Brands
What each maker does well, and where an ecosystem closes
Most brands on this shelf are strong at one kind of machine and ordinary at the rest. These pages say which is which, what staying in one ecosystem costs once its nozzles, plates, films and software are counted, and where the same machine is sold under several brand names.
- ELEGOO Resin printers, CoreXY machines and the kits that teach electronics 14 products
- VEVOR Large machines at low prices, with thin buyer records 13 products
- Creality Printers, scanners, dryers and hotends across the price range 9 products
- xTool Enclosed lasers, with software and purifiers around them 7 products
- Arduino The original boards and kits that define the platform 7 products
- Anycubic Resin printers and the wash stations to match 5 products
- Genmitsu SainSmart’s desktop CNC routers, from 3020 to 2 × 2 5 products
- YIHUA Soldering and rework stations at hobby prices 5 products
- Steinel A precisely specified glue gun, and clear sticks 1 product
- Raspberry Pi Small computers and the Pico boards 5 products
- Bambu Lab Self-calibrating printers and the MakerWorld library 4 products
- Cricut Craft cutters and heat presses with very simple software 4 products
- Brother A scanner in a cutter, and an app-driven sublimation printer 3 products
- HTVRONT Automatic heat presses for small sellers 3 products
- Epson Bottled ink printers, one of them built for sublimation 3 products
- Dremel The name that defines the rotary tool 3 products
- Brightech Magnifying lamps for desks and benches 3 products
- WEP Compact rework and soldering stations 3 products
- Siglent Test equipment for serious hobby benches 3 products
- RIGOL The oscilloscopes most hobbyists start with 3 products
- FLASHFORGE Well-specified CoreXY printers at fair prices 2 products
- SUNLU Filament and low-cost dryers 2 products
- HANMATEK Budget oscilloscopes, handheld and bench 2 products
- Revopoint 3D scanners with published accuracy 2 products
- Silhouette America Craft cutters for stickers and long vinyl 2 products
- Sawgrass Factory sublimation printers and inks 2 products
- Gorilla Dual-temperature glue guns and tough sticks 2 products