What Should You Compare Between ELEGOO, Anycubic, Prusa, Sovol, and Voron 3D Printers?

Published September 23, 2026 · By the Laser Lineup editors

Summary

The biggest split is whether the printer arrives ready to print or you build it. ELEGOO's Centauri Carbon arrives assembled and calibrated, with a full enclosure. Prusa sells the same MK4S assembled or as a kit, and the Sovol SV08 ships 90% assembled. Voron is an open-source design with published plans and a bill of materials, and you source the parts and build it yourself.

Five printers compared (September 23, 2026)

Brand and model	How it arrives	Build volume	Enclosure	Max nozzle temp	Price
ELEGOO Centauri Carbon	Assembled, calibrated, and tested	256 × 256 × 256 mm	Fully enclosed	320 °C	$438.41
Anycubic Kobra S1	—	250 × 250 × 250 mm	Fully enclosed	320 °C	$401 ($459 for the 4-color Combo)
Prusa MK4S	Assembled or kit	250 × 210 × 220 mm	Optional enclosure	290 °C	Kit $729, assembled $999
Sovol SV08	90% pre-assembled (about an hour to finish)	350 × 350 × 345 mm	Optional glass enclosure (from $159)	300 °C	$549 (regular $599)
Voron V2.4	You source and build it	250 mm to 350 mm square	Can be fully enclosed	—	$1,500–$1,900 by Voron's estimate

Prusa's prices are the list prices stated on its MK4S kit page; a sale was running on September 23, 2026.

Printers that arrive ready

ELEGOO says the Centauri Carbon ships assembled, calibrated, and tested. It has a hardened steel nozzle and a fully enclosed chamber, and it's built to handle carbon-fiber filament.

Anycubic's Kobra S1 is also a fully enclosed CoreXY printer, though its product page doesn't say how assembled it arrives. The Combo adds an ACE Pro unit for four colors, and two units give you eight. Anycubic makes resin printers too. The Photon Mono M7 Pro has a 223 × 126 × 230 mm build volume and was listed at $562 on September 23, 2026.

Kits and self-sourced builds

Prusa sells the MK4S assembled or as a kit, $270 apart at list price. The MMU3 multi-material unit and an enclosure are available as add-ons.

Voron is a design, not a manufacturer. Its CAD files, STLs, and manuals are all on GitHub, and its documentation says it contains everything you need to go from zero to a working printer. Kits come from outside suppliers, and Voron doesn't endorse any particular vendor. There are five printers in the lineup. The smallest, the Voron Zero, has a 120 mm print area and costs $400–$600 to build, and a V2.4 runs $1,500–$1,900.

Sovol's SV08 is based on the Voron 2.4, with open-source hardware, software, and firmware. Sovol says a Voron 2.4 kit takes more than 30 hours to build and the SV08 goes together in about an hour.

Sources

Specs and prices are as published on these pages on the date above and can change; check the manufacturer or retailer before you buy.