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ANYCUBIC Photon Mono M5s vs Formlabs Form 4L

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ANYCUBIC Photon Mono M5s vs Formlabs Form 4L — documented properties and sources
Property	ANYCUBIC Photon Mono M5sRESIN	Formlabs Form 4LRESIN
Identity
Brand	Anycubic	Formlabs
Class	RESIN	RESIN
Identity & Market
Manufacturer & exact marketed model name (verify the exact product identity first)	ANYCUBIC Photon Mono M5s[1][2]	Formlabs Form 4L[3]
Street price (USD; dated snapshot per entry)	$609.00 on store.anycubic.com, with the compare-at price also $609.00, but marked Sold out, checked Aug 2026. 3DJake also shows it sold out and delisted[1][2]	Not documented
Variants & sibling models — and how to tell them apart (spec-contamination risk)	Older and smaller than the M7 family: 12K LCD (11520 x 5120) vs 14K, 218 x 123 x 200 mm vs 223 x 126 x 230, an LED-matrix light source rather than COB + Fresnel, and 105 vs 150-170 mm/h on high-speed resin. Note Anycubic's spec table lists the machine dimensions in H x W x D order[1][2][4][5]	Same Low Force Display engine as the Form 4 but a different machine on every physical figure: 353 x 196 x 350 mm vs 200 x 125 x 210, 46 um vs 50 um pixels, 58.5 kg vs 18.3 kg, 900 W vs 480 W, two resin cartridges vs one. Formlabs lists Basic, Premium and Complete packages, whose prices are not printer-only prices, and no printer-only USD figure was found on a live listing[3]
Physical & Frame
Build volume X×Y×Z (mm) — advertised vs actually usable	218 x 123 x 200 mm (Anycubic quotes 5.4 L; the table writes it as 200 x 218 x 123 mm in H x W x D order)[1][2]	353 x 196 x 350 mm (Formlabs quotes 24.2 litres)[3]
Machine footprint (mm) & clearance needed (cable/spool overhang)	460 x 270 x 290 mm (H x W x D per Anycubic; 3DJake writes 270 x 290 x 460 mm)[1][2]	664 x 528 x 794 mm[3]
Net weight (kg)	8.9 kg[1][2]	58.5 kg[3]
Enclosure: open / enclosed; panel material; door/lid	Open-frame MSLA with a UV-blocking cover[1]	Enclosed cabinet with a UV-blocking cover. Operating temperature 18-28 C[3]
Kinematics & Motion Hardware
Kinematics (bedslinger i3 / CoreXY / other)	MSLA, single Z axis on double linear guides, straight-lift peel[1][2]	Masked stereolithography (MSLA) with the Low Force Display engine; straight-lift peel[3]
Z-axis: leadscrew count & type, sync mechanism, anti-backlash	Double linear guides, 10 um precision[1]	Not documented
Heated Bed & Surface
Bed surface (material, texture, coating), single/double-sided	Laser-engraved aluminium-alloy build platform[1][2]	Not documented
Leveling & Z-Offset
Auto bed leveling: probe technology (inductive / strain gauge / load cell / touch probe)	Levelling-free design[1][2]	Not documented
Electronics & Power
Input voltage (110/220 V, switch or auto)	Not documented	100-240 VAC, 9 A, 50/60 Hz, 900 W[3]
Total rated power draw	100 W rated[1][2]	900 W[3]
Firmware & Openness
Firmware base & current version (Klipper fork / Marlin fork / proprietary)	Not documented	Proprietary; print preparation is PreForm[3]
Connectivity, UI & Camera
Display: size, type, touch?	4.3-inch TFT touchscreen (control panel — not the masking LCD, see W1)[1][2]	7-inch interactive touchscreen, 1280 x 800 (control panel — not the masking LCD, see W1)[3]
WiFi (band/standard), Ethernet, USB ports, SD/flash-drive	USB Type-A 2.0 and Wi-Fi[1][2]	Dual-band Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, USB-C 2.0[3]
Materials Support
Officially supported filament list	405 nm photopolymer resin; no closed compatibility list published on this page[1]	Formlabs resin range as for the Form 4; biocompatible materials require a B-series machine[3]
Independently Measured Performance
Dimensional accuracy measurements (third-party, with numbers)	Not documented	XY dimensional tolerance +/-0.15% — a manufacturer specification[3]
Resin & MSLA
Masking LCD	10.1-inch monochrome masking LCD at 12K, 11,520 x 5,120 px, 480:1 contrast, XY pixel pitch 19 x 24 um (manufacturer specification)[1][2]	Low Force Display masking LCD with a 46 um pixel size. Formlabs does not publish the screen diagonal or pixel count[3]
Light source	LED matrix UV light source. Anycubic does not publish wavelength or collimating optics for this model[1][2]	Backlight unit with uniform-wavelength LEDs behind collimating lenses, with integrated cooling[3]
Vertical print speedmm/h	105 mm/h with high-speed resin, 70 mm/h with standard resin (manufacturer claims; Anycubic labels these average printing speeds and does not state the layer height assumed)[1][2]	Not documented
Layer height range	Not documented	25-200 um[3]
LCD life & replaceability	Swappable scratchproof screen protector film over the masking LCD. Anycubic publishes no rated screen life in hours[2]	Not documented
Resin vat & feeding	Unibody resin vat with scale lines. Capacity not published; no auto-refill and no level sensing stated for this model[1]	Two next-generation resin cartridges. No vat capacity published[3]

Manufacturer claims, independent measurements, packages and test conditions retain their source wording. FDM linear speed and resin vertical speed use different units and are not directly comparable. Unknown values are marked “Not documented”. Prices and source dates remain historical snapshots; check the linked guide for product details. Differences highlight text, not a universal winner.

Sources for this comparison

Anycubic Photon Mono M5s product page store.anycubic.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Anycubic Photon Mono M5s technical data table 3djake.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Formlabs resin printer technical specifications (Form 4 / 4B / 4L) formlabs.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Anycubic Photon Mono M7 product page store.anycubic.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Anycubic Photon Mono M7 Pro product page store.anycubic.com · 2026-08 · vendor