Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Pam M produces direct pellet extrusion 3D printers designed for industrial manufacturing. The open-system machines accept various materials and support multi-material printing with up to four extruders, heated… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pam M – Metal Additive Manufacturing launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Pam▲65

   First 3D Printer to use pellets as a raw materials

   2016 · pollen.am · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Discov3ry▲55

   A Universal Paste Extruder for 3D Printers

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Metal 3D Printing at 1/10th the cost▲21

   Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing Mass Production of Next Generation Components High-Resolution Metal 3D Printing at Scale Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) is... Read More

   2016 · fabric8labs.com · its alternatives →

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   I've been building an ERP for manufacturing for the last 3 years▲322

   Carbon is an open source ERP, MES and QMS for manufacturing. Perfect for complex assembly, contract manufacturing, high volume, and configure to order manufacturing. - crbnos/carbon

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   EFORGE▲69

   3D Print Electronics On-Demand

   2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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   Clay Extruder Kit 2.0▲77

   3D print in fluid-dense materials and advanced ceramics

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Meltio M450 3D Printer▲4

   Highly compact Metal 3D Printer for Additive Manufacturing

   2023 · additec.net · its alternatives →

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   Snapmaker 2.0▲80

   The modular, 3-in-1 3D printer

   2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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   Micro▲80

   The First Truly Consumer 3D Printer

   2014 · its alternatives →

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    I built a custom USB Trackball▲126

    3D printed mouse replacement with Raspberry Pi Pico and PMW3360

    2023 · xythobuz.de · its alternatives →

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    Accelerate 3D▲75

    Building the Future of on-demand manufacturing.

    2021 · accelerate3d.com · its alternatives →

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    Toy Maker by AstroPrint▲127

    3D print toys in your living room

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    PlasCity▲8

    Custom Plastic Extrusion Profiles & OEM Manufacturing

    Aug 2026 · plascityextrusion.com · its alternatives →

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    MakePrintable▲108

    Automagically turn 3D models into printable objects

    2017 · makeprintable.com · its alternatives →

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    OLO▲165

    The first ever smartphone 3D printer

    2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    ZMorph▲88

    A multi-fab 3D printer that enables fast product prototyping

    2015 · zmorph3d.com · its alternatives →

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    An open-source manufacturing ERP/MES/QMS▲54

    Own the stack: run Carbon on your own infrastructure — on-prem, in your VPC, or fully air-gapped. ERP, MRP, MES and QMS on Postgres you own, source available, with an AGPL-3.0 Community edition.

    Sep 2026 · carbon.ms · its alternatives →

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    I designed my own 3D printer motherboard▲127

    3D printing is such a fascinating field of technology, so a couple months ago, I decided to take a deep dive and learn how they actually work! This took me to one of my very first PCB projects, a small, cheap, 3D printer motherboard. While it's not the most cutting edge board, I learned a lot and I fully documented my process designing it (https://github.com/KaiPereira/Cheetah-MX4-Mini/blob/master/J...), so other people can learn from my mistakes! It runs off of an STM32H743 MCU, has 4 TMC stepsticks with UART/SPI configurations,…

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Mooz▲88

    Industrial-grade, transformable, metallic 3D printer

    2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    3Doodler▲76

    The world's first 3D printing pen

    2014 · the3doodler.com · its alternatives →

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    Electroloom▲79

    3D Printer For Fabrics. Alpha unit program announced today.

    2015 · electroloom.com · its alternatives →

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    OP3D▲87

    Freelancer platform for 3D content

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    EnzoPi▲60

    Programmable materials platform for advanced manufacturing

    May 2026 · enzopi.com · its alternatives →

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    WonderMaker ZR▲12

    Ultra 4 Toolheads 3D Printer with Open Source

    2025 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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