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3DPCC vs SpoolPilot: price the print, then find out what it really made
Built by an Etsy seller with 3,000+ sales
3DPCC and SpoolPilot both price a 3D print before you make it. Pick 3DPCC for quote tracking, VAT or a one-time purchase. Pick SpoolPilot if you sell on Etsy: it scans the grams and hours off your slicer screen, then reads the fees Etsy actually charged on each order and shows what that sale really earned.
By Sean, who runs Opus Design Company on Etsy: 3,000+ sales. Last revised October 2, 2026.
How do 3DPCC and SpoolPilot price a print?
3DPCC has you type the weight and the print time, then offers pricing tiers and a margin slider. SpoolPilot reads both numbers with the camera: hold it up to Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer, PrusaSlicer or Cura and the grams and print time come straight off the screen. No transcribing numbers between two apps.
Then set the margin you want. SpoolPilot solves for the price that hits it after Etsy’s cut, the percentage fees and the flat ones, rather than adding a margin on top of cost and leaving the fees to eat it. And when a target margin isn’t reachable at any price, it says so and tells you the highest one that is, instead of printing a number that can’t happen.
Does 3DPCC show what an Etsy order actually earned?
No. 3DPCC’s Etsy feature estimates fees from the published rate card, in its own words to see your net profit before you list. That’s a reasonable way to price. It is not a way to know what happened.
Etsy publishes a rate card in its Fees & Payments Policy (transaction 6.5%, processing 3% + $0.25, listing $0.20, Offsite Ads 15%) and any calculator can apply it. What Etsy deposits often isn’t that number. Offsite Ads gets attributed partially rather than landing cleanly on the order you’d expect. Processing rates differ by country. Coupons change the base the percentage applies to. Regulatory fees appear in some regions and in no formula.
SpoolPilot connects to your shop and reads the fee entries on the orders themselves, the payment account ledger entries Etsy’s API exposes. So the profit on each order uses the fees Etsy actually charged.
How SpoolPilot compares
| 3DPCC | SpoolPilot | |
|---|---|---|
| Price a print before you make it | Yes, type the grams and the hours | Yes, scan them off your slicer screen |
| Hitting a target margin | Named tiers and a margin slider | Solves for the price that hits your margin after Etsy’s fees, and says when one isn’t reachable |
| Etsy fees | Estimated from published rates, before you list | The exact fees Etsy charged, read from Etsy’s ledger, per order |
| Your sales | Not connected, you type what you want to price | Synced from your Etsy shop, full history with Pro |
| Profit view | Per print, at quote time | Per sale, per product and per month, a real P&L |
| Filament stock | Manual counts you keep updated | Barcode scan, sealed-spool counts, weeks of stock from your sales pace |
| Quote tracking | Draft → delivered status tracking | Not offered |
| VAT | Supported, plus 30+ currencies | Currency yes, VAT not yet |
| Where it’s built to be used | Web platform, with an iOS companion | iPhone first, built for the bench rather than the desk |
| Your data | Account required; email address and user ID collected | No account. Nothing collected. |
| Runs on | iOS 18 or later | iOS 17 or later |
| Price | Free tier; $3.99/mo, $24.99/yr, $49.99 lifetime on iOS (€9.99/mo on web) | Free tier; $12.99/mo or $99.99/yr |
3DPCC details as published on its App Store listing and at 3dpcc.com, checked September 4, 2026 (app version 1.0.5); verify current pricing and features before deciding. Data-collection rows are taken from each app’s own App Store privacy label. 3DPCC is the trademark of its developer; SpoolPilot is not affiliated with it.
When is 3DPCC the better buy?
3DPCC is the better buy when you need quote tracking, VAT, a one-time price, a browser at a desk, or you don’t sell on Etsy:
- Quote tracking: moving a job from draft to pending to delivered, with a branded PDF at the end. SpoolPilot has no equivalent and isn’t trying to.
- VAT, which SpoolPilot doesn’t handle yet.
- A one-time purchase: $49.99 once is a real advantage over any subscription.
- A desk and a browser rather than a phone at the printer.
- No Etsy shop, because SpoolPilot’s whole edge is reading a ledger you wouldn’t have.
SpoolPilot costs more, and it should only win if you want the thing it does: price the print in seconds from your slicer, then know exactly what the sale made after Etsy took its cut.
See your real profit in minutes
SpoolPilot syncs your Etsy orders, itemizes the exact fees Etsy charged on each one, and shows the net profit per sale. Free on iPhone for 10 orders a month; Pro brings in every order and your whole history.
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