name: Events
  - name: Groups
  - name: Local Job Preparation
- id: formlabs-hardware
  name: Hardware and Consumables
  type: purchase
  description: >-
    The commercial product behind the API: 3D printers, resin cartridges,
    resin tanks, and SLS powder, sold separately from any API access.
  entries:
  - label: 3D Printers (SLA / SLS)
    name: printers
    type: flat
    metric: unit
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: lifetime
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: see formlabs.com (varies by model and region)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Materials (Resin Cartridges / SLS Powder)
    name: materials
    type: usage
    metric: unit
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: see formlabs.com store (per cartridge / per powder unit)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Form 4 / Form 4B (SLA)
  - name: Fuse Series (SLS)
  - name: Resin Cartridges
  - name: Resin Tanks
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com