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Anycubic Vyper vs Formlabs Form 4

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Anycubic Vyper vs Formlabs Form 4 — documented properties and sources
Property	Anycubic VyperBEDSLINGER	Formlabs Form 4RESIN
Identity
Brand	Anycubic	Formlabs
Class	BEDSLINGER	RESIN
Identity & Market
Manufacturer & exact marketed model name (verify the exact product identity first)	Anycubic Vyper[1]	Formlabs Form 4 3D Printer[2][3]
Release date (announcement and actual shipping)	Listed on the Anycubic store from 22 May 2021 (Shopify publish date)[1]	Not documented
Street price (USD; dated snapshot per entry)	$359.00 on store.anycubic.com, Aug 2026, with the compare-at price also $359.00 (no discount running) - notably more than the newer and much faster Kobra 2 at $169[1][4]	Starting at $2,625.00 at GoEngineer, in stock, checked Aug 2026. Formlabs sells the printer as part of packages (Form 4 Complete Package etc.), so package prices are much higher than the printer-only figure[3]
Variants & sibling models — and how to tell them apart (spec-contamination risk)	A 2021-generation machine still on sale next to the far faster Kobra line. Its defining differences from every Kobra here: a Bowden extruder rather than direct drive, a 180 mm/s ceiling rather than 300-600 mm/s, and 16-point levelling rather than LeviQ 2.0/3.0. Do not read Kobra performance figures onto it[1][4][5]	Three machines share this platform and are constantly conflated. Form 4: 200 x 125 x 210 mm, 50 um pixels, 18.3 kg, 480 W, one resin cartridge, NOT biocompatible. Form 4B: identical hardware but validated for 38 Formlabs materials including 15 biocompatible. Form 4L: 353 x 196 x 350 mm, 46 um pixels, 58.5 kg, 900 W, two cartridges[2]
Market position: superseded? successor announced?	Effectively superseded by the Kobra line, but still listed for sale on the Anycubic store in Aug 2026[1]	Not documented
Physical & Frame
Build volume X×Y×Z (mm) — advertised vs actually usable	260 x 245 x 245 mm stated as HWD, i.e. 245 x 245 x 260 mm in the usual X x Y x Z order; Anycubic quotes a 15.6 L build volume[1]	200 x 125 x 210 mm (Formlabs quotes 5.25 litres)[2][3]
Machine footprint (mm) & clearance needed (cable/spool overhang)	516 x 508 x 457 mm stated as HWD, so the desk footprint is about 508 x 457 mm[1]	398 x 367 x 554 mm[2][3]
Net weight (kg)	10 kg[1]	18.3 kg[2][3]
Enclosure: open / enclosed; panel material; door/lid	Open frame, no enclosure[1]	Enclosed cabinet with a hinged UV-blocking cover. Operating temperature 18-28 C[2]
Kinematics & Motion Hardware
Kinematics (bedslinger i3 / CoreXY / other)	Cartesian bed-slinger[1]	Masked stereolithography (MSLA). Formlabs brands the engine Low Force Display; straight-lift peel[2][3]
Stepper drivers (exact model e.g. TMC2209; UART/SPI; sensorless homing?)	TMC2209 silent drivers on a 32-bit mainboard with a Cortex-M3 class main control chip - one of the few Anycubic machines where the driver part number is published[1]	Not documented
Speed & Acceleration
Max print speed (claimed, mm/s)	180 mm/s maximum print speed with 80 mm/s recommended (manufacturer figures)[1]	Not documented
Recommended/typical print speed	80 mm/s typical/recommended print speed (manufacturer figure)[1]	Not documented
Extruder
Type (direct drive / bowden) & design name	Anycubic's own Bowden extruder - not direct drive[1]	Not documented
Hotend & Nozzle
Max nozzle temp claimed AND firmware max temp limit (both values)	260 C operational nozzle temperature ceiling[1]	Not documented
Heated Bed & Surface
Max bed temp claimed AND firmware limit	110 C operational hot bed temperature ceiling[1]	Not documented
Bed surface (material, texture, coating), single/double-sided	PEI-coated stainless spring steel magnetic flexible platform, chosen by Anycubic over carborundum glass to avoid arching[1]	Not documented
Leveling & Z-Offset
Auto bed leveling: probe technology (inductive / strain gauge / load cell / touch probe)	16-point automatic levelling[1]	Not documented
Electronics & Power
Input voltage (110/220 V, switch or auto)	Not documented	100-240 VAC, 4.8 A, 50/60 Hz, 480 W[2]
Total rated power draw	100-240 V AC 50/60 Hz input; 24 V / 14.6 A (350 W) output[1]	480 W[2]
Firmware & Openness
Firmware base & current version (Klipper fork / Marlin fork / proprietary)	Not documented	Proprietary. Print preparation is PreForm; fleet management is Formlabs Dashboard[3]
Connectivity, UI & Camera
Display: size, type, touch?	4.3-inch LCD touch-control screen[1]	7-inch interactive touchscreen, 1280 x 800 (control panel — not the masking LCD, see W1)[2]
WiFi (band/standard), Ethernet, USB ports, SD/flash-drive	TransFlash (microSD) card; USB cable connection is flagged by Anycubic as being for expert users only[1]	Dual-band Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mbit), USB-C 2.0[2][3]
Calibration Routines & QoL
Assembly level & time from unbox to first print	Modular design with 4 major pre-assembled modules[1]	Not documented
Materials Support
Officially supported filament list	PLA, ABS, PETG, TPU and wood-filled filament[1]	Formlabs resins across rigid, tough, general purpose, flame retardant, silicone, elastic, ceramic and castable families. Biocompatible resins require the Form 4B, not the Form 4[2]
Reliability, Support & Ecosystem
Warranty length & support reputation (evidence, not vibes)	One year on the complete machine (excluding gifted and second-hand machines), with component warranty periods that vary by part; the period starts on the delivery date and is suspended while a replacement is in transit. Anycubic states it will follow longer local statutory periods where they apply[6]	Not documented
Independently Measured Performance
Dimensional accuracy measurements (third-party, with numbers)	Not documented	XY dimensional tolerance +/-0.15% — a manufacturer specification, not an independent measurement[2][3]
Resin & MSLA
Masking LCD	Not documented	Low Force Display masking LCD with a 50 um pixel size and pre-tuned anti-aliasing. Formlabs does not publish the screen diagonal or pixel count[2][3]
Light source	Not documented	Backlight unit with 60 uniform-wavelength high-power LEDs behind collimating lenses, with integrated cooling[2][3]
Vertical print speedmm/h	Not documented	Maximum 100 mm/h; average 40 mm/h at a 100 um layer height (manufacturer figures — GoEngineer publishes both, which is unusually explicit about the basis). Formlabs separately claims most prints finish in under 2 hours[3][2]
Layer height range	Not documented	25-200 um per Formlabs' own tech-spec page; GoEngineer's listing for the same machine says 25-300 um. Unresolved[2][3]
Resin vat & feeding	Not documented	Single next-generation resin cartridge; Formlabs claims 5-10x faster filling and 63% less waste. Resin tank rated for 75,000+ layers with any Formlabs material. No vat capacity published[2][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 Vyper store page and Shopify product JSON (Tech Specs block, price, store publish date) store.anycubic.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Formlabs resin printer technical specifications (Form 4 / 4B / 4L) formlabs.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Formlabs Form 4 3D printer listing store.goengineer.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Anycubic Kobra 2 store page and Shopify product JSON (Tech Specs block, price, store publish date) store.anycubic.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Anycubic Kobra 4 product page (Specifications table) store.anycubic.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Anycubic refund and warranty policy store.anycubic.com · 2026-08 · vendor